This would be a great place if they just turned the volume down.
The voodoo rooms is a stylish bar for the over 21s crowd. Situated above the Café Royal, it has the same fantastic architecture, with an ornate celling big glass windows, and comfortable semi-circular booths with leather seating. The lights are dimmed low and there are candles on the tables for the trendy/romantic feel.
There is a reasonable selection of beer on tap and in a bottle for a place of this ilk, though don’t expect any hand pull ales as this place is too trendy for that. If you are in the market for a cocktail though you’re in luck as there is a menu on the table. As with many bars in Edinburgh bring your cheque book!
The service in this bar can vary. When the bar’s quiet service is fine, but when it’s busy the bar staff can get a bit stressed and arsy, and sometimes it can take forever to get served. However it seems when there is an event on (there are regular live gigs in the room next door) there is table service which is handy as the bar is packed.
The music is generally quite cool and different to the same chart stuff you hear in most bars, however my bug bear is that it is too loud. I was in there last night and when I arrived the volume was fine - lively but fine for conversation, however after half 10 they cranked the volume up. At the risk of sounding old, bars are for drinking and having some chat, if you want loud music you go to a nightclub.
This could be a good bar. It’s a pleasant change from the mainly ‘old man’ bars in this area of Edinburgh, or the overly trendy tacky bars on George Street. However they really should turn down the music.
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| Turn that record player down! |
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