Latest reviews for Nightlife in West End, London, United Kingdom

Babble - Rabble Babble by QueenB

QueenB — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:46:06 +0000

Review by QueenB

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 7758 8255

Website: http://www.babble-bar.co.uk

I wouldn't really go out of my way to go to Babble but it works well as an after works drinks spot.

It has an happy hour(s) from 5 - 7pm and is generally full of office workers from around the area.

The outside gets full of smokers and the door staff can be a bit stroppy later in the evening but I think thats more to do with the area/image they think they have.

It's quite typical of most the LateNightLondon group bars, looks all modern and trendy but is really done on the cheap "all that glitters is not gold" springs to mind again (Digress, Loop, Agenda...)

Drinks are average price for this area but below quality really.

Staff are OK if you know them but generally quite moody.

I do like the booths downstairs in the basemento fthe club but that smells stale since the smoking bana nd needs a good airing.
I wouldn't really go out of my way to go to Babble but it works well as an after works drinks spot.

It has an happy hour(s) from 5 - 7pm and is generally full of office workers from around the area.

The outside gets full of smokers and the door staff can be a bit stroppy later in the evening but I think thats more to do with the area/image they think they have.

It's quite typical of most the LateNightLondon group bars, looks all modern and trendy but is really done on the cheap "all that glitters is not gold" springs to mind again (Digress, Loop, Agenda...)

Drinks are average price for this area but below quality really.

Staff are OK if you know them but generally quite moody.

I do like the booths downstairs in the basemento fthe club but that smells stale since the smoking bana nd needs a good airing.

Tantra - by Ellisbells

Ellisbells — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:03:18 +0000

Review by Ellisbells

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7434 0888

Tantra is a fantastic club. Loved going here with all my friends. In soho. great music would definately reccommend if you are looking for a new place to try.Tantra is a fantastic club. Loved going here with all my friends. In soho. great music would definately reccommend if you are looking for a new place to try.

Palm Beach Casino - Stylish by ocean0201

ocean0201 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:56:18 +0000

Review by ocean0201

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7493 6585

Tags: posh, reasonably priced

A small but stylish casino in the Mayfair area. You have to register to get in. The place is nicely decorated and there are plenty of games available to try. The best part is that while you are on the table, any food you order is on the house. The drinks are also reasonably priced. However, you end up playing more so be careful. The stakes are higher in Palm Beach. Roulette is minimum Â£2 and blackjack is Â£10 or over. Its not very crowded , the dealers are friendly and open till late. Recommended to those who want to enjoy a quiet environment while they gamble.A small but stylish casino in the Mayfair area. You have to register to get in. The place is nicely decorated and there are plenty of games available to try. The best part is that while you are on the table, any food you order is on the house. The drinks are also reasonably priced. However, you end up playing more so be careful. The stakes are higher in Palm Beach. Roulette is minimum Â£2 and blackjack is Â£10 or over. Its not very crowded , the dealers are friendly and open till late. Recommended to those who want to enjoy a quiet environment while they gamble.

Chinawhite - Not my cuppa tea! by sparklepants

sparklepants — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:35:49 +0000

Review by sparklepants

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 7343 0040

Website: http://www.chinawhite.com

Tags: expensive, club, cool

I went here a while ago for a birthday, and I did have a pretty good time. However! I think it was down to the company of my friends and the free bottles (plural!) of champagne the desperate guys were handing us! The music isnâ¬"t too bad, although I think it tries too hard. There are different rooms to suit your taste. The room I ended up in had a selection of beds in it?! I think this probably says a lot more about his place than the entire review! It is the ultimate C list 'celeb', footballers and WAG wannabe's hangout. Meh.I went here a while ago for a birthday, and I did have a pretty good time. However! I think it was down to the company of my friends and the free bottles (plural!) of champagne the desperate guys were handing us! The music isnâ¬"t too bad, although I think it tries too hard. There are different rooms to suit your taste. The room I ended up in had a selection of beds in it?! I think this probably says a lot more about his place than the entire review! It is the ultimate C list 'celeb', footballers and WAG wannabe's hangout. Meh.

The Drones Club - by joel

joel — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:22:58 +0000

Review by joel

Rating: 5.00

Website: http://www.dronesclub.com

Tags: excellent service, mouth watering food, toptable

Mouth watering food with ecxellent service highly recommendedMouth watering food with ecxellent service highly recommended

funkybuddha - Dissappointment by candyshop

candyshop — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:07:48 +0000

Review by candyshop

Rating: 1.00

Phone: 020 7495 2596

Website: http://www.fblondon.co.uk/

Tags: posh, dance, friendly

The bouncers are rude and unprofessional. They made up excuse after excuse not to let me in, while I was on the guest list and 8 of my friends were already inside, having paid the Â£20 cover charge.
You see they are frustrated the kind of people who abuse their right of decision to waste people's nights out.

The only thing I didnt do right: I followed my friends through the open red cord (open by one of the bouncers) after they had come out to greet me. When the bouncers called me I came back to them without any rebellion and they told me to leave because I was drunk (I had had two beers)...
There was no queue at all either (at 11.30pm, wow this place really is popular!!!!The bouncers are rude and unprofessional. They made up excuse after excuse not to let me in, while I was on the guest list and 8 of my friends were already inside, having paid the Â£20 cover charge.
You see they are frustrated the kind of people who abuse their right of decision to waste people's nights out.

The only thing I didnt do right: I followed my friends through the open red cord (open by one of the bouncers) after they had come out to greet me. When the bouncers called me I came back to them without any rebellion and they told me to leave because I was drunk (I had had two beers)...
There was no queue at all either (at 11.30pm, wow this place really is popular!!!!

Sophisticats - Not great by rockstar

rockstar — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:52:09 +0000

Review by rockstar

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 8201 8804

Website: http://www.sophisticats.co.uk

Tags: reasonably priced

I was very dissapointed when i went to this gentlemens club,I was expecting to see beautiful goddesses dancing, what we saw was the complete opposit!.
Presentation inside poor.Girls not impressive at all.
I wouldnt reccommend this gentlemens club to anyone who want to see a high class/fantasy/sexy/beautiful woman.

Dont let their website fool you!I was very dissapointed when i went to this gentlemens club,I was expecting to see beautiful goddesses dancing, what we saw was the complete opposit!.
Presentation inside poor.Girls not impressive at all.
I wouldnt reccommend this gentlemens club to anyone who want to see a high class/fantasy/sexy/beautiful woman.

Dont let their website fool you!

Paper - Paper, scissors, stone by mazphd

mazphd — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:43:53 +0000

Review by mazphd

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 0207 439 7770

Website: http://paperclublondon.com/PAPER

Tags: cool, dance, trendy

Ooo the hype surrounding this place, so far celebrity packs have included Kate Moss, and her 'wherever she goes' so does Sienna Miller companion, plus the Z-listed BB 'stars' strutting their stuff.

So high expectations, i was forseeing smooth tunes, great facilities, more than great drinks and a laid back atmosphere without any of the usual sleazey groopiness that can occur in a supposedly 'top' london venue.

I was disappointed. Where were the fabulous toilets for a start?! instead what greets you is a narrow corridor of less than luxurious faux metallic doors, whose confined space radiates a claustrophobic and intesively competitive space for the mirror. *yawn*. I wouldn't mind, but i had taken the trouble to get myself into the VIP area and the facilties here were not much better either - but nice to know that Ms Moss has to suffer with us mere mortals too!

The staff are super friendly, although getting them to mix a decent drink (the standard mojito test at play here) was a task that really required i get behind the bar and show them how its done. which is ridculous when you consider how much even a run of the mill V&T is ... So as Reenie surmises in her review, 'bring cash; lots of it!' she isn't wrong!

The club is split into 2 main parts, the bar area and affiliated toilets, with club area and another bar next door. The dance floor merges with a low tabled lay out that hug the edge of the club with the idea that the ladies will at some point in the evening get bored of being sleazed on climb atop the nearest table and shake their funkAy stuff. After the amount on drinks, this is probably the safest place to stay - cashola in hand, baying boys at your feet.

Sadly though if your male and want to dance, well its going to be a try hard and harder night. bouncers mark out the tables areas with a dedication bordering on obsessive parenting - at 26 i am quite capable of shifting whom i would like to dance with, some poor guy who asked me the time was whisked so fast across the club i barely had time to inform him well that his time was up.

One wonders what state Ms Moss and co. has been in when she comes here, if i were her i'd find somewhere else to dance till dawn, somewhere where the drinks can be mixed to standard and the girls and boys are free to dance all night!

still if expensive and being seen in the 'right' scene is your thing you might enjoy it! Ooo the hype surrounding this place, so far celebrity packs have included Kate Moss, and her 'wherever she goes' so does Sienna Miller companion, plus the Z-listed BB 'stars' strutting their stuff.

So high expectations, i was forseeing smooth tunes, great facilities, more than great drinks and a laid back atmosphere without any of the usual sleazey groopiness that can occur in a supposedly 'top' london venue.

I was disappointed. Where were the fabulous toilets for a start?! instead what greets you is a narrow corridor of less than luxurious faux metallic doors, whose confined space radiates a claustrophobic and intesively competitive space for the mirror. *yawn*. I wouldn't mind, but i had taken the trouble to get myself into the VIP area and the facilties here were not much better either - but nice to know that Ms Moss has to suffer with us mere mortals too!

The staff are super friendly, although getting them to mix a decent drink (the standard mojito test at play here) was a task that really required i get behind the bar and show them how its done. which is ridculous when you consider how much even a run of the mill V&T is ... So as Reenie surmises in her review, 'bring cash; lots of it!' she isn't wrong!

The club is split into 2 main parts, the bar area and affiliated toilets, with club area and another bar next door. The dance floor merges with a low tabled lay out that hug the edge of the club with the idea that the ladies will at some point in the evening get bored of being sleazed on climb atop the nearest table and shake their funkAy stuff. After the amount on drinks, this is probably the safest place to stay - cashola in hand, baying boys at your feet.

Sadly though if your male and want to dance, well its going to be a try hard and harder night. bouncers mark out the tables areas with a dedication bordering on obsessive parenting - at 26 i am quite capable of shifting whom i would like to dance with, some poor guy who asked me the time was whisked so fast across the club i barely had time to inform him well that his time was up.

One wonders what state Ms Moss and co. has been in when she comes here, if i were her i'd find somewhere else to dance till dawn, somewhere where the drinks can be mixed to standard and the girls and boys are free to dance all night!

still if expensive and being seen in the 'right' scene is your thing you might enjoy it!

Ain't Nothin But the Blues - authentic by JehonaGjurgjeala

JehonaGjurgjeala — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:18:31 +0000

Review by JehonaGjurgjeala

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7287 0514

Website: http://www.aintnothinbut.co.uk

Tags: live music, friendly, jazz

Given that most music places in central London seem to be getting a facelift (re Ronnie Scotts), it is kinda nice to have these old-school sort of live music haunts. 'Aint nothing but...' is a smallish, dirty-looking bar (in a nice way!), where you can feel easily at home. It gets very busy though, so try to get there early.Given that most music places in central London seem to be getting a facelift (re Ronnie Scotts), it is kinda nice to have these old-school sort of live music haunts. 'Aint nothing but...' is a smallish, dirty-looking bar (in a nice way!), where you can feel easily at home. It gets very busy though, so try to get there early.