On Anon is a mammoth club – you could be lost for hours inside its twisting corridors amongst its many dance floors. Just be sure to take your phone along in case you lose a friend.

The Venue
On Anon is one of the larger bar and clubs in Central London. As soon as you walk in you’re faced with decisions on which way to go. It’s best to just throw caution to the wind and follow a random route through the maze of corridors and rooms and see what you find. Different music plays across each of the five floors across several dance floors and various bar areas.

Each bar is different in its design, from the chilled out section with large leather sofas and cube stools to the large dance floor on the top floor with its distinct warehouse feel.

This club-within-a-club is known as the White Room, which doubles up as a VIP space. There’s a long bar that runs across one wall, a small DJ area and a couple of raised platforms for dancers. There are two main areas with booths – one with another bar in – and it's when you book one of these six booths that hold 4-10 people that you experience the VIP package. A booth costs £150 and includes a bottle of Finlandia vodka, mixers and fruit and a bottle of Moet and Chandon. The decor of this space is indicative of its name with white furniture, crystal lampshades, metallic touches and clean lines.

The Atmosphere
On Anon firmly categorises itself as a bar in the early everning. The music is muted, the lights bright and office workers and tired shoppers hit one of its many bars for a quiet, chilled out drink. As the evening blends into the night a different venue emerges as it shakes off its bar image and moves into club mode. The lights dim, seating areas are cleared away to reveal dance floors, the music starts to pump and the atmosphere is unpretentious and upbeat.

Just be wary of the inevitable meat market that exists here - guys out on the pull, some of whom can be quite determined in their approach. However, with a good security team there’s no need to feel intimidated - they keep a firm hold on trouble, without the usual over the top aggression of some security teams in Central London. There’s a large contingent of people here from just outside of London looking for a place to go on a 'posh' night out - think Essex girls with bare legs and clutch bags and guys in shirts with money to spend.

The benefit of the club’s size is that, depending on your mood, you can move from area to area, experiencing a different atmosphere in each. Don’t want to listen to Britney Spears? Just move onto the next room.

The Music
Even though On Anon has several dance floors and bar areas, each playing different tunes, they all stick to the same formula - commercial, popular chart songs. If you don’t like that type of thing then this is definitely not for you.

The White Room plays commercial dance music and tries to create an Ibiza-like experience. You'll hear garage songs from the nineties that you forgot existed alongside more recent popular chart dance tracks.

The Drink
Drink prices at On Anon aren’t as steep as you might think given its central location. Cocktails come in at £5.75-£6.20 and although the service might seem slow effort does go into making them. For example, the mojito is both sweet and refreshing and isn't too weak – a pleasant surprise. You've also got the option of adding strawberry, passionfruit, peach or raspberry to it to jazz it up a bit.

The shooters, although they have inventive names such as Wedding Cake, White Spider and Alice in Wonderland, are a pricey £5. Wine costs from £12.95 for a bottle of Castabello Red Merlot del Veneto to £145 for Dom Perignon Brut.

The Last Word
On Anon is a laid back club that knows what it is - a venue for the non-glitterati, catering mainly for out-of-towners looking to experience a Central London club. Not for those who are serious about their clubbing.

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