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Cargo - review by CristinaA

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:54:26 +0000

Cargo - review by CristinaA

Rating: 4.1

Location: 83 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7739 3440

Website: http://www.cargo-london.com

Tags: jazz, pop, late license, modern pub, cool & smart, live, young professionals, electronica, beer garden, different pub food, rock, hip-hop, house, underground, trendy, friendly, relaxed, cool, live music

Iâ¬"ve been coming to Cargo for years, making regular trips before I had even moved to london

The door staff are actually helpful rather than dismissive and are capable of using words of more than one syllable, which I find is an all too rare trait these days.

On entering you are hit by loud music, but rather than being too bassy or distorted it is just right. This is because of its rather impressive speaker display. The area itself is spacious but also quite intimate, the crowd is varied and unpretentious, and to be fair that is an award winning quality in itself.
With very quick and friendly bar staff I found myself having a great time and have been back on many occasions, it was just lucky I made these notes the first time as I can't remember the others too well. I wondered when these notes would come in useful! All in all a fantastic night.

Koko - review by VickieMac

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:50:41 +0000

Koko - review by VickieMac

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: live music, hole in pocket, indie, live, young and fun, rock, house, sexy, cheesy, trendy, friendly, dance, cool

This is one of my favourite venues in London. It's huge with three(ish) glamourous floors of guilding and plush red curtains and seating. It's great!

I love it best for live bands. The sound is mediocre but the atmosphere is fab. The HUGE disco ball is lots fun and adds a whole lotta sparkle!

Downside, the drinks cost a BOMB!! Wayyyyy too overpriced even for London. So bring your cutest piggy bank.

Koko - review by abcjess

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:37:01 +0000

Koko - review by abcjess

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: live music, hole in pocket, indie, live, electronica, students, rock, hip-hop, dance

I went here for the first time as part of the iTunes Music festival. The space is versatile and I believe the stage is probably easily viewable from all areas. The womens toilets were nice and clean although the layout seemed slightly confused a points (especially when they were ushering everyone out of the building.)

The lighting was fine but the sound did falter and there were a few difficulties. Iâ¬"ve been told by many that the bar is over-priced, they are reluctant to even give you tap water and as posted below/quote from a friend, â¬Sthe NME club nights are really shit and truly a last resort for a night out.â¬

Extremely strict on forms of identification so if in doubt, rely on either a passport or drivers licence.

Cargo - review by sparklepants

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:49:06 +0000

Cargo - review by sparklepants

Rating: 4.1

Location: 83 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7739 3440

Website: http://www.cargo-london.com

Tags: cool & smart

Probably one of the best place to go if you're into trying out different music! Always a brilliant atmosphere and a guaranteed top night out.

Koko - review by sparklepants

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:37:44 +0000

Koko - review by sparklepants

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: hole in pocket

I used to live just around the corner from Koko, and while it is very big, it does get very, very busy...and hot! The drinks are extremely overpriced (Â£5 for a beer, Â£6 for a plastic cup of wine!!) It is a great place to go to a gig though, good atmosphere. I would suggest going to the Crescent pub (just across the road) for some pre gig cheap drinks!! Try not to lose your friends as you may never find them, ever again! Other than that, a good venue!

PS! The NME 'club nights' are ok if you're 12 or under!!

Koko - review by glamgoldchic

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:23:45 +0000

Koko - review by glamgoldchic

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: live music, free to get in, goth, reasonably priced, young and fun, students, rock, trendy, friendly

Went here for the iTunes festival 2008 - queued outside for a couple of hours and got free tickets to see Pendulum/InMe. Pretty good value. The club is like nothing I have ever seen before - an old theatre with multiple stories so you can see the stage from wherever you are. Brilliant atmosphere.

My only gripe was that there weren't enough toilets (3). Would love to go again.

Koko - review by glenburg1

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:51:32 +0000

Koko - review by glenburg1

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

koko is a good night out but pick your night right as it has a night for everything.
the drink in here is at around average london prices of Â£4-Â£5 a drink(which to some may seem over the top/crazy)
The atmosphere in here isnt too bad and most people just want a good night out.
you can get home from here pretty easy as there is a range of night buses just out side and plenty of cabs both black cabs and mini cabs ,with mini cab firm straight across the road.
The inside of this building is tastefully done and a good night out can be had by all.
One of the better london clubs

Koko - review by nispero

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:42:41 +0000

Koko - review by nispero

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: dance, electronica, reasonably priced, trendy

Koko is a former theater reconverted in a disco. It is located in Camden High street very near to the Mornington Crescent station. It has several floors with bars and some sofas. In the ground floor their is a massive disco ball and the scenario. I have only been there to see concerts and I have to say that it is a fantastic venue for this purpose.
On the other hand the drinks are quite expensive but it is the usual things in night venues.
The price in a weekend is not very expensive and I think is free if you enter before nine pm.

Koko - review by aimeealewis

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:29:46 +0000

Koko - review by aimeealewis

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: live music, pop, goth, indie, reasonably priced, young and fun, rock, cheesy, trendy, dance, cool

I love Koko. I love the fact it's an old theatre. I love the brilliant nights ranging from nights where the Horrors open and then the mood turns cheesey later, to hard house DJ nights with Lisa pinup. I had my birthday party there one year and 40 of us took over the upper bar area.

I also love the fact you can meet men that look like women, people who are totally on it and hard rockers. Everyone goes to KOKO.

Egg - review by Thomasinho

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:13:27 +0000

Egg - review by Thomasinho

Rating: 4.0

Location: 200 York Way, N7 9AP, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7609 8364

Website: http://www.egglondon.net/

Tags: dance, electronica, reasonably priced, young and fun, students, house, trendy, friendly

I was taken along here, by one of the regular DJ's who plays at the venue. I found it to be a maze of a place, with corridors and rooms appearing on each turn.
Im not to keen on the amount of different rooms, as its hard to workout which room the action is, and you can sometimes feel like your missing out in the other room.

The place didnt seem to expensive, and getting a drink didnt take too long, if your into finer refined clubs this is not for you, its young, studenty, alternative dance crowd, music was pretty impressive.

Not quite superclub, but with a bit of work, could well be, especially with closures of great clubs such as the cross.

Koko - review by Buraco

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:31:29 +0000

Koko - review by Buraco

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: cool, indie, young and fun, students, rock, cheesy, friendly, dance

wo.

i got lost. i got hypnotised by a giant inflatable ball. i refused to purchase more than 1 bottle of beer for Â£4 (ok as i was already very tipsy). i boogied to some old school tunes and some decent new ones. i had a drunken snog. i was able to walk home (although i didn't).

all in all a good saturday night out.

Koko - review by lenalouise

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:55:57 +0000

Koko - review by lenalouise

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: live music, indie, reasonably priced, young and fun, students, trendy, friendly, cool

I went on a Friday night and they had great music to dance to and a good crowd (without too many weird men trying it on! lol). I thought the drinks were pretty expensive (Â£3.40 for a pint of Fosters?!!) but then again, I'm not used to buying my own drinks :D

I love the setup of the place, so many little nooks and crannies to wander around in. It was a bit weird when a band came on and played a gig in the middle of the night but I actually really enjoyed it even though I didn't know their stuff (they were called South Centred).

I wish I lived nearer to this place because then I could go every week!! Too bad

Koko - review by shunter

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:34:57 +0000

Koko - review by shunter

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: young and fun, indie, reasonably priced

Great night out on a friday if you're into indie music and live bands because it's NME night. Only costs Â£5 to get in but if you aren't there early enough then there is a big queue, the first 100 people get in free. The drinks are a little expensive but there are deals on some drinks. The bars can be quite busy but there are a few bars.

Koko - review by cbrookes

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:38:25 +0000

Koko - review by cbrookes

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: students, indie, mature, reasonably priced

Good place to go if you like indie music, they dont generally play anything else, other than when they do the album chart show filming there for channel four, also have celeb events there! quite cheap to get in only Â£5 plus a queue jump, also resomably priced drinks.

Koko - review by rharvey

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:48:43 +0000

Koko - review by rharvey

Rating: 3.8

Location: 1A Camden High Street, NW1 7JE, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 432 5527

Website: http://www.koko.uk.com

Tags: students, indie, reasonably priced, young and fun

Koko is good on a friday night if you are interested in indie music as they have live bands on stage (some signed, some unsigned. and only Â£5 entry, can have very long queues though.
Also they host the album chart show, where you can go and see the filming of the show with sarah cox