Jewel Piccadilly

OMG…
Oh mon dieu…
Dios mio…
Godverdomme…
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信じられない。。。。
As you can see, I’m trying to start this review out by alerting people around the world who might fall prey to what is deceptively called «Jewel» Picadilly and most likely should be called «Coal» Picadilly.
So what happened??? Grab a seat, some mulled wine and let me tell you a Christmas story about a boy and a lump of coal…
Twas the night before Christmas, where two happy chaps
Walked out of the tube, not suspecting mishap!
A fine Christmas dinner, at Jewel was booked
The two chaps could not wait, to see what has been cooked
Images of meat, and puddings galore
Drooling at the mouth, to see what was in store
Arriving at Jewel, the two chaps were perturbed
To find out there was no meal, so they became disturbed…
How could this be??? They confirmed on the phone!
Even with confirmation e-​mail, they could not atone.
25 hefty pounds, were paid as deposit
Could the chaps get it back? Jewel did not give a shit
The two hungry chaps, had to use up the pounds
They thought might as well, drink up some rounds
But to their dismay, not even the bar
Could offer good service, making the chaps think… «AAAAARRRR!!»
No smile, no care, they could not be bothered
To the poor hungry chaps, this was über absurd!
Twas the night before Christmas, where two fellows now thinned
Walked out of the Jewel, with their night ruined
Christmas poem aside… I’m new to London and trying to look for a new years eve place was quite exhausting! After going through some «best of» lists, I came across Jewel and their website looked promising with an even more promising price! They didn’t accept online reservations for Christmas eve, so I spoke with their booking department, explained two London virgins wanted the Christmas meal, and all was settled.
Imagine our surprise to walk into a bar with no one having a clue what we were talking about! Since I paid the £25 reservation deposit over the phone, I was almost sure it was a scam website! But after showing my e-​mail confirmation, they realized this was a real booking. There was only bar food, but we were like HEEEEEEEEEELL NO! So we ordered a bottle of champagne from the rude bar man, who seemed angry we ordered a drink, to drown our shock away and because I could only use up the £25 deposit at the bar. We spent that time Unilocaling things nearby and thank jebus we found something that wasn’t full! It was quite expensive, but turned out to be great and saved our Christmas Eve disaster at Jewel.
As a patient and forgiving chap, I can forgive a possible mistake done by Jewel’s booking department. But how we were just parked at a table and told to order some bar food instead of a Christmas meal and also that they couldn’t even refund the £25 and I had to order drinks from a rude person at the bar… definite one star.

Oh wow … never ever have in my life been (until up this very moment i am writing this review) to a place where they have really mad so much efford to get a one star from me. And to be honest this is a situation where i wished Unilocal did offer 0 or a negative start.
Where to start??? The fact that we had a booking for Xmas eve dinner and although my partner had talked with a representative from their team and confirmed it when we arrived we were simply told that the kitchen was closed and although they had our reservation on the system simply they could do nothing about it.
Then we received probably the wort in 2015 term service ever. We were offered to sit on a table that still had the glassware from its previous occupants (we had paid a surcharge of GBP 25 which we had to consume) and not even offered a drink or a treat as a gesture of sorry. To top that we had to serve ourselves since the staff did not care what happened to any of the customers and they were constantly cruising around the area pointlessly looking at the time and waiting to close down.
Then we decided to do the most despicable thing ever and order ourselves a bottle of a good Champagne (and also see if we could find anything with the help of Unilocal to have dinner and salvage our Xmas eve night). For that we were punished from the bar man bu been extremely impolite, rude and to a point aggressive. now considering the fact that we paid an additional 60 pounds for that bottle i would expect him to help bring at least the bottle to our table. But noooooooo we needed to be punished for daring to disrupt his relaxing time and order something from the bar. I think if we did go further and order more drinks we would end up receiving publicly lushes from him in Piccadilly.
At that point i started loosing my patience and if it wasn’t for the champagne and the day i was prepared to make quite a fuss but alas for the Xmas spirit and half a bottle of good champagne.
FOr a ll the above i give them 3 cheers:
1. For their special inability to hadle their booking system and for almost ruining our night
2. For their harrific service and impolite stuff
3. For still managing to be open and attract people
All in all i would say with all my heart and should avoid the place. There are so many other better options and they are just around the corner.

One of my favourite places to come in London!
I’ve been here a few times for happy hour, 2−4−1 Cocktails, HELL YES! And it has always been a great atmosphere.
I’ve only eaten here once, we had the sliders… I have one word for you, Delicious!
We chose to come here for New Years 2014 Black and White party, from what I remember… It was a fantastic night.
As there were only 3 of us, we didn’t see the point in booking a table, but as we arrived early (for the free champagne fountain, obviously) there was a free table right by the bar!
As we had bagged, what I believe to have been the best seat in the house, it was so easy to get served, so the drinks were flowing all night (Hence my memory being a little… Lost)
If you’ve been shopping along Oxford Street, or been to see a show, this place is perfectly placed! It’s great to pop in for a couple of cheeky ones and some nibbles, great to finish the night off before heading home, and of course, great to spend the whole night partying! (can you tell that I’ve done all three? Hehe)

Fantastic place. Had my birthday here last night and I couldn’t be happier with the service that I have received. Great atmosphere, friendly staff, good music, cool drinks. Definitely recommend this place to everyone.

I loved this place. The drinks are delish… the seating we reserved was great. We had a blast dancing! I like the ambiance. If you visit London, make sure you give this place a chance.

Great value for happy hour, cocktails tend to be brightly coloured and sweet but for half price who’s complaining?! Music is too loud for early evening — at 7pm it was like a nightclub. Not ideal if you are on a date or trying to catch up with friends however it is in a good location if you need a meeting place.

the strawberry mojito… YUM…
crowd…is OK… the one night I went it was a bit clicky… there were parties going on with big groups of people…
great décor… a bit small though~ but was big enough~~
probably might go back just to check it out again
a lot of suits~

Who knows how to make a Classic Champagne Cocktail? Nobody here apparently.
I’ve been coming here for over a decade. During that time the aforementioned drink has gone from a must have… To a «who gives a monkeys».
Sad stuff. The spot on service and staff used to be the selling point of the place. I am not tempted to stay for further drinks…
You know — I returned here the other day to give them another chance before I posted what I had written above. I am sad to say that the calibre of the staff and the ability of their drink making did not improve.
I ordered a classic martini, the bartender did not have a clue how to make one! Now, you tell me, is that worth a tip? He fussed for over 15 minutes with a drink that only contains 2 ingredients. He even saw fit to drop a huge chunk of mint into my martini as well as a large straw.
Am I just being too picky?

Great place to for a little chill-​laxing. Fantastic drinks.

I have no idea which of my friends guided us to Jewel Bar, which one knew that it would be open and put up with a load of ridiculousness from us when we were still out at 1:30am and not ready to give up on the evening. But, Jewel Bar was available, and we were able to get one of the couches and tables, and set up to have our ears blasted out and watch the other ridiculousness on the dance floor.
What I liked about Jewel was the atmosphere, the different rooms with their slightly different décor, but still classy and interesting. To me, this in the best kind of club – there’s plenty of dance space, but also space to sit and relax and not have to be in the thick of it. I imagine, from past reviews, that on a busy night this might not be the case, but it was for me and I liked it.
The decorations are cool, like I said, and what little I interacted with the staff was all nice. Not much more you can ask for or expect from a club in the heart of the city like this. It’s probably my favorite club I’ve been to in London, but when you see that I still only gave it three stars, you’ll know that clubs aren’t really my scene anyway.

I’m sorry. That was the theme of the night.
However, I’ll start with the good. The staff, once you can identify them and get their attention, are super nice and helpful. This was worth the second star because they were really great.
The not so good. It wasn’t easy to find out exactly who to speak with about a booking. It turned out to be the fur-​coated door-​woman who very kindly showed me to the bar upstairs (I’m sorry, but let’s walk outside since it’s quicker) and left me to find the cocktail waitress who could tell me where I was to sit. I’m sorry, but who/​where is she? After a second list check, I was showed to a corner of a sofa where another party had moved in on our ‘reserved’ section. I’m sorry, I’ll try to get more seats (cushions, as it turned out… sorry). Once the group started to arrive more «I’m sorry, but it’s just me and one bartender» as an excuse for why it took way too long to get drinks. When the drinks arrived, there were set on the tiny tin table. I’m sorry, but it seems to be wobbly. I’m sorry, I can’t fix it. Lots of slightly embarrassed smiles and I’m sorrys all night long!
Not recommended for a chilled evening out with colleagues. This place is more suited those looking for a superficial, clubby bar. I’m sorry, but I won’t be going back.

It’s a fun place to hang out, sort of half bar, half club with a definite theme to its décor. It’s dark, looks sexy in a sort of 90s gothic way, and is pretty relaxed. I too prefer this one to the Covent Garden version, mainly because this one gets busy and has a decent atmosphere.
I have never had to pay a cover to get in — either I get there early or I manage to blag my way out if it (if there aren’t many people inside and you go to walk away, they waive the cover. Flirting with the bouncer helps too!).

I liked the dark room with Crystal droplights, candles everywhere. The music they play need some improving. It is located in the center of all actions of Piccadilly, perfect stop for a drink if you around this area. You may wait for your drink a little bit but it was good cocktails each time I ordered.

I prefer this branch to the Covent Garden one and the service here was much better and friendlier.
This is the sort of place that is only worth coming to for the Happy Hour and if you’re new to London and don’t know of many places to go.
There’s a good range of cocktails that are fairly good and a decent enough wine list but again only bother with the Happy Hour — you wouldn’t want to pay full price — before going on somewhere else.
Nice décor and low lighting makes for an attractive ambience and atmosphere.

«Kill me, kill me now». These were my feelings upon entering Jewel bar on a Saturday night at 9:30pm for a friends birthday.
The place was packed and I spent 25 minutes trying to get a drink. Having waited so long I decided to just buy 2 small bottles of beer which came to a mind boggling £9.90 FFS. All the other drinks were equally eye-​wateringly overpriced. The spoilt rich girls and city boys didn’t seem to care, they were getting table service and paying £2.50 extra per drink for the pleasure of not having to crowd around the tiny bar which didn’t seem to have enough clean glasses anyway (the barman kept running elsewhere to get more). One of them asked for a bottle of champagne and the barmaid opened it carelessly spilling most over the floor — for that price I would not have been happy for her to waste a single drop.
There are FAR better places to go out on a Saturday night in Central London, why, oh, why would you want to come here? Needless, to say, my death wish feelings caused me to leave less than an hour after I had arrived.
Phew, close call…
PS — Apparently it’s a no trainer policy here: nobody spotted them on my feet but had I known what this place was like I would have happily pointed out my trainers to them.

Nice, dark ambiance. Chandeliers and lit candles (although dangerous for perhaps a really drunk person)
Drinks aren’t too pricey (for central London) aaaaand the crowd is easy-​going! Although there are some pretentious types lingering around
Overall, great club! I would definitely go again. (Great dance floor too)

Eh…
Was in London on holiday with a friend and wanted to go out for a night on the town! Found this place in her guidebook and we were intrigued after finding out it was owned by J. Lo, haha.
There was a cover, which was annoying, and it was only £5 or something, but the American dollar was weak at that time, so it was expensive in our opinion. Drinks were expensive (which was to be expected) and seating was limited. We walked back and forth a bunch of times through the narrow club, only to find every seat occupied. There was way too much floor space, considering no one was dancing, and the tables were all squished together. We eventually found a spot to sit.
The interior was nice, huge chandeliers and whatnot, furs, and girly boudoir-​looking decorations. We did notice that there were a lot of gay men (a few came to «harass» us about why we didn’t try and be more social and we had to explain we were just trying to have our own girls’ night).
It was okay night, but it was v. basic and I wish there had been more dancing.

Definately worth a visit, even if only on special occasions or a date etc. it’s so easy to find (right outside the tube station) and I absolutely love the décor (so much so that I actually have used the venue a couple of times as a backdrop for shooting some of my shop stock!)
I love the cocktails in this place and would definately recommend it!
I’ve now moved my boutique away from the Soho area so will have to another after-​work hang out! Although I guess on the plus side, I’ll save a few pennies! ;-)

ein echt schöner club, mit cooler musik, nettem publikum. wir waren zu fünft dort und hatten echt spaß. war ein gelungener abend. und der laden hat mit abstand die schönsten toiletten, auf denen ich mal war ;-)

Piccadilly is a no go for me — touristy, no soul and only considered in emergency. Now where would I go if I meet someone who does not know London that well: Jewel bar — it is central, piccadilly — easy to find — a good start!
Entering the bar, I first was asked if I was over 21, any lady takes that as a compliment. Inside mystic atmosphere welcomed me: candles, chill out music and chandeliers hanging from the sealing.
You know what — despite my entire preconception I liked it. It is not a place were locals go out as it is so central in London, but lots of people start their night there for some after work drinks. This is also more the clientele — people in suits and skirts.
I ordered a red wine and some olives — but I guess this is more of a cocktail bar. I also did the toilet test — very clean and styled, another factor, which seemed exceptional.
If you walk around the corner there will be a different area waiting for you which has even more the glamorous and oriental look — jewels all over!

I went here for a first date and was a little wary when it was suggested as every time I had walked past it seemed a little ‘un-​chic’. I have to say though I was proved wrong and on entering from the manic crowds of Piccadilly, it is actually a gorgeous place.
The lighting is dim and there is loads of seating — we had no problem at all finding a table on a Saturday evening. The area around the back is the best as it is a little less crowded. The décor is extremely glamorous — lots of velvet, draped curtains and chandeliers — almost tacky but not quite.
Jewel is actually quite sophisticated and a great place for a date! The cocktails are brilliant — they make a fantastic cosmo and the bar staff are great fun.