Ku Bar

London's brightest and best gay and lesbian bars and club. Situated in Soho and the West End, Ku Bar Lisle Street, Ku Bar Frith Street, Candy Bar Soho and Ku Klub provide a vibrant and entertaining night out for gays lesbians and their friends in a friendly social environment.

8 / 10
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  • Phone

    +44 20 7437 4303

  • Website

    ku-bar.co.uk

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  • Type

    Gay Bar

Address

30 Lisle St London Greater London WC2H 7BA United Kingdom

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Music Live Music
Menus Happy Hour
Drinks Beer, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 68


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Chris Haines

Once of the best and most well known gay bars in central London, Ku is a great place to meet friends for pre drinks on a night out. Fun atmosphere and camp music with topless bartenders !

Frankie Wakefield-Harrey

Lesbian night on a Tuesday, great fun, open till three. Gets good around 11:30. Tequila rose shot served with whipped cream is sweeet. 10 shots of sours for ten pounds!

BarChick

In many ways Ku Bar is the perfect gay venue , combining implausibly hot bar staff , a wicked video juke-box, regular happy hours when selected drinks are just £1.50 and plenty of sociable seating. Read more

Riza Akgoz

Most excellent and friendly place to be. Good drinks and cocktail . Excellent space and a highly social interactive atmosphere.

Frankie Wakefield-Harrey

Rose Tequila ! Ask to have it with whipped cream . So good.

Sebastian Julius Laduga

Great pub which I still know from its old location which is now empty. The bartenders are gay or bi, Kristin (see below) and need to see the sun (tan ).

Dave Marshall

Great for singles. Strict door staff , and crowding can make this LGBT venue feel unwelcoming. Get there early to secure a seat.

Emily-jane

Fun, friendly , beautiful bar staff , the beer is not good at all so get bottles if you're a beer fan....Club downstairs too!

Matthew Hepburn

New to London? Join www.GayBarCrawls.com for an amazing tour of the gay scene. Ku Bar is included too!

Brent Nicholls

Ku was recognized as one of London's top 3 gay bars in the SeenQueen.com End of Year List 2013 http://seenqueen.com/feature-end-of-year-list-2013/

Philippe Ladvocat

My favorite bar in London - good club downstairs and you will always find nice and beautiful people there - mondays, thursdays and sundays are very good, not crowded like weekends

Iago Fouquet Schmidt

Pretty cool place with nice staff and good drinks. I would say there is anything special though. Come here if you're more into electronic music/remixes.

Alex Curiel

Very nice Gay bar with great music and booze! It’s a nice change from G-A-Y. All the guys were designer underwear!

lauren mitchell

Really fun and great music , completely multicultural, but they don't honour their newbie or check-in special. Staff weren't aware of it at all and manager (politely) refused. Major pity!

Julien FitzGerald

Excellent doesn't even cover it. Well done to Gary Henshaw and his team for creating the perfect gay venue

Paul

Way better than the much more expensive Heaven. Can recommend Ku to everyone visiting London!

Peter Warmington

Awesome bar with a great atmosphere, would definitely recommend and revisit

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Gary the owner is great. The bar staff are hot and provide great friendly service and DJ DMS Sam Londt is very sexy n spins great tunes downstairs in Ku Klub :-)

Long Dao

Interesting place for everyone!

Andrew Proctor

Hot bartenders and really friendly crowd

Gary Henshaw

Award winning Gay Bar spread over 3 Floors. Always busy. Best gay bar in London by a mile. X

Paul Canterbury

Fun times! Good crowd and hot bar staff , who could ask for more...

Andrew Rolph

Downstairs (ground floor) is cramped - fewer people tend to go upstairs on week nights.

Zach Stockwell

Great dance music and shirtless bartenders

Dani Roznoski

girls go on a tuesday for " Ruby Tuesdays " (ladies night kinda thing ! ) This place is now linked with Candy bar !

Scott G

It's a gay bar . Often catch the odd celebrity here as well . Most of the bar staff are escorts.

Gary Henshaw

Check out our new special when you check-in for the first time with Foursquare.

Daniel

Rushed in to get out of the rain. Stayed for the nice atmosphere and Cider ????

Maxime Dubois

Everybody is here for the barmen.

Jaimie McGuire

Great little bar - lots if different types of people come here

Matt Barber

Club downstairs is hilarious and open late

Craig Bryson

Wi Fi login is ku people

Pac Man

Best gay bar in london for sure! Always meet a friendly bunch of guys here :)

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Without question the friendliest and most fun gay bar in London .

Chris R (thechristophe)

I guess it has to be done, mainly full of young attractive types cruising/judging.

prince of Arrogance

The place was fairly hopping as gay bars tend to be. As a straight man however the music was not to my liking.

Frankie Wakefield-Harrey

10 shots for £10!

Joseph Samson

Pretentious crowd but really Gorgeous Bar Men:)

Matt E

Did not have a great experience here. The door man asked me when we got here if we have been here before (I hadn't but my friend I was with had) then tried to tell me it was a members only bar .

Hennesy del Prado

Nice and friendly staff

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Friendliest gay bar in town ! Drinks were not talk expensive .

Hakan Biçer

The bartenders are so muscle ; can we watch without drinking?

James Arthur Cattell

It's been over a year since my my partner was refused entry. Makes me really happy to report; this bar DOES NOT have a racist door policy :-)

Danel James-Teape

It's all about Ku bar. Love it. One of the best bars in soho

Vladislav K.

Strawberry-lime cider is so awesome!

Kevin McCulley

Lively loud and centrally located

Thomas Pegg

Go here! Really cheap drinks Monday - Thurs £1.50 mixers. Good vibe downstairs in Ku Klub even weeknights.

Drew of Drew

Love this place, three levels of Fun :) Bar staff are seriously sexy !!

Hennesy del Prado

Award winning gay bar !!

Scott Westron

Tip Tall Paul lots or get him a job in Hollywood. Either way...

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