Janets Bar, South Kensington - pub details
Address: 30 Old Brompton Road, London, SW7 3DL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 5040) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
South Kensington (0.1 miles), Gloucester Road (0.4 miles), Sloane Square (0.9 miles)
West Brompton (1.1 miles), London Victoria (1.4 miles), London Paddington (1.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
Pub suggested by Brian on 23 Oct 2003
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> Current user rating: 4.4/10 (rated by 31 users)
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user reviews of Janets Bar, South Kensington
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| Thanks for that 'review' Janet !! Strange how the only positive comments are from one post wonders though. PissFlap - 22 Jan 2012 13:11 |
| Really good fun any night of the week. This bar attracts people of all ages and backgrounds. What I particularly like about this bar is that everyone is treated the same whether they are a professional, student, celebrity or royalty. Everyone is made to feel welcome by employees and other customers alike and I never go home without making a couple of new friends! I'm a big fan of the martinis, particularly the espresso martini. They also have a new selection of red wines which I highly recommend. My male friends are fans of the vast collection of gins and whiskeys! The live music is also a lot of fun, as is the owner (Janet, of course!) who is an ex-lawyer from New York with a hilarious sense of humour and takes no nonsense! Would definitely recommend this place to anyone. chelseagirl123 - 21 Jan 2012 23:14 |
| If you're looking for a bar to recommend to someone you don't like - where the staff are rude, the cocktails really don't get much worse and prices are extortionate, this is your place. I've travelled a decent amount, done my fair share of drinking and eating out in a fair few countries and I've never written a review online, but this place resulted in enough firsts that I figured it was time to pop that cherry too and share them. * Before this, never had I been to a bar where the staff take payment before they've even checked if they have what you want, let alone making it. * Before this, never had I been to a dive bar where the drink prices were so disproportionately high when compared to the surroundings, quality of service and quality of beverages - £4.75 for a 275ml bottle of kronenbourg (yes 275ml) and £10 for a mojito in a small tumbler which tasted like sweetened carbonated water and the lime wasn't fresh to put it politely. * Before this, never had I been approached by member of bar staff to ask if I knew there was a £3 minimum charge because I didn't have a drink. I had been there not 10 minutes and was stood chatting amongst 4 other friends who all had drinks and had another friend at the bar buying me a drink. When I told the bar maid the latter she replied "oh really, who?!" Left speechless I went to find my friend queueing at the bar to say "forget the drinks we're leaving". At that point I worked out why they take your money first. When I first walked in to this place I was perplexed by the hundreds of photos plastered all over the walls of people having fun. It felt like a poor mans facebook photo collection, all too personal for a public space filled with strangers but "hey ho", I thought "each to their own". Now I see that like a person with a complex about the quality of their social life, this place has to prove people have a good time there. If they do it's certainly not because of the service, prices, decor or quality of cocktails. I can only assume the reason people come here is the same reason we did - it's the only bar, within walking distance, open at that time. It's full of tourists who are staying in a hotel nearby (of which there are many) and haven't yet been in the wonderful city of London long enough to know better. leenamurgai - 13 Dec 2011 13:54 |
| I really don't know why people are being so critical of Janet’s Bar. I’ve had countless amazing nights there with having drinks with mates, getting to meet new people, enjoying the live music and chatting to Janet herself, who has only ever been welcoming, and absolutely nothing like the people below have portrayed her. In London, especially in this area, it's once in a blue moon you find an unaffected bar. It's got a cool American vibe and easy-going atmosphere, great drinks (with a huge selection of them) and free snacks!! Janet's is always busy, particularly on weekends when I tend to go, and we leave in the early hours of the morning in a very good mood. The service is the best of anywhere I’ve been before. You don't have to wait around. So many pretentious bars in London just ignore their customers and leave you standing at the bar waiting to be served. As for prices, if you think about the fact it's Chelsea not Camden where you've chosen to go have a drink, the prices are to be expected! There's obviously tonnes of regulars and that's a giveaway- people like going back because it's just FUN. There are cocktails, beers, wine, spirits; it's laid-back and you can sit outside on the terrace, listen to a good music, get offered free snacks and genuinely have a fantastic night. Disregard the naysayers please if you want to go somewhere authentic and unique. Janet's is ace. johorn - 7 Oct 2011 10:33 |
| I've been to this bar a couple of times and in the past have had pretty mediocre evenings there - its always been okay but nothing special. It's always a last resort kind of bar. However I went last night and can quite categorically say I have never received such poor customer service before in my life. Myself and four friends were quite happily chatting on the tiny terrace, one of the lads had been out all day and decided he'd had enough, one of the girls helped him into a cab (to be fair he was drunk but was not causing any trouble - you know the kind of drunk where you can't really be bothered to talk anymore!) Meanwhile an American woman came over to the rest of us and rudely said our girlfriend could not come back in because she's had too much to drink. At this juncture I should point out she wasn't drunk and had been drinking water for over an hour! The aforementioned American then came back over and shoved a tray of stale jam sandwiches under our noses and proceeded to insist we eat them because "we needed them". Now, I don't know about you, but I personally I don't go to a bar to have my friends wrongly accused of something, patronised and force fed bad food and all courtesy of a bar that is vastly overpriced and nothing to shout about. I completely understand they have to retain some level of decorum and obviously have to protect their license but I have never experienced such poor judgment from a licensee. She actually seemed nervous of people having a good time just in case it got out of hand and this really sapped the whole bar of any atmosphere. There are bars and pub in the area that are trendy and can afford the surly bar staff because they are places 'to be seen' Unfortunately, Janet's Bar, is not one of them. Bradbus - 1 Oct 2011 14:54 |
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