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I live nearby and have been here a fair number of times.
It’s basically a pre-​clubbing bar. During the week it’s fairly quiet, the atmosphere’s a bit dreary. It livens up on Thu-​Sat nights. On a recent Fri night visit entry was £4, for that there was no entertainment other than loud dance music.
The main bar is at the front (opposite MI6, next to Area), there’s a dance area out the back (ie. Goding St side of arch) along with a seating area upstairs that overlooks the dancefloor.
The staff usually return your change on a tray. I’m not one to tip bar staff unless the service is very good (the minimum being a brief friendly conversation) so haven’t tipped here. Recently I’ve been short changed here on more than one visit so am now more careful to check my change. Not sure if that’s because I’ve not tipped with previous drinks. Worth watching out for that.
I’ve always found their Soho bar more friendly (and I’ve not been shortchanged there!)

I like this bar. It has quite a friendly, rough n ready atmosphere which I like. The bar is a good size: with the main room which had a built in dj booth; the small bar in the middle walkthrough that leads down to the small dance room at the bar; and the mezzanine bar area upstairs which overlooks the dance room.
I like the lighting here — not bright lights but calm, relaxed coloured lights. I read that they specifically designed the bar to be more environmentally friendly and so they use lights which produce very little heat and so air conditioning isn’t needed; reducing their energy use. Good for them!
The crowd is laid back and a bit rough n ready. More the bear end of the spectrum and not much pretention here, which makes it a good place to go to.
It can get pretty packed on Friday/​Saturday nights, which means plenty of fun and energy to be had.