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By Richard Ehrlich
I can't imagine anyone not liking this place. The latest venture from the Vince Power Music Group, opened late last year, is a rarity in the West End: cosy, reasonably priced, and with décor that's simultaneously eccentric and inviting. There are two spaces: a small ground-floor bar and a much larger downstairs bar with DJs six nights a week. The decorative motif is that of a ski lodge in the Canadian Rockies, big pictures of which grace the walls. Antlers adorning the ceiling lights and cowhide on the seating downstairs complete the rugged, rustic look. At 7.30pm on a Monday both rooms were pleasantly quiet, perfect for a pre-dinner drink.
We stayed upstairs and drank a pair of cocktails that were fine, in the case of a daiquiri made with three-year-old Havana Club, and excessively vermouthy, in the case of a Beefeater martini. But our charming bartender offered to make a new 'tini when told of the fault. And we had no complaints about pricing. The extensive cocktail list is £6.50, or £8.50 for champagne cocktails, and happy hour from 6 to 9pm offers ordinary cocktails at a delightfully cheap £3.75.
The food menu was being changed at the time of writing, but it will feature a few pies plus finger-food items served until 10pm. The attractions make the Moose a beautiful beast, whether for a late-night thrash on the dance floor, or just an early-evening libation at bargainissimo prices.Time Out London Issue 1912: April 11-17 2007
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- The Moose, 31 Duke St, Marylebone, W1U 1LG
- Area: Marylebone
- Tel: 020 7644 1426
- Category: Bars & Pubs
- Travel: Bond Street tube
- Times: Open Mon-Thur 4pm-2am, Fri-Sat 4pm-3am
- Price: Round of drinks and a snack for two: around £20
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Been here loads over the last 6months; an easy place to go for a night out without having to fuss too much. Staff - barmen, cloakroom-man, bouncers have always been fab to all my friends and myself - a mixture of girls and boys on diff nights.
Nice place, nice cocktails.......useless porters, not enough staff at the bar.........reason given to someone for not being allowed in without no other explanation: NO MEN ALLOWED ONLY WOMEN, TOUGH MATE! after going in with a group of people that were there from 8 p.m. on a leaving party, a group that was giving no problem at all....not like others that were there.
Rude!!!! Not worth it!! They really do know how to ruin somebody´s night out!!
I totally love this place! Amazing cocktails, great atmosphere and the doorman is so nice! I left my new hat in the basement and he noticed I wasn't wearing it when I was leaving and asked me about it and even got one of his colleagues to go and fetch it for me!
Went for a friend's birthday. Like others had never heard of the place before, but was pleasantly surprised. Great atmosphere with after-work drinkers. £4 for cocktails so was ready to forego a little on the quality side, but it turned out to be one of the best mojitos I've had in ages. Friendly staff, one of whom recommended I try his "spiced mango mojito" which again was fantastic. Had to leave early due to an appointment early the next morning which was a real shame as by that time the DJ was really getting the crowd going. Will definitely be back.
You have to be joking. Are you reviewing the same bar I've just been to?
The music is terrible (unless you like Rihanna and Britney Spears badly mixed through dodgy speakers).
The photos online look much better than it really is.
Avoid at all costs.
love the mojitos here at happy hour! fab value at £3.75!
This a really wicked bar, but I'd never even heard of it as it's hidden down the side of Selfridges. Had an amazing time at a colleague's birthday bash, especially the cocktails and the fact they use real coke when you order a vodka and coke instead of the watery stuff most places serve from a pump. Great music and great atmosphere too!
There are no words to describe how bad this bar is. Do not go there. The bar is ridiculously understaffed, and its nigh on impossible to get served. The bar staff are generally quite good and they try their best in difficult circumstances (i.e. two bar staff in the downstairs bar on a saturday night and 100 people trying to get served). What really kills this bar though is the bouncers. We reserved a part of the bar for a birthday party and brought over fifty people into the bar. In spite of this though, we were treated terribly by the bouncers. They had given us a designated area, but no matter where we stood in our area we rudely pushed and cojoled bouncers (despite standing in the area they had assigned to us). I will never go back and would warn anybody else about going there. Rude staff and expensive drinks are not a good recipe for a night out.
Pretty small poxy bar really. Amazed it achieves such high scores from other users. The upstairs area is very small and people have to constantly push past to get to the downstairs area which is bigger, but not much.
DJ tunes are intrusive upstairs (even though the DJ is downstairs) and tables are mostly reserved.
It feels poor, with little spent on the interior. The photos on TimeOut are very generous.
The atmosphere is the worst part. Not a good relaxing place to chill out which is what I was expecting given the reviews/ratings. More of a pre-club type place that's going to come alive much later in the evening.
I went to the Moose Bar Last night and their Happy Hour on a Monday is now 5pm - 11pm...doesn't get much better than that!