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Good neighbourhood bar and club

This place gets busy late. There is a cabaret bar (usually with drag performances) and a disco in the next room. Can get very packed at weekends. Attracts an up for it crowd of mixed ages and backgrounds.

Sophisticated place

Popped in out of interest during a visit to New York on holiday. Place was busy on a Tuesday night at about 10pm. Crowd appeared extremely trendy and sophisticated. Looked like a good place to go on a date. I tried to get a drink at both downstairs and upstairs bars, but the bartenders did not seem particularly interested in taking my order so I left.

Loved this place

Went there on a Tuesday evening at about 9pm and the place was very busy with a mixed crowd of ages and backgrounds. Yankees and Mets games plus US tennis open on the screens. If only London had a place like this for gay sports fans. Love NYC!

OK place

Went there on a Wednesday night. Arrived about 10:30 and the place was busy with a mixed range of ages and backgrounds including college students. Quite a lot of people there alone.

Well worth a visit

Atmospheric venue on three floors. Diverse clientele including a fair sized oriental crowd (although not to the same extent as Kudos). Upstairs bar offers views straight down Old Compton Street (if you can get a seat). At the time of writing has cheap drinks promotions early evening. Open late.

Cool bar with courtyard

This venue comprises a downstairs bar, front courtyard (hence the name of the bar), plus a loft bar upstairs with a balcony overlooking the courtyard. The loft is cosy with original wooden beams and the balcony can be useful in summer for surveying the clientele.

Unique

Looks quite uninviting from the outside. This is a quirky venue in what is becoming a gay village in Vauxhall. Quite gritty and down to earth. But it is an institution for some and they have some quality cabaret acts.

Cool place

Trendy venue on several floors and views over Soho square. Intimate atmosphere makes it good for couples.

Mixed venue

I'm not sure whether this place is still gay or has reverted to being a straight venue. Whatever, given its location it still seems to attract its fair share of gay blokes.

Intimate local feel to this pub

Small bar on Old Compton Street. Good for a drink or two in the evening. Attracts an eclectic crowd. I've never been quite able to see the particular attraction of the place, but it seems to have carved out a niche.

Fashionable place

This is a trendy bar with huge windows so you can see who is passing by. It attracts a youngish fashionable crowd. Lots of suits during the week.

Young crowd at Chinatown venue

This bar attracts a young teen/twenty-something crowd. Quite busy during the week and packed at weekends.

Video bar with young crowd

Busy most nights. This is a relatively new place by the owners of the famous GAY club night. It attracts a mostly young crowd. Has several bars on different levels and plays music videos, which is good if you're on your own.

Old Compton Street legend

This is a well established venue and perhaps the best known London gay pub. It is busy pretty much every night of the week. Slightly older crowd perhaps and quite cruisy as the evening progresses.

Cabaret and bar

This place is a bit out of town, but very close to Camden Town tube. It has a nice enough bar upstairs plus a roof terrace outside. Downstairs is a well known club/cabaret bar that gets busy at weekends.