Reviews by rasskass

Ladurée (Cafe)
06 March 2006

Checked this place out on a Saturday. Had to queue for 30 mins. The place is decorated very nicely and you can relax. The pastries were very nice, although I don't recommend the Montblanc. A very good selection of tea but overall a little bit overpriced, especially the sandwiches.

Ice Bar (Bar)
04 October 2005

Definitely a novelty trip. I went to the ice bar, booked an 8pm slot but turned up and there's a big queue outside. After 10 minutes of queuing the girls at the counter said that we no longer have 45 minutes and only 30 minutes, I thought this was very poor as they were responsible for our late entry.

Didn't approve of the service so far but managed to pay £24 and went in, we were given silver Eskimo hooded coats with sheepskin gloves. You enter and you know it's cold. It's definitely different but you wouldn't want to stay there longer than 30 minutes anyway, although I'm curious how they'd find you to tell you that your time is up!

Most of the staff and bar tenders were Swedish, and I don't think they really know to please the British market. The whole place felt more like a cult than a bar.

I don't think I would ever go back to the Ice Bar, but for £12 I got a drink and it was an experience. Once the novelty wears off it's kind of boring inside, you can't check any one out and it's bloody freezing.