I booked a specific area in the Hoxton Pony a month in advance for our group of 18 people on Saturday 26 July.
Unfortunately we were late but instead of them calling me to find out how long we'd be delayed or to warn they would give our area away (which would have been nice and they did have my number) they just gave it away. We were only 3 mins down the road at a restaurant - the kitchen had a nightmare so we were late.
This was really disappointing, especially since the "alternative" they gave us was enough seating room for 5 people directly under the speaker.
In the end though we had a good night - it's a nice enough venue with great drinks and the staff were really nice.
Downstairs is way way too hot though - 6 of our group left earlier than planned as we were dying down there.
Speaking of dying... so was the DJ. The last guy on for the night played extraordinarily average "electro" and very badly. Where the hell did this guy learn to mix..?!

I think its about time we had a venue in Shoreditch that offers some sort of class without being pretentious, I have lived in Shoreditch for 10 years and have been dying for somewhere like this. For some time now its been given this "grotty is cool vibe"... The Pony has come to save us from swimming in bad cocktails and bad hair cuts!!!Its good to see the Likes of Joe La Groove and others who never cease to amaze me providing more than just tunes...long live the Pony!Chrissyx

Went down to the Hoxton Pony with a group of 14 friends Saturday night (14/06/08) and had a great time. Friendly door staff, free cloakroom - just tip, funky sounds and patrons. Only down sides being 1)it was very HOT downstairs and very very full and 2) this is the biggie was taking 25 minutes to get served at the bar!! Just weren't enough bar staff behind the bar. Apart from the problems getting drinks had a great night dancing away!

Place to hang-on to for the weekend

Went to the launch on Tuesday and it was rammed but a bloody good night out. Don't know how they've done it but it seemed twice the size of the Pool bar. Gutted it's gone but this place is good enough to make up for it.