Grace

Gorgeously decorated bar, conveniently located near Picadilly circus… oh, possibly too near. I’m torn between liking this joint and being annoyed by it.
Staff are surprisingly friendly and efficient, the cocktails are well made and not stupidly priced for central London (under £10). Went here for a work drinks do and while I enjoyed myself it was loud. SO stupidly loud. I really dislike that in a bar… it’s a place to drink and talk, and conversation between more than two people at a time was impossible. There were lots of big groups and while that wasn’t an issue, it would have put me off coming in if I was just with a few friends. They did however a fantastic live act singing in between dj sets which was a classy touch. Overall, a good time was had but damn, my voice is hoarse today.

Located on the edge of Soho, but the location right beside Piccadilly Circus should have been a warning sign.
They offer a happy hour between 5−8pm, however with these cheap prices and location drives a slightly different crowd… there were 5 hen-​dos happening, with the usual out-​of-​London (essex) mentality.
Anyway, it was a nice place with cheap cocktails which was let down by drunk hens thinking they are 20 and in Magaluf.
Go, if it’s quiet. Run, if you see a hen party.

Coming inside for a quick lunch, I initially thought this place was closed. Turns out it was just empty. I’m also a sucker for a bar named after moi. I ordered a pulled pork sandwich with fries on the side and a beverage. The sandwich and fries were great. The waiter and the guy at the bar made polite chit-​chat. The décor inside is nice with big, bold chandeliers. It was an overall acceptable option for a light brunch/​lunch in London.

At first, Grace struck me as one of those central cocktail bars which also does food/​sharing platters (i.e. not great). The décor of the bar and restaurant was really nice, with plenty of room and mid-​week, was fairly relaxed and casual. I expect it’s a different story on a Friday night!
We ordered several light bites to share, and the thing which has stuck in my mind was the pork belly bites. They were divine! We had a 50% off voucher which they do from time to time, which was EXCELLENT value for money! To be honest, it’s really good at normal prices too.

It’s Friday and you want to go for a drink with some friends. You could do a lot worse than Grace, and you could do better. However, it’s a perfectly good venue to grab a drink in the evening. The Happy Hour lasts a decent time, and there is seating if you get there early, but it will get crowded.
Later on a DJ plays music downstairs and it’s free entry if you’re there from earlier in the evening.
Like I said, it’s an option for the evening, not the best option but a decent one.

This was an excellent pre-​paid dinner reservation before the theatre. Great two course selections for about 10 pounds per plate. We came earlier enough for happy hour drinks and got ½ price cocktails and a bottle of wine with out meal! The atmosphere was lovely in the restaurant and a younger more trendy crew on the bar area. I would definitely go back!

«The place to be» si on veut profiter de l’happy hour avec des amis dans une bonne ambiance, ou dîner avec de la bonne musique qui donne envie de danser. Une salle pour les verres, une salle pour le restau. Night club au sous-​sol. Pas testé encore mais le DJ est vraiment excellent (je suis venue un vendredi soir).
Une petite salle est dispo pour des événements privés. Dommage parce que musique seulement en bruit de fond, on né profite pas de l’ambiance à 100%.
Nourriture juste ok. Par contre, le service est horrible. Ils vous emmènent du pain lorsque vous avez terminé votre plat, votre entrée à partager alors que tous vos amis et vous en êtes au milieu du repas. J’ai reçu mon verre commandé pour l’apéro, en même temps que le premier plat.
Le fondant au chocolat est pas mal du tout pour Londres…

Grace was an unplanned stop one evening when I wanted to grab a quick drink with friends. It was a Tuesday night so the bar was reasonably empty so we had our pick of the best seats in the house and had very attentive wait staff. It’s beautifully decorated with lovely big chandelier style lighting over each of the booths.
The drinks list is vast though it would be good to see a few more non-​alcoholic cocktail options on the menu. The bar is much bigger than you would imagine at first and there is ample room to fit at least ten people in a booth.
The bar is ideally located to tube stations and of course the buzzing theatre district. I will absolutely return to Grace, would be great to see it pumping later in the week, but as it was it was a wonderful location to have a quiet catch up drink or three with friends.

I have been here a few times now in the early evening, and also a few times when its been busy on a Friday night. Its the kind of place you visit for cheap drinks while their Happy Hour is running. Although their cocktails are not great and just thrown together, you will sometimes get a decant one.
I have been told that there is a dance floor here, and although I never seen it myself, my boyfriend says they play chart music.
They also serve food, but again, I’ve never eaten here.
Overall, its not a bar to spend your whole night, but for a drink now and then its fine. And it does get busy!

Stumbled upon this place while in Piccadilly Circus. The ambiance is relaxing, but heavily understaffed because we had to wait almost 20 minutes to get our table cleaned and it wasn’t even totally cleaned (I had to wipe downs the table with my Dettol wipes). Finally the waiter came and took our order. At least the order came out quickly. Being in London for 10 days has taught me that people are so rude and customer service is not as important as in the USA.
The food was ok, and the aged beef rib eye was good… not to die for though.

Great place in the tourist part of London, a bit aside off Shaftesbury Avenue. Quite nice, cosy and quiet during daytime. Might be quite busy at night on the weekends. Our party of four stopped for food after a flight on the London Eye and we’re not disappointed. My tip is Crayfish, Wild Rocket, Cucumber & Lemon Crème Fraîche Flatbread which is fresh, plenty for one and might even be shared between two.

Dingy, bad cocktails, weird crowd but at least they’re playing chart music!
I ordered Manhattan and I got something that I imagine a washing up liquid would taste like.
The venue is just bad, no ambience, no atmosphere.
Music was ok, maybe comparing to everything else it sounded better — just chart music that you can actually dance and sing along to. My friend and I just wanted to dance on a Friday night and so we did. and so we found ourself circled by the people in the club while we were dancing our hearts away, felt a little like one of those cheesy movies moment — a highlight of the night really!
The staff is nice, which helps, but it’s just not worth coming back.

I used to come to this place when it was called Sugareef, ah those were the days.
I TRIED to come here a few weeks ago with a few mates as we were on the ‘guestlist’ (ironically not wanting to risk not getting in) only to be told that we weren’t on any list and also that as there were more guys than girls, we couldnt come in.
Thanks (!)
I do understand there are sometimes door policies, and I guess in the cold light of day, I would have understood some rubbish excuse about numbers and couples-​only, but my main bone of contention was after being told ‘No, you cant come in’, it was about 4 seconds before the bouncer then said ‘please move away from the front’, and ‘please can you move down the street’, yes because you own that particular part of Great Windmill Street
*sigh*
Anyway, so instead we went to LVPO which was much better :)

At one point last night I had 7 pitchers of cocktails in front of me, on a table for 6. Half price pitchers too. Woo — hoo.
The newly refurbished Grace Bar is a great location if you find yourself in Piccadilly Circus and you need a cocktail. Granted this situation rarely every happens to me, but when central London work drinks called for it, it was a nice place to be. Love the happy hour half price drinks and platters till 7pm — this is a great deal.
The bar is huge now and really nicely furbished, they even have private dining rooms that you can book and the table service was fantastic on a busy Friday night. Food and drinks came swifly and their mini burgers were so tasty.
The only I didn’t like: disgruntled toilet attendants. Look, I’m not Cheryl Cole or anything, I just hate having to pay to pee. Or paying because someone hands you a paper towel — I’m not the Royal Family, I can wipe my own hands, thanks.
I’d definitely recommend it for work parties or Christmas parties. The music is a bit too pop and a bit too much One Direction, but sure that’s what you are there for.

Pretty rubbish really. Snobbish, rude bouncers, expensive drinks and the place is packed so it’s hard to move around. With so many bars in London there’s really no reason at all to go here.

If you like Top 40 radio pop to club to, then this is the place for you.
Don’t get me wrong, Grace isn’t a bad looking club & you’ll have a decent time there. The drinks are fine but this is not an amazing club spot.
There are two distinct areas to Grace, the Milk Bar and the Cocoa Club. The Cocoa Club is situated right where the dancing and DJ are so beware the noise and mega-​crowded dance floor as well as the very high fee to reserve a table. Milk Bar doesn’t have a fee to book a table but is away from the ‘action’.
I haven’t eaten upstairs but overall it’s a nice & reliable club spot.

I’m not really a fan of the West End nightspots, the longer I have lived in London, the more I have gravitated away to places like Clapham. The only exception is Soho but I would classify Grace as tourist London because of its proximity to Shaftesbury Avenue. The beers costs £5 a pint which provides Northerners which plenty of ammo when arguing that their inferior part of England is best.
Overall I found Grace a good place for a night out in central London. The upstairs bar isn’t that good but downstairs the atmosphere is better with a decent cocktail bar and dance floor.

Half price drinks between 4 to 7 everyday. Good deal.
I stayed for the clubbing hours, too. The upstairs DJ had a hard-​on for Black Eye Peas. Lack of variety aside I didn’t mind her taste in music.
DJ MacBook downstairs didn’t even bother mixing the set, just plain pre-​programmed list play. MAJOR point deduction for putting on Vanilla Ice, Will Smith («Get Jiggy With It», no less) and old Michael Jackson crap. That’s straight weak sauce. Time to review that residency contract.

yeh liked this place came here for a 2 course meal for a tenner! I had the tortellini and yeh it was good, fresh tasting.
The waiter was quite amiable and helped us get a dessert which wasnt included on our menu.
As you walk in it has the appearance of a loud bar which it is so i was slightly apprehensive about dinning in a night club but once we got to the dinning area the music just disappeared. I cant quite remember the décor but i do remember the nice soft lighting. Good place for a date.

Saturday night. Loud music and bright lights. I was walking around Piccadilly Circus looking for a pub or club. I decided to go to Grace.
Cover is 5 pounds but if you go early, have a relatively large group, you might get in sans cover if you’re lucky.
Upstairs has plenty of tables, you can sit down, relax, grab a few drinks. Downstairs is the fun place. When you walk down the stairs, on your white is a room full of white furniture where you can dance, and on the left is a large dance floor. The music was good. The bartenders were very busy though. Drinks are about 4 pounds for a beer, 6−8pounds for wine.
The crowd varies. There were middle aged women walking around with pink feathers, I think they were having a small bachelorette party. There were also younger people in their 20s just having fun.
Overall fun club! Its not too crazy, the music is great, and the drinks are ok priced.

Bar, club, restaurant, lounge, a little bit of everything for everyone. Lively dance floor on Saturday nights and big enough venue to accomodate a large crowd.
The upstairs section bar is a good place for lounging and a quieter area to take a break from the dance area downstairs.
Good music and upscale atmosphere.