Embassy

119 Essex Road
Islington, London N1 2SN
Tel: 020 7226 7901

Embassy
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Embassy Islington
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I love it. The Embassy is only place that I don't mind having a boogie in these days, where there's a genuine feel good factor vibe and no poncy people watchers.

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 by Rowina Raath, 18 Jan 2008

I have not had the misfortune of visiting this establishment but would like to let you know how I got on when attempting to reserve an area. I sent an email to Embassy (along with several other bars) to check availability for my birthday. I received a phone call from the 'Director', Franke Lambe, who I could barely understand/hear on the telephone because of the volume of noise in my office. I had to ask a couple of times where he was calling from, (obviously having enquired at a few venues I wanted to be sure who I was speaking with).

Anyway, after tiring of his aggressive tone and general rudeness, I said: "Don't worry about the enquiry, thank you", to which he responded: "Get your facts straight you stupid bitch" and hung up. Nice! Wonderful customer service. I certainly won't be visiting this bar and will be telling everyone I know not to either.

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 by gce, 06 Dec 2007

I have been going down to the Embassy a lot lately and, as a fellow DJ myself, I have to say whoever is in charge of booking the nights there is really doing a great job. There is live music on Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are really busy, with a mature funky crowd and a music policy that spreads right across the leftfield spectrum: nu jazz, neo-soul, broken beatz, boogie, raregrooves, hip hop, soulful house... I love it - it's my favourite bar!

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 by amazonmusic, 25 Jun 2007

Brilliant night out! They had a wicked DJ in the basement, with live percussion and an MC. It wasn't too crowded, so there was plenty of room to dance. Didn't have to wait long at the bar and the drinks were very reasonable. Met some really cool people and had a great time. I'm definitely going back!

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 by sammybaby, 29 Jun 2006

Honestly, don't bother. Half empty, rubbish music, slow bar service, nasty doormen.

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 by Anonymous, 06 May 2006

The Embassy's brilliant. The music's great and both the punters and staff are friendly. But I'm happy for people to believe the opinion of 'Anonymous, 07 May 2005' as I don't want too many people discovering it for themselves!

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 by Anonymous, 01 Jun 2005

Packed, pretentious, arsey doorstaff.

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 by Anonymous, 07 May 2005

Really brilliant bar, staff are sound, tunes are funky and drinks not too expensive at all. Gets a little packed downstairs at the weekend but that's part of the charm - getting up close and personal with other people enjoying themselves...

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 by Anonymous, 09 Feb 2005



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