Memory Box Cocktail Bar
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About Memory Box Cocktail Bar
Memory Box Cocktail Bar is a cocktail bar at 88 High St in Croydon, set under the flyover. Cocktails are the focus, with a lychee cocktail among them and a happy hour alongside. Food comes from the Italian restaurant next door, run by the same owners, so meals sit alongside the drinks. A DJ plays music, and the venue can be hired for private parties. The bar opens Wednesday to Saturday, evenings only, and stays closed on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention cocktails, security team, happy hour prices and lychee cocktail.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention cocktails, security team, happy hour prices and lychee cocktail.
Customer Review Summary
Cocktails are the draw at this Croydon bar, with reviewers calling them imaginative and singling out a lychee cocktail and the two-for-one deal, plus happy hour prices they find decent. Close behind is a sense of safety. Several reviewers, including a woman who often goes out alone, say the security team and bar staff look after people. A bartender is described as helpful and knowledgeable, and a barmaid is praised for remembering regulars' drinks. Music and atmosphere also earn repeated praise, and one reviewer suggests arriving between nine and eleven for a quiet drink, or later for a livelier night. The complaints are specific. One asthmatic reviewer found heavy vaping inside the bar, even by the DJ, and plans to stay away until management deals with it. Another diner called the food from the neighbouring kitchen tasteless, said payment was required before it arrived, and said starters came out together with the mains. One host of a daytime party for roughly eighty to a hundred guests praised the catering and DJ, and staff even let her make a cocktail behind the bar.
Customer Review Summary
Cocktails are the draw at this Croydon bar, with reviewers calling them imaginative and singling out a lychee cocktail and the two-for-one deal, plus happy hour prices they find decent. Close behind is a sense of safety. Several reviewers, including a woman who often goes out alone, say the security team and bar staff look after people. A bartender is described as helpful and knowledgeable, and a barmaid is praised for remembering regulars' drinks. Music and atmosphere also earn repeated praise, and one reviewer suggests arriving between nine and eleven for a quiet drink, or later for a livelier night. The complaints are specific. One asthmatic reviewer found heavy vaping inside the bar, even by the DJ, and plans to stay away until management deals with it. Another diner called the food from the neighbouring kitchen tasteless, said payment was required before it arrived, and said starters came out together with the mains. One host of a daytime party for roughly eighty to a hundred guests praised the catering and DJ, and staff even let her make a cocktail behind the bar.
Featured reviews
- Joseph Ankrah
“Its a vibe. Go between 2100 and 2300 for a quite cocktail or later for a more vibrant night. Great music and great atmosphere. Decently priced cocktails too. Love it”
- Vic O'saur
“Have been coming to Memory Box for a while now and it is a great place. They look after people and I genuinely always feel safe whilst I'm there. Great music, great staff and great security. I feel safer here then most places in Croydon x”
- Ryder
“They served with a smile. Shan was so lovely and served us with a lovely manner. Will be coming back. I used to work at slug and lettuce and honestly this a lovely place to be in🥺 I ordered a lychee cocktail and was to die for🤍”
- Donna Stevens
“Good vibes and cool drinks, but for me it's the staff and security teams that are amazing. I like to go out on my own and as a woman I need to know the security are on it should I get hassled. The guys here are amazing, Joe one of the bar managers is a sweet heart, and that goes for all the security guys too, I feel looked after and safe and that means I can relax and have a great time.”
- Philippe
“Great place but RUINED for us by the amount of VAPING inside the bar! Every other person seemed to be puffing away - even the DJ! - and it wasn't just discrete puffs but clouds of vapour . I'm an asthmatic and will be avoiding this place until management sort that out.”
Hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
- Closed
Good to know
“Beautiful and intimate cocktail bar under the flyover in Croydon, serving a range of unique cocktails”
- AccessibilityWheelchair-accessible entrance · Wheelchair-accessible seating · Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Amenities
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
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- Accessibility· 3
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
Location
Cocktail bars near Memory Box Cocktail Bar
- Clover’s Brixton4.63276.3 mi away£10–30
jerk chicken, salt fish fritters, happy hour margaritas
- Pergola Brixton4.71,3116.4 mi away£20–60
bottomless brunch, food from brixton market, margarita
- The Little Orange Door4.71,7246.5 mi away£10–50
bottomless brunch, £5 picantes, private room hire
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Box Cocktail Bar | 4.6753 | — | — | cocktails, security team, happy hour prices |
| Clover’s Brixton | 4.6327 | 6.3 mi away | £10–30 | jerk chicken, salt fish fritters, happy hour margaritas |
| Pergola Brixton | 4.71,311 | 6.4 mi away | £20–60 | bottomless brunch, food from brixton market, margarita |
| The Little Orange Door | 4.71,724 | 6.5 mi away | £10–50 | bottomless brunch, £5 picantes, private room hire |
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