The Roxy — Restaurant in London

my friend and i were in london from out of town and found ourselves quite intimidated by the london club scene and its various exclusive standards and dress codes

we went on a saturday and were able to get tickets in advance for the same price as door entry (£10, which isn’t great but from what we’ve found it’s VERY inexpensive by london standards) and we got to skip the queue, drinks are decent enough prices at around £3-£5 for a shot (although the menu on the wall behind the bar is very outdated).

they played really good music (abba, chappel roan, lady gaga, drake, lots of pop with the occasional rock or rap song) but the dj was terrible with transitions. so overall the place was totally up my alley.

the worst part and the only thing that made me unable to give this place four or more stars was the men. i grew up in a big city and i am no stranger to creeps. this was absolutely crazy. first of all, there was an honestly unbelievable amount of older guys, im not talking over 28 im talking like 50-60 (old enough to be my father). there was an uncountable amount of middle aged men holding drinks dancing in the club with FRESH 18 year olds. i lost count of how many times my friend and i were approached in a predatory manner. at one point a man who i would’ve guessed was at least 40 years old came up to me to say something and when i said i couldn’t hear him leaned in and grabbed me by the shoulder. this was one of many encounters with men who made aggressive approaches and wouldn’t take no for an answer. my friend and i could not go 10 minutes without needing to make a break across the floor to avoid yet another group of guys to whom we had already expressed our strong disinterest. i have never been approached this many times at a club in such creepy ways by men so much older than i am.

the club scene has a lot of romantic and sexual undertones. a bunch of young people going out late at night in their nice clothes, drinking a bunch, and dancing until late night/early morning creates an atmosphere that notoriously encourages “connection”. when you have hordes of 18-20 year old girls coming into your establishment in tiny tops and mini skirts to get drunk and dance with their friends, letting a bunch of old (let’s be honest, probably divorced or single) dudes dance around them without sending out an ounce of supervision or establishing some rules or warnings, is a terrible idea for this kind of establishment. this place really needs to get a handle on the men that...

An awful experience! I was dying to try this club as I heard raving reviews about it from my friends. I can honestly say this was the worst clubs that I have been to. Once in the club I spent a good £100+ on buying drinks for me and my friends within the first 20 minutes of being here ( a pretty good customer if I do say so myself) with London prices I will say that their drinks are quite reasonably priced. Upon reading more reviews of this establishment I’ve come to quickly learn and realise that my abysmal experience here wasn’t unique and actually one that was experienced on a regular basis. I would say that with opinions of the same matter it’s a major red flag that urgently needs to be addressed. After 20 minutes of being here I was followed into the bathroom by someone who presented themselves as the manager ( she admitted that she followed me into the toilet ! Quite unprofessional and creepy) she later asked me to follow her and asked me for my id… a nod to say she thought I was underage ? As an Asian fresh being 18 I get id’ a lot when going to clubs so this wasn’t unusual, but being id later on was quite unusual though I must say. It was truly embarrassing for my friends to see me being singled out like this. My friends and I all love to express ourselves on the dance floor so usually do take up a bit of space. We never are disruptive to anyone else and usually are aware of our surroundings. I think being told to leave based off the energetic carefree style we do was quite strange ( again we we all being respectful of our surroundings and not causing any problems at all) considering myself and friends witnessed a lot of drug use within the venue it was strange that we of all people were asked to leave. We know our limits and I don’t think it’s fair to say we had too much to drink based on dance ?? (No matter if management respond, it is totally unjustifiable! Even being followed to the toilet is totally weird and creepy no matter what, it is again unjustifiable !) even when security were being alerted of said drug use by other people they didn’t care. As a positive I will say that the bar stuff were truly lovely so 5 stars for them! But overall...

Had an awful experience last night in which rude and aggressive bouncers refused us entry with for 'being too drunk' despite not having drunk that evening. Having queued outside for over half an hour, with other people in the queue being approached for being too drunk and sent away we were allowed up to the door and then immediately turned away by 'Damian' who could give us no justified reason, was smug, smirking and rude towards us (a group of young female professionals). 'Damian' refused to give us his name and was purposefully blocking his ID card from view so we couldn't obtain his details. After having asked for the manager we were then made to wait for another half an hour outside in the cold before she was able to see us. 'Beth' (manager) agreed that we were not too drunk to enter but despite this still wouldn't allow us inside (again with no due reason), it was also only due to her arrival that 'Damian' would give his name.

Today we phoned the venue and spoke to the general manager 'Simon' who was quiet possibly the worst manager I have ever dealt with. He repeated told us it was probably our fault for either (listing repeatedly) 1. No ID, 2. Being too drunk, 3. Having been barred and refused to even consider our side of the case. He repeatedly said "well what do you want me to do about it?", he refused to make any form of contact with the door staff or manager from the evening,he kept interrupting and attempting to blame us for last nights discourses and made numerous assumptions as to our behavior, insinuating that were were drunk and aggressive, despite him not even being present the night before.

When trying to end the phone call, I asked him to talk to the manager and door staff from the previous night and to then email me with his/their response, his response was an indignant "I am NOT taking your email." After having expressed our concern over the multitude of bad reviews of the club (based almost solely on the rude staff) and with this unacceptably response, I informed the manager that he could expect four more negative reviews and four less customers and ended the phone call.

Avoid The Roxy and its staff unless you want to be abused...