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Parker St, corner of Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5PW Full details & map

Events at Guanabara

Carnaval 2012 Bal Masque

Sat Feb 18 Clubs Recommended

The centrally located Brazilian bar celebrates the Rio Carnival in style. While the samba parade is known all over th...

Carnaval Carioca

Mon Feb 20 Clubs Free

Rio doesn't skimp on the number of celebrations it crams into its carnival, so neither do these guys. Tonight they ce...

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Guanabara

Parker St, corner of Drury Lane, London WC2B 5PW

Transport Holborn 

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Comments & ratings 4/5 (Average of 4 ratings)

By Linc M - Oct 18 2011

The food and drinks were excellent. The service, when we got it, was great. However the time to get served was excessive. It took over twenty minutes to have our orders taken and and hour to get our first round of drinks and food (in which time we lined at the bar for 15 minutes and bought two rounds of drinks in a bucket to avoid a second trip). I just think you were very understaffed last night, but overall it was a great night.

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By Agata S Kaluza - Oct 16 2011
5/5

The food was really tasty! I was surprised how huge the portions were! I was very impressed with the staff, friendly and attentive. Very good service! Capoira guys who did the show were brilliant!!! Music was ok, I would expect bit more Brazilian though. It was in the beginning but then it changed to commercial/ chart music which is not my favourite one. Overall it was really good experience! We would visit again! Thanks!

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By Alma - Oct 12 2011
4/5

I booked a Saturday night dinner with my boyfriend as he had a groupon to spend,
we chose from the caipirinha menu, the food was great, especially the stake we ask, and dessert
chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream
also came with a caipirinha and a starter of chorizo.
very good food for the price we pay

best part was that they let us keep the table as our booking was made after 8:30 pm,
drink prices are reasonable, considering that is close to Covent Garden.

the night went very well, there was exhibition of
capoeira, Samba, live music, many people
dancing.

I hope to return soon!

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By Sammy - Oct 12 2011
4/5

It was a great experience, the drinks, atmosphere and music were fantastic and we all felt we had a good time although I must say the food was not as good as the other aspects I have mentioned and is something allot of people say by word of mouth however the overall experience overshadowed this and I'm sure my colleagues and I will be coming back.

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By Rita - Aug 17 2011
3/5

I had a great time at Guanabara for my friend's hen night. The living music was a delight, playing samba beat into the night and in the early hours of the morning the commercial tunes kicked in. Great. There are only two things wrong with this venue. The drinks are horrendously overpriced and the long tables reserved for diners took up half the dance space. Another small matter was the fee (£10) which the manager promised would be wavered as my friend managed to negotiate earlier in the week. When we arrived we had to haggle with the bouncer to let us in for free.
But nevertheless the live music and the guys are worth it!

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By Jennifer - Jul 11 2011

A first glance the club is full of energy and fun, but as the night went on the security guard showed his ugly side and threatened to bet up my boyfriend because I was dancing on the table (like everyone else) but got down as soon as he told me too. Later on, when my boyfriend asked him to remove other people who were dancing on the table and to confront him for is unprofessionalism my boyfriend was escorted off the premises. The night manager had no interest in hearing our side of the story and even though we were cooperation there were about 5 other security guards around us. IF YOU WANT TO BE THREATENED AND DISRESPECTED GO TO GUANABARA! THIS CLUB GETS ZERO STAR RATINGS!!!

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