So sad this place used to be a great place to go, we went many times and you were almost guaranteed a good night. Now it is awful, doormen and staff (particularly the door women and the coat girl) have become rude and pretentious. The people in the club are not much better, admittedly it's packed but I lost count of how many times people pushed and shoved us. Everyone seemed to have plenty of money but no manners!
We will not be going here anymore but I just hope the manager actually does read these reviews....but there have been so many bad reviews lately I'm guessing not!

AVOID THIS DUMP...

over priced, over crowded, over rated, and... well, just rubbish..

Only reason this place is busy is because it is open later than anywhere else. Barmen are rude, and unless you have a pair of breasts, expect to be waiting a long time for your over priced drink.

The only plus for me on my last visit ironically, were the very polite security and door man... Terrible venue, nice door staff... shouldn't it be the other way round?

I was at this bar last night, and I definitely won't be going back. I've never left a review on a bar or restaurant in my life but after last night I swore I'd review this one.

When we arrived, which was quite late, there was only 1 bar man. Understandably some things can't be helped, and the manager came out to help him as the wait was so long.

We ordered a double JD and coke and 2 single rum and cokes with the manager. There was an argument regards the double JD being a double and the person drinking it left the bar. After this, my fiancé ordered 4 shots for our friends' leaving do and paid £27 in cash for them assuming we'd paid for the whole round.  

After a while, one of the bar staff who worked there usually and just happened to be out with the group we were with, approached me suddenly while sitting at a table. She and the manager laid into me for not paying my bill. I've never been spoken to like that in a bar before, especially not by staff and managers. The manager took none of our explanation. When I gave him my card to pay again in order to carry on with our evening as it obviously wasn't going away, he threw the card back in my face. All for £11 of dark rum and coke that we supposedly hadn't pay for. If we didn't pay for it, it was a blooming expensive round of 4 shots!

The door man was really nice, as was the lonesome bar man, the manager however was not, and with an attitude like that it's no wonder it rubs off on some of his staff. I left in tears.

I wouldn't go back here if I was bursting for the toilet! And if I did, I wouldn't be paying £27 for 4 shots! They really need to reassess their whole policy and the manager.


The manager

Ambience was nice and the place was lively.
Would go back and sample more of the cocktail menu

When this bar first opened it was a nice change from all the other bars on the high street. Now not so. They seem to have something against guys. There was 6 girls and 1 guy with us and they gave us so much hassle about getting in, ridiculous. Continuously questionning whether we were drunk... yes we had had a drink but no we were not drunk and not causing any fuss or bother. Don't waste your money on this pretencious place!! Plenty of other good places to go.

Pretentious, rude and really bad service - Would not go back

Amateurs! Had a night out planned out in Clapham with friends, spent over 2 weeks setting it up, had our names in the guest list. Mixed crowd 4 girls, 6 guys.
Aquum = how to ruin a night out.
Still amazes me that bars in london that have 30-45 people outside it's door all cramming to get in bother having a guest list? Might as replace it with 'your not getting in cattle list'.
Never say never, but I don't think I will be returing to Aquum, they need to up their game if they want to be considered a desirable place for night out for drinks. Overall, the place looked like a scene from the only way is Essex, same old games that bars play..have big crowds outside our bar..makes us look great and hip but yet treat punters with utter 0% respect.

Absolutely disgraceful door attitude. Guestlist won't even get you in, and if you're a guy and have ladies with you, that won't work too. The woman at the door is completely rude and on a power trip and needs to be taught basic manners. I will not be attending this establishment ever again and I would advise others to avoid at all costs. Places like this remind me what a joke our door service is sometimes.