The Cuckoo Club

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Swallow Street,
Mayfair,
London,
W1B 4EZ

0871 971 4399
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Reviewer emeraldcity
29/08/2011
I just love this place. The staff have a sense of humour the atmosphere is always fun and the quality of drinks, food and crowd is always 100%. The only negative is the door which in turn is a positive. If you're from Essex, a reality show, have rubbish style and generally unappealing stay away as the door as they will not let you pass! However if you're from the right stock .... then open sesame to the best club in the west end by a long way.
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Reviewer Ashleigh1988
20/09/2011
Though I understand how the reality show 'The only way is Essex', (though scripted) may have altered your perspective of people from that particular area, I strongly resent the suggestion that we are not from 'the right stock' as you so eloquently put it. To simply judge a group of people by their demographic and their home town, shows exactly what type of narrow-minded, and ignorant class of people enter the doors. Congratulations on deterring people from the Cuckoo Club with your '5 star' recommendation.
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Reviewer Kealox
14/08/2011
Great club, music is great in both floors, staff is nice, and is the kind of place where you could have a really great time. To get in a friend of mine was a regular customer so it was simple. One point that a didn't like that much was beside loving the table concept and having tables regularly, at some point it's is really difficult to walk without going into a table or people seated in one. Specially on the dance floor which by itself was full crowded and had some tables in the middle. Taking this out of the picture it's a must do in London. Going back for sure!
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Reviewer china_rainbow
24/07/2011
This is a very generous lone star.
As a young Asian woman, I felt personally targeted by the bigoted door staff. The door lady (I use the term 'lady' very generously) was a compulsive liar who insisted she could not understand my Chinese accent, nor my I.D - whilst I am not claiming this was racist as such, it does certainly raise suspicions. In the end, it took hard cash (to the tune of a mind-blowing four-digit sum) to enter this establishment. I can only presume the money will be spent on a burning cross for the door lady's next Klan meeting.
Once inside, the night turned from bad TO WORSE, as I was greeted by obnoxiously loud, trashy euro music (a description that would be adequate for the clientele as well). Think Basshunter, Las Ketchup and non-stop INNA. The drinks prices escalated from astronomical to simply diabolical.
I also find the club's insistence on 'house pigs' a tad odd. Let me explain: so-called 'house-trained piglets' in bow ties that trot all over the dancefloor before, at the end of the night, being 'sacrificed to the Cuckoo gods', in what I can only describe as an embarassingly thinly-veiled attempt at 'originality'. Mortifying.
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Reviewer It.Grrrrl
15/08/2011
china_rainbow, you mention Cuckoo's dancefloor...

please. TELL ME WHERE IT WAS. it wasn't by the bar, it wasn't by the single (!) speaker and it wasn't on any of the 215364 floors. so before you start accusing the door lady of being a 'compulsive liar', perhaps take a good look at yourself.
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25/05/2011
Cuckoo club in my mind really has stood the test of time. I used to go when it launched and have been back in London for the last 3 months. I am amazed that 6 years later the clubs attention to detail and policies
are the same. The crowd is great, the music, although not minimal all
night which I love, Was a great mix of house, old school, rock and
generally fun with a cool edge. As high end clubs go this is the Godfather!
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Reviewer wdr
08/05/2011
As a frequent visitor to Cuckoo back in its heydays during 2006/2007, it is unfortunate to see that such a fun and beautiful venue has gone down the drain.

From what used to be one of West End's top clubs, boasting a strict selection by the door and a pretty unique atmosphere between posh and liberal it has now become a run-of-the-mill expensive central London club. There is just nothing unique or appealing about this establishment anymore. They seem to let pretty much anyone in these days and the staff seems bitter and tired which makes for a pretty dire clubbing experience.

Spend your money elsewhere.
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Reviewer vika17
02/04/2011
Cuckoo rocks, seriously!
Upstairs is the place to be, downstairs isn't that great!

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Reviewer DeBoneat2
17/02/2011
Went to this place only once and probably will never do again. Other than the location of the place, there's nothing positive.

I went to the Club and not the restaurant, so my rating is based on the club only. The staff is good except for the little bald guy who has obviously serious confidence issues and seem to always want to prove that despite his height he's the one in charge, it's a club lol not the UN.

First thing that struck me when I went downstairs is that the club is very small, the size of my living room and the kitchen combined. Another thing is the cheap materials and furniture they used, a quick look at the ceiling and you'll see what I mean.

The crowd is young and very pretentious.

Avoid like the pest, this club is way overrated.
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Reviewer vika17
16/01/2011
Fun club, great interior, good music.
Definitely a good time, gorgeous girls should have no problem getting in even if you don't know anyone. Key word - gorgeous, also dressed well. Very European crowd, making it that much more fun considering I'm European as well. Upstairs is a table clubbing experience, downstairs has more room to dance. Lots of rude girls though, that think they are the shit because they are hot. Hello, there are tons of good looking girls at the club, no need to be snobby about that.
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