All Bar One, London

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8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Athene

Reliable but overrated 02/02/2001

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages convenient, enough seats, variety of drinks
Disadvantages mediocre food, no atmosphere, impersonal service

The good thing with chain bars is that you always know what you're going to get. With All Bar One that usually means enormous spaces, a look that's modern without being aggressively so, long and well-stocked bars, and big wooden tables with gold numbers on (so the waiters and waitresses know where to bring your food). It's fine if you want to drink somewhere that you can sit down and have a conversation with your friends - there are always enough seats in somewhere so big, and I often come here if I want coffee and a quick drink. The hot chocolate is delicious, by the way - served in a big cup ... more
3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful

jimstrong

Star-opramen 12/07/2000

User recommends the product

Advantages Great atmosphere
Disadvantages Dear

All Bar one is an excellent bar with a great attitude and is always crouded. They are a chain with numerous bars around the capital. The one in Leicester Square is probably the best known because of location. The door policy can become strict towards the end of the evening, groups of guys not being popular and if you are too drunk you wont get in. The clintelle are all good and tend to be friendly. Music plays in the background and is just the right volume. The whole look of the bar is wooden, long wooden benches tend to be one of the main seating choices available. They serve food as well and ... more
0 of 0 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Fatbloke

An Oasis in the City 24/08/2000

User recommends the product

Advantages Relaxing and informal
Disadvantages Drinks a bit pricey

Wherever you go in Central London you won’t be far from an ‘All Bar One’. The bars are all very similar - wooden tables and chairs and a few have nice big comfy sofas which you can sink into. The atmosphere is generally relaxed but some of the busier bars in Leicester Square can get rather busy. The variety of wines and bottled drinks is vast and they serve a reasonable amount of beers on draught. The food is excellent and well priced - my favourite is ham egg and chips but the tiger prawns are also very yummy. A good bar to meet, eat and drink. The only negative thing is that the price of ... more
11 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful

yingli.lim

Fantastic Nosh 23/01/2001

User recommends the product

Advantages great to chill out at in the afternoons
Disadvantages none

I simply love the food at All Bar One. I've been to the branch at London Bridge twice already and I've had a fantastic time on both occassions. The first time I was at All Bar One, I had some sort of bangers and mash without the bangers that came with a really tasty whipped potato that has oyster mushrooms in it. The gravvy served with the dish made it less dry and bland than it would have been and it had my favourite vegetables - asparagus - on top of it. On my second visit there, I had goat's cheese on top of a ciabata with rosemary and other herbs along with a dash of garlic. Even, my ... more
1 of 1 Ciao users found the following review helpful

sarahgardner

The place for a relaxed drink 11/09/2000

User recommends the product

Advantages relaxed and chilled
Disadvantages none

Hampstead All Bar One, is one of the most relaxed, best atmosphere bars I know. We always go in there when we fancy a hassle free night out. It is never busy but for some reason it just enhances the ambiance, - chilled -. I don't know it's somewhere I would go on the look out for men, as I have never seen any attracive types there. But definitely somewhere for a first date. go there relax, chill out and enjoy!! It couldn't be much different than it's city sisters, all of them are cool but for differeny reasons, but hey who cares it's still somewhere to go... ... more
1 of 1 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Joolz

All bar me 08/08/2000

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages It keeps the city types in one place
Disadvantages Over priced and over hyped

Would you like this bar? Well, why don't you zoom through the checklist below and see if you are compatible with the "All Bar One" philosophy: 1. You like your beer expensive - I don't mean that you like good, expensive beer, I mean that you would quite happily kiss goodbye to a £20 note for a round of five pints of lager. 2. You wear "eighties stockbroker type" colourful shirts and co-ordinated ties and always think cuff-links are essential (if male). 3. You wear the shortest flimsiest skirts and strappy tops, and frown when some-one squeezes past you to go to the bar in case your white cardi ... more
4 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful

queenjewls

Very Swish!! 11/07/2000

User recommends the product

Advantages Nice decor, relaxing during the day
Disadvantages Loud in the evening and expensive

This chain is known by all Londeners. It typically has a nice setting and an interesting wine list. Especially prominent in and around the City, with one at Farringdon, One at Angel and one in the heart at Moorgate, it has a typical business-man-after-work-clientelle. However Leicester Square's branch provides a suitable haven for rich kids willing to flash there cash. All Bar One is not known for its cheap prices but instead known for being a nice bar with nice decor. The running theme with All Bar One seems to be noise, in each one I have encountered the general hubbub seemed be slightly ... more
13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful

buzzy

Nice predictable comfort 08/08/2001

User recommends the product

Advantages Good drink, good portions on food, comfort, predictability
Disadvantages Too omnipresent

Aw, people make their jibes at All Bar One but the place continues to multiply their cardboard cutout chain stores and restaurants all over the country. Certainly, the bar has been equated with middle class values, unimagination, death to the mom and pop shop. It may be all of these things but I find some comfort in the All Bar One chain. There seems to be at least one on every High Street in every London borough (still a sign, I believe, of up-and-coming trendy status of a town). Every bar will have the same look and feel- blonde wood floors, the marble counters, shelves of wine bottles ... more
0 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful

softpinkpiglet

OK for a social drink... food is uninspiring 01/09/2006

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages Not bad for a pint...
Disadvantages "Tapas" style food

The portions are ridiculous. Do not bother to eat here! Its fine for a glass of wine, a pint, a coffee,,, but not for food. In the All Bar One at Waterloo we ordered "tapas" style food. All the portions were tiny and not cheap either. The Roast vegetable kebabs were pathetic. The staff must have had a real problem getting the veg on the sticks as the chunks were TINY - the cherry tomatoes where much larger than the 4 tiny cubes (definately no more than 0.5 cm in each direction). When we got our bill i was asked if everything was OK. So i replied that i was disappointed by the size of ... more

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