The Ku Bar, Charing Cross Road [Closed] - pub details
Closed
Address: 75 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0NE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 25364) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Leicester Square (0.1 miles), Covent Garden (0.2 miles), Piccadilly Circus (0.3 miles)
London Charing Cross (0.3 miles), London Waterloo (1 mile), London Waterloo East (1 mile)
> Current user rating: 5.0/10 (rated by 6 users)
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79 CXR, Charing Cross Road (0.0 miles), Porcupine, Leicester Square (0.0 miles), Le Beaujolais, Piccadilly (0.1 miles), Walkabout, Shaftesbury Avenue (0.1 miles), Verve, Leicester Square (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Ku Bar, Charing Cross Road
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| Unfortunately this place has developed a reputation for being racist, with a number of friends of East Asian/Oriental appearance turned away by security who said it was 'a members club'. Absolutely untrue, of course. The same excuse was conveniently forgotten when I and other Caucasian friends fronted up. The migration of East Asian chaps has been caused due to the closure of the unlamented 'Kudos' down near Charing Cross. There are now obviously a number of gay SE Asian men looking for a local in the West End and Ku-Bar, being in Chinatown, seemed a good choice I guess. I suppose it is only human nature ... that a gay pub would be racist though is a bit sad, honestly. It was an OK place upstairs for a cocktail or wine ... though downstairs is a bit dire unless you are 20 years old, but until they have their 'issues' sorted I will not return. benscaro - 26 Aug 2011 17:42 |
| Went to the comedy night here last Friday and it was such a blast! I was a little disappointed I couldn't get the time off work to go to Edinburgh this year but Soho Comedy Club had Iszi Lawrence as a compere (awesome lady in her own right) Luke Toulson and Sol Bernstien - you can't even get that line-up on TV and it was live. Really friendly atmosphere which was cool since I've never been to a gay bar before and was a little worried about what people would think :0 Is probably the best value thing you can do in the area as it was only a tenner. Nice one, def going back. abele_pieter - 11 Aug 2011 10:26 |
| Bar staff seem friendly but the clientelle are terribly stuck up and full of their own importance. Gay people can be so unfriendly - not remotely interested in revisiting tuzapicabit - 5 May 2009 18:21 |
| The new Ku Bar (on site of former Polar Bear PH) was heaving last weekend. Sat night it was 1 in 1 out only. Got small selection of Draught on tap, downstairs open till 3am free admission. Kewl bar, certainly giving some new style to the west end bar scene. Bit overpriced (Fosters at �3 a pint) but great atmosphere. Wonderfully attractive bar staff and glass collectors too.... Clivers - 9 Mar 2007 20:21 |
| Havent been in here for 5 years and it hasnt changed much. Still very up its own arse. The manager/owner is the most hateful man. I was looking at the dukebox to select a song when he pushed me out of the way and proceded to put �10 worth of songs on, I couldnt belive how awful he was. In any other bar in London the Landlord would allow you to select the songs and certainly not deliberately make you wait 2 hours to hear the songs you pay for. No draught beer. garrybear - 27 Dec 2006 17:10 |
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