Bermondsey Arts Club

Amazing place for cocktails and also celebrations! I booked the bar this week and was super happy with everything! Such a unique location! The manager and barkeepers were super nice and helpful, cocktails were amazing, we ordered pizza in and it was a great night! I can absolutely recommend and will be back! Thank you for the great night!

Can’t speak for the bar but the security was incredibly rude. He said he wasn’t able to let us in for the moment, so we asked if it was particularly busy and how long we might be waiting - to which he responded by shouting and screaming at us? We were a group of nine and so asked if we were too big to be let in - to which he ignored us. After waiting 10 minutes in the rain and watching him let other people in instead, I asked if we were gonna be able to come in and he unsurprisingly responded by shouting and screaming. I’m not sure what went wrong in his day to result in such a lack of communication skills or just basic human decency, but it did not at all need to result in the unprofessional and disrespectful conduct we faced.

A place to avoid, prices more expensive than other places, drinks served in plastic cups, one of the bartenders (glasses and long hair) seemed to be under the influence of something, cleanliness = zero... and as icing on the cake, went to see local dealers doing business in the toilets. And on the top of everything they have the nerve to charge you with 12.5% of service... 🤪

What an incredible place. Louis the bartender was very talented. He makes fantastic drinks and is very knowledgeable

Loved this bar. It's located in a former underground toilet. The repurpose of the building is great. They kept all the original tiles. The bar itself looks very fancy against the wall as soon as you come downstairs. The menu changes on a monthly basis. If anything I'd say the lights could be just a bit brighter as it was quite dark. We will be back for sure.

Great night, rusty and mirrko were a cute combo. Classy cocktails, amazing garnish and great music. Everything you want for a London night out - only popped in for a quick drink but stayed the whole night x

The vibe is fantastic, very cool bar with a great cocktail menu! However, the staff need to put one foot in the real world and not verbally attack their customers for no good reason. They were serving cocktails in plastic cups and my friend asked if he could have a glass. The bartender asked him if ‘he’d ever been at a bar before’, and said serving drinks in glass that might break would ‘compromise the territorial integrity of the bar’. I’ve never heard such nonsense in my life. Again, nice drinks, delusional staff

London can be a tough town when you are on your own. But Rusty at BAC was a gracious host, on the ball DJ, and a cocktail sorcerer. I walked in at 9:30pm and it was empty but Rusty made me feel like I owned the place. One hour later and it's hopping with drinkers and dancers. Great place for locals coming for the last night cap.

Amazing place for cocktails and also celebrations! I booked the bar this week and was super happy with everything! Such a unique location! The manager and barkeepers were super nice and helpful, cocktails were amazing, we ordered pizza in and it was a great night! I can absolutely recommend and will be back! Thank you for the great night!

Can’t speak for the bar but the security was incredibly rude. He said he wasn’t able to let us in for the moment, so we asked if it was particularly busy and how long we might be waiting - to which he responded by shouting and screaming at us? We were a group of nine and so asked if we were too big to be let in - to which he ignored us. After waiting 10 minutes in the rain and watching him let other people in instead, I asked if we were gonna be able to come in and he unsurprisingly responded by shouting and screaming. I’m not sure what went wrong in his day to result in such a lack of communication skills or just basic human decency, but it did not at all need to result in the unprofessional and disrespectful conduct we faced.

A place to avoid, prices more expensive than other places, drinks served in plastic cups, one of the bartenders (glasses and long hair) seemed to be under the influence of something, cleanliness = zero... and as icing on the cake, went to see local dealers doing business in the toilets. And on the top of everything they have the nerve to charge you with 12.5% of service... 🤪

What an incredible place. Louis the bartender was very talented. He makes fantastic drinks and is very knowledgeable

Loved this bar. It's located in a former underground toilet. The repurpose of the building is great. They kept all the original tiles. The bar itself looks very fancy against the wall as soon as you come downstairs. The menu changes on a monthly basis. If anything I'd say the lights could be just a bit brighter as it was quite dark. We will be back for sure.

Great night, rusty and mirrko were a cute combo. Classy cocktails, amazing garnish and great music. Everything you want for a London night out - only popped in for a quick drink but stayed the whole night x

The vibe is fantastic, very cool bar with a great cocktail menu! However, the staff need to put one foot in the real world and not verbally attack their customers for no good reason. They were serving cocktails in plastic cups and my friend asked if he could have a glass. The bartender asked him if ‘he’d ever been at a bar before’, and said serving drinks in glass that might break would ‘compromise the territorial integrity of the bar’. I’ve never heard such nonsense in my life. Again, nice drinks, delusional staff

London can be a tough town when you are on your own. But Rusty at BAC was a gracious host, on the ball DJ, and a cocktail sorcerer. I walked in at 9:30pm and it was empty but Rusty made me feel like I owned the place. One hour later and it's hopping with drinkers and dancers. Great place for locals coming for the last night cap.

One of the coolest spots I have ever had a drink because it used to be a public restroom and now it's an underground bar! Rusty was super fun and so welcoming for our first drink in London! He played such great music and created an amazing vibe when we got there. The people were so kind and welcoming to us as visitors so you definitely should check out this spot and make some new friends!

Verbally assaulted by one security and one staff at the entrance. When we got first line in the queue, we asked if the security guard had a good night, and he responded by saying "don't look or talk to me". After patiently waiting for 45 minutes at first line in the queue, being quiet as we didn't dare to look or speak to the security guard due to his disrespectful and rude attitude - we finally asked if the two of us could go in as our friends was already inside and waiting for us with drinks. The security guard and one from the staff then gets really, really agressive and starts yelling and cursing at us. The security guard and staff verbally assaulted us whilst we was trying to talk them into sense in a calm and polite way. The entire queue of 15 people ended op leaving due to staff's behaviour and thankfully backed us up. We have never experienced behaviour like this, and would never, ever come back. This has all been video documented.

Normally I am compelled to write reviews of the great places that I have been to but this time I would like to save someone else from having a terrible evening. I was there with a group of people, we had a terrible experience with the staff being so so rude from the moment we walked in. Their cocktails were very watery and overpriced for what you got. I had a Tom Collins that was weak at best. Why call yourself a cocktail bar if you can't even make the classics. Also only taking cards for payment (With a stupid card charge) and not cash - is that even legal? Would not ever recommend this place.

Amazing cocktails. Beautiful design. Relaxed vibe. This place is great. It's an old underground public toilet that's been converted into a swanky, yet chilled out cocktail bar. Also they do a jazz night once a week - check it out! It's a great place for a date, or for an after-work cocktail.

Great spot, easily missable, glad I stumbled upon it, was pretty empty the night we went. AMAZING DATE SPOT!!

Public toilets turned into a staggeringly good looking cocktail bar. Art deco features heavily, mix of tunes and clientele mainly over 30s, probably due to the high prices, 330ml beer £5, cocktails start from £9. Dancing to silly o'clock on a school night. Champion. Teaching a bunch of Cambridge graduates how to slut drop. Priceless.

Creative concept, neat little space and extremely unique cocktails. Francisco was friendly and knowledgeable and gave us some great recommendations of other cocktail bars around south London.

Cool place to visit, however once you get past the cool atmosphere it's just another very expensive place for average drinks.

A lovely little hidden cocktail bar in a disused Victorian loo beneath Tower Bridge Rd at the top of Bermondsey St. It's not labelled, so you have to keep your eye out! Lovely old art deco feel, with amazing cocktails. They have live jazz on a Wednesday evening, which further add's to the atmosphere.

They make truly exquisite cocktails here and the staff are friendly and welcoming, the decor is funky and cool. I rarely post yelp reviews but felt moved to give this place some credit because they deserve it. Put this bar on your "to do" list for sure.

My husband and I had been really looking forward to trying Bermondsey Arts Club, as we have recently moved here and we are still getting to know the neighborhood and are in search of our "go-to" spot. The perfect opportunity arose when our friend was visiting from out of town and wanted to have some proper London cocktails. The atmosphere is inviting and funky - the allure of the public toilets turned speakeasy certainly holds true. Our first round of drinks was very enjoyable. Our friend and I tried the "Thymes Up" and my husband had the classic Old Fashioned. We ordered a second round and all of us opted to try something different. While my and our friend's new "Twelve Miles In" was just as enjoyable as our first drink, I could tell that my husband was not having the same palatable experience. I asked him what was wrong with his "Big Smoke" and he said that it tasted horribly bitter. I tried a sip and the taste was indeed offensive. We politely asked our waitress if the bartender could check whether he had over poured the bitters. She gave my husband a smug look and said she could bring the drink to the bartender for him to try it, but he was unlikely to agree. We watched from afar as the bartender rolled his eyes at our request, pretended to taste the drink, and insisted to our waitress that she bring the same drink back to my husband to finish. When paying 12 quid for a drink, I would expect better service from a bar that deems to call itself professional. Bermondsey Arts Club had the opportunity to win our future frequent business if the bartender had been more friendly and respectful of a customers opinion. The worst we could have hoped for was an apology and an offer to mix in additional whiskey and vermouth to balance out the bitters; the best we were hoping for was a new drink, even if it was a cheaper menu option so that my husband could have finished the evening enjoying his drink with us. Instead he left his 12 quid drink 9/10 full on the table and we will not be returning.