The Fighting Cocks Bar & Venue 56 Old London Road, Kingston Upon Thames KT2 6QA

"An excellent Metal/Rock/Alternate music venue for younger people. Everyone is accepting and friendly. They have interesting bands and events regularly and an good selection of drinks since Matt (the new owner) has taken over. He has also had a cover placed over the smoking section and added comfortable seating which is fantastic. The only minor thing I would say is that I suffer from audio-sensory issues (including tinnitus and auditory sensitivity). I use special ear buds to help negate this, but the music but it didn't seem to help much. I love music, but it can be a little overwhelming over prolonged periods of time, and can even become painful. A minor thing to improve inclusivity could be to turn the volume down in the little side room by the bar closest to the A307 to give people with auditory problems some respite without having to go outside."

"That's just a great place to go. Great music, drink experiences which are so different. Try the alien brain"

"I wanted to visit this venue with my boyfriend on Friday night because he said it was a good place. However, the security guard at the front door didn't want to let us in because he thought we were too drunk. This was far from the truth and was proven by the fact that a few minutes later one of his colleagues let us in finally without any problems. We ordered two beers that we wanted to drink in peace whilst listening to good music. This couldn't happen due to the first doorman showed up. He abused us verbally and physically, shouted at us, was aggressive and incomprehensibly angry. He intentionally poured our drinks on the floor and on us, smashed the glasses. I normally don't write reviews like this and I worked in hospitality too. I don't agree that the customer is always right. But I've never experienced such rudeness. I've never experienced someone abusing their perceived 'power' like this. I've never felt so humiliated in a venue. We were absolutely harmless, didn't hurt or provoke anyone, just wanted to drink our drinks we paid for. We were shocked by this situation and other people around us didn't get this either. It was absolutely unnecessary and unacceptable. We may not have been sympathetic to him for any reason but this can't be an excuse for his horrible behaviour, we were paying guests. I also can imagine he was unwilling to let us in close to closing time (11 PM ish) even though we had no intention of sleeping there. We just wanted to spend a pleasant night in a good place and traveled a lot for it. Instead we had awful time there. There's no way I would recommend this place after what happened and I only hope there will be consequences because it says a lot about the management how they handle this. I'd prefer not to give a single star but the site doesn't let me send my review without it. There are way better places in London for those people who love rock and metal music."

"Great bar! The staff were amazing, friendly and fun! Great choices of drinks including rattler in bottles which I was sooo happy about! The jukebox is awesome full of all rock metal and lots of other music! Pool table is good and a nice function room. Not the biggest place but had lots of fun."