We all stunk after leaving here! yeah thats right….Garlic. Them shots with the chilli seeds are leathal! i had a really good night here i must say. Was an experience that i would never have gotten if my friend hadn’t pointed it out to me. would go again but you need the £££’s!

At the time of writing Garlic & Shots Qype rating is 12th out of 286. This is terrible. I can think of 10 better bars/pubs (I use bar and pub interchangably, and resent the distinction) in Ealing alone, and Ealing seems to shut down at 11pm.

This is why it gets a ‘1’ from me. The real rating is a ‘2’.

Its an ok place, not bad if you need somewhere free to go late (as another reviewer has suggested), or if you want to pop in and out for a silly shot. But I wouldn’t plan a night out around it. Luckily, I had some excellent company, and stayed in outside at the back where we could have been anywhere. Beerwise, your choices are overpriced bottles, or a ‘garlic beer’ which, despite being advertised in the beer garden, they are reluctant to serve to you unless you’re having a meal. Don’t lose any sleep about it though - its just a load of chopped garlic dropped into a small glass of carlsberg.

The problem with this place is that it’s trying to be an alternative/novelty bar, and a serious restaurant, simultaneously. Perhaps they would be better off going for one or the other, rather than trying to do both without doing either part justice. Or they could just change the name: as it is ‘Garlic & Shots’ gives the impression of a sense of humour found lacking inside.

UPDATE: Ealing does shut down at 11pm. Some places are open late, up to 2am, but won’t let you in past 11.

This place is definitely an experience, and not somewhere you want to go if you have to talk intimately with people the next day! We headed straight downstairs into the small underground bar, where there were a table of emo kids drinking beer. After ordering a round of garlic vodka shots and ‘blood’ shots (which have a respectable amount of chilli in but a little too much pepper) we went into the ‘crypt’, which is a cave into the wall where you sit around a coffin by candle light. Nuff said. Was very fun and a definite experience, you have to go there at least once.

If you’re ever looking for a bar in Soho after midnight without having to resort to paying entry fees, or dealing with drunken yobs then Garlic and Shots is the place to go. A regular haunt during my first year in London, G & S is certainly different from your average restaurant/bar with gothic/metal interior. Garlic infused drinks and food are the order of the day (although you can get bottled beer without the cloves too!). Friendly staff, a nice dark and dingy underground bar, and cheap tapas too. I hadn’t been there for 3 years until a last week and was pleased to see it hadn’t changed a bit!

Been here a few times, restaurant on ground floor, never eaten here but the menu looks delicious. The bar downstairs is quite gothy and dark. If you have a penchant for metal music and the goth scene then check this place out!

This place is an excellent late night drinking venue, as long as you stick to their rules, and can deal with the staff being abrupt with you. It's not that they aren't friendly, but they have rules, and do enforce them. I.e. don't hold the door open as it gets cold quickly; don't drink in the front of the restaurant if you aren't eating; and NEVER ask them to change the music.

Even if goth metal isn't your kind of music, you can escape from the creepy crypt bar downstairs, with a coffin for a table, to the bohemian garden out back, with huge heaters and an overhead canopy. I drank in the rain there last night, and it was quite romantic with the water thrashing down above us while we sat there warm and dry.

The shots are amazing, the bloodshot in particular, which is essentially a very spicy Bloody Mary condensed into a shot.

Please not, even if you don't drink or eat any, you will leave smelling of garlic. It's a good thing.

You guessed it right. This place is about garlic and shots. Nice combination I say. Well, occasionally. Vodka shots mainly and food as well, as long as there is some garlic involved. The downstairs area is great. A bit gothic though and the food lacks variety but still worth a visit.