the thing with gay late is that some people from the staff, especially security, feel privileged to treat others like sh...t. They act like they own this club, showing off with their rude, aggressive behavior towards customers, and at the same time they will expect from you to have loads of respect for them. Inferiority complex? unresolved issues from the past? whatever it is, there is no excuse for Nazi attitude towards customers and that's what you can find out at gay late.
They don't care whether you will come back there or not as they are still quite busy and few more or few less doesn't make any difference.

In new Year Eve The Club Manager ( The lady who wears a Black suite - skirt and Jacket and they said that she is the Duty Manager ) I just entered the Club she was kissing another lady on the dance floor who was one of the customers on the lips and when I passed by the lady said happy New Year , was going to give me a friendly kiss, and all of the sudden this Manager who was kissing this lady pushed her away from me and shouted at me and said "Stop it now ", a few minutes later a security guy came to me asked me to leave the club and when I asked him why he asked me if I was Gay or not he replied you don't have to stay here because this place is for gays only and when I asked him I wanted to know what I have done to let me out he replies I am so sorry but my Manager who decided this so I asked him to speak with her and when I saw her I realized the she was the one who had an issue with me on the dance floor few minutes before,
For a Manager being on Duty first she has no right to get involved in any way between two customers, secondly she has no right to ask anybody to leave the club with no reason, but her own jealousy.
My Night was ruined I was there with friend of mine who was Gay and who invited me to accompany him in the club, I write this here to advice everybody not to go to this place

Poor show for what should be a beacon club in soho for the gay community. I've had many problems with the rude staff. Especially a female 'bouncer' with dreads... Avoid her if possible, she will ruin your night.
I went to the smokers area having been inside for about 30mins. When I tried to return this 'bouncer' stopped me and accused me of being drunk (which in any case is not unusual in a club) I wasnt and told her this. She insisted I did circus tricks in front of the waiting queue like standing on one leg and touching my nose... I did all she commanded and when she barked I could go in I passed and said this is ridiculous. She grabbed my arm and threw me out shouting in my face I was being aggressive!! She then demand I apologise otherwise no admission. By this stage I was stunned but realized she was on a girly power trip. This was not security, it's needless drama from people with a chip on their shoulder about their identity.
This isnt the only incident me and my friends have experienced from 'her' and the staff, but I wont bore u with details.
When will GAY employ staff who value and treat their customers at least with the common courtesy I'd expect from any human being.
It is a good night inside but seriously the staff destroy it completely and if your thinking of making an effort to go there, think twice.
O and I never apologized to the uptight drama queen, I spoke with the manager, who lacks people skills too!

oops can't do zero, which it deserves, the last time I managed to get in there I ended up in hospital with serious facial bruising, they don't warm to anyone over 30, but me being me I tried again tonight on my 51st birthday, the doorman told me I was drunk and to go away and have two big cups of coffee, which I did, and then queued again for another hour only to be told I'd verbally abused him and would never be let in, ever, despite my being friendly and getting on with the other doorstaff and everyone else in the queue, this really is the most shit club in London, is completely ageist and the music sucks, please if you read this, don't go there, I will be back there every night it's open, stone-cold sober just to be told.... I await the next spurious censorship, I have several friends in whhelchairs, so we might make an evening's entertainment out of it, with hidden cameras of course.

Basically G-A-Y with a later license and a different layout. You do tend to get a more pleasing crowd in here, than in the other one with more "real" people as opposed to the usual Lady Di impersonator.
The music is just like the other one and the bars are a bit busier, so get ready to queue for your drink.
Nice enough if you want to carry on your night in Soho and Heaven or Popstarz aren't open.

Vile place. The female bouncer is very unfriendly and rude- the few times I have been she seems to be on some silly power trip. It smells of sick inside. It takes a life time to get served at the bar. The crowd is very over the top and the atmosphere isn't welcoming. There are A lot of better places to go in Soho. The only reason G-a-y Late is busy most of the time is because of the obvious name and the fact that it is open late.

I am really upset with gay Late today. Last night I went to a pub that I like very much Molly Moggs and it closed at 23:00. In G-A-Y Late I met 2 sweet girls accompanied by a guy and we decided to finish our night at gay Late. I went to the cash machine to get some money and told them to go ahead that I would be meeting them there. Surprise …. Surprise…. I was not Allowed in. The Bouncer gave as always some lame excuse and didn’t let me in. I have to say that I have been there many times before but this Bouncer stopped from entering for no reason. I do like the music and the space at gay and have had lots of fun there. I am 47 year old guy and I am certain that it was one of the factors to be stopped from entering as I stayed out for 10 minutes and the Bouncer let people in even though some of them appeared having had one too many (drinks). I felt Embarrassed and discriminated. As a gay man, I have fought all my life against discrimination of any kind and now facing this type of discrimination in a gay place is just absurd and unacceptable. I hope the owner of G-A-Y Late read this and do something about it as he has been let down by his staff.

Oh my goodness! I am so so sad to read all this bad post. Is This true? Well it must be true, because all these posts saying the same thing about "member? I will be visiting London this July 2010 and checking places to go out. G-A-Y Late sounds sooooo bad, full of shit, with this so call member shit. Sorry Gay Late you will Not get my money! Again soo soo sorry not gonna spent my money there.

I have to say my rating would have been higher if I didn't experience such rudeness the other weekend! I was out for a boyfriends birthday, some of his friends had come down from the west country for it! And were so excited about going to a gay bar in London.

Having walked down old Compton street thinking about going into G-a-y bar but the Q was huge, so we were offered flyer's to go into G-a-y late which everyone was up for, we were in the Q for about 10 minutes before we reached the door, there where about 9 of us, the bouncer done the routine search on me an asked who I was with, so I pointed out the 9 behind me and he said he was not letting us in, being shocked and pissed off I asked why, and he said we do not let large groups in if none of them are members which I no for certain is Bulls**t because I have been in a bigger group for a friends birthday before and we were let in.

My sister then got involved saying that my boyfriend and I are coming here often, and the bouncer then replied well they are not one of my regulars! So basically because me and my boyfriend are not scene queens we were not allowed in! We then went onto Ku Club! Where we had such a good night!. Probs a better night then we would have had at G-a-y late!

I Think that Gay LATE IS Absolute rusbbish

the staff have a policy of letting in who they like or are going to go home with at the end of the night..

I went last weekend with a friend, we arrived early and there was no queue, it was a saturday and we had just arrived before the rush so the club was empty,

i got to the door and the bouncer asked me for my membership or if i was a regular, i know you dont need membershiip to get into this club as the membership merly acts as a queue jump to saving you waiting in the rain for over an hour, how do i know this because i am a member

But as most people dont carry around a gay late membership card as a priority, i had left mine at home, so i explained to the bouncer i was a member could they check the computer as they did have a scan of my passport, he replied they had no one who could work the computer " on a saturday night??

whilst i was there explaining to him being very confused as to why they were not letting me in, i saw between 10-20 other people let into the club with no membership what so ever, i asked to speak to a manager, who came out with the biggest load of attitide and said the same, manager i ask,

a manager who can not work the computer membership system basically i was not let , i think that it is disgustiubg as a gay person to be refused entry because you dont have amembership or dont look gay enough, if i was to arrive in a pink outfit woud that verify my sexulaity????

As some said early teh only reason they are busy is because they have the monopoly otherwise they would hvae been shut long long ago, i will never return to his dump or any other of its linked estblishments and suggest you guys dont either,

there are plenty of lovely gay place opening up around town!! the sooner we get rid of gay from the gay scene the betterI know i am not alone in thinkning this

terrible place! went there 2 weeks ago as it's convenient to get for me a night bus from there .

I've been put off at the entrance to the main space by a smell of puke! then next day afternoon I discovered, that I was charged "extra" on my card.

paid 6.90 for two jd's & coke, then on my online statement there was 2 transactions - the other one was on sume of 7.60 - I guess the barman took a tip, even, if I left 1 pound in cash for him! scandal!

promised myself to never go there again.

Oh my god I hate this place its shocking!! I personally am straight but 80% of our group are gay/lesbian and therefore want to go.

I have absolutely no problem going to gay places have done for years but this place has really put me off!!

The first time I went I was actually quite looking forward to going, yes it wasn't my choice but I've had good nights out gay clubbing so was open minded.

So before even getting in there's the problem with the door, if the door people dont like what they see from certain individuals i.e they dont like what they see of you / dont think your hot / dont think your gay, they ask for this so called ''membership'' which is apparently impossible to get.

It's their tactile way of saying I dont like you, your not coming in **** off!!

I no the place is aimed for gay people but if a straight club were to turn down a gay person just for being gay, they're would be absolute uproar!!

I dont see why there trying to put up a gay/straight barrier, also who are they to judge who is or isn't gay??

Then when you get in its absolutely crammed the venue is far too small!!

By the time you wade through people to the bar you get ignored by bar staff so they can serve regulars or people they want to get with at the end of the night.

If you are lucky enough to get served its way over priced!!The crowd were up their own arses and really unfriendly!!

Giving you dirty looks for no reason, I guess they sussed I wasn't gay?? The place is crammed with people all over each other to the point your asking at what point are you going to disappear to the loo, or are you going to just do it right here infront of me??

I've been here twice since for birthdays and each time its worse, I cant believe how bitchy and unfriendly the people are, and how over rated the place is!!

Even 2 in our group who are gay hated it and never want to g

After losing my coat ticket last Thursday I was told I had to wait to the end of the night before I could get my bag or coat.

I explained to the coatroom attendant that I could describe everything in my bag down to the contents of my lunchbox/gymkit and the botched repair job I had done on my coat where it had ripped.

I was told it was not possible so had to wait 2 and a half hours till the bar closed.

Thanks very much G.A.Y. late, excellent service! The only reason you do well is because you're the only club of your type open at this time.

I will not be returning. You suck!

This club is a waste of space, last night me and my boyfriend and two of our girl mates tried to get in but they asked if we had membership (nowere on the flyer does it say you need membership on a Tuesday night), I told the female bouncer that i have tried to get membership on a regular basis on Sundays but always get told to come back during the week and when i come back during the week they say i can only get membership on sunday, she in turn told me not to have so much attitude!! and refused to let us in. Being gay myself I have never been turned away from a gay club!! i was outraged!! I would suggest that people look for alternative places to go, there is a much nicer place just a 10 min walk from G-A-Y late were everyone is allowed and bouncers are very friendly. They will not see me, my money or any of my friends again, that is for sure!!!!

We were expecting GAY to be a friendly place, where we could have a good time. However, we were so wrong! After waiting in the queue for an hour (which we did not mind doing, as we had been told it was a great night), we were asked by the female door person when we were close to the entrance if we were "members"?

When we exlained that we had come from up north to experience the GAY night we were asked to leave the queue. No one else got asked, and we were quite upset by this. We ended up going to the astoria instead and had a great night but there is no way I would go to the this establishment again, felt so let down.

So please beware if you are female, that there is a huge possibility that the crank on the door will not let you in if you're not a 'local'!

been to G-A-Y late a few times, but only because it is convenient, staff extremely pretentious! Last night after getting out for some air having been there for only 30 min the bouncers simply decided they wouldn't let me in again - and that was it! No talking, no arguing.

Bar staff very rude as mentioned before - this bar is simply a waste of space! I hope it shuts down pretty soon - the way things are going I doubt they will be in business for much longer.

GAY Late looks good on the surface and has the potential to be better. The interior is good, but service from bar staff is appauling! The bar area was rammed, but although a number of the staff made eye contact with me and knew I was waiting, still I remained unserved after 20 minutes waiting! I ended up walking out, never to return again, unless the staff are retrained in proper customer service!

You know exactly what you're going to get with any G-A-Y venture (or you should do!) - there's lots of high-camp and minciness which means a lot of fun too. G-A-Y Late is definitely somewhere I'll be returning to.