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Vendome Mayfair

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85 Piccadilly,
Mayfair,
London,
W1J 7NB

0871 075 1768 

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Reviewer Anonymous
02/10/2008
Model mayhem, quite simply I love this place. Stunning venue with beautiful people - need I say UGLIES need not apply lol Sorry you got turned away loosers hahaha Try that pub in Peckham where the trotters reside lol
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Reviewer roger111
02/10/2008
I have just got back from a night out at Vendome which Roger Michael invited me to. It is without doubt the best club in London I have ever witnessed and although half empty it had a beautiful crowd inside. If you look good and dress right you will get in, I praise a club that holds the aesthetics of the people inside as well as the decor within. Fantastic night and I'll be back there next Wednesday for sure!
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Reviewer Anonymous
02/10/2008
it sounds like your this roger michael yourself there..... lol

self promotion hey... nice trick!!

half empty is the point, beautiful people not too sure.... - Report
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Reviewer Anonymous
01/10/2008
i went down there for one of the openings, and the door bitch said to me ' il do you a favour as its late' - it was 12am. i dont want a favour, i want to get in, so i asked her to hop along and find someone who knew what they were talking about.... in the end she came back with someone i think more clueless than herself, and perhaps even ruder.(which was hard to beat) when he finally worked out how to read the list, (tough job) he let us in... the entrance is beautifully done. i was super impressed. then when i got into the club, i was blinded by strobes and LED's. i felt like i had gone back in time in my delorean. it was hugely chlostrophobic, it seems they have raised the floor, so what was already a low ceiling has become even lower. you cant see across the dancefloor, you cant find anyone and then they have these useless little tables on the dancefloor with high stools. i asked for a table and was offered one of those, to which i declined.... felt like at a breakfast bar, not a top west end club!!suffice to say, whatever money they spent, (looks a lot) perhaps million plus..is a waste!! i will not be going back and will tell all other bankers at work to not go either... not cool!!!
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Reviewer Anonymous
26/09/2008
Vendome certainly has a glamourous and somewhat groundbreaking design in comparison to most West End clubs. The cosmetic overhaul is certainly a refreshing change from the venue's former incarnation (Pangaea), although it made me feel rather claustrophobic.

However, with drinks priced as extortionately as they are and table reservations that require minimum spends of £1000, I'm guessing that it'll be the sequel to Movida - attracting WAGs, footballers, bankers and their cosmetically enhanced, conspicuously designer-clad female admirers - which to me is simply dull.

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Reviewer Anonymous
23/09/2008
the door girls name has gone round london,and noone wants to go to vendome because of her lol!! seriously no joke!!! everyone has heard about her and cant even be bothered to go down there in case they are turned away or spoken to like sh@t which everyone says she does.i go clubbing at least twice a week and with i think 3 new clubs opening soon...vendome being the first i was pretty excited.but completely ruined by this b@tch who looked me and my friend up and down after coming back from the westwood show and refused us entry...why? who knowwws??? we stood in the cold for about half an hour was anyone in front of us...not al all lol.wont even bother going back until i hear they have a new door girl.and i will be telling all the girls and guys at my work (chanel) not to go there either.worst door person in the whole of london!!VENDOME GET A NEW DOOR GIRL!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewer Anonymous
23/09/2008
As club design goes this is by far the most stunning club I have ever seen and having read through all the reviews so far I think few would disagree. The attention to detail shows where the money has been lavishly spent creating an escape from the toil of admission outside. I agree that a lot of people where turned away and although I pity them for this I revel in the fact that this venue has the balls to concentrate on quality - not quantity. Following from Le Plas Vendome this venue captivates the exclusive allure and glamour one finds from such designer labels from which the designers have obviously drawn their inspiration. The service is not 100% though I imagine this will be ironed out over time and when every average Jo finally realizes that they will not gain admission to Vendome they will prob make space for those that can making entry all the more easy.
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Reviewer Anonymous
22/09/2008
I actually had the mis pleasure of show casing my collection there, i thought the door staff/bouncers were massively heavy handed and rude, they all seemed to have superiority complexes. The lady with the clipboard was a knightmare not only to you poor people who were quing but also to the models whom she bullied and abused all throughout the day.

Drinks prices were obscene, at 9.80 for a gin and tonic it was crippling to most mere mortals never mind designers whom just spent thousands of pounds putting a collection together topped off by rude bar staff and a minimum spend of 18 pounds at the bar to use your card. I certainly wouldn't recommend this place for anything other than the truly stunning decor..which i will note was incredible, from snake skin banisters to gold leaf chairs and a dance floor which lit up and pulsated to the bass lines of the music which was selected and mixed well.

I hope everyone enjoyed the catwalk show and wish you all the best
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Reviewer Anonymous
21/09/2008
I too was there for the launch night and have met the woman-in-question who was on the door a few times before at other Bacchus events. I have to say if it wasn't for her, the night MIGHT have been on track to become good.

Loud, obnoxious and a complete power-freak - she saw people she knew in the crowd and put them before anyone else, VIP or not. She could not control a crowd if her life depended on it. Bacchus, please, if you read this, get someone else to do her job!

The actual club itself screams "glamour" louder than anything else I've been to. Dark colours infused with the shine of the mirrors and the awfully bright dancefloor make your eyes hurt at times - I wonder what being drunk feels like in there! Sometimes it feels like these places are trying too hard to be the next "place to go" in London, and sometimes it works - unfortunately, Vendome does not manage to pull this off quite so well as other places.

The drink list was definitely reserved for those with obscene amounts of money to spend - £30,000 for a bottle of Cristal?! £3,000 for a bottle of Krug?! £250 for a bottle of Absolut?! I couldn't see how much a simple softdrink would have cost, but I can imagine it would have been about £4, which for a Mayfair club is about the average but seriously, you could go about 2 tube stops down the road and get beers and cocktails for £4 - which are probably given to you with much more love and enthusiasm than the staff in Vendome do.

The clientele were a mix of fashionistas, socialites, wealthy businessmen and the occasional C-list celeb. The atmosphere was, I have to admit, not too bad - but the whole thing had a stench of "plastic"...a world for those who want to try to life the life of an A-lister.

All in all, not a place I would recommend. However, being the launch night I can understand there might be a few problems that can be ironed out.

I just don't plan on going to back to check if they have.
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