Basement,
76b Marchmont Street,
Bloomsbury,
London,
WC1N 1AG
(020) 7383 3084
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There's too many straight girls in this place. If that's what I'm looking for, I could find much nicer bars nearby than this. It's just boring.
I don't normally write reviews but this bar was such a pleasant surprise I had to. I was staying around the block and stumbled across this place, very friendly - maybe too friendly as I ended up spending 3 nights in a row here! You will be my first port of call when I visit London again.
Awful, dingy, dark basement that smells like a sewer and has the most unprofessional bartenders ever!
I went to this bar for the first time last night to see Alan Hollinghurst. Fantastic evening and a wonderful friendly bar. I will be back!
My friends and I celebrated my birthday at NBS on Friday 20th May. We were all really impressed with the cozy yet trendy bar. Simply lovedy the snug 'cola shutes'!! We had a cornered off area of teh bar but didn't really needed it as it was nice to just mingle. The was about 40 of us which was perfect and we had bubbly flowing all night. Thanks to NBS for my free bottle of bubbly for my birthday! I woudl reaslly recommend thsi place as the owners, managers and bar staff we all incredible and faultless, all really good fun and teh bar staff in particular made the night so successful. We were very surprised how cheap the large Bombay & Tonics were!!
I will definitely be back soon and some of friends have already been back!
Well done NBS and a million thanks.
Glen x
nice place, nice staff and nice drinks for sure! Impressed with cocktail menu... such a breeze for London where most of gay venues offer beer, low quality wine or undrinkable cocktails. Will be back, thank you guys for what you are doing
Came here for my birthday and had such a wicked night the music was amazing and the sprits are so reasonable, the staff are also very welcoming, I'll certainly be back thanks NBS team!
Very pleasant place to spend an evening. Good drinks and nice to find somewhere you can talk to friends without shouting! I hope to return soon.
Great Bar! Good music with a nice atmosphere and vibe. Scrumptious cocktails and really friendly (handsome) staff!! Definitely a place to go to start your Friday night or catch up with friends in the week!
Very amateur staff in here. They should invest in some professional quality bar staff.
Simply fantastic, I went to this bar to see Armistead Maupin. Absolutely brilliant night which I will remember for a long time. The bar were great hosts.
I gave this place a second chance tonight and yet again I was let down. I'd just bought my bottled beer, and put it down when the glass collector came along, knocked over my full bottle of beer, didn't apologize, didn't replace it and didn't even clean up the the spillage. I had to go back to the bar and buy another one. Appalling standard of customer service in this bar. I will not be giving them a third chance. Be warned.
I went here last Friday night with some friends. Unfortunately this place is more a plaything for the owner than a serious bar. Everyone else in the bar was the owners mate.
This place tries too hard to be cool - and as a result has scared off most of the potential customers. It felt like a quiet Monday night down there. Not much talent either - so we made the trek over to Soho. It was indeed a relief to find that in Soho at least it was a Friday night.
Got to be my favourite bar in town. Impressive service, unhurried atmosphere - it's definitely the default destination of choice for my chums and I.
Hey loved this place, so nice to go to somewhere new! Had a great night, think the staff are really down to earth. Cheers guys :)
I'm sorry but I just can't take the comments so far seriously, particularly as it's the only comment each user has made and most of them were left on the same day. Somehow I doubt their authenticity. I'm a Bloomsbury resident and I really wanted to like New Bloomsbury Set as there are no venues like this in the area that aren't really seedy. I really loved the decor and the music and it's great that there are plenty of really comfy seats. The thing that really let New Bloomsbury Set down for me it that there is no draft beer. I can't stand drinking my beer straight out of the bottle, especially at a price of £3.50! If they're not going to offer draft beer, I think they should at least offer a glass when you serve the bottled beer. Also, the bar staff seemed really miserable (or bored as there were only 5 customers at the time). I will go back here as it's so local, but I'm slightly disappointed. Way too pricey for what it is and no draft :-(
I really loved this place -- it was the perfect venue for meeting an old friend for a chat and a catch-up; sophisticated and grown up, with the playful twist of having to clamber on all fours into one of the two cellar nooks (which we enthusiastically took). Alejandro proved an adept mixologist; his Guilty Act cocktails were painstakingly created and definitely worth the (small) wait. In fact they were so delicious we ended up having three each before the evening was out -- unusually for me, who doesn't tend to be monogamous where drinks are concerned...
I really like the fact that this opens early, and is therefore perfect for old girls like me who favour a proper chat and a sit down over the more frenetic and noisy bar scene; it definitely livened up toward the end of the evening, although by that stage the Guilty Acts were kicking in so we all called it a night. Very much looking forward to returning though.
I love New Bloomsbury Set. A great place for an after work cocktail or relaxing on the weekend after a hard days shopping in the city. It's sophisticated, laid back and relaxed and the 'guilty act' cocktail is delicious!
The cocktails are yummy and rather strong - i believe my favourite one (a 'guilty act') has 3 shots of vodka. If you have three you get royally tanked! I wish they did chips or Doritos of similar - something to soak the booze up. I like the place very much.
Popped in for a G&T on my way home to see what the place was like. Very cool. Impressive pieces dot the space. There was hardly a soul there but it was very early evening and they'd just started out. Once a few more people were in I'm certain the atmosphere would be very pleasant.
It promises to be an escape from the usual Soho crassness. Would like to see perhaps more reference to its namesake by having Chap-esque features and events. Let's raise those brows!
not a bad place, but could have been so much more. Staff were friendly and then seem to get very involved with themselves. Towards the end seemed more like a kids club house then a cool new bar... will give it another go if passing.... maybe.
Great little bar in an unassuming location. Friendly staff, great atmosphere and great place to start off before going out into central London.
The delicious manageres resembles a hot tasty treacle crumpet, that i would love to pour lashings of whipped cream over and devour for breakfast.
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