Had such a fun night at Barts!! Having heard lots of good things about it I was expecting something quite special, and was not disappointed! Definitely the hidden jewel of Chelsea.. I loved the dressing up box and 20's style prohibition decoration. The attention to detail was great, especially the amazing cocktails served in teacups. Looking forward to trying the bar food next time!

What A gem! I had heard a lot about Barts from friends but hadn't managed to visit until recently - and wow have I been missing out! Barts is the quirkiest, most fun bar/restaurant I've been to in a very long time. It is great value for money, serves delicious food, plays great music, delicious drinks and has fantastic decorations including a fancy dress box which was just the icing on the cake! I can't wait to get back in there to try more of the special 'teapots' whilst wearing a poncho and a wig!

Decent concept done horribly. Let's get the "secret stuff" out of the way: Barts Speakeasy "Somewhere on Sloane Avenue" is the hotel bar of the posh, stuffy Chelsea Cloisters hotel. Someone, somewhere has come up with a brilliant wheeze (somehow the Boris Johnsonesque slang seems appropriate) to turn a small hotel bar even guests would ignore into a buzzy tourist trap.
The fun starts dissipating round about the time the charmless manager grudgingly admits you and goes downhill from there. Pointlessly loud - and bad - music, decor with all the charm of a Wetherspoons, bad layout making the bar even less accessible and apparently no air conditioning or ventilation were some (but not all) of the factors that sapped the fun out of the experience.
3 lagers and a glass of house white wine came came to £19, so I suppose on prices Barts should be congratulated for only taking the p more as much as other central London pubs.
I cannot comment on cocktails except to say that the atmosphere could hardly have been less condusive to enjoying them.
On a personal note, it was an extremely cheap night out or me as I abandoned 2 attempts to get a round in after 20 minutes of getting nowhere at the bar. My friend had slightly more success by infiltrating a pack of braying Sloane girls.
Not a place I'd reccommend to anyone for any reason.

Spiffy - The "Scottish Sailor" initialled "HG" and his tequila did nothing to spoil.

We were pretty disappointed, expected a secretive cosy bar but it was nothing compared to the really hidden unlisted bars you get in Berlin and elsewhere in Europe.

Very made-up spanking new place, lacks the authenticity, character and laid-back vibe of London bars like Freud or Dragon Bar (now closed), even Shunt would be a much better experience.

The waitress, a typical shoreditch trendy type was pretty stuck-up.. despite serving up the wrong order, she muttered under her breath that the wrong wine cost the same price anyway..

You get it, the crowd there's pretty much boring city-banker types.

Absolutely fantastic place. What a gem. So glad I found it! Great cocktails at a very reasonable price and wonderfully friendly staff. I can't wait to be there again. See you soon Barts.

Sorry - Champagnes are too expensive. You can hardly move or hear in there. I am surprise no one noticed.

The most original and fun bar in London-absolutely genius.