Love funkybuddha tooooo much. The management, owners and door staff all welcome you. This is Mayfair at its finest hour. Excellent music and an amazing crowd as always. One of the longest standing clubs in London for a long time, for a reason! Got to be visited.

absolutely terrible door service. Rude, obnoxious, power hungry bouncers and door staff. I have been to many west end clubs and have never seen such rude service. I will never return and dont recommend going here however there are still many much nice mayfair clubs to try where you can be assured to be treated like a human being!

Great vibe, great staff and an all in all fantastic night without fail!

FB offers the best in London clubbing as proven by the amount of celebs you will always be sharing the dance floor with!

Great club, no problems getting in, some really good tunes, went with 3 guys and girls and got in fine on the guest list, barman was funny and entertaining and waitress was very pretty and down to earth. Even spoke to the owner who politely asked if we were enjoying our night! Overall highly recommended! Also haven't seen 1 valid point in any of these negative reviews, you know how Mayfair works, the security have to be very strict and care about their job and their job only; in short- behave!

Ignore all the negative reviews on here. I've been to funky buddha many times and i've had nothing short of a brilliant time. The staff are friendly, making sure you have the best night. The club itself is well decorated and laid out. The music is nothing short of amazing, you hear a mixture of the latest club songs and old school songs you've wanted to hear for a while. The fee to get in is well worth it, and quite often ladies are free before a certain time. In summary - VISIT FUNKY BUDDHA!

Never ever coming back here!Me and 2 friends went early on a tuesday to avoid paying an entrance fee as first 100 girls were free, when we got there we were told it was £10 entrance as it was busy, which we happily paid as we've all paid far more, got in and there couldn't have been more than 20 girls inside, and barely 10 guys. We were given a complimentary blue lagoon cocktail which aside from the girls I was with was the only good thing about the club. It is small and gets INCREDIBLY hot, as in hair wet with sweat, in the end we went outside for cigarette breaks just to get some air, and the toilets are horrible so we went across the road to the casino to go to the loo instead.The club is filled with chavs who think funky buddha is the place to be 'seen', definitely not coming back here and wishing I had made a reservation for nobu restaurant next door instead of wasting money on overpriced drinks at funky buddha.

Thought it was quite good. Queued for 45 mins, unsure if going to get in as we were 3 blokes on our own. Woman at the door told us they normally expect mixed groups but they would let us in on this occassion - wot a nice woman and unexpected given reviews! Think it was 20 quid each.Once in the club was pretty small basement and smelled a bit musty to be honest. The girls were nice, well dressed. The crowd was very young - the regulation outfit for the boys (average age 18 yrs old) seemed to be a t shirt jeans and then borrowing their dad's suit jacket to make them look distinguished - highly amusing! Usual hooray henry type, not many essex surprisingly. Bunch of 40 plus aged suits turned up and sat at a table - looked ridiculous amongst the jailbaits! Hahaha.Drinks were pricey as expected, but nothing much to complain about and had a good time. Even found somewhere to sit! Wouldn't recommend if you are over 30, you will feel old...If you are badly dressed or are well dressed but ugly you have zero chance of getting in ... sorry! Some reviewers just don't seem to understand this concept...

Absolutely appalling I would not send my worst enemy to this club the door staff were horrific and their entry policy is a complete and utter shambles.

I booked my ticket online from chilli tickets for a Christmas Eve event when I arrived at 9.30 I had to wait until 11.30 in the cold rain and the door staff were not letting people who brought their tickets in. Instead they were letting prebooked groups and people on the guest list go in first.

No where on the website did Funky Buddha Mention this stupid policy. There are plenty of decent clubs out there my advice is don't waste your time and effort with this one.

I've read reviews stating that the people inside we're not too nice to be honest I would probably be inclined to believe them seeing that when I asked the door guards why it was taking so long to let people into the club they were rude and not giving people a proper explanation.

Anyone in the queue who complained was literally ejected from the queue.

First time going to Funky Buddha, how much is the entrance fee? And would they let two females in on their own (friend is coming down from up north and want to show her London clubs) or would their have to be a big group of us?

not a bad night out just had a slight problem in the fact that our private space that we had paid for was being invaded by drunk trampy boys the security was terrible the bouncers were rude thinking they are something special and the waitress was like a beggar. other than that not bad... i think I'm going stick to my usual club that Friends of mine own where i get a bit of respect and staff are pleasant.

This needs to be read! (saturday 15th October) Funky Buddha. Everything I write is the truth, although opinions may be different, mine accounts for the type of person who looks at the sky and sees that most of the time its blue. I wanted to make sure that Funky Buddha would allow 7 male guests & me to enter if we paid a higher amount with no problems. £1000.00 which isn’t a bad price for 8 peoplee-mails between me & the person for tables reiterated the fact there was 8 males, payment was £1000.00 & the fact that we wanted a table on one of the two vip tables. This was confirmed numerous times. When arriving to the club (where we were met by one of the most rude, up themselves and completely oblivious to life bouncers) I spoke to a man who was the person that would organise us to get into the club. He looked at me, asked me who I was with (after giving him my name he should of had details) I told him 7 other males. He looked at me in a funny manner and said “can’t do that unless you give me £500.00 extra” I explained the numerous e-mails. His response was “my manager will ring my neck”. I walked away, not wanting his neck to be touched. Half way down the street, my cousin called me back to let me know he was happy with the original price; at this point his neck was intact. He said to me “but you have the pay a 15% service charge”. I knew this already but let him felt as if he had one over me. Walked into the club, followed a waitress to my table, good atmosphere, rubbish music, table was too cramped, girls were looking alright, looking for cash aswell :)following are points to note:- waitress asking for tips more than 5 times- certain bottles not available (grey goose)- music on repeat (especially new york)- pictures taken on the night and of which show up on the website are completely different. Due to certain rules on this site I cant explain why however the crowd are not the samefinal opinion: I am not biased at all. Just avoid! Happy to an

A great venue, 9 out of 10the queue outside was biblically long, but we were with a promoter so we got to skip the queue (sweet feeling) if you want to get in turn up early, demand is high. £20 entrance fee. Bouncers were nice, gave friendly clear instructions on where to go, but the queue to put your jacket away is long and messy all night long, a redesign is needed here. £2 to put your coat down, by the way. Once you have put your jacket down, you descend into the venue, and that is a nice feeling. The refurbished light structure really does feel special as you descend into the dancehall and right in front of the two iconic bhuddas. The drinks, however, are expensive. Cheapest drink there is £6, and that feels a bit steep, £6 to open a can and put it in a cup. Not ideal or students or people feeling the pinch. Atmosphere is fantastic, world class. A great mix of races and sizes, although esex girls tend to dominate. Girls in general are really nice there and very approachable, we even made a few friends there that we still talk to and am currently dating! Music is very good, a lil commerical at times but they do play funky rnb and even some dancehall, so very good music selection. Overall, this is the best venue I have been to, and it sets the tone for all the others to follow. The only critical point is that the bouncers can be backward. If you go outside to smoke (or throw up) they wont let you back in to get your jacket without a 10 minute argument. Other than that, brilliant.

The best club I've been to! I booked a table here for my 18th last month for a party of 10 and we had the most amazing night. Spent £1100 at the club but was well worth it! Exclusivity was key for us which was just what we wanted, we were told beforehand that guys would need to pay £10 entrance fee but once we got there everyone was let in for free as we had reserved a table. We got there shorty after 10 and the door staff were really nice, let us all through straight away as we had queue jump and wished me happy birthday :)we were then escorted to our table where we had table service throughout the night meaning we didn't have to lift a finger, very pricey place but as I said well worth it! They also have electric shisha which we all did for only £40 ! Once the music started the club came alive within minutes. From Rnb to hiphop, commercial, the music was on point! The dancefloor did get packed very quickly though, but as we had our own table we kicked our shoes off and started dancing on the sofas at our tables! Which meant we had our own space to do our thing ;)10/10 rating for funkybuddha and I highly recommend it! :) :) :)

I can only agree with the comments below on this place, the WORST door staff you can imagine.

Its not particularly difficult to get in, but as someone else has said, expect judging looks and dirty looks from the doormen and staff. They honestly seem to think they are something special. Its hardly a great place so they should pull their heads of of their arses. There is a woman who walks about with a clipboard and decides who does and doesn't get in. Expect the door staff to frisk you that little extra more if you are a guy over 6ft - I have seen more manners at aiport security in Oman than I have here for this poxy excuse of a club.

The music: If the content of Capital FM takes your fancy and you like lame commercial R n B then you will be fine - otherwise you will be bored all night and wondering who does the acoustics there because it sounds dreadful. There are no real DJs and they just use laptops and gizmos as they can't actually mix and don't take requests.

Forget it if you are a black guy - they will not let you in if you are taller than 5ft - I have seen perfectly respectable guys being turned away with girls for simply being black. That is not exaggerating but it seems that is their 'policy'. Its disgraceful.

Well all I can say is AVOID, honestly go somewhere better than this shithole. Its no better than an All Bar One but 10 times the price.

I can only agree with the comments below on this place, the WORST door staff you can imagine.

Its not particularly difficult to get in, but as someone else has said, expect judging looks and dirty looks from the doormen and staff. They honestly seem to think they are something special. Its hardly a great place so they should pull their heads of of their arses. There is a woman who walks about with a clipboard and decides who does and doesn't get in. Expect the door staff to frisk you that little extra more if you are a guy over 6ft - I have seen more manners at aiport security in Oman than I have here for this poxy excuse of a club.

The music: If the content of Capital FM takes your fancy and you like lame commercial R n B then you will be fine - otherwise you will be bored all night and wondering who does the acoustics there because it sounds dreadful. There are no real DJs and they just use laptops and gizmos as they can't actually mix and don't take requests.

Forget it if you are a black guy - they will not let you in if you are taller than 5ft - I have seen perfectly respectable guys being turned away with girls for simply being black. That is not exaggerating but it seems that is their 'policy'. Its disgraceful.

Well all I can say is AVOID, honestly go somewhere better than this shithole. Its no better than an All Bar One but 10 times the price.

As others have said- awful. I knew the club would be expensive, but I had expected that I would at least be paying for something special. The cocktails were £15 and no better than a £5 cocktail from any other bar. The door staff were extremely rude, the club was overcrowded and too hot while the music was the same old chart music you could hear in any club in the UK. A lot of the clientele were fairly trashy; the conversations I overhead in the ladies were disgusting. This club really is for people who enjoy being robbed.

Didn't have trouble getting in on tues night. Admittedly tuesdays aren't the best nights out in London but the club was pretty full. The music was a little like Walkabout or a student night with people speaking on the mic all the time and average music. Sorry for being snobby but the people there mostly looked like those stereotypical Essex or Croydon types. Just not my kind of crowd personally. I had expected expensive cocktails but was surprised only £6.50 Singha beer was on offer. Also You can't buy a bottle of wine for less than £100 now that's absurd considering they probably cost £5-10 each in reality.

Went down to funkybuddha to see Mann perform, it was a really good night. The people where nice and the atmosphere was really relaxed, i will definitely go back.

i urge you - DO NOT GO! venue is small, door staff is RUDE and door policy is changed according to staff whims i.e. charging you nonetheless despite initial promises that girls go in free before 11. I WON'T BE GOING BACK THERE AGAIN!

we wish we had paid attention to all the bad reviews before going there!
Didn't have a problem getting inside, but there were less than 10 people inside, the music was awful! we called the club the day before and were told it was going to be an r'n'b night, instead it turned out to be a gay party.
the worst part is that when we tried to talk to the staff they were rude and arrogant! the door manager refused to deal with our complaints and acted as if he didn't care at all! our night was ruined!

The worst club ever, do not recommend to anyone! Too pricey, music sucks, absolutely empty & quiet even by 1am, judging looks all the way from the entrance.

Very bad experience with the organizers and the door mananager, named Claudio.

Extremely disappointed, our BD party was completely ruined, and the management was absolutely indifferent with his "don't care" attitude.

The worst night club ever! Went there yesterday and were not satisfied at all! The door manager showed worst attitude and complete ignorance towards customers and did not want to deal with the complaints! This place does not know what a customer service is!

Went to funkybuddha last Tuesday and thougth it was absolutely great! Clientele was diverse and well integrated. Dance floor not overly massive but manageable. I am definitely hitting funkybuddha on the weekend!

The worst bar/club I've ever gone drinking in. Shockingly rude idiot-chimp bouncers; ridiculous prices; and people will more money than brain cells. My cousin's birthday meant that we all ended up 'checking it out'. I'd read the reviews on here and had advised her of my concerns and reluctance to go; and whilst there, she said she'd wished she'd listened to me. The bouncers told me I couldn't go in with my coat on; and then let 5 girls walk past me into the club with their coats on! It cost me £6 for a lemonade.. this is considering a bottle of beer was £6.50. You could buy a bottle of vodka for over £200 if you fancied; but if you hadn't booked a table (£500 not including food or drinks) then you'd be sorry if you wore heels as you weren't allowed to sit down unless you'd booked one of these stupid tables! Seriously, you can't sit down anywhere? Who do these people think they are? More fool me. If there are ANY good reviews on here; they're full of garbage. Don't listen to them. Some of the stuff they do in the bar is completely on view, and completely illegal. I guess they have some coppers as customers as I was shocked at some of the stuff they got away with! This place should be shut down and someone should build a toilet on top of it as that's exactly what it is. The only reason I signed up to this website was to pre-warn people about this bar. I've never been made to feel so cheap. The management should fire all the sexist racist bouncers; and then take a lesson on how to treat people as human beings. Disgusting.

Never again will i go to a club with more discrimination. Me and four of my mates weren't allowed in because there were too many guys even though we turned up first... They rejected almost all English guys accepting virtually every Asian there, not trying to be racist. The bouncers were rude and unnecessary, as they pushed my mate into the line and threatened us... We didn't get in on three occasions and it was a waste this club is rubbish if you're on the guest-list I quote 'it isn't guaranteed entry' ... that's not how a guest-list works at all, luckily for us there are lots better clubs which we got into instead of that pile of rubbish.

Never again! It was my friends birthday so we decided to go to Funky Buddha - what a big mistake! The club has ridiculous policies - just one example being two of my male friends wearing the exact same shoes yet one is let in while the other is turned away. (seriously?), the doormen are extremely rude and not to mention racist! The crowd is very weird and no matter where you stand/dance someone will try and grope you. It gets so hot and crowded in there you can barely move. And yes, someone will definately end up spilling a drink on you. Plus the music is very mainstream! I would definately not recommend funkybuddha to anyone!

I went to funky last tuesday and I have to say it was a great night out. Firstly I noticed how friendly the door staff were. Once we were inside we were showed to our table by the waitresses who was friendly and asking where we were from etc. The music was fantastic..if you like rnb and funky house then this is the place for you. Really good atmosphere and a mixture of different races. All in all my friends and I really enjoyed ourselves.

Last weekend at funkybuddha was awesome! The girls and I had a great time! Loved the music, us girls were dancing on the chairs and no one seemed to care. I was so trashed I lost my phone and a bouncer found it and gave it back to me, thanks bro! Its my best friends birthday in 3 weeks time and I will certainly be coming back. Wicked night!

My first and my last visit to this place!

The night started alright, we didn't think we would get in because it seemed they were turning everyone in front of us away for one reason or another and the people on the door were being quite rude. Surprisingly though we were asked if we were on the guest-list to which we replied just 'yes' and were let straight in. False advertising though told us that it was free for ladies before 11pm but from reading previous reviews I knew that this was going to be unlikely so was not surprised when they said there was a £10 cover charge.
All was fine until it started to fill up. walking around when you reached the red roped area you were practically pushed onto the dancefloor by the big bouncer who was guarding the very empty vip area...though there is no possible other place you could be heading for. This was very annoying especially when it was packed and there was no where for you to move to but he was still pushing you. While on the dancefloor my friend put her hand on the red rope to steady herself while sorting out her shoe. Out of no where came a bouncer who pulled her hand off and shouted at her...major overreaction there. She later on in the night touched it slightly again and he came back and shone his torch in her eyes and told her if she was to touch ti again she would be removed from the club..ridiculous!
Not as ridiculous as the big deal that was made over a spilt drink in the vip area...there may have been broken glass and drunk people falling about into and hurting people on the dancefloor which no reaction was made to as there was a split drink on the floor in vip which the bouncer shone a torch on and warned all people moving into the area about it.lol.
Apart from this, the aggressive toilet lady and clubbers and other ridiculous 'club policies' we managed to have quite a giggle but that was due to the company of my friends than the place.

I have one question though...why is there no toilet roll holders?

This is really one that has gone downhill and got progressively worse each time I have the misfortune of visiting. I go as part of a large group who spend a vast some on each visit, so therefore there is not too much trouble with visiting the club.

But the door staff are appalling. I am sorry, I am co-operating with you as are all the other posters, but if you speak to people like the way you do, is it any wonder everyone is saying the club is crap now?

Case in point, I foolishly dared to stand near a roped off section. It was like being in a museum without the sophistication or class and I was promptly shoved aside by a goon in a suit. He probably had two brain cells to rub together.

The music? well, not my thing but someone needs to sort out the acoustics in there as it sounds all mid rangy and shite. And no one actually DJs anymore.

A hole. Avoid unless you think its "classy".

If your a black male don't waste your time and going to this overly rated club because they will refuse you entry if you are not with a group of White guys even then they might let them in and leave u outside they have all the black music celebs going there but you won't find a fellow black face in there unless you sold your sole simple people this is the realness of this club take my advice or leave it simple!

Don't get me wrong when they Funky Buddha is one of the best in Mayfair, it is. But disgusting behaviour from the doormen, they are thugs. Talk to you like s*it for no reason, they need to change the doormen then it wouldn't spoil peoples night. We pay a lot of money at these clubs, but the doormen will ruin it somehow. I don't think I`ll ever be going back there, what I have experienced I haven't experienced any other clubs in Mayfair.

Don't get me wrong when they Funky Buddha is one of the best in Mayfair, it is. But disgusting behaviour from the doormen, they are thugs. Talk to you like s*it for no reason, they need to change the doormen then it wouldn't spoil peoples night. We pay a lot of money at these clubs, but the doormen will ruin it somehow. I don't think I`ll ever be going back there, what I have experienced I haven't experienced any other clubs in Mayfair.

Got in without a problem, the guesslist woman was very nice to me and my friends.. however i saw the bouncers were extremely horrible to other people for no reason.. they seriously need to consider anger management.. anyway inside is okay i guess but the music is not that loud.. you can literally hear people talking.. because usually the music is extremely loud but it isnt here so thats a lil down point.. also the drinks are extremely expensive!! however i did enjoy my night because I was on a friends table with loads of people and had loads of alcohol..

Shocking Shocking
What ever you do dont go to this club silly black doormen.
Booked a table when we got there would not let us in because we was a group of lads as big as them. Please unless you are under 6ft tall do night waste your time trying to get in.

I went there last night 15/01/2011 and I personally had a great time! Went with 2 other girls and 1 male friend around 11.20pm & got in fine with no trouble at all. We were on guestlist and suprisingly there was hardly a queue! :) Doorman & bouncers were polite & friendly & showed me where to go coz it was my first time. Music was good but unfortunately the club started to really heat up when it started to get really crowded..Other than that, i cant wait to go again and even want to do my birthday there on the 29th but this time Im gonna get myself a table!
Every1's experience is different and everyone's perception is different, therefore sometimes you just need to take the risk and go, especially if it's something you have been curious about.

I went to Funky Buddha last night 14/12/20210 for my Friend's Birthday. My friend had booked a table there and we arrived before she had as she was the host we were allowed to go in without queuing but could not go to the table yet.
I am a black female and I had my SLR camera with me in a bag, they searched my clutch bag but did not search the bag holding my SLR all I was told by one bouncer is "I don't think you can take that camera downstairs" I replied why not he said let me ask the other bouncer who then said "you can't take that camera down because it is too big" I said ok and then a mixed girl who works on the door holding a clipboard (clipboards give you power) said why don't you put it in you car, I said that's abit long to walk to the car then she said it will be safe in the cloakroom for £2 (sorry I had to laugh considering it cost just under a grand) just I as went to put it in the cloakroom my friend pulled me back and said I shouldn't and that it would be safer in the car, at the same time the bouncer was saying we cant stand there and to move and was shouting so I said "calm down" this got their backs up and they said comments such as "you can tell the type of people these lot are gonna be" and "Look at the time and their already causing trouble" and "if you don't want them in here get them out" so we decided to go back to my car and put the camera away but in this time the mixed raced girl had been radioing the bouncers and telling them not to let us back in. So when we came back she came outside and told another girl on the door to "not let the girl with the red earrings in" then ran back inside! So the other girl said that she could let the party in but I am not allowed in, I really wasn't that desperate to get in so I said ok, but then they said the two others girls I was with cannot come in either. I asked why and that they should let them in but all they said was that this is what they have been told. I was not rude or aggresive.

I had a tough time from the get go, bouncers had already decided that my friends and I were going to be aggressive cause we were a group of black females 'ive never been in a fight my whole entire life'. Got in the club and had a tough time trying to get served drinks (bartender was completely ignoring me) so has to get several guys on 2/3 seperate occasions to buy me a drink with my own money :$. And at some point a security threatened to throw me out (i accidentally stood near the speakers and almost leaned on them). On top of that the music woz lame as f***, bartenders and security rude ass hell. Wit that being said i did meet sum pretty friendly people, but my over all night was a complete waste of my time, money and outfit!

Standard for West End, so expect ridiculously priced drinks. Went with 2 girls at about 10pm on a saturday had no problem getting in. But we got bored very quickly, the music was average and the atmosphere was pretty lame, wouldn't go again. It was also surprisingly touristy.Also there is no where to sit unless you pay a ridiculous price for a table.

The Place has nothing really special out of the fact it is in Mayfair.
Didn't fancy the place and the ridiculous pricing was just too much for a place that average. Don't waste your time and money going there.