I just love this place. The staff have a sense of humour the atmosphere is always fun and the quality of drinks, food and crowd is always 100%. The only negative is the door which in turn is a positive. If you're from Essex, a reality show, have rubbish style and generally unappealing stay away as the door as they will not let you pass! However if you're from the right stock .... then open sesame to the best club in the west end by a long way.

Great club, music is great in both floors, staff is nice, and is the kind of place where you could have a really great time. To get in a friend of mine was a regular customer so it was simple. One point that a didn't like that much was beside loving the table concept and having tables regularly, at some point it's is really difficult to walk without going into a table or people seated in one. Specially on the dance floor which by itself was full crowded and had some tables in the middle. Taking this out of the picture it's a must do in London. Going back for sure!

This is a very generous lone star.
As a young Asian woman, I felt personally targeted by the bigoted door staff. The door lady (I use the term 'lady' very generously) was a compulsive liar who insisted she could not understand my Chinese accent, nor my I.D - whilst I am not claiming this was racist as such, it does certainly raise suspicions. In the end, it took hard cash (to the tune of a mind-blowing four-digit sum) to enter this establishment. I can only presume the money will be spent on a burning cross for the door lady's next Klan meeting.
Once inside, the night turned from bad TO WORSE, as I was greeted by obnoxiously loud, trashy euro music (a description that would be adequate for the clientele as well). Think Basshunter, Las Ketchup and non-stop INNA. The drinks prices escalated from astronomical to simply diabolical.
I also find the club's insistence on 'house pigs' a tad odd. Let me explain: so-called 'house-trained piglets' in bow ties that trot all over the dancefloor before, at the end of the night, being 'sacrificed to the Cuckoo gods', in what I can only describe as an embarassingly thinly-veiled attempt at 'originality'. Mortifying.

Cuckoo club in my mind really has stood the test of time. I used to go when it launched and have been back in London for the last 3 months. I am amazed that 6 years later the clubs attention to detail and policies
are the same. The crowd is great, the music, although not minimal all
night which I love, Was a great mix of house, old school, rock and
generally fun with a cool edge. As high end clubs go this is the Godfather!

As a frequent visitor to Cuckoo back in its heydays during 2006/2007, it is unfortunate to see that such a fun and beautiful venue has gone down the drain.

From what used to be one of West End's top clubs, boasting a strict selection by the door and a pretty unique atmosphere between posh and liberal it has now become a run-of-the-mill expensive central London club. There is just nothing unique or appealing about this establishment anymore. They seem to let pretty much anyone in these days and the staff seems bitter and tired which makes for a pretty dire clubbing experience.

Spend your money elsewhere.

Cuckoo rocks, seriously!
Upstairs is the place to be, downstairs isn't that great!

Went to this place only once and probably will never do again. Other than the location of the place, there's nothing positive.

I went to the Club and not the restaurant, so my rating is based on the club only. The staff is good except for the little bald guy who has obviously serious confidence issues and seem to always want to prove that despite his height he's the one in charge, it's a club lol not the UN.

First thing that struck me when I went downstairs is that the club is very small, the size of my living room and the kitchen combined. Another thing is the cheap materials and furniture they used, a quick look at the ceiling and you'll see what I mean.

The crowd is young and very pretentious.

Avoid like the pest, this club is way overrated.

Fun club, great interior, good music.
Definitely a good time, gorgeous girls should have no problem getting in even if you don't know anyone. Key word - gorgeous, also dressed well. Very European crowd, making it that much more fun considering I'm European as well. Upstairs is a table clubbing experience, downstairs has more room to dance. Lots of rude girls though, that think they are the shit because they are hot. Hello, there are tons of good looking girls at the club, no need to be snobby about that.

Anyone that doesn't give this club 5 stars is mad. This is the number 1 place in London.. Long Live Cuckoo x

Cuckoo is beautiful place. As a resident club snob, I have come to have some really incredible nights at Cuckoo. The decor is nice, and the table layout is great. You can happily dance on the sofa's and tables. As long as your bill is above 2000 pounds you will always recieve the best service and meet the best people. I have met life long friends in Cuckoo, and I still meet every Friday, some of the most interesting people of my life. Although sometimes you will find too many little girls playing with Daddy's credit card, because of the lack of ID-ing people on tables. However, your drinks will be incredible, and your DJ will be great. Please do yourself a favor and have an extravagant night there.

Two stars for the great decor and the decent sized space (for the West End). Saturday. We ate upstairs first. Food was completely unexceptional; the bill was £215 inc wine but no desserts and we had free cocktails to apologise for slow service. Went downstairs to dance. Friendly barman fancied my other half (feeling it was mutual actually!) and gave her free drinks. Crowd was shoddy. While I was at the loo a short, bald man grabbed my wife and informed her that he wanted to "lick her from her a*** to her elbow". That summed up the crowd in there, although there were some pretty impressive looking females. I won't be back in a hurry though.

We wanted a venue with great music and sophisticated but down to earth clientèle. In my opinion a good DJ plays tracks that go on from each other....the tempos are similar and don't change from one extreme mood to another. The DJ did not display these skills. The music was a little all over the place, it was mainly pop and some R&B. The crowd were not riff raff but my friends summed it up as young posh kids who really could not dance.....but we did have a good time as we were a good crowd of friends. The good things are that upstairs in the club it does look gorgeous and the music upstairs was much better (house and some dance) but it was so packed that you could not stand there let alone dance. I would recommend maybe reserving a table and staying upstairs maybe. The dinner that we had there was very good too and the owner is a lovely friendly guy.

I don't know why this place has good reviews. Maybe because the 'friends & mates' of the management reviewed it, but quite dissapointing if anything.

Bar Staff - lame, unfriendly, leaning back, can't even be bother to hand you back your credit card, but rather throw it on the bar for you to look for it.

Reception - no crowd control what so ever. Unfriendly and unprofessional 'guest list' reception. 'Too many males in the club' is not the best slogan you want to be saying (especially to VIP clients who are on the gueslist).

If you are not doing your in house marketing correctly, try to outsource to PR agencies. Don't think it has 'creativity' & 'soul' as it boasts on its web-site, try better next time.

I believe that 'good location' and possibly extensive membership base won't save 'over boasted' clubs like these from credit crisis and new upcoming competitive venues in London that take care of their clients.

We all move on sometime.

Brilliant club, I went there for dinner and had the most delicious 2 course meal.

The food was so light and fresh and the cocktails where amazing!

Its the best place to go if you want a great modern european meal and to dance the night away...........

im from sweden and moved to lonodon 6 months ago.. cuckoo is my favorite club.. im there every friday, if you want to go out and have a fab time in london cuckoo is a most!! the think is though that you have to know people or your not getting in, that our look amazing..

just wanted to say this place ROCKS!!!!YEAHHHHHHH!!!

im not from uk, and last year i spent a month in london, and i went friday night to cuckoo once... it was very cool, pretty girls, nice song, good drinks, ... just didnt like the security cause he didnt want me to get in, but he wasnt successfull...
well, im going back to london and i wanted to know what are the ways to get in cuckoo without troubles, since the last time i went there some guy that me and my friends didnt know put us in, and this time mb this guy wont be there..

Im from brazil and some friends decided to go to cuckoo(friday night), i asked the security how to get in, and he was very rude answering me that i needed to be a member and didnt even looked at me so he could judge me (if im ugly pretty,...)than i dunno what happened that a guy come to me and my friends and offered us to get in immediatly (free pass and no queue)...when he told the security the situation, he said that everybody but me were vip(i dunno why, he hated me)...when i was giving my name to the girls at the door, the security came to the girls and asked them if it was everything ok and if i wasnt doing any s***...(for no reason)when i got in, i had a great time, pretty girls, the guys were f** and i almost hit on some of them, nice music and drinks...the strange thing was that when i was at the dance floor talking to some girls the security came talk to me, being so nice, took a picture for us, so friendly..if someone knows what happened illl be glad if explained to me!

I can see why some people complain about not being able to get in, but from my experience, those were the people who were not meeting the dress standards...

I've been only once to this club, and had a fabulous time with friends and some strangers I met... the bar staff are great, they don't need any encouragement in giving shots away... and the Dj, whilst he does play a bit to much cheese (he told me he would prefer not to play cheese but it's a requirement of the club)... the music is well mixed and easy to dance too...

Most of the crowd are friendly and easy going, with the exception of the some trust fund kids who i came across...

I'd recommend to friends to go back there, but take note, if you aren't dressed to the nines, and don't have a pretty face and good attitude.. likely hood you'll get in isn't high...

Food the best ever in a club. PERIOD. All the cool rich and famous people are here all the time. The music rocks between the best dance and house tracks. Of course a bit expensive but it has to be like that if you want to go a high class place.

This is by far the best club in London, they continue to have the best looking clientele and the staff are very friendly and helpful. They have a very strict door policy which is the best part as trash cannot get through. Obviously the woman below didn't look the part as the woman on the door has always been more than accomodating to my friends and I. Compared to Boujis, Tramp, Bungalow 8 etc she is by far the most friendly and beautiful. Make sure you look and act the part and there won't be an issue. Also the manager Gordon did his best to try and get us the best table in the club within minutes. Will definetly go back!

well, its 5am now and i just come back from clubbing,
my boyfriend put me on a guestlist to to this club tonight and the girl host who is holding this paper and pen decided that shes gonna make my night miserable, i smile and told her im on the guestlist and suddenly she look at me and says t im not on the guestlist without even looking at the guestlist book.anyway i keep telling her to atleast look at the list but she choose to ignore me. make sure you get the blonde girl to help you out instead she seems nicer.

I feel I must say, I agree completely with "Windsor" below. On a recent trip to the UK from New Zealand, I found the service, drinks, music and clientele at The Cuckoo Club to be fabulous. Everyone seemed to be having a great time, and the only unhappy people I saw were the ones who failed to get past security. It's true that this is a high end club which caters to a certain taste, but I dont think thats to say the staff are rude and arrogant. If you get confrontational with people who are only doing their job then of course you can expect to be denied entry! Next time, dress up, put a smile on your face, bring your manners and perhaps you will have better luck!

The Cuckoo is absolutely brilliant. I went last night for a friends birthday party and could not have picked a better venue in the whole of London. The staff are friendly and their service is unbelievable. Music was top notch and got everybody there dancing. The atmosphere and decor are great and really make the Cuckoo a special place. If you are looking for a great club, with great drinks there is no better venue in town than the Cuckoo Club.

I find it hilarious when people review and claim to have been into this club, yet say the staff were rude and arrogant and the food was awful! Truth is they haven't even passed the door, which granted if you've not got the right image, the staff may seem rude.

The Cuckoo Club has the strictest door policy in London, so if you're not a member and not joining a table and don't look fresh out of Tatler you can forget about entering this awesome establishment.

The food is incredible, the drinks are incredible, the music is incredible and the atmosphere given the right night is the best in town! It is obvious to me that the negative reviews below are only due to people not being allowed in or people that have no understanding of high end clubbing. Great club!

The Cuckoo Club is great for those who like repetitive cheesy music, overpriced drinks, arrogant insular people who generally can't (or don't) dance. Plus, the Cuckoo Club is also for people whose respect for other guests is primarily based on the size of their wallet, celebrity status or family heritage.

So we finally managed to get into the famous Cuckoo Club. Our evening started with a few cocktails upstairs. They were beautifull and the bartender had us in stitches. Downstairs, the music was a great mix of rock and house, with a bit of hiphop, and there were A list celebs getting down on the dance floor. The Cuckoo Club rocks!

The Cuckoo Club is the best club I’ve been to, sleek and stylish, definitely the place to be seen. Bring your dancing shoes to The Cuckoo Club, you won’t be disappointed.

For a fun night out, The Cuckoo Club is the place to be. The Cuckoo Club has fabulous cocktails and awesome tunes to dance the night away to.

Totally agree that The Cuckoo Club is a terrible venue - mostly due to staff who don't know how to treat customers properly. Give The Cuckoo Club one a miss unless you want to ruin at least part of an evening.

I have to say The Cuckoo Club is probably the worst venue I have been to in London. The door staff are very rude, the food is ordinary and the atmosphere is average. This has to be one of the most over hyped venues in London. I actually wanted to give it zero. Stay away from The Cuckoo Club.

Having visited the Cuckoo Club last night with friends for dinner and then later down stairs, I have to say the place was a huge let down. I have never seen such an entourage of clueless staff milling about, all incredibly pretentious and actually very rude. They charged £105 for a bottle of champagne which they served warm.


The food was so ordinary and not a bouncer was in sight when things kicked off downstairs and a chap started hurling glasses. At this point my husband and I said, Let’s get the hell out of here. The Cuckoo Club is aptly named.

At The Cuckoo Club rock hybrids blast majestically out of speakers with sonic delights such as The Libertines and Kasabian spun together with sprinkles of The Rolling Stones. Be seduced further by the DJs smooth vibes.



Guests can head up from subterranean bliss to the ground floor restaurant which serves concoctions such as Beef Celeriac Dauphinoise or Chocolate Vinsanto Fondant. Ultimate thirst-quenchers on the large cocktail menu include treats such as “The Roadrunner”- a splash of Tequila, vanilla pods, Canadian maple syrup and free range egg white or the “Purple Lady”-a mélange of Tanqueray gin, Martini rose vermouth and orange bitters.



Jemma Kidd, Elle McPherson and Alice Temperley are just some members of the membership committee who regularly visit the Cuckoo Club whilst celebs such as Bryan Ferry, Patrick Cox, Freddy Windsor and Joseph Fiennes are also regular attendees.



Come fly by this cuckoo’s nest for it is graced with opulent plumage!

I love the Cuckoo Club, they make me feel like a grown up, which is hard going, I tell you! Definitely recommend the Cuckoo Club!