Be At One - Piccadilly Circus Reviews Summary

Category: Cocktail bar London

Address: 20 Great Windmill St, London, W1D 7LA, United Kingdom

Phone: +442074797626

Rating: 4.6
based on 143 reviews.

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Really nice place for small and big parties in the heart of Soho."
  • "The crowd was electric and super friendly. The music was high energy and made you move your feet."
  • "Ananya was amazing! drinks were fantastic the atmosphere was outstanding will be coming back again- Ananya,s drinks were really delicious! would recommend!"
  • "The music from the eighties was great 🙌"
  • "Always a pleasure coming into this be at one! It’s always a nice atmosphere (apart from the occasional person that can’t handle their drinks haha)."
  • "The music is always fun & awesome, the staff is super friendly and the vibe is always positive."
  • "Great lively venue in the heart of Soho."

Cons:

  • "When it gets too busy it gets loud, they pump up the music and the party type atmosphere and the quality of drinks and service drops dramatically."
  • "The music is way too loud, couldn't hear my friends talking."
  • "This bar features extremely loud music."
  • "Never before have I been to a bar with such overindulgence in the staff dancing and drinking in my life."
  • "The worst bar I’ve ever been. Background music is explosive and the bartenders were shouting, making annoying noises hitting the counter, scattering ices."
  • "The music is a tad too loud to my tastes."
  • "Security persons doesn’t even know how to treat a girl way too bad didn’t like the place atmosphere nor anything worst place and worst security ever."

Service

Pros:

  • "Bartenders are friendly and knowledgeable."
  • "Very friendly staff, very knowledgeable and skillful in cocktail making."
  • "Great energy and always top service!"
  • "Jasmine is such an attentive bartender, and Lena and Marissa made us feel so welcome! Such a welcoming atmosphere with great drinks and excellent atmosphere."
  • "Super fun atmosphere and incredible service, especially from Louise! Would highly recommend. Instantly lifted our afternoon from a 2 to a 10, great music and great vibes. Couldn’t recommend more!!!"
  • "Service was great as I was immediately handed a menu when entering the venue."
  • "Staff were brilliant and made sure we enjoyed ourselves!"

Cons:

  • "The staff were not smiley nor friendly."
  • "Whenever we went up to the bar they would just stare at us, making us speak first."
  • "Service at the bar is extremely slow, there should be more bartenders."
  • "Had to wait over 15 minutes for 2 drinks whilst the bartenders were serving attractive girls ahead of my turn."
  • "The 'Be At One' website saying that the bar operated by the Challenge 25 system, which the PASS card system is part of, but the staff did not recognise my VALIDATE UK 18+ PASS Card."
  • "The staff flat out refuse not to make a drink exactly as it is in the menu."
  • "They also had to be told the order of four people about 5 times to get it right."

Drinks

Pros:

  • "Cocktails are great & reasonably priced for central London."
  • "The drinks are worth every penny, delicious tasting and made made by delicious people."
  • "The perfect Pina Coladas anywhere, love them!"
  • "Can't get enough of their cocktails, already planning the next visit."
  • "Great selection of cocktails and beers."
  • "With the deals the drinks were reasonably priced and tasted nice."
  • "Great place with inexpensive cocktails."

Cons:

  • "I had high expectations and ordered Christmas pudding old fashioned, but I was kind of disappointed. It was lacking the christmas part, taste no cinnamon or cherry, kind of wattery maybe because of the ton of ice in the glass."
  • "When I finally got served, they got my drink order wrong."
  • "The Virgin Cocktail was totally okay. The Caipirinha had no sugar, almost only rum and barely some lime."
  • "Ordered a tequila cocktail and midway through serving it they said they had no normal tequila left and changed it for an expensive one."
  • "Avoid jet pilot tasted like a mix of turps and kerosene."
  • "The drinks are way too overpriced especially since they don't taste the best..."
  • "They do not put enough alcohol into their drinks. A quick drizzle of this and that and that makes 2 cocktails."

Value

Pros:

  • "The 2-4-1 deal all day Sunday is great."
  • "Cocktails cost around 10£ each which is ok."
  • "Best Happy hour offers Buy 1 get 1 free deal! Starts 5pm to 9pm everyday."
  • "Huge range of cocktails which are reasonable in price but they also so 2 for 1."
  • "Great spot for cocktails, happy hour is not to be missed! It's from 2pm-7pm weekdays."
  • "The Happy Hour is great, you pay one and get two."
  • "Good value cocktails in a super central location."

Cons:

  • "When the bar staff ask you to leave after they over charging you, you know somethings not right."
  • "We were given 241 vouchers however when given to the bar, they didn’t apply them so we paid full price."
  • "If I could give it a zero I would. Absolute terrible place. Asked for single G&T and was given and charged a for double."
  • "Liked the happy hour otherwise a bit pricey."
  • "They had put us on a table of 2 between 3-5 even though we had paid a deposit of £25 to secure our table."
  • "Absolutely disgusted with seeing how the drinking glasses are cleaned."
  • "My partner was singled out and asked to leave a friends birthday event. No explanation was offered even when politely asked."

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