The Elbow Rooms (Angel - London)

The Elbow Rooms

This dramatically cool club is very well hidden and is the absolute gem of Islington. You approach the bar on an average-joe road populated by small supermarkets, bookies and newagents when you come across what looks like some kind of gay club outside but opens into this kind of sports bar with pool tables to the right and ahead a sea of people which early on in the evening feels like a kind of Youth club. The bar stretches across the back walla nd service is a moderate wait but the offers are pretty good, my eye falls upon a rack of nine shots for £15 and loads of cheap drinks before 8pm. There are tables available quite frequently and the places spiders off into lots of rooms and cubby holes. The place is lit up with mirrored effects and the music is sort of light-dance or chillout. Looking around further there are rooms for private hire and table tennis in the far corner.

Overall the atmosphere is very vibrant, the drink deals early on are great, the place is big but not overcrowded and really has its own character. The only downside is the feel that it has a rather younger crowd but it definitely deserves an 8/10.

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