Scarfes Bar Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Perfect cocktails, elegant environment and really decent jazz performances every night."
• "Absolutely stunning bar."
• "One may easily let time pass without a care in the world. No screaming, no shouting, no attitude."
• "Oh, I just fell in love with this place! Live jazz on a Saturday night. Amazing sofas and chairs and cozy nooks to chat and mingle with friends."
• "Ambience is old wordly, but classy."
• "Music is brilliant especially the live jazz in the evenings."
• "The decor is very classy, British style."

Cons:

• "Don’t bother trying to even go to this place as always busy, can’t reserve a table in advance."
• "We did feel a bit out of place, but still a very enjoyable evening."
• "Very dispointing to find places like this still exist in London."
• "It’s hard to understand when you get service that bad from a bar so expensive."
• "Overly expensive and busy cocktail list which uses fonts/font sizes that can't be read in such low light."
• "The bar is dark and rather pretentious."
• "The venue is somewhat a bit stuffy and pints of beer cost £10, a cranberry juice is £6.75 and a glass of wine is £15."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Their bartenders are the equivalent of Michelin Stared Chefs in their creativity."
• "All cocktails are very creative and flavorful."
• "The best customer service we ever had, a huge thanks to Ludovico who was so helpful and kind to suggest and to explain us all the cocktails."
• "Fantastic drinks, great atmosphere and very, very attentive and friendly staff."
• "The waiters are very professional and friendly."
• "Staff were extremely helpful, nothing was too much trouble!"
• "Our serving staff is very attentive, he kept pouring drinks for us, clean up our table and bring in new snack when the plates are close to empty."

Cons:

• "Disappointing service, visited with a group of 12 friends and the service provided by the wait staff was inattentive at best, dismissive at worst."
• "I have not experienced this level of rudeness and blatant racism in a London hotel bar till last weekend."
• "The managers decision to not let us in was purely due to our skin colour and ethnicity."
• "We were rushed and asked to leave in 30 minutes by the manager while waiting for food."
• "It felt for me that they just had to do their job but that’s it."
• "The only thing is that I wished they provide a little bit better service... They are really nice but not very responsive..."
• "The bar manager, Martin Siska, was incredibly rude, dodgy and unprofessional."

Drinks & Cocktails

Pros:

• "Pre-batched cocktails poured into a glass for £20."
• "The cocktails are outstanding. The whisky selection is unbelievable."
• "Killer live jazz band, and amazing drinks to matched the decadent atmosphere/bar."
• "The precision of the cocktails was immaculate!"
• "They charge 15% service charge and I think it’s worth it."
• "Delicious, moreish drinks in a cool and comfortable setting, with good tunes and friendly attentive staff."
• "The old fashioned here is amazing."

Cons:

• "I always leave having enjoyed the atmosphere... and feeling a bit ripped off."
• "But at 18 quid for an Old Fashioned (including a 'service charge') I can't really recommend it beyond a one-drink-for-the-experience kind of thing."
• "Drinks are good but a bit too expensive (£25-30)."
• "The range of non-alcoholic cocktails was disappointingly small and the one I chose was so unpleasant that I couldn't drink it."
• "The drinks expensive but still worth a visit."
• "The cocktails sound very extravagant, with creative and different ingredients. Unfortunately the prices matched with minimum prices of 20 Pounds."
• "The drinks were great and we got nibbles too but the service was slow."