Category Archives: Madame Koo

Madame Koo, Baby Lynch and Floritas to go scumtastic

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According to their Facebook page, The team behind Floritas, Baby Lynch and Madame Koo are looking for shooter girls to sell drinks to their customers.

What are they thinking?! These places are supposed to be classy bars, and now it looks like they are following the trend of the lower class bars by having people come round and annoy you and pressure you into buying more drinks.

I personally HATE these kinds of things bars do. You are the customer, and have chose their establishment out of many that are in Newcastle. You buy their drinks, but now that is not enough for them. They now have people going around trying to sell you more. Shots are cool! I love them. Sambuca, Jagermeister, Tequila, i love drinking shots. But, if i want one, i know where the bar is. Why do the bars feel the need to have this kind of gimmick.

They do have their place. I can understand them being in a place such as City Vaults, Chase and ‘fun bars’; But The bars on The Diamond Strip are supposed to be more upmarket, and have class. There is nothing upmarket about having a girl come round trying to sell you something.

One of the good things about these bars is that they dont (or didnt) have girls coming round bugging you and interrupting your night. That seems to have now gone, and these three bars are now copying the trend which is the shot girl.

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Boutique @ Madame Koo Thursday Nights

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Boutique brings together a mix of RnB and Funky house under one roof. It takes place in the latest bar on The Diamond Strip, Madame Koo.

It is advertised as offering a whole different vibe to the usual places, and is a welcome addition to a Thurday night. If you dont want to go to Lovedough, you can go here. They offer a good selection of drinks including cocktails.

Doors open at 22.00 and you can party the night away until 3am!

The Diamond Strip in Newcastle is Death Row in Midweek

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Newcastle nights out is all about the weekend. The bars are usually always full, for the last few weeks the bars on the diamond strip have had pretty big queues outside them. So what happens through the week? NOTHING! Its amazing to see places like Perdu and Floritas which get queues reguarly on Saturday night, being empty on a midweek night. I was in Perdu and Floritas, in each bar there couldnt have been more than 20 people in at any 1 time. I was gonna go into Baby Lynch but it was so sparse (i mean no staff aswell as no people) i didnt know if it were open or not.

Revolution was doing slightly better, but nowhere near what its like at the weekend. Still it got a few people in it which was more than any other bar around the area.

I guess if you wanna go out through the week the only place to go is the Gate, which does get decent numbers of people in.

Madame Koo IS serious about taking life seriously

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Madame Koo, the latest addition to the diamond strip says “Madame Koo is not serious about taking life too seriously”….But apparently she is! On Saturday night i was around the area so i decided i would give it a look, but sadly i couldn’t go in because i didn’t have a ‘token’. The bar opens officially next week but was having preview style nights, but don’t go because you will not get in. It probably isn’t a great idea for them to not allow a bar critic in :P

The only to describe the decor is your living room after christmas. You know, when you have your lights, decorations and cards up, than you take them down and your living room looks bare; that is EXACTLY what it looks like! There is nothing in the window, no blinds, curtains, nothing; And the lighting is so bright, so you can see straight in.

There is something strange about this place…The staff are SOOO nice?!!? The person on the door who didn’t let us in was actually nice about it! Not the usual wanker of a doorman you can get. I have never waked away from a place being in such a good mood :D  Then they have PR girls, although i have no idea why you’d wanna promote a bar you cant go in, seems a waste of time to me. Anyway they were also nice! Its a true revelation :D So at least they have one thing right. They were also promoting the bar last night, for their launch next week, i wonder how much paper they have wasted on the flyers, i have never known someone keep a flyer for a place for a week! They aren’t doing the environment any good! :P

If you wanna go next week set your drunk GPS to:

Madame Koo
Collingwood street (aka the diamond strip, next to Flortias)
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Bar Crawl Newcastle: Upmarket/Posh/Trendy Bars

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This is a bar crawl idea if you want to go to more upmarket/trendy bars in Newcastle. It will suit you if:

You like to spend money
You are young-mature age 21-35
You like House Music/Ambiant music
You like drinking cocktails, or more high end drinks
You dress to impress

Is this you? Then read on….

Bars you will go to:

Destination (2 drinks)
Tokyo (1 drink)
Revolution (2 drinks + shots)
Madame Koo (1 drink)
Baby Lynch (1 drink)
Floritas (1 drink)
Perdu (1 drink)
Tup Tup Palace (many drinks)
Total Drinks: 9+
Total Cost: £50-£60+ (not including club entry fee or club drinks)

The bars you will be going to are all in the same area, the central station area. Dress code is smart casual. First bar is Destination, which is next to the station hotel. If its early enough you can take advantage of their happy hour, where you can get 2for1, free drink, half price or full price by pressing the button when you get your drink. This bar can get packed at times, there are 2 bars inside with seating, aswell as many TVs and an outside area for people who smoke.

When leaving turn right and follow the road round the bend and you will get to Tokyo. This bar might be hard to miss, at it looks like a little door and nothing more, and is on its own. Get yourself a cocktail once inside, you can chill downstairs or upstairs in this place.

When leaving turn left cross the road and head back up to the bar on the corner which is Revolution, it is hard to miss. Here you can enjoy a cocktail, have one of many different kinds of vodka drinks, or get you and your mates a rack of shots, which i highly reccommend. If you are going with a few people a Jug (pitcher) of something is a must; i advise Absolut Chambles (Vodka, Champagne, Redbull). Rev is an amazing bar because of its decor, yet again its a very popular bar, and the music is House.

From leaving there turn left and walk down the street which is Collingwood street, aka “The Diamond Strip“. There are a few bars in a row here, which are Floritas, Madame Koo, Baby Lynch. Go to all of them. Whats better than bars directly next door to each other?! Get yourself a cocktail in each or some wine, or beer if you prefer.

When you exit any of these places turn left and carry on down the road to Perdu. Unfortunatly there can be long queues here, but if you can stand a 10-15 minute wait you can go in here. You can get more cocktails, long drinks or whatever you fancy here. If you are drunk enough you can dance to the commercial pop/rnb music, or chill in a booth if there is one available.

If you want to head to a club at this point there is Tup Tup Palace, which is on the opposite side of the road, further down. Another choice would be Tiger Tiger at the gate. If your not ready for a club you can keep walking down Collingwood street and go to bars Bijoux, Grund Floor @ The Attic or no.1 Grey Street