Ku Bar Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "It's a beautiful place, the bar service is fast."
• "Nice and relaxed bar. Not too camp and not too straight."
• "It's a really cool and trendy place to have a drink, dance and have a good time."
• "This is a fun and clean dancing bar with multiple levels and a dance floor."
• "Good music, nice atmosphere, great vibe all around."
• "Its funky and fabulous decor adds a bit of posh glam."
• "The age of the clientele is quite mixed, from early 20's to 40's, so the atmosphere is relax and enjoyable."

Cons:

• "Cheap and nasty sound system. Like a low end home stereo that's blasted so loud it's excruciating to listen to."
• "Not big selection of beer, the ground floor which should be more like a pub the music is just too loud that you can't have a conversation."
• "This place has a mediocre crowd, expensive watered down drinks (ie £9 for a vodka on weekends), and is full of old men."
• "One of the most uncomfortable gay bars in the whole of london. Staff are rude and the layout doesn’t make anyone feel welcome when walking through the door."
• "The music is fun but so loud that we couldn't really talk to each other."
• "The once great, friendly and attentive bar staff were terrible last night."
• "We kept getting pushed around to different places, it was maddening."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Shoutout to Nick Dilling for great service when I asked for a load of different cocktails."
• "Eugine the head bouncer is lush he’s a lovely man and cares about the public."
• "Rahul is the best door assistant ever, he’s always greeting me with a big smile and a hug which makes my night even better every time."
• "The staff couldn't be kinder and more welcoming!"
• "Respectful security team in the entrance."
• "The staff members are friendly, smiling, funny, and full of nice positive words."
• "Great atmosphere, banging times, and the friendliest people working there, brilliant service."

Cons:

• "Its a good bar but the bar staff have no sense of urgency at all."
• "Pricey drinks, and expect not to get served unless you are intentionally rude to get what you want if you're not a guy (or don't look enough like one to warrant their attention)."
• "It's not worth playing there."
• "This is a serious incident of bad duty of care from the staff."
• "Had a very disappointing experience yesterday at Ku Bar. It was 2022/23 New Years Eve, me and my partner were denied entrance in the establishment because we were women."
• "Went last night and there was a very rude member of staff."
• "Very disappointed, just went here today with my partner and a rude woman supposed to be the manager said that we can’t be share a pizza because some rules she just make up."

Drinks & Pricing

Pros:

• "The drinks are of good quality and pretty reasonable prices."
• "Great friendly place! Stopped by for a cocktail before meeting some friends-- I really recommend the Flor de Jamaica-- and ended up back there later in the night."
• "Drinks are reasonable."
• "The cocktail was really nice and reasonable price."
• "For the west end the drinks are very reasonable."
• "Reasonably priced drinks too for central London!"
• "The espresso martinis were delicious, gin & tonic’s were flowing for us too."

Cons:

• "Drinks are a little on the expensive side."
• "They charged us £7 for entry only to tell us after we went inside that they had just closed the top two floors."
• "Cocktails and drinks overpriced, on the menu a glass of wine 5.90 and then when you pay they always charge you 1/2 pound extra at least."
• "After Covid the owners of Ku Bar took advantage of the « cost of living crisis » and increased the fee to £10."
• "When finally got our drinks, they were the weakest I’ve had in the city."
• "Drinks a bit pricey, or may be due to NYE 2023."
• "The drinks are not cheap, and don't think they ever have any kind of happy hour specials."