In 1999 The Social opened in Little Portland Street. The brainchild of a record company whose offshoots included a hugely successful underground club night, The Social was set up with a simple manifesto – to provide great music and better booze to anyone who fancied tripping through the doors.
Twelve years later and still run by the original team who created it – Heavenly Recordings & The Breakfast Group – the bar is an award winning London institution. Designed back then by a partnership of David Adjaye and Will Russell (now of Pentagram) with the proviso of withstanding nuclear attack or – at the very least – the worst that people could chuck at it, The Social has launched over a million hugely successful hangovers.
The Social Bar
Bar in Marylebone
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8 / 10 from 2 reviews
Telephone
020 7636 4992
020 7636 4992
Region
Marylebone
Marylebone
Category
Bars
Bars
Other Branches
Breakfast Group
Breakfast Group
Opening Times
| Monday |
Open 09:00 - Closes 00:00 |
| Tuesday |
Open 09:00 - Closes 00:00 |
| Wednesday |
Open 09:00 - Closes 00:00 |
| Thursday |
Open 09:00 - Closes 01:00 |
| Friday |
Open 09:00 - Closes 01:00 |
| Saturday |
Open 17:00 - Closes 01:00 |
| Sunday | Closed |
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All In London Review
The Social
Sat northeast of Oxford Street, The Social has been a staple of central London’s music scene for many a year. Space may be of a premium in the underground bar/club, but that has never stopped it bringing some of the best nights to the capital. Seats are pushed around the sides of the dance floor in cosy booths, the stage regularly shakes to live performances and there’s even a food and cocktail menu for those slow early week evenings.
For food, see burgers and BLTs – solid bar sustenance. Drinks are a little more varied with cocktails like the Apple Crumble (Apple Schnapps, Goldschlager, cinnamon liqueur and apple juice) alongside draught beers like Amstel and Sagres. However, The Social isn’t really about the food or the drink, it’s the entertainment pumped out from its eclectic range of nights.
Poetry slams meet Hip-Hop Karaoke and dancehall parties follow on from electro nights - and then there are the Sub Soul Saturdays. If the likes of Jazzie B of Soul 2 Soul spinning anything from soul, disco and hip-hop gets you moving then it has to be one of the most fool proof weekly events in London.
It has been going strong for over a decade and there is no doubt that it is on track to match that and then some…
Reviewed by T.A.O
Published on Aug 22, 2012
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Star101
Nov 20, 2006
Tucked away behind hustle and bustle of Oxford Street you will find The Social. A cool trendy little bar, with 2 floors and cool music, serving the yummiest cocktails and good old fashioned food. Astonishingly flattering dim lighting and cosy red leather booths. Great any day of the week, popular with people who look like they dont give a damn. its seriously too cool for school.
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