Been here a few years ago and it was brilliant nothing better than dancing away thinking phew it's getting hot! And being able to go for a dip in the pool and then dance away again to dry off! Been reading the reviews and am shocked to see the negative reviews I am going again in August for my sisters 18th birthday we r hiring a limo and I am trying to get into contact with the club (to which they haven't replied to any of my emails yet!) so I will see if it has gone downhill since last time I went! Will let u know.

I went there on Saturday for a hen do and was so disappointed music was rubbish the drinks were very over priced was a very small club. Wasn't happy at all I wanted to go home by 12 and the hen wasn't pleased she also was very disappointed will not be going back that's for sure!!!

Man this club is a joke lol. Went there with me mates for free. Got wasted lol, were dancing to kinda trance music that I never listen to. Anyways, the place is kinda sausage fest, but it's quite cool, the bouncers are not too bad(compared to the shitty West End clubs), the black guy in the cloakroom was cool(we left our bags on the floor, the staff put them in the cloakroom, we were shitting ourselves, however, everything was fine, we found them in the cloakroom lol) Some guys were drunk swiming in the pool for 1 quid lol jokes apparently theres a pool in that club. The club was shut at around 6am lol The music wasn't very good tbh, but we had fun, the drinks could be cheaper too. Will defo come back. C U SOON :) xx

It could have been so good. £12 in £21 for 2 drinks and the club is now really tired. There are so many better clubs in London.

Drastically improved since the last time i was there, think back in November 2009 at some point..... Amazing sound system that will shiver your body, friendly staff and great atmosphere.. Always worth going to.

I visited on Saturday night with 7 friends for a friend's birthday party. Unfortunately I left feeling completely let down by the d.j's, the appalling music, and the general attitude of staff (aside from the bar staff who were actually very nice) who seemed to use any excuse to try and put a dampener on your night.

My biggest beef with the place was , the mean spirited D.Js and the humourless, 'jobsworth' pool staff.

The place is absolutely filled with tacky sorts of hen's parties from out of town chavvy types. It was my friend's birthday party and when I asked for the second lot of d.js who were playing to make a 'happy birthday' announcement of the mic, they refused with the unthinkable response that they 'don't use the mic' despite the fact that the d.j just on before them had made several announcements of hens parties and birthday parties. Those d.js in question were just mean spirited and up their own ar*ses, never before have I come across a more humourless, mean bunch of people - to not announce somebody's birthday - all of which would have taken them two seconds to do. Also, as soon as these guys were playing, the standard of the music went fastly downhill - turning the soul music into a washed out, vibe-less and unimaginative techno beat, which was bizarre given that the night was advertised as 'soul'.

The guy manning the pool and the lifeguard are the most humourless and mean spirited sort of people (I had to beg to allow my fully clothed friend into the pool area to take a few pics)

I mean c'mon management - your staff represent your club, if you hire mean spirited people who use any excuse to be heavy handed on your clubbers you will soon develop a bad reputation, and people will be reluctant to return. Hire cheerful, generous people and train them to have good customer service skills and you will develop a much better reputation. It's not brain surgery is it?

2011 and the club is amazing been there for weeks on end a good night every time security can be very rude though been told to fuck off a few times, just smile and say fuck off back :) good club great pool and good atmosphere lots of women and drunk people, good stuff.

I wouldn't give it even O star. I was invited to the private party to Club Aquarium, and that is for the first and last time. Everything has started yet from entering the club and ended in there. The door supervisor(security), without even saying anything, started searching me, which seemed normal at first few seconds, but it was unusual, when he took my wallet, Barclays wallet, where I had my credit cards and some cash. This is my property and he cannot look at my credit cards. I have ask him, if he has a rights to check that, and I thus was just a question to the security, ( because, I study law in United Kingdom, and ethical issue is my primary concern.) where another one came and said to me fuck off from here. I have asked him to be polite, this is really not health person, and I was shocked, how can he be in customer service. This how they behave? I know that I can be refused in entering the club, but not in such way. Secondary, he have refused to give me his name and reg number, of sia. Club Aquarium really need to learn how to communicate with the people.

Ok what can i say that isn't already true, let me just put it this way i would rather go to a off licence and rave on the street watching fireworks on NYE 2010 than go here.

This club was totally shit and had little dicks wanting to start fights. I went on NYE 2010 the crowd was not great at all , music could have been better bhangra side was full of guys. Average rating should be a 1 star not 3!

This is the worst club I have ever been to in my life! 1st the area around the club is full of scum and you can tell its a dodgy place to be. Went for NYE 2010 and the club obviously sold way too many tickets which was a major issue as you couldn't move inside. The management just wanted money and didn't worry about how the night was. The DJ forgot about the countdown and only counted down from 5 which was a joke.

The worst thing of all was most of the people in the club were young Bengali guys which was disgusting. Just loads of guys thinking their black walking around. If you enjoy a more mature high class club please dont go to this event!

Club Aquarium management you let yourself down and wasted my money. I should have gone to one of the main clubs in central.

I wouldn't give this Club a single star rating. I went to Club Aquarium for NYE 2010 with me friends and we all had the worst possible time ever. The security guards were rude, one of them let his friends through without any tickets whilst we were waiting in the que with tickets which cost us £30 each. There were 8 of us, we spent our midnight countdown in the que waiting to enter the club.

There were too many people, it was definitely not worth the price. I wouldn't go this club ever again even though the entry was to be free.

The VIP area wasn't even secured properly and anybody could get in it, was very small and packed.

The worst club me and my friends have ever ben to with the staff being very rude and inconsiderate (especially the security guards at the entrance). The biggest mistake made by us going to this club for NYE.

I wouldn't recommend this club to anyone.

Me and my girlfriends went to Club Aquarium for new years eve 2010. The tickets were 25 quid and the flyer made the club seem really nice, with 3 dance floors with different genres of music. The idea of 1500 people seemed really cool too. Until we actually went there.

The place was absolutely packed! You couldn't even walk anywhere without having to push through. The main dance floor was way overcrowded, we couldn't dance there. They let in at least 200 people too many, no exaggeration. Definitely a fire hazard. I was surprised to see that approximately 70% of the people had a south Asian background (like myself), since no reviews I read mentioned that. The crowd overall seemed drunk and rowdy, don't know if that was due to it being new year's night or if it is always like that. The pool was closed, which was probably a good idea with that many drunk people there. The security guard at the VIP lounge was totally rude, and they didn't even have room for our coats in the coat-check!

Luckily we stumbled across Bar Aquarium next door when we went for a smoke which is connected to the club. Less people, two small dance floors, room to move and breathe! The terrace for smoking was also nice. Ended up having a good night there after all, after we got the hell out of the overcrowded club!

My last visit was in December 2010 and it will remain my last. Sadly I didn't check these reviews, though I now wish I had, because I had based my return on an April 08 night out which was good despite one of the girls with us having her handbag stolen whilst swimming. Anyway in essence I agree with the sentiments shared in these reviews. The place has deteriorated consistently over time and is now not the sort of venue that will add value to your evening. A full makeover is now overdue, including the staff who have no interest in making the evening an enjoyable experience. The clientele also leaves a lot to be desired: A gay weirdo with intimidating dancing at a disturbing proximity; an opportunist stealing champagne which i got back on confronting him; various attempts at taking hired clothing accessories; and lastly someone who stole designer sunglasses who i never managed to identify. All in all an unsavoury experience.

My last visit was in December 2010 and it will remain my last. Sadly I didn't check these reviews, though I now wish I had, because I had based my return on an April 08 night out which was good despite one of the girls with us having her handbag stolen whilst swimming. Anyway in essence I agree with the sentiments shared in these reviews. The place has deteriorated over time and is now not the sort of venue that will add value to your evening. A full makeover is now overdue, including the staff who have no interest in making the evening an enjoyable experience. The clientele also leaves a lot to be desired: A gay weirdo with intimidating dancing at a disturbing proximity; an opportunist stealing champagne which i got back on confronting him; various attempts at taking hired clothing accessories; and lastly someone who stole designer sunglasses who i never managed to identify. All in all an unsavoury experience.

My last visit was in December 2010 and it will remain my last. Sadly I didn't check these reviews, though I now wish I had, because I had based my return on an April 08 night out which was good despite one of the girls with us having her handbag stolen whilst swimming. Anyway in essence I agree with the sentiments shared in these reviews. The place has deteriorated consistently over time and is now not the sort of venue that will add value to your evening. A full makeover is now overdue, including the staff who have no interest in making the evening an enjoyable experience. The clientele also leaves a lot to be desired: A gay weirdo with intimidating dancing at a disturbing proximity; an opportunist stealing champagne which i got back on confronting him; various attempts at taking hired clothing accessories; and lastly someone who stole designer sunglasses who i never managed to identify. All in all an unsavoury experience.

So glad I read these reviews before I booked up. It seems like a dive. Thanks to you all I haven't wasted my money.Reflex was another one I was looking up, but that doesn't seem any better.
Just have to keep looking.

I would say giving it 1 star was be too much. Club Aquarium has not changed or been decorated in 15 years! The entrance lobby even has sticky floors! We went in August 2010 and I'm not even sure if the place has air con-it was very, very hot in there! (and smelly!)all drinks were served in plastic glasses, and the barman was shocked when I said I wanted real glasses with the bottle of bubbles I just bought! After 5 minutes he came back with a couple of champagne flutes and a couple of wine glasses! Great! The smell of the pool was overbearing when you ventured out that way and I cant remember seeing a lifeguard - although none of our group went in! The event is great, but please carwash go somewhere else! 15 pounds is far to much to get in Aquarium, the music is great and so are some of the guests, but if you moved venue it would be much better. Aquarium do not care about the event and were quite rude when I called them with an enquiry. Nice atmosphere is what were looking for. I used to live 10 minutes east - down the road from the club so am comfortable in the area but there is an uneasy feel in the club, like it could just kick off? I don't know? It was the end of a fantastic hen night that I had organised and to be honest I was left a little disappointed. We left at 3am and continued the party at my house. And to be honest again we had a better time there! So I would recommend somewhere else to go for your night out. But not reflex either as the manager there is really rude! Come on club night organisers we want a new great 70's and 80's night out!

I would give this nightclub no stars, yeah its open late but the bouncers and the clientele are scum. I am a 21 year old girl who got threatened by a guy in there bcos I ignored his advances. My friends and I kept trying to avoid him but he kept following us and came close to hitting me until my boyfriend grabbed his hand that was in my face and told him to back off. We then told the bouncers who did nothing, accept say he was 'their friend' although it was obvious to them what was happening. We saw them go over to talk to him at one point but his resulted in them joking around. I am absolutely appalled. Do not go to this place, if you do wear a stab vest-the bouncers are absolute THUGS!

I went there last Friday and was very disappointed with this place. We came there at 11pm after paying £10 for ladies and £15 for guys which was obviously far too early as there were 10 people in the club (including bar stuff). It got fuller at around 1ish and the people seems fine. They played russian techno until 3am as it was a eastern-european night and some funky house afterwards. Would not recomment this place to my friends for Friday night out. Apparently is a bit better on Saturday, through.

this club is dire!!!! i don't even want to give it one star.

We booked the venue in February for 'VIP' only to get to the door and be told we were not on the list.

Then when finally we proved it through an email, she acted like she was doing us a favour by letting us in.

Once in there the staff were very rude, the place was really dirty and they even charge you 50p to have a smoke. cannot believe people pay money to go into this place..its a disgrace!

Had a very surreal night here on Thurs and ended up in the pool - lets hope there is no CCTV..

Could not tell you much about the music but the people in the club were friendly and I had no issues with the staff.

I am afraid that the bouncers at Carwash are a weak link in an otherwise strong chain.

While the club itself is an enjoyable venue, the agressive attitude of its door staff would lead me to recommend that lovers of a relaxed and fun evening out head to an event such as Guilty Pleasures at Koko instead.

As a long time clubber in London, the Aquarium is the only venue where I and my friends have been exposed to such treatment and I would advise other clubbers to seek alternative venues as a result.

A great shame, because the tunes and the costumes have much to recommend them!

I'm a club photographer and I like to dance and get involved with the shenanigans. Some clubs, the crowd can be really stand off-ish and cold.. not here!

What an awesome venue. Happy shiny smiley people all up for a wicked good night. Although the lighting in this venue keeps me on my photographic toes.. if you're just there to dance,,, u'll love the lasers and the glitterballs as well as the quality projections and voluptuous swathes of material draped and hanging on the ceiling.

Drinks are reasonably prices for a club in this location.A great mix of people in the crowd.. from the city boys in their suits whov just finished work.. all the way to dread-locked 'saucer-eyed' minimal techno ravers.

What can I say... diverse - straight, gay, bi... its all happening here.Bad points- as with most clubs... the neanderthal empty-headed doormen.

Once inside.. although some of the bar staff are a little non attentive - you don't really have to wait long to get served.

despite being shocked by the lack of knowlege from the bouncers and the que, it was cheesily great fun. great to go for a laugh with your friends.

I do agree with everyone that the organization here is a joke! None of the staff seem to know what they are doing!

In spite of this, my mates and I still had a fantastic night listening to the DJ and dancing the night away!

The club might have some 'questionable' nights held there Fridays and Saturdays.. personally not to my taste.... but their minimal techno afterpartys 3am-11am Sat and Sun mornings more than make up for some of the other dodgy partys Ive heard about that they have earlier in the evenings.
Every afterparty Ive been to there has had quality dj's (and a very good soundsystem too in my opinion) Im personally not fussed about the pool, but go back again and again and have never had a bad night there. Drinks are expensive in almost ALL clubs in London..... £1 for putting your coat in is not expensive..

One grimey confused mess, ought ta be renamed 'the zoo' due to it housing rare wild animals and smelling of poop.

While the Hoxton/Shoreditch area has changed over the last decade, this place remains a confused mess. Friday night is a Russian night which speaks for itself, Saturday is rehashed disco nonsense and dancing to the same repetitive disco that your parents used to is sad in itself. One place to avoid unless you're a tourist or don't have a clue.

I went to Aquarium on saturday for a mates birthday. There was 36 of us and we all had a great time, as we all made the effort. I was disappointed that everyone wasn't in fancy dress in the club, as the club made out that it was a very strict policy. I definitely recommend going to Aquarium in a group and dressing up, as it's a great laugh!

I went to Aquarium for a mates 18th birthday. Oh my word, what can I say? It was full of trannies and old men and old women who were so drunk they didn't know where they were and it was so expensive. The club was dirty and the music was just way too cheesy it really was the most boring place in London. I wouldn't waste my money on Aquarium again!

I was at Club Aquarium for New Years Eve and it was awesome! I made a reservation by phone for one couple, as we're from Belgium, and the price was £35.00 each for this event but the people were crazy and fun!


The beer was priced at £3.50 and the staff was very, very friendly also. As soon as we can make it to London, we'll go back to Club Aqaurium. Cheers!

We had a great time out at Club Aquarium for a mates birthday on Saturday night. We all dressed up and made an effort, but I wouldn't go back. It was £15.00 to get in, we waited in line for nearly an hour, it was £5.50 for a single spirit and mixer, £1.00 to put your coat in, and £1.00 to get in to the pool.


The organisation on the door at Club Aquarium was a joke and nobody told us anything. The music was repetitive by the end of the night, so if you can make your own fun with your mates and have a million to waste then go ahead!

Went to Club Aquarium for my 18th birthday way back in April and it was fantastic! Pulled up in a 25 seater hummer, got VIP tickets into the club and didn't have to queue at all. All my friends dressed up for the event.



It was a great night, although near the end, the tunes became repetitive. The drinks were not that expensive and there was a great crowd of people from various age groups. All my mates still rave about it and the swimming pool really made their nights.

Car Wash at Club Aquarium is such a laugh. I've taken friends there for many years, going right back to its residency near the Astoria.



Great music, atmosphere and the whole 70s vibe guarantee's a cracking night. If you haven't been to Club Aquarium, you haven't lived.

Club Aquarium has a simply stunning atmosphere, it took me back to the old skool!