Medicine Bar, Shoreditch

A newer cousin of the Islington one, I was slightly wary of the place before I went, given the comments about the other place. However, it was a friend's birthday and so had to go. Basically a complete let down.

As with the other one, it would seem the bar staff have all been smopking weed before they serve...I've had quicker service in a French McDonald's!

The music was appalling, on both floors...both playing very poor R&B type crap which only grates on the ears after half an hour.

And when we got fed up and left at 11, let's not forget the 45 minute coat queue, as they had, in their wisdom, gigen each coat a ticket, but just hung them up anywhere in no particualr order...to the point I ended up going in to get my own.

What a shambles!

I give it 1 point because there were one or two nice women in there.

Avoid!!

11 Mar 2005 19:49

The Tongue and Groove, Brixton

Went there last Friday after having been down the Dogstar. At first view it looked great..small, cozy and playing thumping music. Nice girls too. But the atmosphere was soon destroyed by the dicks that seem to frequesnt the place. On getting the second drink of the evening I had to squeeze past a guy at the bar who refused to move and just eyeballed me after I politely asked him if I could get past. He then obviously took offence and told his mate who then decided to ask me 'what my f*cking problem was?' standing about two inched from my face. Having done ten years of kickboxing, he was lucky I didn't bash his head off the bar. The mood ruined, I went back to where my mate was and said I wanted to leave. On the way out, another guy was standing in the way of the door. I asked him, again politely to move, and he he shouted "WAIT!" at me. So, fed up, I just pushed past him amnd he went for my throat with his hand...given the height difference he didn't get a good grip and I was out the door before he could have another go.

Shame really..if not for the obviously very small proportion of black idiots in Brixton (I'm not racist, there are equal amounts of white idiots around)the area would have a better reputation than it does.

Would maybe go back if the door staff have a better grip on the idiots going in there.

19 Jan 2005 13:19