we spent friday night here for my boyfriend's birthday celebrations.  snagging a big table on a friday night took just a bit of waiting and then the next few hours passed easily as folks filtered in and out.  \n\nthere was plenty of room at our big table(s) for the 10 or so people in our group and no one minded when things got a bit raucous.  i have no idea how pricey the drinks are as no one let me buy my own all night! but the pistachios weren't too expensive and i was happy to munch them down throughout the evening. the music wasn't too loud and the barstaff seemed quite friendly.  the crowd was pretty cool, too.\n\nmy only gripe is that, on the way out as the place was closing, the jellybean machine ate my 20p.  boo.