Very good establishment, beautiful girls and good atmosphere. if we talk about the price, then the…read moreprice is very reasonable

On NY night I was complaining about being 24 and about the fact that I have never-ever stepped foot…read morein a strip joint. My brother in law found this "shocking" and told me there's one strip club right across the street from his and if I wanna go, he'll take me. Yay!! We made plans and the following week, me and my boyfriend + other 2 couples went to discover the mysteries of The Griffin. I literally felt like I was in one of Tarantino's movies. The place is nothing like I was imagining (flashy lights, neons, sofas etc). From the outside it looks like a normal pub- with blacked out windows (not that pub windows are normally black, but traditionally, pubs have frosted windows, so you can't see who's inside); a guy sitting at the front door -very polite, by the way- beer/smoking garden a couple of passes away from the entrance etc. The guy told us how we have to behave and what we can and can't do, wished us a happy night and we went in. As soon as the door opened, hot air "hit" me. SO warm and nice! The place looks like a pub! With carpet, ancient looking bar, fruit machines etc. We went to the bar and got some drinks (reasonably priced) and we started looking around. Girls dressed in lingerie walk around with pints and ask for £1, prolly that was the only thing different from a normal pub. hahaha. After these pleasantries, a dancer gets on a small stage at the back of the room and starts dancing. She has a DJ/bodyguard guy next to her and she starts taking off all her clothes. Oh la la! You see everything and I mean EVERYTHING! Of course it was racy and you could see all the old people patting their foreheads with a handkerchief. The girls are good looking- I liked that, not skinny,fake ones (I think only one girl had fake boobs) and they move nicely, they always smile and they look happy and like they're having fun. What I found "stupid" was the music they were "dancing" to. It didn't work with the moves they were doing or vice-versa?! Meh, it doesn't matter- you're not there for the music in the end. haha. There is also an area which is curtained off, where you are not allowed unless you pay £10 for a private dance or you are a girl and you need the toilet. :P Several girls asked us if we want a private dance and they came up with all kinds of offers (2 girls for £10 and the ladies watch etc). We kept refusing and one of the girls told me I should find a better man, because the one I have doesnt wanna see a private dance. Hahahahahaha, that was funny. Anyways, I really don't find that room private as , although its fairly large, you're there with other dudes (and ladies going to the toilet), sitting on little individual sofas and watching the girl/s dance on tiny tables, doing the exact same thing she/they did on the main stage. No touching- you know, cuz normally in private dances, the girls can touch you. Nope, not here. No touchy! I hear during weekends its very busy and musty(ahahahaha, oh god) but on a week night, its ok. We went on a Wednesday night and it was very chilled out, a very after-work sort of place- you see loads of people in business suits. Anyhoo, it was a great experience and I'm glad I went. So if you're in the neighbourhood and fancy some "dirty dancing" or on your lunch break (they are open from like 12 pm) and feel like eating some fish and chips while watching a naked, dancing girl- head down to The Griffin!

This place has closed down. I tried to go last Saturday .its boarded up and no lights were onread more

Ye Old Axe is a strip bar that turns into a Rockabilly night on Saturday at midnight and goes on…read moreuntil 6am. It really is a great place to come on a Saturday night when you want to spend the night dancing to some rocking music and have a great old time. It does get very crowded though but I've met some interesting people here because you literally keep bumping into people on the dance floor. A eclectic mix of artists, people who work in media, punks and of course people who like dressing up in rockabilly outfits. It's £5 to get in but I would advise you to bring cash as they charge you 10% at the bar if you use a card.

Had a spiritual experience in here one hazy spring evening. I thought it couldn't get any better…read morewhen after having been there for less than 5 minutes I was welcomed into the warm embrace of the regulars pool tournament... how wrong I was. A few hours later I found myself dancing to Candy with gay abandon among the friendly locals. 10/10

My wife and I stopped into The Queens when attending our first Premier League match between West…read moreHam and Stoke City. It was right next to the train station and on the way to the stadium. Extremely friendly bartenders, clientele, and on this match day the crowd was cheering for West Ham vigorously the entire time. I've never heard "Tiny Bubbles" so many times in my life. We felt very comfortable and very at home, almost a part of the neighborhood. Many thanks to the good people of The Queens for their hospitality.

Don't go! Seriously - it's all mine and I don't want to share it…read more Okay that is a bit extreme but this place is the most magical club in the world and I'm resenting every letter I type here. So here's the deal, I'll write this and you'll appreciate it but never actually set foot it this place..okay? Good! I discovered this club/venue through my far too cool flatmate and we went on Halloween. It was like a huge house party full of your friends in some of the most horrific fancy dress I have ever seen. They have a small stage at the front where local artists perform alongside burlesque dancers for a truly eye opening experience. The place is filled with party people who dress funny even when they aren't in fancy dress and the drinks are cheap enough to get drunk on £20. That is after playing a whooping £10 to get in. Since that night I have been back a few times and every time I do it gets harder to get in. The queues are longer and the door staff ruder, in fact this Halloween we got there and they wouldn't even let us in at all. At 7pm (and I like to say that the normal starting time for things like this is about 11pm) there was over 200 people outside all waiting. We were not one of the lucky ones. So if I have had all of this trouble why so many star? It will still always be an amazing mixture of students, artists and free thinkers out for a good night with like minded people in a historic venue. There is even a Banksy painted on one side of it's wall. I wish more places would be like this so that we could all fit in!

What -is- this place?!…read more A girl was putting on lipstick in the mirror whilst I was using the urinal trough in the gents'. Another girl was in the toilet stall. The seat of the chair I sat on fell through between the legs as I adjusted my bum on it, and the stage was set with a massive light-festooned heart and a fabric vag the size of a sofa. Admittedly, this happened to be on the night of The Vagina Monologues performance and the crowd was teeming with lesbians and feminists, so that might explain the decor. I figure that the booze is typically cheap and that the space is just as grotty for any other event. The beauty of it is that's all it's meant to be - no more and no less. ---- As an aside... how does one punctuate the gents'? Gents? Gent's? Gents'?

Best club in London! I've been going out around London during the last 4 years and this is by far…read morethe best club. Awesome music (psytrance, electro) and visuals with great atmosphere, really friendly crowd and staff and themed parties every now and then with free snacks and refreshments. They are now opening also Saturdays from 2pm to 10pm if you want to pop over for a dance after lunch!

A place playing trance in London? Surely not…read more Had a great night at 414, a small but very friendly crowd and great music until the next day. Owner very friendly and had a good chat with us. Nice squishy sofas but even better, get up to the the roof garden as the sun comes up - genius. As others have said, security very friendly and absolutely no aggro in the club. Great vibe, will be going back soon.

Great pub! Warm, quirky, authentic cool…read more Excellent music, not too loud (Saturday was Reggae). Truly exceptional food! Every single thing we ordered was superb, not at all what you'd expect of pub food. House made. The Cheese puffs are friend cheese balls like you've never had before, with a mix of cheddar and cream cheese. Everybody was bowled over by these. The fries with gravy and cheese were like Canadian Poutine. The Langosh - Hungarian Fried Potato Bread, Garlic Yoghurt, Parmesan, Za'atar was brilliant - the bread itself was superb and with the savory and tart toppings we all agreed this checked nearly every box. The Merguez Sausages, Tzatziki, Tomato Chutney, Straw Fries were spicy and delectable. And the desserts! Basque Baked Cheesecake, Rhubarb and Blood Orange. And little balls of chocolate and coconut on top of a raspberry coulis were heavenly. The manager and all the staff were super friendly and helpful. My mates absolutely loved our time there and look forward to coming back!

Four stars for the fantastic food. Minus one for the lack of takeaway boxes- BOO- as they wrap…read moreleftovers in foil and for the dire toilet situation even as early as 6:30pm. I got the heritage carrots and radishes with feta and preserved lemon and the ras el hanout cauliflower, puy lentils, tomatoes and olive gremolata. Both are sizeable plates so I was only able to finish half of the cauliflower dish. The first is light and refreshing with the rich taste of the feta throughout. The cauliflower dish has an amazing smokey taste that even my carnivorous husband liked. I am keen to try the other yummy-sounding veg options! My husband got the lamb and lime and coriander sweet potato fries; he really liked the lamb but we both found the shoestring fries a bit bland sans ketchup. On the drinks side, I liked the vinho verde- which the bartender told me is not popular, sadly- and my husband enjoyed the cherry kriek. A cool, shabby place that has difference events going on, so I will defo return. Just fix the damn toilet situation already!

I don't normally frequent places that are full of w*nkers but given how drunk I was my visit to the…read moreNag's Head started off as a dare and ended up being a bit of a fun experience. The rundown and grotty exterior gives you an East End Gangster feel as you walk in and pay the doorman £3 on a Friday night when I visited. Then the cliental (almost all male) hits you. The strippers were super hot. I mean amazing. I could not believe my eyes. I saw some pole dancing and moves that made my eyes boggle. I could not believe the quality as I got a round in for a reasonable four drinks for £15 and the bar even offered cashback which is a rarity these days. There were rooms for private dancing and a pool table in the corner, a super size plasma screen with a fruit machine on the side. So just a bit of a pub, but with really, really hot strippers.

Well, we were already one hour behind schedule on our monopoly pub crawl, it was rainy and windy…read moreand we were thinking we'd go to the first and best pub we could find on whitechapel road. Then we walked past nag's head. All the shutters were down and it looked extremely dodgy, you couldn't even tell whether it was open or shut, but we were in a hurry and needed to get a move on. So we pushed at the door and were quite pleased when it opened. Inside it was incredibly run-down, rough and shabby, and the bar manager who was leaning against the bar looked at us ominously as we walked in (well, in fairness to him, maybe anyone would treat pre-noon drinkers with a measure of scepticism). And of course, the roughly hewn, makeshift, unpainted stage with the dancing pole just added to the seediness of the place. In our group was this guy dressed as santa claus. He really wanted to do a little pole dance in honour of the monopoly pub crawl, but disappointingly the bar manager would have none of it. Maybe he had a bad sense of humour. How could you not want to see santa claus pole dance!

We arrived at Slimelight shortly after opening, so it wasn't too busy yet. But that was soon…read morechanged: people filtered in, mostly wearing black but with a variety of intriguing accessories. Ben and I had chosen coloured contacts (me in black, him in white) as our added weapons. Slimelight is a big, members only goth club. If you're a non-member, there are two ways to get in: know a member, or look the part. We looked the part. As well as many dance rooms (with varieties of music: Ben and I liked the ravey room best), the club also serves food (they had a barbecue!), has pool tables, many bars, and runs occasional events: we were privy to goth bingo, and participated in karaoke! Brilliant. Mainly, I loved dancing in the electronic style room because the UV lighting made my outfit look AWESOME. As far as karaoke goes, I went for a nerve-wracking rendition of Love Cats, and later on, my friend Sas and I teamed up for a blinding performance of 99 Red Balloons. Both were REALLY well received Great fun. Thanks to the chaps at Slimelight you're a lovely lot

The longest running Gothic club in the world, and also the best. My first time here was in 1999,…read moreand ever since, whenever I'm in London I make sure to include Saturday night in my stay, just for this place. Super friendly people, many with elaborate Goth outfits. Crowd includes all ages from 60 year old veterans to 20 year olds, and everyone is having fun with quality Gothic rock, ebm and industrial music. I hope I get to keep on coming here for many more years. Since someone asked, I'll clarify that the Slimelight is on every Saturday from 2300 til very late. Sometimes there are also pre club shows from artists in the Gothic and Industrial scene, in which case a ticket for the show will also get you into the club. Other nights of the week the venue operates under different names for different purposes.