Worship Street Whistling Shop

Love this place! Cocktails are unique and different (and strong!) and it has a great atmosphere - I love the quirky decor. Staff excellent and very helpful, well worth a visit. It is expensive but you probably only need about 2 cocktails; mine lasted me most of the night!

Love this place! Cocktails are unique and different (and strong!) and it has a great atmosphere - I love the quirky decor. Staff excellent and very helpful, well worth a visit. It is expensive but you probably only need about 2 cocktails; mine lasted me most of the night!

I visited here the first Thursday of the new year, and had mixed feelings about it to be honest. It first of all bears mention that the staff are great - really friendly, speedy, skilled and keen to give table service. It was clear to me they were passionate about their work, which is not always the case. The young chap who served us was charming and sweet - he spoke us through the quirky uniform they wear (braces/waistcoats which are a great touch) and even made me my own delicious "special white wine cocktail" when I was struggling to choose between wine or a cocktail. The atmosphere in the place was not dead, but it risked being dead as it was extremely mellow - we were one of three groups in there at 8:30 pm I believe, which is pretty empty! The same member of staff we had spoken with explained that this was because of a recent discontinuation of live music, but that soon the bar would be getting some bands back in. It looked very short of business to me and like I say very quiet, but luckily on this occasion the lack of liveliness suited me as I was having a heart-to-heart with a friend I hadn't seen in years... and the fantastic staff and their animated, welcoming attitude made up for the lack of vibrancy elsewhere. I would finally add that it is just ludicrously dark in there - I literally couldn't read the drinks menus without holding them an inch from my face! I'm all for super low lighting for atmosphere, but this was just a bit silly. Especially when you've already had a few, not exactly helpful.

Had a great experience here with my girlfriend last week. Attentive staff and the lab tour was brilliant. Drinks were slightly on the 'this end of shoreditch' side of expensiveness.

I was in there a couple of days before christmas and although the venue was extremely busy I had a great time. I didnt have a booking but thought I would chance my arm and the mairtre d informed me they were fully booked however after about 15minutes managed to get me a table. We ended up spending the whole evening there and even tried a new beer. The girls drunk cocktails and loved them. Only down side was the girls complained about the toilets.

I don't know what has happened to this place but it has gone dramatically downhill. Went there a few times in 2011 and it was fantastic but after my visit last night I won't be returning. More than half of the drinks I asked for of the menu were not available (and this wasn't even late in the evening) including their so called signature drink. I don't know if we got a bad barman but the drinks we received were poorly mixed that we could only stomach about a third of them. I didn't have the service charge issue that some other people have commented on at least. Time to find somewhere new.

I was so disappointed by this bar which looks fantastic when you get there. We were sitting 20mins before we went to get our own menu (we were waiting for a friend so this didn't bother us too much but still poor form) it then took the waitress a good 15 minutes to come over after we asked to order despite the bar being almost empty. They were also out of three of the things on the menu. But I was happy to overlook most of this till we came to pay and the waitress pointed out the 16% service charge! WHAT SERVICE?! Had I been more brazen I would have refused point blank and I wish I had...such a disappointment for a place with so much character

LISTEN TO THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS HERE We booked a table as a treat, thinking it would be a secret hideaway. Instead we got post-work pub levels of busyness, understaffed and overcrowded, with no attempt at anything like the table service booking a table implies. My cocktail, described with a million adjectives, tasted like a very poor white wine spritzer - at £10! My boyfriend's martini was fine - not amazing, fine and also came with a hefty price tag for a *tiny* glass. Can't say stay away more strongly. Overcrowded, overpriced, overinflated ego.

vaccuous, pretentious, dull, overpriced, with awful customer service. Up until this point, I could have deluded myself into thinking fine, i'll pay premium prices for considered and meticulously crafted cocktail 'experiences', but after being told in no uncertain terms that the ingredients 'didnt matter', and that its quite often made with several ingredients missing i thought what the hell is the point?!?!?! the drinks themselves were poor, I had an exploded martini that was neither exploded nor explosive. Just mediocre. and expensive. if they arent taking their drinks seriously how am i supposed to take them seriously, and why should I pay their premium? An insulting and belittling experience, I will not go back.

Went in last Wednesday with a group of five people. I'd already read both positive and negative reviews on here beforehand so was a little apprehensive. However; on this occasion the service was warm, friendly and prompt, the drinks certainly weren't run-of-the-mill, and we all enjoyed trying out the various concoctions and general vibe of the place. From my experience I'd recommend on a week-night for sure.