Abcat Cine Club

Caledonian Road, London

Abcat Cine Club
Average User Rating 3 out of 10 (1 reviews)

Address:	72 Caledonian Road London N1 9DN
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Venue Type:	Xxx - Adult Venues
Region:	(London)
Nearest Station:	King's Cross St. Pancras
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3 out of 10 stars

I'd love to do a good review for Abcat, but I can't. I know the place too well.

I love porno, and I luv porn cinemas, and London ain't got enough of them, and so it's a pity that Abcat Cine Club, which is a well-established institution, should miss so many opportunities to be good.

We all like a bit of spit and sawdust - BUT Abcat is just grubby and rundown, in need of a good scrub from top to bottom. The management is easygoing and pleasant enough to the punters, but they don't bother to keep the place looking smart.

The films are mediocre - hardcore, yes, but hey - we can get better than that on the PC in the office! Abcat offers a mixed bag of such variable quality as to be mostly frustrating rather than the turnon we want from a porno cinema.

You pay your money each day you visit (about 8 or 9 quid, I think) and the programme changes twice weekly, showing sections from full-length porn films. Stay as long as you want, but the trouble is that whoever puts the stuff together obviously doesn't review the content, and doesn't give a toss about the results. Worse, the audience doesn't bother to complain.

The place could be a real pull, especially at lunchtimes; it should be great - for everyone: couples and/or str8 blokes (there's a gay cinema round the corner) or ladies in need of fun and maybe some bicurious experiments - but it rarely seems to be busy these days.

A great pity, and such a waste - it's in a prime place for adult entertainment (King's Cross) especially now that the area is being 'regenerated'. All those office/site/railway workers need some fun at breaktimes.

Maybe somebody with some imagination ...

Name: James
Location: South London

Added by A Customer on Sat 19 Mar 2011 at 13:32:23
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James

Whilst I think you have many valid criticisms and I'm sorry your visit to us was not as pleasurable as we would have wished I think nevertheless you were being slightly unfair as to the content of the programmes. The club is licensed by the local council so obviously we are limited as to what we can show as well as the product that we can obtain commercially. Nevertheless we show adult hardcore R18 films such as you might find in the DVD section of licensed sex shops including at least one of the latest films every week. Since going digital about 4 years ago we have extended the length of the show from 2 to 3 hours. In that time I attempt to incorporate as many different porn genres as possible including fetish, lesbian, black, interracial, mature and teen. As one man's porn thrill may be another's flaccid flop there may well be parts of the programme that are less arousing than others but the aim is at least to have something that may appeal.

We do get feedback from our customers and indeed welcome their suggestions and try to modify the programmes accordingly. You should remember that we are a small, independently-run business, one of the few left in the area, consisting of mainly part-time staff and helpers including myself, which is run on a very tight budget which accounts for the lack of fixtures and fittings. I would love to present programmes including live exotic dancers, free cocktails for the patrons and Hawaiian-themed evenings and have suggested as much to the proprietors but unfortunately a shortage of development capital restrains them from doing so.

Instead we present a competitively-priced programme of adult entertainment as well as a meeting-place for like-minded adults. We have been in business on this site with a loyal following since 1969 progressing through cine film, video and into the digital age so we have tried to keep pace with the changing times although the ambience is distinctly that of the 1950s. We would welcome new patrons to judge for themselves and not take either my or James' word for it. Whilst you are here you might like to check out "Oscars", the Abcat's companion club under the same management, around the corner in Northdown Street, devoted exclusively to showing feature-length unedited gay male adult films which was opened only a few years ago and so has a much more up-to-date appearance but whatever your tastes or criticisms you will always found a warm and pleasant welcome awaiting you from us.

From: Allan D
Position: Programme Compiler

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