I had my 40th birthday party here Feb 2012, it was amazing, venue was excellent,smart, great size space & dance floor, staff very helpful, friendly & professional. In lead up to party staff were very accomodating & communication was prompt.
The party was off the Hook, I would recommend this venue to people who enjoy a good rave with fun people behind the bar.

Kaz 2012

The venue was fantastic, it was so nice having an indoor and outdoor area. The staff were really helpful and professional and it was very easy for me to organise as they did everything. The bar guarentee price was very reasonable and it was no problem to reach it during the evening. Thank you to everyone there. I would definitely recommend it for any event.

OMG! What a night, celebrated a BIG 50th Birthday bash at The Chapel - had both floors, live band downstairs and casino upstairs! The canape style food was the best ever, slow roasted belly of pork to die for, all the guests were raving, it was plentiful too. The venue decorated the bar and the casino to my specifications and I was not disappointed, living statues at the entrance, red carpet, twinkling lights, candles and balloons made for a very special evening. The band were superb and catered for our musical taste's lot's of Motown and soul, then their resident DJ Patrick started at 11.30pm and everyone danced their feet off until 2.45pm when we finally dragged ourselves off home, very drunk, very happy! Great service, great food, great party - Thanks Alex and his team, it will certainly be a night to remember.

Fantastic venue, really helpful staff and great music policy!

I recently hired out the top floor and terrace for a joint 30th birthday and it was a night to remember. The staff were very chilled but were always on hand to help with whatever we needed. I can't recommend this place highly enough.

I want to write to thank you for all the work that you put into Sunday. The event was a great success and all your planning really paid off. I'm sure we'll want to do exactly the same event next year, so please make a note of any useful details so we don't need to re-invent the wheel. I'll be in touch as soon as we have a date confirmed.

Also, please pass on my thanks to Donald. I've worked with lots of venue managers over the years, but he is simply the best. Incredibly helpful and a real pleasure to work with. I'm very grateful you suggested him.
Best wishes,Daniel

Sorry that I didn't get in touch after our party last month, to say thanks, but I've been away with work and extremely busy.

However, I wanted to make sure I did drop you a note before it completely went out of my head.

Laura and all of our guests had a great Saturday night. The food was delicious and there was plenty of it to go round. Your bar staff were lovely and no one was kept waiting long at the bar. Donald was an absolute rock all night and nothing seemed to be too much trouble to ask him. Even your door-men were really friendly at the end of the night - which is unusual when people are being a little too noisy waiting for their taxis.

All in all, a great night was had by one and all and I'm sure we will be back for another celebration in the near future.

Many thanks

Stu

Thank you so much for helping to make last Saturday night such an excellent night for my friend Pete's 40th party. We were taken care of royally by Gordon and the team as the night progressed. Being dealt with by welcoming, caring staff was brilliant (and is so important!), but the food was great AND the venue proved to be perfect too!!

Thanks - keep up the good work!!
Claudine

Thank you so much for helping to make last Saturday night such an excellent night for my friend Pete's 40th party. We were taken care of royally by Gordon and the team as the night progressed. Being dealt with by welcoming, caring staff was brilliant (and is so important!), but the food was great AND the venue proved to be perfect too!!

Thanks - keep up the good work!!
Claudine

Just to add to my review below - I had intend to give the Chapel Bar a 5 star rating but it seems only gave 3 in error. It appears that you cannot amend viewlondon reviews after the event so this will have to do! Chapel Bar is a great venue for a private party in Angel. Highly recommended - 5 Stars. Joe

I hired the ground floor bar of the Chapel Bar for my 40th in January 2011 and had a fantastic time. The breakdown:

VENUE
The ground floor area was perfect for my needs with a generous seating/bar area and equally generous separate dance floor space. This allowed a perfect mix of space for those that wanted to chat in comfort and those looking to "get down". I looked at several other bars in the Angel area and nothing else was in the same class for a comparable minimum spend.

MUSIC
Chose to manage this myself from a mix of pre-planned playlists and DJ friends so cannot really comment on what the venue might offer but the facilities were beyond reasonable reproach.

FOOD
This is optional of course but I pre-order a few food platters (quails, lamb kebabs, sushi rolls, veg dim sum, spicy prawns) and these went down amazingly well. I was still getting good feedback from guests weeks later. Generous portions, great tasting (particularly those yummy quails) and served by roaming staff. Included in the minimum spend.

DRINK
Drinks were fine. A little on the expensive side for Angel I would say but not outrageous. Stick to beer and wine (rather than spirits which are pricey and offer no discount for doubles) and you get reasonable value.

STAFF
I was a bit concerned about this given the comments in the one star reviews on this site (very similar - 2 reviews from the same source?). All I can say is that nothing could be further from the truth. All the staff were friendly, helpful and attentive without being intrusive. They were utterly professional at all times - constantly keeping me aware of my tab spend. In particular, as others have said, Luke, the manager, is fantastic - a real asset to this business.

If you are looking to arrange a private function do not hesitate to book the Chapel Bar.

Joe

I had my wedding reception here on 30th July 2010. The venue was amazing, the staff and Luke were fantastic, excellent service and the food was brilliant, we were too full to eat the buffet!! The Chapel Bar really made every effort to ensure that we had a great wedding. Very resonable price for such great food. The DJ they booked was also very good and was still playing at 3.30am when we left. Thank you to all the staff that day - you are stars!!

We had a Sunday afternoon BBQ with about 45 people in attendance and it was a roaring success. The food was fantastic, the terrace bar upstairs was perfect for a summer gathering (with shades that could have been deployed should the weather have been inclement) and the service was great. We were really well looked after and shall have very happy memories of a great day.

Just wanted to send a quick note to thank you and the team for a fantastic night on Saturday. The staff (Don and Luke in particular) were really great and made my night fret free. The food was amazing Alex - everyone said so (though I didn't get to eat much). Once again Alex thanks so much for a night to remember - I really do appreciate all the effort you went to.

Could not agree more! Best party place- so accommodating and the most wonderful food I have ever had in private hire place- love love love the cocktails and atmosphere- staff do a good job of making it a cool night too!

Most amazing venue! had a brilliant night with fantastic canapes and friendly service. So great to find somewhere that you can celebrate your birthday the way you want and until 3am! Will definatley be booking more of my parties with them!

We had our christmas party here, the food I had was ok though I think for £38 (inc. Service) it was overpriced. The nicest dish was the starter. As for comfort, it wasn't, it was cramped, our party was broken up by a very large pillar in between the two tables we were squashed around. Every time the door was opened half of us were blasted by cold air. The service was awful, not because of the obviously untrained waiters and waitresses, they seemed to be doing their best, but because of the awful manager, who was pretty stroppy and I think had taken on more than he was able to manage.

There were long delays between courses which could be forgiven if it wasn't for all the other negative aspects and the fact that we'd had to pay for the service up front. We all left after our meal, deciding either collectively or independently (in my case) not to stay for the "disco" which had started, the music sounded dreadful. I wouldn't recommend it for a party of any kind and I wouldn't go there for a drink, I thought it was altogether rather tacky.

love the chaperl bar, never lets me down great sound system and hospitality,

went there fpr a mates b-bay party and deffo gona spend my b-day there

The Chapel bar has had some great nights in there.

. .funk the beatz around x-mas time was smashing, when ever there is an event on there are usually alot of beautiful women...

added with their banging sound system and outside roof terrace. .. . its always a winner for me

interesting place worth a visit once but then it's over much nicer places in islington

Chapel Bar is the beeznees!!

I like to attend 'electrafucnk which is on sunday mornin through till sunday evening.

Its got a good vibe, the Dj's are wicked they're packing enuff vibrant trax to carry you on right through till the end of the evening. When its over they leave you wanting more.

I really don't understand this place, is it a private venue or a club or a pub or what? One day you go in there and theres a load of messheads from Kings X in there on an all-dayer, the next week its a wedding party...

Anyway, a pretty vibeless place, with open decks mid week, so expect to be blasted by talentless oiks trying to mix techno at 7pm, and then a strange weekend promotions line-up of mostly afro-caribbean / funky house nights it seems. Its saving grace is the terrace really, but getting access to that is a constant mission. The website photos make it look like an oasis in the Islington desert, but do not be deceived, Photoshop is a wonderful thing.

The Chapel Bar is a a good place to eat and drink - spending the whole evening here is easy and the staff are pleasant which makes everything that much nicer. I would recommend The Chapel Bar for its good lagers and its good food.

We had our office Christmas party at The Chapel Bar in December 2005 and it was outstanding! The food was absolutely excellent, the service was top and the effort put into making our evening special by the staff was brilliant. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the evening. The Chapel Bar is a venue that we will definitely choose again for another special event.

What an excellent venue! I have visited The Chapel Bar on 6 occasions now and it has never failed to please. I has to be one of the best spots to enjoy the best in jazz, funk and soul.

Check out Sundays live music at The Chapel Bar. It's a great place to see new up-and-coming talented performers. Pleasant comfortable decor and funishings, really great atmosphere, good food, nice people.

The Chapel Bar is a brilliant venue, I recently attended a private function for a birthday event here organised through Phantom Events, the music was brilliant the place was packed and fluid with excellent progressive tracks!!
The space inside The Chapel Bar is excellent and pleasant with lots of seating areas.
A very enjoyable night!

On a recent visit to The Chapel Bar in Islington with a group of fiends we had a most extra ordinary evening. We found the comfortable sofas to be a great plus point and the happy hour cocktails fantastic value. We had some food from the new Eastern styled menu which was absolutely fantastic. The staff was extremely helpful and very charming, especially the German guy who was very chatty. Overall I would like to thank the Chapel Bar for making a special evening an extra ordinary one which we will never forget. The Chapel Bar is clearly the best bar in Islington!!!