Dave R.
Google
So this review is purely for the Eurovision Party that this venue hosted on 17 May 2025. They advertised this as “The ultimate Eurovision celebration” with
• Live screening of the Eurovision performances – cheer for your favourite acts! 🎤
• Special prizes for the best dressed – think sparkles, sequins, and outrageous outfits! 💎
• Eurovision bingo to make things even more fun – can you spot the classic Eurovision moments?
Their listing got taken up by the official Eurovision Fan Club, so lots of people turned up and the venue was packed. Good for them! And good for me as I live only one street away, and had booked our table a week in advance, and people had travelled from all over London to join me here. Except…
If you’re going to host a Eurovision party, then maybe plan for it before the event actually starts? Like, check the TV works and that the sound does too. Eurovision started at 8pm and it took them until 830pm to get the speakers working and in sync with the TV. Until then, there was about a 60 second lag between the pictures and the audio. Which makes for a very weird experience!!
Even then, the TV was small and low down and at one end of the viewing garden, so only people nearby could see it. Which luckily we were, but it was a real shame for most of the other people who had booked. But even that didn’t really matter since the sound was so quiet that you couldn’t really make out the words from any of the singers, or from Graham Norton. Think of it more of an ambient quiet background noise Eurovision party, not really something you could say you were watching.
We dressed up and a few other people on other tables did. There was however no sign of anyone offering prizes for costumes or, indeed, really caring what you wore.
As for Eurovision Bingo, yes, you’ve guessed it, that never happened either.
I think the beer at this venue looked good but they hadn’t really staffed up for all the guests, and at one point the queue for the bar stretched outside of the venue. So when our first drinks ran out, we just got up and walked home to have a house party instead. Where we could actually see and hear the show!
Overall, terrible organisation and mis-selling. I’ll be letting the Eurovision Fan Club know so that they don’t list this venue again. What a shame, it could have been so good.