247-249 Lavender Hill,
Clapham,
London,
SW11 1JW
(020) 7223 8866
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One of our regular haunts. Never fails to disappoint. Highlight has to be the perfectly charming and beautiful blonde bar maid that serves the most 'accurate' mojitos in London. Visit and enjoy.
I'm Pacific Islander and visited Sugarcane, the decor was very inspirational and gave me an island touch as if I was back at home. I ordered a local beer but to my surprise the bartender had no customer service orientation what so ever. It's a shame that I took with me that memory rather then the beauty of Sugarcane..
I have been here a few times & I do really like it, but the staff are really rude! Just unfriendly, impatient & they took my drink before it was finished and when I mentioned it they just said 'well it's your own fault, you should have kept in in your hand and not on the table" where i was sitting!
We booked the Cave area and had fantastic time! The staff were great leading up to the evening and stayed in touch with me to make sure everything was as we wanted it.
The waiting staff were patient with us, even though we were rather loud and drunk, and were quick with our drinks. The food was delicious and was served at the times we wanted it.
It's a nice venue that is not snobby or rude. Definitely worth comming back.
We were looking for somehwere to meet for our stag night, and googled hen night venues and found the Sugarcane. We booked/told them we were starting there and checked it was OK. We didn't want problems with the staff. They said there was a themed hen party the same night, and a few guys decided to theme. We were planning a good stag night – not a boozy one. We arranged to have some food and for it to be the place where we would start. It was great, we turned up a few at a time and they suggested we have the food near the corner where the hen party was. We enjoyed the food (large platters, we just ordered another when one was empty), we weren’t bothered about the price of the drinks, but a few of us got talking to the girls and when they got some cocktails, the prices were good. We stayed longer than we thought we would because we were having a good time with the girls (in the hen party). We then moved on, but some of us are going back in a few weeks, and some of the girls said they were doing the same.
I was visiting London for my friends birthday, last year there were a few of us and we went out on the Friday night to a few bars including the Sugarcane where we shared some food platters. This year there were a few more so we decided to make it a Saturday and start at the Sugarcane. We arrived around 8.30 ish, which was lucky because by 9.30 it was well busy. We had sharing food platters again and as the drinks were reasonably priced and people were queuing in the dreary weather we decided to stay there all night. The decor made it seem a bit tropical and we all had a good night -- but if we do it again next year, we will make it a Friday night so we can sit and chat a bit more.
Had girls night out here! Was not sure as I am a North London'r and have rarely ventured south of the river.
Loved it and will be coming again soon!
I took my girlfriend to the sugarcane, on Saturday. The atmosphere was very cool, the drinks were awesome, and we had a perfect night.
If you're looking to impress then this bar is my top tip. Just the right blend of cool, with food and cocktails to go. A really good London Bar IMHO
Went to Sugarcane on Saturday 8th May 2010, the decor is pretty cool and the place suits a hen party or birthday celebration down to the ground.
The drink prices are fairly reasonable for a Clapham bar (3.50 for the cheapest beer, 6.50 for a cocktail), but the place is way WAY overcrowded, it sometimes took 5 minutes to get from our sitting area to the bar, meanwhile getting people's wine and beer sloshed over you whilst you attempt to slide past them.
The queues for the bar are 5 people deep, but the service is quite quick once you get there. The toilets are stupidly small for the amount of people this place lets in, the ladies were queuing right the way up the stairs, and some were even diving into the mens toilets. It's also the first bar I've ever seen a queue for the blokes toilets!
Overall, it was a lot of fun, but you really need your own area booked as if you're left standing in the middle the experience is a form of human bumper cars.
Having visited Sugar Cane a couple of times, I thought it was the perfect venue for my hen's night. Location is excellent as I had friends commuting from Basingstoke, Windsor, London and Brighton. The venue it's self is fab. I booked space a few weeks in advance. I was flexible with Friday or Saturday night, even a month in advance, the Saturday was fullly booked - so we went with the Friday instead. I had plenty of contact between Sugarcane & myself up to the morning of my Hens night. Some of my guests wanted to come themed - no problems.
I took decorations to personalise our space (the cave) and drapped them around - staff were very friendly and helpful - offering assistance. The night itself was excellent - my group of 18 women of varying ages truely enjoyed themselves and all have said they'd go back themselves.
The champagne and excellent cocktails flowed all night and the food platters were good size and really tasty (both the vegetrian and meat versions). Music was fantastic, service was great and special mention needs to be made of the bouncers who were so incredibly friendly - an extremely rare occurence in clubs and bars anywhere in the world!
Thanks very much Sugar Cane - I really had an excellent night - and look forward to celebrating the next event with you guys :)
My last visit to the Sugar Cane was over a year ago and they have definitely become much more popular since then, the place was heaving by 9pm. It was my friend’s birthday and although she was unable to reserve an area as they were fully booked, she still decided to have her birthday there. If you are into your cocktails, they make some of the best cocktails I have ever tasted and combine this with the bamboo covered huts and the cave area, it feels like you are in the tropics, just so it happens to be in south London.
It was a Saturday night and they seemed to be operating a queuing system once they reached full capacity inside, but the bouncer was very polite and friendly, which in my opinion makes a big difference, comparing it to some of my experiences with door staff at other venues in London. I was told that you get more leg room on Fridays, therefore my next visit will be on one of those nights.
I went there last Saturday night for my friend's birthday and I had a really good time. The staff was very friendly and the cocktails were amazing. The bar was full of hot chicks. A brilliant night for boys. I loved the music as was a very good mixture.
Sugar Cane is a very very poor mans Mahiki and was dangerously over capacity when I went their for my boyfriends birthday on Saturday night. We emailed the bar in advance with a guestlist to avoid our friends queuing and when we arrived we realised there was no need as there was no cover and everyone was being let it. The whole of Clapham was in this small bar and trying to make your way anywhere was really difficult. Obviously Sugarcane were happy to have Sugar Caned over capacity to get more bar spend. Maybe fun but its was just too many people! The only real highlight was seeing the Yasmina from the Apprentice!
I chanced upon this bar on a very rainy February night and it really cheered me up after a miserable walk in the rain. I loved the decor and atmosphere. The cocktails were really tasty and had a real kick-not like some places where they are watered down. Only negative was that it was very crowded-but what do you expect on saturday night? Get there early and bag a table under a straw canopy (or did I imagine that?)
Had my first Sugar Cane experience on Saturday night for my friend's birthday and have to say it lived up to the hype. The door staff were super friendly and got us in quick despite the massive queues.
Inside the atmosphere was great, music was brilliant, crowd pretty cool for a saturday. Only negative was a little too crowded maybe at the bar, but I guess better being inside than queuing outside. Will definitely be back.
Although I just live down by the junction, I had never managed to get to Sugar Cane. I usually tent to head to the common or down Battersea rise on weekends, but having heard good things about this place from friends, this last weekend I decided to check it out. It’s definitely different from other places in the area with the whole hawaiian/tropical theme to the place and it is heaving on Saturdays. There is a pretty good selection of cocktails, some all time great tunes being played and a pretty attractive crowd. I had a great night and I will definitely be back.
The review by ‘anonymous’ below sounds a bit like sour grapes from local competition….I have been living on Lavender Hill for years and when Sugar Cane opened nearly a year ago, I was glad we finally had a cool venue just around the corner. The place has grown in popularity since then and is buzzing with affluent and attractive people, very busy, particularly Saturdays……but that’s my opinion, you will just have to find out yourself…
I was looking for a venue for my 30th and a friend of mine recommended Sugar Cane. I found the booking process straightforward and simple, no reservation fee and no minimum spend required and the staff was really welcoming. The place does get quite busy on Saturdays however, there is a really cool vibe in there and the crowd is non-pretentious, funky and up for a good time. As the View London reviewer said, the place has a similar theme to Mahiki’s, but without the pretentious people and the sky-high prices. The previous ‘anonymous’ reviewer says that there was no food, well, we ordered the party platters, which were quite tasty and ideal for our group to share, and the kitchen was open until 10pm. In addition, the cocktails were exquisite and although you might find cheaper places around, I thought Sugar Cane prices were quite reasonable for the type of place it is and the crowd it attracts. It’s a great place for a party and I would definitely recommend it if you are looking for somewhere with a tropical feel that takes your mind away from the gloomy weather…..
l have been living in lavender the last 15 years, and l was there once, no caracter, no style, cheap bamboo all over the place, sorry what's there idea and the concept, drinks are not cheap either, food menu display but no food?? sorry there is so many places in clapham you can choose from if out in the area
Really funky bar with a holiday feel to it, fabulous drinks served by dishy bar staff. I went there for a friend’s birthday and had a great time, really cool vibe. The sharing cocktail fishbowls are a treat and the whole experience was great. I would definitely recommend it……
Nice, funky little bar. You have to try the ribs - they are INCREDIBLE!!!
It was very good.Brand new Tiki Bar and Restaurant with Londons only A Frame entrance.
Inside you can sit in the Tiki Hut booths or the Sunset lounge, Bar serving all the usual Tiki classics and some of its own inventions, food menu is a mixture of dishes designed and cooked by a Kiwi Chef.
outside area enclosed by bamboo for smokers/Summer
New stuff being added constantly to the Decor.
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