The Peacock Café, Bar & Club
148 Falcon Rd
Battersea/Clapham
(2 minutes Clapham Junction Station)
London SW11 2LW
Fax 020 7504 8032
www.the-peacock-bar.co.uk
bookings@the-peacock-bar.co.uk
Mon-Thurs 10am - Midnight
Fri-Sat 10am - 2.30am
Sun 10am - Midnight
The Peacock Bar & Club Opening & Launch Parties on Friday & Saturday February 20th and 21st
The launch
The Peacock, Clapham Junction's newest 2am bar & club opens with two fabulous launch parties on Friday & Saturday February 20th / 21st. Doors open at 7pm with opera, cabaret & burlesque performances early including Mata Hari's Dance of Feathers and Alan Costigan's performance of great Puccini arias. Later on in the evening Paul Knight & Nervous Stephen spin 80/90s pop rock indie from the pulpit (literally!) to the adoring crowd with dancing till carriages at 3am. With complimentary flavoured gin shots & canapés throughout the night this will be a night to remember! Book your reserved area and guestlist early to avoid disappointment!
The styling
The Peacock is as effortlessly stylish as it is comfortable paying homage to retro, baroque, rococo and any other style we like. Think Ercol 1950s table nests perched next to Georgian chaise longues with 50's Scandinavian modular sofas around a 60's G Plan hi -fi console. All this set in a Victorian drawing room with a Chesterfield fronted horseshoe bar, stunning all glass spirits display with a huge golden peacock at the front door to greet you and a Victorian pulpit at the back of the bar for our Djs to preach from. We break all rules so maybe it should not work but it just does. The Peacock changes with the seasons too beginning the day as a café before turning into a luxurious bar & finally a club late night Friday Saturdays. All in all making us the perfect place for your occasion whether it's a lazy morning browsing, Sunday lunch , afternoon tea, a swift drink after work or a full on night out
The café
The Peacock starts the day early as a café with dazzling array of coffees, teas, freshly squeezed juices and snacks to perk you up. Try our Honeypresso - 4 shots of espresso sweetened with fresh honey - liquid ecstasy so good it should be made illegal (and probably will be). Relax a while in one of our comfy sofas with a complimentary paper (broadsheets only except The Sun of course) and enjoy a Fruitopia - freshly squeezed mango, banana with a touch of grapefruit to give it that je ne sais quoi. Or maybe use our free WIFI to catch up with friends online. At lunchtime enjoy a delicious crab & caviar Panini washed down with a Rasberry Coulis perhaps. Or come in for afternoon tea and try some of our home made cucumber sandwiches (no crusts of course) scones, jam & Devon clotted cream. Oh and we have a exquisite range of home made cakes & tarts too - definitely not for those of us on a diet. With board games (think Monopoly, Scrabble and Snakes & Ladders) we are the perfect option for ladies that do lunch but need to keep children occupied too.
The bar
After 5pm we metamorphosize into a luxurious bar with a drinks selection to die for. As well as those so boring standard beers & spirits we boast London's widest range of Belgian fruit beers on tap and in bottles with over 25 different flavours with classics such as the draught Strawberry Fruli Fruit Beer complemented by more exotic flavours from mango through to chocolate via banana and lemon - come and taste for yourself. On the spirits side we have an exclusive range of Monastic Meads brewed by monks in Suffolk and the choice of Kings since William the Conqueror but now available to non Royalty too! We also stock the full range of Geneva flavoured Gins all thirty of them. On a more modern tip we boast a world class cocktail and wine list designed by master mixologist Emiliiano Casciello of Oxo Tower & Atlantic Bar & Grill fame including his signature Taj Mahal - a Cosmopolitan with an Eastern Twist. On the food side our menu perfectly complements our drinks whether it's a party platter or Sunday roast you choose.
The club
We have not skimped on the entertainment either bringing you the finest live performances & Djing. On Fridays from 9pm-2am we have "Oh What a Lovely Recession" with legendary DJ / Impresario Paul Necklace of Living fame bringing you the best and the worst of 80s,90s,00s - dance away the recession blues to the soundtrack of your life. On Saturdays from 9pm-2am we bring you "It's a Party" with the wonderful Joe Egg and Nervous Stephen behind the controls for more 80s,90s 00s treats just like a house warming party from many years ago. With carriages at 2.30am from our dedicated cab rank we are sure you will leave fully satisfied. But do come early as every Friday and Saturday we have a pole or burlesque displays at 9pm on the dot and our prima donnas don't like to be kept waiting
We have not forgotten the weekdays either. On Thursdays from 9pm-12am we bring you "A Night at The Sands Casino" where our oh so well groomed crooners will serenade you with classic songs from that bygone golden era think Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin and that's just for starters. And to cap it all on Sundays 8pm-12am we have "A Night at The Opera" where aspiring opera singers will soothe your ears with classic arias from Puccini to Queen whilst our staff in white tie and 30s cocktail dresses cater to your every whim (but do feel free to come in jeans and trainers). The perfect end to the perfect Weekend. And on other evening expect to see classic arthouse films playing on the walls with a funky soundtrack selected by our mix meisters to provide the perfect backdrop to your evening.
Book your reserved guestlist and reserved area online now
With a fabulous location just minutes from Clapham Junction you just know the Peacock is going to be a hit. So we recommend booking your guestlist or reserved area online, by phoning Bookings on 020 72283130 or emailing bookings@the-peacock-bar.co.uk as early as possible to avoid disappointment!
And you'll notice a very distinct writing style in all the positive ones.
The positive ones in between AAALLLLL the bad ones.
Seriously, go on, google it, you'll see!
look for words like:
Cheezy
80's/90's
mojitos
refrences to the "amazing live acts" and chaise lounges, with statements like "was amazed when I first walked in"
When was the last time ANYone was "amazed" walking into a bar?
What a joke! I went with a group of 15 friends last night and have never been so disappointed in my life. It was so bad that I am compelled to write a review- something I have never done before. Like others said, we paid in advance for a three course meal but all we were given was our starter! We had to leave at 11:30 as we were too hungry to wait any longer, and we finally wised up to the fact that dinner was never coming, despite the 'managers' repeated promises that it would come 'after the next song'. Do not believe any positive review you read about this place as it is so obvious they are written by the management. Word of mouth is a powerful thing and iI have been telling everyone how miserable The Peacock is. It's only a matter of time before this place goes out of business.
Looking for a huge night out the Peacock has to be one of the best places for it.
The drinks, shows and Djs are top notch but it the atmosphere that sets the place apart.
Everyone is so up for it and that buzz you cannot buy for love or money.
There are other venues which can match the Peacock for cocktails, performers and music but I cannot think of one that has the same atmosphere of wild abandon
Go baby go!
Especially when they don’t know how far to go:
“and feels like you are on holiday in some exotic faraway place"
"The Dj's then blow your mind by playing every song you remember from uni. A true escapist experience."
"We kept trying their endless cocktail list and topping up the order as everything complimented each other so well."
Seems EVERYTHING was perfect.
"What an amazing place!" Who would actually write this about a bar?
"He literally brought the house down with superb one liners (to a Hen Party -"Do you know where your boyfriend is tonight - mine's in prison)" 1. This is simply not very funny. – you need to get out more. 2. Learn the meaning of the word "literally". If he had of done this it may have improved the place.
Incredibly sexy place to meet friends for a drink and yummy entertainment.
We kept trying their endless cocktail list and topping up the order as everything complimented each other so well.
Fruit flavoured beers surprisingly nice too. OK admittedly we had some help from the very knowledgeable staff about what to order.
The decor plus the cocktails makes a very heady experience especially once the performers start coming on.
We also ended up making friends with the table next to us.
Peacock is certainly not for the shy and stuck up as this place encourages you to be less inhibited and feels like you are on holiday in some exotic faraway place - not to mention the performers trying to drag you on stage .
The Dj's then blow your mind by playing every song you remember from uni. A true escapist experience.
What an amazing place! I had my leaving drinks here and could not be more impressed with the live burlesque peformances and their Frank Sinatra guy.
Then we danced all night to their wonderful DJ Diskojuice or something - all a bit cheesy but who cares. Cocktails are great too. Def coming back
Not sure about the earlier stuff but I was at a friends engagement party at The Peacock last Saturday.
I am not really a fan of burlesque or cabaret but they had an Amy Winehouse ("Andy Winehouse") act in drag complete with hairy chest and a really good voice who got her mannerisms absolutely right.
He literally brought the house down with superb one liners (to a Hen Party -"Do you know where your boyfriend is tonight - mine's in prison) in between banging out her songs
We all drank lots of Mojitos and danced away the rest of the night to 80s and 90s stuff.
Wonderful atmosphere
Strongly recommend esp if can get a cordoned off area or reserved area like we hadut....
Clearly this is some sort of Joke.
It’s an old pub with a lick of paint and a very happy-with-himself manager. needed to be seen at all times, and thought he was managing a real club, not a pub with an identity crisis. If he owns the place the midlife crisis is all too evident.
the opening was horrendous.
The launch:
bar service took up to 20 mins, bar staff struggled opening the bottle of wine. Offered to do it for them – offer accepted. Ran out of beer before 9pm.
Pole dancing. POLE DANCING.
The styling:
a square room with some couches in the corners. Odd assortment of props to look sophisticated. Didn't.
The bar:
Horseshoe shaped bar. just like any pub.
The club:
"Victorian pulpit at the back of the bar for our Djs to preach from." read: bedroom DJ standing on a stool, with a 1x1 foot second hand pulpit in the corner of the room. Lighting and sound straight off the shelf. Self installed.
Think Wetherspoons with a PR agency.
It isn't Battersea/Clapham, it's Battersea. Will you all please stop this Clapham nonsense. The Falcon Road is in Battersea and is nowhere near Clapham.
What happened to the Meyrick. Why does the world change like this. Who's in charge here? Is nothing sacred?
more like cock and bull(shit). absolute rubbish venue. no style, shit drinks and rubbish ambience.
The venue is still not open to the public / press. Are you a competitor by any chance??? :-)
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