The Old School Yard — Restaurant in London

The karaoke itself was good and we enjoyed it a lot but the bar itself wasn't that great. The music was a bit too loud it felt like it was trying to be a club rather than a bar with games in and people trying to talk and the staff clearly didn't want to be there, they were rude and would laugh at simple requests like when I asked for some tap water.

The food was good but really expensive for what it was, half of it was sold out so really limited selection and it was ordered in from another venue. To order you had to scan a QR code and add a table number but the QR code on our table was ripped off and we had no table number and the staff ended up giving the food to the wrong people.

You order drinks to the karaoke room on a screen and then the staff just enter the room and leave the door wide open whilst they just stand there with your drinks making it really awkward for whoever was singing as it felt like you'd have to stop to deal with the drinks. They came in to tell us it was our last song and just stood at the door holding it open which made us not want to finish the song as it now meant everyone outside could now hear us which we didn't want and was why we wanted a private room to start with. At one point we ordered shots of vodka through the screen and the bartender came bursting in the room going "what is this supposed to mean? how am I supposed to know what you want from this?" when we were specifically told we needed to order through the screen.

Although the karaoke was good especially for just a minimum spend and no cost for the actual room, it was kinda ruined by the way the staff acted all night. Next time I think I'd rather pay for a...

I booked a karaoke room for a stag do at the Old School Yard in December. The room was free to book but as a group we had to spend £250 on drinks, working out to about £20 each so i wasn't too worried about us being able to spend this. We arrived a little early and had to wait for the room to be available, that was fine, the bar staff communicated well and so we spent some time buying drinks and dancing. We were then taken down to the karaoke room which is located next to the second bar in the basement (very convenient).

The positives: the pitchers of long island iced tea were delicious and enormous, the range of songs available was good (although possibly not enough Disney for our group!), there's plenty of room to sit in the karaoke room and the staff were very friendly and helpful.

The negatives; the room itself was unbearably hot as there were 13 of us in basement room with a single large fan and no AC, and we were asked to keep the door closed due to the karaoke, sadly the microphones kept breaking which may have been related to the heat or moisture in the room. Additionally the floor was slippery and smelt of bleach so i assume had been mopped in between groups, great that they cleaned it but if any of us had been in heels it might have been a bit dangerous as it didn't dry all night due to the high humidity.

Overall we all had a really great time and would go back, but some AC in the karaoke room is sorely needed. We didn't quite manage the full £250 spend, spending about £220, but when I offered to pay the difference the bar staff told me not to worry about it, which I...

Strange music played in this bar, seemed only to suit the taste of the person blasting it out… LOUDLY. (?) the whole image this bar rests on seems also to be a pastiche of what presents as in all publicity. You will find the arcade games and an ld games console and a solitary table football fixed to one side (which makes impossible to actually play). The best thing about this bar was the two cocktails offer but even that seemed different to what was in the publicity, some of the drinks seemed to be removed from the happy hour offer different times by different bar staff when ordering which leaves you as the customer feeling awkward… so much for enjoying a night out. Don’t expect ordering food to be either easy or affordable either… at near £40 for two regular burgers and fries (be real it’s just a minced beef sandwich and fried slivers of potatoes not tp grade wagyu Kobe beef and beluga caviar) and then it’s not prepared in the establishment either… you have to wait for it to be delivered from another site, and all this by downloading an app to order in the first place? Too much work after finishing work if you ask me! All said though and to be fair, the food was good… for the prices though, I’d expect it to be served with plates and cutlery etc. price to quality and such? Not matching I’m afraid. The bar is beg and spacious though a bit dark, lots of places to sit and mix. Most importantly, the staff were friendly and helpful. Would I go again? I guess I would yes, but with knowledge of what to...