12-13 Greek Street,
Soho,
London,
W1D 4DJ
(020) 7287 1377
The ViewLondon Review
Formerly known as Diu, Miabella is a beautiful hideaway in bustling Soho. Expect amazing decor and reasonably priced drinks to keep you topped up into the early hours.
The Venue
You can find Miabella on Soho’s Greek Street, with a sign adorning the entranceway that reads rather boastfully, ‘Soho’s Premier Nightclub’. Once you get past the bouncers (entry is free before 11pm or around £5 after), you head down into a small basement club with burnished gold and black walls and contemporary perspex light fixtures. The ornate interior is made up of wood-panelling and LED infinity mirrors, LED strip lighting and neon tables.
There are intimate rooms leading off a main dance floor, filled with comfy seats and small square block tables complete with giant ice buckets. The bar sits next to the dance floor, which is fairly small, and LED lights on the ceiling change in time to the music giving off a great clubby vibe.
The Atmosphere
Intimate and friendly, Miabella attracts a mixed crowd. Young professionals appear alongside trendy club-goers and gaggles of girls booked in for a hen night. It seems to work though, and the sheer unpretentiousness of it all means you shouldn’t feel shy about hitting the dance floor.
Shot girls saunter through the club intermittently with three shots for a tenner and the smart looking waiting staff weave in and out of the crowd parading bottles with sparklers (pretty much a standard sight in this type of club).
With student nights and hen packages this club is unashamedly aimed at a mainstream Soho party crowd, although Thursdays play host to a hip gay evening called Room Service, promoted by the infamous Jodie Harsh.
The Music
You can literally feel the music in your seat but that’s not to say it lacks clarity. Miabella has a great soundsystem and a string of DJs on rotation play commercial club tracks, house and dance classics.
The Drink
Tables booked in advance require a prerequisite of a bottle of champagne or spirit. A bottle of Grey Goose vodka is £150 and a bottle of Laurent Perrier Champagne is £60.
Cocktails vary between £7-£8 and include the Miabella Passion, a drink made with champagne and the club’s own tropical fruit liqueur. There are cocktail jugs for groups, too, such as the classic Long Island iced tea for £15.50. However, Miabella also has a happy hour from 6-11pm, Monday to Saturday, where plenty of the drinks are half price and bottles of house wine cost just £10.
The Last Word
With reasonably priced drinks and beautiful surroundings, this club is a sure-fire hit on the central London clubbing scene. If you’re after an edgier gay night, head down for their Room Service event on Thursdays, but its relaxed door policy makes it an accessible place to party throughout the week.
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