1a Camden High Street,
Camden,
London,
NW1 7JE
0870 432 5527
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To say that the bouncers at Koko were 'jobsworths' would be a massive understatement. Jobsworths across the land no doubt go to these guys to learn the art of being truly plebian. I'd love to review Koko but alas my friend and I were not allowed in so I shall review the bouncers.
We arrived at Koko around 10.30pm and with our presumed guest list passes and attempted to get in at the empty guest list queue. We were told (no eye contact, bouncer staring off somewhere over my left shoulder) that our guest passes were not for the guest pass area (?) and we needed to queue. So, in the spirit of true Brits, we love a good queue and happily joined it. After fifteen minutes of patiently waiting, we reached the entrance and one of the bouncers said, whilst looking over my right shoulder this time, 'we told you before, you ain't allowed in, yer mate's too drunk'. Hmm, had they mistaken us, a pair of perfectly sober women in their mid-thirties, for a couple of lager louts on the look out for trouble? Had we, in the space of 15 minutes, morphed into a pair of yobs wanting to smash up the joint? Who knows? Who cares? This pack of morbidly obese losers obviously felt like wielding their tiny bit of power for a small moment of victory, and they won...sort of...as I write this review I realise how lucky I am to have a brain and a life and thank the heavens that I'm not a bouncer.
Absolutely would never go back to Koko, well done lads, another successful night of being totally average at your (sort of) job.
The venue is unique but none of the card machines were working so it was "cash only" and wouldn't let you back in if you had to leave for the ATM. At the end of the night I tried to get my coat but couldn't find ticket and they wouldn't help at all. I left my name and number but never got a call and after finding the ticket and emailing & calling lost property they still can't seem to locate it but get the impression they won't bother. Extremely unhelpful staff.
I was there at 13th May, great music, I've met nice people
BUT inside I left my jacket and a cardigan, and bouncer didn't allow me to get there for my stuff, I just hate them. My rating - 3
The best club in London for sure! I used to go there a lot, when it used to be Camden Palace. And bin there few times when it's KOKO, and I can admit one thing - it is the cosiest and best club in London for sure! Can't wait till August when I will go there again :)
Red Stripe for £3.70? You must be joking! Even a can of Fosters is £4.10! One of the biggest rip-offs in London. Whatever you do, if you plan on having a drink, do it before you get to Koko (or take out a second mortgage).
First time to Koko club nights and we were quite disappointed. Firstly we went to go clubbing - Live music? Er no. We want to dance -but unsignned bands playing music we didn't know was not what we wanted!!!!!!!!! If we wanted to go to see a live band - we would've...we came to club! The music - er...What can I say? It was advertised as Indie? There was no Indie...Loads of unheard of songs...songs which NO ONE in the club seemed to know (judging from the amount of people stopped dancing when the unheard of ones came on) and the only one I knew was the Artic Monkeys and I'm a BIG rock fan - in short...it wasn't rock, it wasn't indie...just...rubbish!
Secondly, the place was well too crowded and it was hard to move, hard to dance. The balcony's meant you spent your whole time being drenched by people throwing beer and other drinks onto the dance floor...and there were many fights on the dance floor!!!! The drinks: £4.80 for a rum and coke?! Rip off. In most clubs you can get two drinks for that price. Okay, Sourz shots were well priced at £1.20 each...but...£4.80?!?!On the plus! The club was very nice, great interiors, love the balaconys and the decor. Nice lights and love the TV! But it just didn't work for me...live music in a club?? er...no. For a rock night out...with good music and reasonablly priced drinks...the Eletric Ballrooms just up the road!
KOKO is perfect. Its my fav London club, and I'm not even that much of an indie kid! The club is right next to the station and easy to find, and staff were real friendly, you get your tickets from a proper glass theatre ticket booth, and they gave us some free badges :) did I mention entry was a fiver?
The venue is incredible, its an old refurbed theatre, which three floors and several bars, and you can stand up the top and look over the banister at the dancefloor below. We got there about 10ish on a Friday when the bands are playing. First they played some old school indie stuff mixed with the latest club music which was fantastic! My friend isn't into indie music but when your tipsy and the bands playing you really get into it! Even if you don't like the bands they're only on twice for 1/2 hour at a time, then its party the rest of the night. The drinks were super cheap, they had £1 apple sours shots and about £3 for a bottle of beer/smirnoff ice, whatever. Overall an awesome night.
Its a shame people shy away from the indie nights on a friday because their put off. Dont be! The club nights on a saturday are more expensive to get in to, more packed and the drinks are more expensive. On a friday its full but not too full, the drinks and entry are super cheap and they play basically the same music. Five stars :)
You can knock yourself out @ Kokos cause this is a great club. As a tourist this was my first night out in London and I had some pretty high expectations and I can promise you that i wasn't disappointed. Great music, wonderful interior, good bar och fresh toilets. Also nice staff and great people. Love it!
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