Dex Hotel
- Thread starter Choc
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the toilets and bar and stuff aren't ready yet so i think at the moment whenever there is a party it's a good time to go and check it out. (maybe even plan an offline there...editor?)
i didn't realise it was going to be a pm club soon. i went saturday and paid a fair £3 in (before 10) and we had a whale of a time.
2 spanish mates of mine went into the hot tub (naked
) shame the weather was not good enough for more people to go in etc.
i think a hot tub in the midst of brixton is a fab idea be it elitist or not. it s about time to get some standard (of living) into this dark and crazy place.
Crispy said:
i didn't realise it was going to be a pm club soon. i went saturday and paid a fair £3 in (before 10) and we had a whale of a time.
2 spanish mates of mine went into the hot tub (naked
) shame the weather was not good enough for more people to go in etc.i think a hot tub in the midst of brixton is a fab idea be it elitist or not. it s about time to get some standard (of living) into this dark and crazy place.
Monkeygrinder's Organ said:
fist i wanna see those celebreties and shoreditch types invading brixton before i will believe it.
i am all for a wide range of things and brixton can do with a bit of nice here and there imo.
plus so far there have been a few things going on without any membership. we nearly went a few weeks ago but decided not to only because it was too late. would have only been a fiver in then.
wow, okay though, i have just been on their webpage.
...that hotel project seems really far fetched i have to admit. i pitty their hotel guest who will get hasseled without a doubt by the street guys outside...lol plus the air on that square is a bit dirty too somehow (kfc,highstreet)
however the location/building is brilliant and now is the time to go and check it out.
...that hotel project seems really far fetched i have to admit. i pitty their hotel guest who will get hasseled without a doubt by the street guys outside...lol plus the air on that square is a bit dirty too somehow (kfc,highstreet)
however the location/building is brilliant and now is the time to go and check it out.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Eh?zenie said:You don't shit on your own doorstep though
That doesn't make any sense at all. I'm going to a party there on Saturday, after popping in To Windmill to see the Kiwis off. Will report back. BTW the roof/Dex was free to hire apparently - as long as enough is spent on the barwurlycurly
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I was there last Saturday and liked it a lot. Sound system was excellent and the punters seemed uber-chilled, and I couldn't smell any chicken despite being very hungry. My only gripe was that they've taken out all the lovely art deco trimmings, which seemed a bit absurd. Toilets could do with some work as well but I'm sure that will happen in time. Drink prices weren't extortianate. I did not see anyone naked in the hot tub
Choc said:i think a hot tub in the midst of brixton is a fab idea be it elitist or not. it s about time to get some standard (of living) into this dark and crazy place.
At the moment there isn't really anything for anyone to get annoyed about is there? It's open to all and cheap to get in and just has a gimmick with the roof/jacuzzi thing.
Who wants to go for a hottub above KFC in a fortnight??
If it becomes a members club then boo hoo etc. but I don't think it's going to keep me up at night - unless I lived next door obviously, that might be shit.
Kanda said:
Yes, exactly, and I think that is one of their marketing strands.
Of course if it is better for members of bands and well-paid visiting DJs etc to go further into C London to a chain hotel, eat in restaurants outside Brixton etc rather than establish and support independent Brixton businesses, run with Brixton employees etc, or have a place that the occasional tourist can stay, eat, shop and vsit the forthcoming Black Cultural Atchives etc, then so be it. But personally I think that as well as pressurising for consistent and good local authority support for housing, education and facilities fo Brixton's most disaffected citizens, Brixton also needs thriving businesses. One does not have to be at the expense of the other. Black Cultural Archives will have a national profile. New cultural facilities are being discussed by many differnt organisations opening up in Brixton, many Brixton businesses have clients who could stay in a Brixton hotel. Why not welcome visitors who appreciate what Brixton is?
PieEye said:
Who wants to go for a hottub above KFC in a fortnight??
i am up for it. or maybe this saturday like orang utan..but then in two weeks time would suit me better actually.
does anyone know btw what used to be there before?
it is a beautiful building, stone staircases, spacious, lovely lamps etc. that is why i was so gobsmacked on saturday.
view-wise: i found that electric avenue roof tops (or maisionette level flats) have a better one than the dex hotel, hehe
well it must be that old rounded building that swept round the corner of Coldharbour Lane and Brixton Rd before it got a facade stuck on which is what we see now.
I don't know my brixton architecture like some though - am I right in thinking that there's a lovely old building been covered up on that corner?
I don't know my brixton architecture like some though - am I right in thinking that there's a lovely old building been covered up on that corner?
RushcroftRoader
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No damn it, we want Shoreditch to turn into Brixton - give the dealers somewhere else to go!
teuchter
je suis teuchter
RushcroftRoader
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So is the place actually fully open for business then?
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
yeah, it was lovely. Very good place to have a summer party.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Just got back from a couple of hours at "Dex".
Roof terrace is pretty nice, with hot tub operational, but definitely not finished.
The main room downstairs and the stairwell are getting there but also distinctly unfinished with wires hanging off the ceiling and so forth. And the toilets are a bit of a shambles.
And it took about twenty minutes to get a drink.
It could be very nice. I do like the main curved room with its views out (although I think I possibly preferred it in its slightly trashed state before the renovations started). Still a long way off anything that you could persuade people to pay a membership fee for though.
Roof terrace is pretty nice, with hot tub operational, but definitely not finished.
The main room downstairs and the stairwell are getting there but also distinctly unfinished with wires hanging off the ceiling and so forth. And the toilets are a bit of a shambles.
And it took about twenty minutes to get a drink.
It could be very nice. I do like the main curved room with its views out (although I think I possibly preferred it in its slightly trashed state before the renovations started). Still a long way off anything that you could persuade people to pay a membership fee for though.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
According to some posters I saw, Dex used to be a ballroom
