Without a doubt my favourite place in London. Always a great atmosphere: busy but you're always able to get a seat with a table and have a conversation without yelling. No complaints about the bar menu. A place where I recognise the majority of the music and where the staff are attentive. Never had a problem with stuck-up staff - Even when it starts to empty out in the small hours they never linger around or try and make you feel unwelcome. Bar staff are friendly too and have the guts to suggest new drinks or new takes on old ones. Feel entirely at home here. Would love to have one of the hidden poker rooms as an apartment and live there! Ideally it would be further West but I guess the location is part of its charm.

I can not be agree with the precedent comment .I 'm member since almost the opening and can say than I see a professionnal improvement to the service and food.
The club organises different activities trough the week.I do use and will use the club again and again.

Interesting suggestion raised by the American member: I tried doing just that and was insulted and treated with the utmost disdain. The management have the same attitude as the waiting staff, are rude and are entirely lacking in manners.

There are plenty of places in the City that you can have a drink without being surrounded by loud city-boys where you can also have perfectly reasonable service at a reasonable price. There is no reason to pay to be a member of a club which treats you as poorly as Eight manages.

I have not renewed my membership.

I'm afraid I have to agree with some of the previous negative comments. The facilities are great but the service is terrible. The level of arrogance that exists in the attitude of the staff is unbelievable. Don't they realise they get paid to do a job? Also management don't give a damn once you have joined. I've been to Shoreditch House a few times as a guest and it is far better, less staff but better attitude and more fun to hang out in. If you don't really care about service, which to be honest is not that great in London anyway, then the facilities on its own makes joining Eight worth it. Hope this helps.

Perhaps my outlook on Eight, as a members club, is somewhat different than others here, due to being an American residing in London. For one thing, I've never found the service, or staff, to be contrary or lacking. That said, if I did, I would ask to speak to a member of the management team, in private, and firmly express my dissatisfaction. Does no one any good to do so here without addressing the issue where it would do some good. Comments about cocktail prices makes me believe that a couple of the reviewers are perhaps comparing a private members club to a pub. People, you get what you pay for. I'd rather pay top dollar to sit in comfortable, well decorated surroundings, with nice music in the background, and like minded people, than crowded into a noisy, smelly pub, with loud obnoxious City boys and their mates just out to get pissed.

I have been a member since the club opened it's door, and have thoroughly enjoyed the evenings spent there as well as hiring the club on occassion for private parties. Again, in this day and age you get what you pay for. I say good job to management - I'll keep paying for the privilege.

Completely agree with the last poster: the staff are so far up themselves they forget what they're there to to: provide a service to the members who pay their wages.

Whatever you do, avoid being a member here and avoid patronising somewhere that provides a deeply unpleasant experience all round.

This place is a bit like the "failed model staff" mentioned below: the only thing going for it is the way that it looks, and scratch the serface and you find something truly nasty.

Eight, what a bunch of arrogant idiots. I spend £10K on a poker event, and today with 2 hours notice get told my next event will have to be dispersed at 3pm. What a joke venue, nice pool tables and decor but staffed with up themselves failed models, yes failed, so climb out your own backsides and offer some service. My membership shall not be renewed. Rubbish. dont join.

Forgot to star the club in my last review...5 stars