The Cocktail Club Shaftesbury Av Reviews Summary

Category: Cocktail bar London

Address: Sovereign House, 224a Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8EB, United Kingdom

Phone: +442077493948

Rating: 4.2
based on 126 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Exceptional service and drinks! Bella and David were so kind and helpful."
  • "Staff really nice."
  • "Staff were incredibly friendly."
  • "The staff here are quite possibly the most friendly, approachable, knowledgeable and genuinely nice people you will have the pleasure of being served by."
  • "The staff were friendly and knowledgeable of the cocktails and the table service was quick."
  • "Such friendly staff (David and Shane are amazing!)."
  • "Staff were so friendly, polite, helpful and made us feel very welcome."

Cons:

  • "After spending 10 mins at the bar being ignored by staff. a stocky male member of bar staff decided you swing the above bar lights at my head."
  • "The staff are crooks and steal money off you."
  • "The bar staff were just rude."
  • "The service was a little bit slow."
  • "Need more staff as queue at bar was horrendous."
  • "Appalling bar service."
  • "The night i went had pretty slow service."

Cocktails

Pros:

  • "The bartender made me some excellent cocktails, one of which was not on the menu."
  • "2 for 1 on all cocktails (although must select 2 of the same ones) make it a great value for money!"
  • "Great selection and variety, had a gin based cocktail and helpful waitress recommended another that was excellent."
  • "The cocktails are insanely good and the vibes are perfect."
  • "Cocktails were amazing both ones from the menu and ones we requested off menu."
  • "The cocktails are boozy but tasty, and while not cheap they are decent value."
  • "The cocktails were interestingly served and had a good mix of flavours."

Cons:

  • "The cocktails were disappointingly average though -- watery & filled with crushed ice, the usual thing."
  • "Cocktails full of ice not worth the money."
  • "A bit smelly and there is almost no alcohol in any of the cocktails, so they are basically just giving people fruit juice."
  • "Our cocktails weren't strong at all sadly."
  • "Sadly the cocktails contained a lot of ice cubes (still tasting good, when drank fast enough)."
  • "Bartenders waste too long putting up their silly pantomime while the ice in their shaker is melting leaving you with mild flavoured water."
  • "£10 for watered martini and Manhattan."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Great atmosphere, service is great the guy who served us was very friendly and funny."
  • "Great atmosphere/vibe."
  • "Love the underground location and it really has a great atmosphere as you walk in!"
  • "Loved the vibe of this place."
  • "Good music and fun atmosphere."
  • "The vibe in this club is just amazing. Interior design just sets the mood and very homey feel."
  • "Amazing time at the London cocktail club. Such a great atmosphere, creative drinks and friendly bartenders."

Cons:

  • "However didn't like the venue, very dark with loud rock music."
  • "Photos look fab - reality dingy little dark club with sticky tables and felt unclean."
  • "Music was club level loud, couldn’t hear my friends across the table."
  • "The only real quibble we had was the music was tooo loud, and there was no where to dance."
  • "However unhygienic! Smelled of toilet when we walked in, the tables were sticky and the glasses were dirty."
  • "The bar is filthy, sticky and dirty glasses everywhere."
  • "The place itself was fine, good atmosphere and drinks but our visit was completely ruined by the ridiculously rude staff."

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