Barracuda

Definitely 100% improvement on the past Barracuda has been under new management since early 2011 and it’s definitely back on the map. Went in September after avoiding the place like the plague for 2 years or so, in the past, we’d pay variable amounts to to get in, be treated very rudely by the female owner generally, staff were untrained and clueless, you’d be forced to pay to put jackets and even cardigans (!) in the cloakroom (which sometimes got lost), pay extortionate prices at the bar, including £2 for a small bottle of water and there would never be more than 20 customers in the place with the snotty door staff turning away people saying it was members only. Under the new management, the place now rocks! We went under a friend’s recommendation, it was busy, no attitude from staff, they made you feel welcome and some great music and good vibes all round. Let’s hope this new management stick around now and make this place a proper success! Oh and the bar prices are much more reasonable now! My only really complaint is the awful woman in the ladies toilets that demands money for providing you with a couple of pieces of toilet roll. She was quite aggressive about it too, so I complained to the manager straight away. One really does not expect to be ordered to give a tip just because someone provided you with something which already be available in the cubicles anyway!