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A pleasant alternative to the crowded pubs along the High Road if you are on your way to the Academy for a gig. Exposed brickwork and comfy minimalist style furniture make for a nice relaxed atmosphere and there's plenty of space inside umlike the Goose or The Backstage Bar just round the corner.
They do a good deal of a 2 for 1 Happy Hour on bottled beers on gig nights which helps eliminate the price difference between this and its rival venues in the locale, which might have been the only drawback until now.
Bar service is fairly fast and attentive but they do that annoying give your change back on a tray thing implying that it is the done thing to tip a barman for going to a fridge opening a door, getting out a couple of bottles of beer and opening them before plonking them on the bar in front of you, which surely is their bloody job, n'est pas?
Cocktails looked nice but they are extremely expensive (about £9 a throw and no happy hour on those, oh no!).
Not a place I'd choose to spend the whole night, especially as the music (ranging from easy listening to techno)isn't to my tastes, but a nice place to pop into for a couple.
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Always found the music below par.............. far too xxxx for my taste
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Amazing night out here... Good music, good staff, good people... but the one thing I like most about this bar is that it doesn't aspire to be anything it's not, unlike most modern bars.
It's refreshing to drink somewhere that isn't pretentious, disingenuous or superficial.
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Nice bar, has 2 for 1 on bottled beer if you get in early. Good music late into the night.
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very cool place, its a smart cocktail bar thats chilled and relaxed. the bar is great what a selection!! the finest back bar in south london the bartender boasted there are a lot of average places inthe area so this is one you can rely on for a really good time all the time.
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I started going to Plan B when it very first opened and I used to be a regular and loved the place. Over the years I haven't been quite so often, anyhow when I went on Saturday after a break of 12 months I was actually quite shocked! The staff and service were up to their usual great standards but the clientele left alot to be desired for! The guys were sooo sleazy (and trust me I don't mind a bit of sleaze every now and then for a laugh) but it was almost on the side of being aggresive. After 1 drink my friend and I decieded to leave after Mr Octopus and Mr Letch got to much for us.
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what a place!!!!!!! been a few times now and it just gets better and better every time i go.there's just something about plan b????very friendly door staff,good selection of drinks,wicked dj's. but....
the bar staff could do with cheering up a bit.
anonymous - 8 Jun 2005 01:39 |
Great place. Smart without being pretentious and funky decor. Good range of cocktails and good deals (£6.50 for 4 Rolling Rocks). Friendly staff and excellent DJ lineups. Check it.
Big Lad - 6 Aug 2004 11:16 |
great music and brixton definitely needed this place, but everyone's right about the bar staff! they need to 1) get more, 2) hurry up the one's that are there, and 3) stop only serving girls with cleavage!
simon - 16 Jul 2004 12:28 |
wooyeah - Brixton has needed a place like this for a while... Sunday nights are blinding (all the hell for leather people are out to squeeze that last bit of fun out of the weekend). They used to have a wicked plum/sultana steeped rum that tasted so sweet that you'd drink 5 before you realised it was serious dancing juice. Got to say that I've never had problems getting served in there...
teecee - 18 May 2004 15:14 |
definitley the best place in brixton at the moment. good crowds, wicked music, nice cocktails - even the bouncers are cool. only problem are the bloody queues, especially if there's someone good on. if you're going to go, get there early...
Jim - 6 Jan 2004 17:39 |
v good. shame about the bar service however, which is shit (please get more staff! - and ones that can mix cocktails). howver, excellent music policy, great layout and just what you need on a friday night, and just what brixton needs as an antidote to the amount of shit crusty bars!!!
Jim - 3 Jan 2004 23:40 |
About 2 minutes from the tube station, on teh opposite side of the road, near the Academy, this is a storming place to drink at any time. It has a dancefloor and Big Name house D.J.s regularly play there, often on Sundays. Staff are really good (even though it gets busy). My friend got short changed, only realised 5 minutes later and got her money back with no hassle or arguments after the till had been checked. The music is not too loud for conversation, and the clientele is cool and good-looking, but not pretentious. You can dress down and feel comfortable, and dress up and feel OK, because this place doesn't try too hard. At its best after a gig at the Academy.
Stephen - 26 Nov 2003 17:58 |
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