Central Station

went down to see a mate, good entertainment, was laughing non stop, prices are alrite, i know cheap places so yeah was a lil shocking cos i'd spent my time round them too much, but then again, its pretty cheap for the location

Almost a North London institution, and one of the longest established gay clubs/bars in the area, it has undergone a fairly big makeover in the last couple of years as the rest of King's Cross drags itself into its new era of regeneration. In an attempt to attract a more mixed, cosmopolitan crowd the first floor club has been closed and converted into a restaurant and beer garden, and the upper floors are now a fairly good budget hotel. Overall the food is really nice, and although the accommodation is basic - the rooms are not en suite - they are well furnished and clean. The noise from the ground floor bar and basement nightclub does leak into the upstairs bedrooms however. In most evenings there is a regular programme of gay cabaret in the main ground floor bar.

In an attempt to distance itself from its seedy past, Central Station's basement fetish-oriented nightclub has been rebranded "The Underground" and isn't accessible anymore from the rest of the building - having its own separate entrance. This is the one area which is still strictly "gentlemen only"... say no more! Listings of what's happening each week are published in Boyz magazine.