I have never been to the Buddha bar and I was thinking about going there for my birthday. I thought I would do a bit of research on the bar. Having a look at the comments I defiantly wont be stepping foot in there. I don't understand how some clubs have the cheek to charge service charge when you are getting your own drink at the bar. Buddha Bar sounds like A joke!

Absolutely terrible place. It is very pretentious, the staff are unfriendly, and the drinks massively overpriced. Not only that, but we were charged service for going to the bar to order our own drinks. And the bar staff had the cheek to kick up a fuss when they were asked to remove this 'optional' charge. Absolute rip-off. The only thing that made me feel better was the girl who's birthday we were out for was so drunk she kept smashing glasses...so someone got their money's worth.

Good atmosphere for a special occasion - overly priced even for London!

I always compare mojitos to the tatse I had while in Ibiza at cafe -del -mar and this was not a good drink to pick at the budha and at over £15

i would think twice of ever ordering one . . .also the scalops do not come complete (no roe) when i asked how it comes the waiter did not understand the question and said they come finely chopped! incorrect they are sliced in half.

Take away the toilet attendants I do not want to tip for the privelege of going for a wee!

What a disappointment!

The décor, atmosphere and drink selection is all top class, if only the place could run without staff it would all stay like that.We had reserved an area (2 weeks prior) for a group of us.

We arrived, with the un-interested receptionist grunting that the area is reserved in the upstairs bar.

After 5 minutes we found the area (as the hostess had no idea where it was, and we were not on her list!).

We ordered our first round of drinks, which was wrong and then the waitress dropped half the tray on one of our party, not even an apology was offered as she continued with her service and replaced the drinks which she spilt.

Besides for the door staff that could not be faulted for friendliness, the rest of the team is ignorant, unresponsive, and above all could you please stop putting attendants in toilets that make you feel obliged to tip them!

I pay to be there, so want to go to the loo in piece.

Judging by previous review on this page, the management do not respond to criticism posted here, so will never know their side.

But be warned; ruin your night at your own peril. If you are going to present me with a bill in excess of £1000.00 be prepared to offer that level of service.

Ambiance: 5 stars

Music: 3 stars

Food: cannot comment

Drinks: 2 stars

Staff: 4 stars

Toilets: 1 star

people: mixed crowd, young and older ages

In terms of the decorations and environment, the warm colours and lovely decor invited everyone in.

The music was OK overall, sometimes very good and sometimes really bad, the DJ looked a bit bored so that could have been the reason.

Heard a strange remix of Macarena (very quick beat) that I don't think anyone else recognised and then a strange combination of Sweet Dreams with Arabic music!

There was definitely variety, with many eastern songs, but also some beats..

I cannot comment about the food, since we didn't book a table and didn't try the food.

Drinks were expensive in my opinion, but possibly normal price for a club. What put me off is that they added the "optional charge" to the bill when you went to order at the bar, which they don't normally do in other clubs.

They didn't have Absolute vodka and the vodka they did have wasn't very good (I drink vodka neat so I can tell).

I didn't want to make a fuss and spoil the night, but simply didn't order another one.

Staff were OK but not overly polite, which is why I would give them 3 stars. But they get the 4th star because they were really busy having to run back and forth through dancing crowd.. tough job!

One thing about the ladies room, the cubicles are separated by glass which under normal circumstances should be milky white so you can't see.. well, I turned my head right while pulling my tights up only to see a lady waving hello from 4 cubicles further!!!

Not cool man...A good mix of people from different ages seem to go to this place, by the looks of it, between 25 and 50!

Overall a good night out! :)

I'm pretty happy to see that the staff's total lack of respect and professionalism has not changed since I had a £500 evening out at the Buddha bar (for 2 people).

They served us somebody else's wine, totally messed up when I sent two glasses of champagne to two girls sitting on their own, and were extremely rude to me at the bar upstairs when I was trying to order yet another bottle of champagne.

I sent a couple of emails to the management but they were totally ignored.

Well, it looks like things have not improved. I am surprised it is still open.

Me and my girlfriend tonight at Buddha Bar.
We arrived on a saturday night without any kind of reservation or guest list, the door staff is been very lovely.
Once inside once again, we found nice welcoming atmosphere and indeed a very nice and cool bar. There was no empty tables on the upstairs bar, after a little chat with the waitress she promised she would have find a table for us.
We headed to the bar where the crowd was a mix between 28 and 35 years old people.
We ordered a Watermelon Martini and an Abbie's Heartbeat, both for the price of £9,50.
Both cocktails where perfectly made, well balanced, absolutely brilliant drinks to be tasted not wasted in a second (also because they are at 9.5 each!)
Incredibly, after half an hour from our arrive at the bar, the waitress found me and my girlfriend and took us to an empty table, I couldn't believe she remembed us.
And now is where Buddha bar lost few points: ordered another 2 Drinks, one Watermelon Martini and Green Apple Martini.
The Watermelon Martini was made from a different hand I suppose and was way too strong, you could strongly feel the vodka, not the worse one I've drink but not the best, definetlely not well balanced.
The music changed a bit and went from classic Buddha Bar music to house wich, even if not my kind, I just have to agree with the choice seen the time.
We quite enjoyed our time in Buddha Bar and we will certanly go back.
I wouldn't compare the London one with the Paris one but I wouldn't give them a 2 star. Definetely they deserve anything in between 3 stars and a half and four stars and a half.

The Buddha Bar with all its decadent and elaborate decor failed to fulfill my expectations of an interesting Friday night out.

I visited the Buddha Bar recently in New York and was impressed with the service and ambience presented there.

Unfortunately, London's sister venue does not meet the grade. The bar staff are extremely inattentive, the service was slow and food was way overpriced.

Although the music in the background was good, the atmosphere was dull and uninteresting.

I am afraid I will not be visiting the Buddha Bar again.