good bars, pubs in central london?

wijcc · 13 Jun 2007 at 18:23

What bars, pubs and clubs do you guys recommend in central london?
Thanks in advance guys

Jimmi · 13 Jun 2007 at 18:34

It really depends on what you want, what sort of music are you into?

wijcc · 13 Jun 2007 at 18:39

not heavy metal

mainstream, pop, r'n'b, ,dance, drum'n'bass, house etc, looking for good atmosphere and good crowds

Millwall.FC · 13 Jun 2007 at 18:48

they are all pretty much over priced **** holes i can only recomend places not to go in central london

Jimmi · 13 Jun 2007 at 18:52

wijcc said:
not heavy metal mainstream, pop, r'n'b, house etc, looking for good atmosphere and good crowds

Sorry cant help you with pop and rnb ****

Although carnaby/soho area has a couple of nice pubs and brick lane is worth a visit :cool:

wijcc · 13 Jun 2007 at 18:58

also want places which have loads of young single females too

Rich_L · 13 Jun 2007 at 19:00

wijcc said:
also want places which have loads of young single females too

Strawberry Moons on Regent St on a Saturday night...

Shaftesbury Avenue walkies is a given, lots of blokes too but Aussie birds so reasonably easy (lol) - avoid the crowds and get there a bit earlier, watch some sport and get warmed up then go mental

Although it's not exactly renown as a nightlife hotspot the 3rd floor of O'neills just off Chinatown seems to be somewhat of successful spot for me, always seem to be cheeky foreign girls there

Not really central London, but Reflex by St. Pauls on a Friday night is always good, loads of standard Essex totty but quite a few lawyers/city birds out on the lash unwinding so pretty much guaranteed a decent success ratio, again gets v. busy past about 9:30 though so might want to get on the guest list first.

Could also hit the oh-so-standard Abacus/Digress joints round Bank/Moorgate, bit pricey though but loads of girls and when it gets a bit later they all get easier.

If you want student totty then LSE run a night at their union near Holborn on Saturday nights which is cheap as chips and always seems to have lots of girls there, plus it's end of exams time so loads of people out, if you can put up with all the young 'uns

wijcc · 13 Jun 2007 at 19:19

thanks, anytips/advice on pulling rich_l?

scorza · 13 Jun 2007 at 19:22

wijcc said:
thanks, anytips/advice on pulling rich_l?

Sorry I can't help you pull Rich_L, but if you want to pull women in central London, then a) drive a nice car, and b) buy them lots of champagne.

arc_of_time_ · 13 Jun 2007 at 19:23

on essex birds....tell them you have a massive wallet

SoSolid · 13 Jun 2007 at 19:23

Millwall.FC said:
they are all pretty much over priced **** holes i can only recomend places not to go in central london

Very very true, well said mate. Central London sucks for clubs and bars etc.

arc_of_time_ · 13 Jun 2007 at 19:25

Ive been told manchester and liverpool are better nights out than london, is this true from anyones opinion thats been out in the above?

"andy" · 13 Jun 2007 at 19:41

they dont compare to london if your clubbing but for pub/bar crawls then maybe so

Jimmi · 13 Jun 2007 at 19:57

andy said:
they dont compare to london if your clubbing but for pub/bar crawls then maybe so

Agree on the clubbing thing, london is the only place to go if your into your dance music!

wijcc · 15 Jun 2007 at 01:21

thanks all, where is best for a friday night in central london?

bigredshark · 15 Jun 2007 at 02:52

There are some top places but it's hard work keeping ahead of the masses. A good bet for a starting point would be the big chill house on pentonville road, terrace is nice in the summer too. After that you could follow the masses to fabric or turnmills.

Abacus has been mentioned (though it's a bit of a meatmarket to be honest).

As I tend to be more of a pub till 10ish and then on to some small club, I reckon a good bet right now is the water poet followed by the strongroom. It's not a wild scene but it's always a good night...