A little Too 2 much
Our hostess, 'Miss' Kimberley, a foxy Diana Ross lookalike, shows us to a booth at this reinvented Soho burlesque joint. Housed in the former Raymond's Revue Bar, the original art deco interior and general Liza Minnelli/Cabaret cod-decadent vibe survive.
Tiered seating overlooks the dancefloor action, as a cast of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy wannabes gyrate to thumpy-humpy house, spurred on by a high-kicking Claudia-Schiffer-the-rough-years drag queen and a scantily clad Dan-from-Big-Brother'slittlebrother pole dancer.
The good-natured atmosphere is somewhat marred by a phalanx of high-profile security men dressed up as FBI agents. Is George Bush in the house? Not tonight. But old coppertop Cilla Black and her camp coterie are fans, I'm told.
Flirty waiter service delivers honestly priced, confident cocktails. At £6.50, a fair Long Beach Tea is a bargain, but the date's Blue Cheese Martini is an experiment too far - an iffy, whiffy, Dolcelatte novelty with all the allure of Lily Savage's used tights.
There's a gloriously tacky mirrored bar upstairs, where you can get to know that Rimmel demonstrator from Allders in Croydon you just pulled. Given the pre-publicity's promise of 'polyamorous indulgence', this hardened clubber anticipated the excesses of Studio 54 and Taboo or, at the very least, a Frankie Goes To Hollywood video shoot. But, although this fluffy entertainment is good fun, I found Too 2 Much a trifle Too 2 vanilla in essence. Keith Barker-Main
11-12 Walker's Court W1. Tel: 020 7734 0377. Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Too 2 Much
11-12 Walker's Court, W1
