100 Club

  1. Oh dear. Avoid at all costs.
  2. Below expectations.
  3. OK. Met expectations.
  4. I really enjoyed this.
  5. Amazing. Would unreservedly recommend.
  6. rating

100 Oxford Street, London, W1D 1LL

100 Club is a night club that offers a lively atmosphere with different sounds such as Jazz, Blues, R 'n' B and Pop in a smoke-filled, steamy basement. There is a restaurant serving Caribbean food.

Reviews for 100 Club

Not very impressed with this place at all.. The most arrogant people I have ever had the pleasure to deal with in my life. Rude, unfriendly and way too expensive.

Great Venue to see a band. Small, intimate and buzzing with good on stage lighting plus space to dance. Almost anybody sounds and looks better here. On the down side - the cloak room is over priced - £2 per item - come on. If you park a coat and a bag thats an extra £4. Plus this place has the smelliest toilets - beyond rancid. I know they don't have a window making it an airless toilet-box. But, even if you hold your breath the acrid, Superbrew piss smell clings to your clothes giving you Proustian memories that you'd rather forget - all night long. The management could spend some of the hoovered in cash from the cloak room on a Good cleaner. My guess is that the last one fainted when she opened the door. Rock and Roll is meant to make you feel good-bad - not smell bad!

When I was a teenager up in Scotland far too many years ago, I used to read adverts in Sounds and the NME for Punk bands like the clash and Pistols appearing at the 100 Club and would dream of being able to attend these gigs.

Well 30 years on the 100 Club is alive and well and still putting on excellent shows.

I managed to catch the Blockheads there recently, and apart from the Pinstriped city boys trying their best to be one of the crowd with mockney accents, it was a brilliant night.

Its in a basement, its crowded, the bars are too busy, it gets very hot, but the atmosphere is electric and the acoustics ring!

The club has a great system where you can order tickets for gigs online, pay by paypal, then you give your paypal name at the door and your let in....tremendous. The tickets were very cheap considering the rip-off prices you pay at some venues.

Give it a try....its a different and enjoyable night out and they have some great acts. Chuck Berry is appearing there soon!!

20 Feb 2008

Current kings of British Metal CROWNING GLORY plus support from THE BLOOD ISLAND RAIDERS and WITCHSORROW. DJ sets from Ben Ward (ORANGE GOBLIN) and special guest all at the legendary 100 Club. What more do you need to kick some life into dull mid-February? Doors open 7:30pm - £7 on the door or £6 in advance from 7measures.biz or with flyer.

I recently went to see Kubichek! play at the 100 Club on Oxford Street. I had a great night but that was probably more down to the band and atmosphere rather than the venue.

A group of us headed to the club around 8 after a couple of drinks at The Endurance on Berwick Street. The club was pretty empty when we arrived but it quickly filled up.

Shortly after the first band had finished, my girlfriend's flatmate Carly returned from the toilets with a rather bemused look on her face. She relayed the joy she'd just had in the bathroom....with the hand-dryer.

I went to explore for myself and found a Dyson hand-dryer, hung sleekly on the wall. The dryer is so powerful it almost takes your hands off! But, back to the night...

By the time Kubichek! came on stage we were a few pints deep and were ready to (try and) sing along at the top of our voices. The band played a high energy set. Top tracks were Nightjoy, Outwards, Stutter and Hometown Strategies.

As for the cost of the night, the drinks were normally priced for the area so we paid around £10 for three pints. I don't mind paying this much, but am not so keen when the beer is watered down and are served in plastic glasses! From memory, the entrance was around £7 which is pretty good for seeing 3 bands.

In all the club has a good policy of showcasing new bands, but by itself the 100 Club is not that memorable.

As for the band, Kubichek! are a new band from Newcastle. They're getting a lot of attention at the moment so you should definitely check them out if you get the chance.

After the club we headed to The Stockpot in Soho as some cheap, late-night eats were in order.

sue at 22/05/07
LOL - I've known hand-dryers like that - they are freaky!

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