Talia's reviews
Review of The Phoenix Artist Club
30 Apr 08, 01:49
wicked 
Mental but amazing place under the Phoenix Theatre on Charing X Road.
Members only after 8pm but once you're in you're in - doors are at 5. If you want to join it's £120 standard but there are cheaper rates if you are in the arts darling! Various jobs get you in free also, hooray!
Old fashioned with walls covered in theatre posters and crazy people wandering about but it's brilliant and is open till 3am. You'll never get bored, and prepare yourself for the songs of the musicals played on a ropey old pa.
Honestly it's the best.
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Review of Dominion Theatre
30 Apr 08, 01:46
Tadah! 
Just by Tottenham Court Station, this is more than a theatre but also a great meeting place as one of London's favourite things to say is 'I'll meet you under Freddie!'
As a theatre it's a nice size - not too big, and the bars are comfortably priced rather than mega expensive.
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Review of Tesco Express
30 Apr 08, 01:45
Potato Famine 
This is a pretty useless Tesco Express. It's really small and is constantly sold out of basic food like chicken, bread and any vegetables. Honestly it's ridiculous - go first thing in the morning or not at all - and don't expect to find any potatoes.
The staff are also rude and weird.
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Review of Dim T
30 Apr 08, 01:42
Yum 
Another branch of the London chain of Dim T. We occasionally go to this one if we don't want to go into the West End.
I think the staff are more efficient here but the menu is the same so expect dim sum and noodles.
My favourite combination is thick rice noodles with chicken and the 'healthy' topping. Try it!
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Review of Dim T
30 Apr 08, 01:41
Yum
I love this dim t restaurant. If you fancy chinese food but with a twist then this is the place to be.
Dim sum wise I'm a big fan of chicken & asian greens and you get about 3 portions in each dish so we normally order 5 dishes between 2.
Then onto the mains, there are a few normal dishes like crispy duck, green thai curry salads etc, but the majority of people go for the stir fry option. Choose your meat, noodles, and topping and away you go. Portions used to be huge but have shrunk recently.
Only problem is that service can be quite slow so if you're short of time probably best to give it a miss.
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Review of Internacionale
30 Apr 08, 01:36
Shop
This is a mixture of homewear and ladies clothing. Kind of like a low rent Urban Outfitters.
It's at the back of the Hounds Hill centre but I think may be shutting soon due to the redevelopment.
Clothes are ok but nothing special & the changing rooms are often quite messy.
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Review of Bay Trading Co
30 Apr 08, 01:35
Shop
In the former location of Dolcis, Bay Trading seems like quite a tacky shop or at least one that is frequented by mid teens.
Dolcis still has a small section of the store occupying the left hand wall. However everything is quite jumbled and they seem to take ages getting shoes for you to try on.
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Review of Urban Retreat
30 Apr 08, 01:33
relax
If you're having your hair done in Harrods, you know it's not going to be a bad job. But watch out - only go here when you feel rich.
As well as hair cuts you can get beauty treatments like manicures and massages which is good, and there's often space on the day so if you get really hacked off with shopping you can just pop off for a massage brill!
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Review of Topshop
30 Apr 08, 01:32
Shop
This topshop is quite small and doesn't have that great a range of stuff. Also the turnaround in different styles is quite slow.
Menswear is on the ground floor and ladieswear upstairs which always bothers me as surely it's a ladieswear store first! Just a niggle that's always annoyed me!!
Always lots of staff to help though and the shoe assistants are always lovely.
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Review of Topshop
30 Apr 08, 01:30
Shop
This is either amazing or a nightmare depending what type of mood you're in. It's always busy and it is massive so you can actually forget where you were a few minutes ago to find a top again if you haven't been there before.
There's a cafe in the basement and toilets free for anyone to use. Unusually for a top shop there is a whole floor of concessions with small outlets for up and coming designers which is great.
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