On
Friday Manchester Cool Bars
Meetup group dropped into
Eden, the new
botanical-themed club in The Printworks.
Starting
in Hard Rock Cafe next door, we
dropped into Eden a little before 11pm and before any queues built
up. Eden, the club that occupies the space that once was Tiger Tiger,
has populated the 3 floors with garden-fuls of ivy and blossom,
weaving it into the walls and stair rails, punctuating it with bursts
of glowing neon. Each room has a different DJ, some playing more
dance, some more hip hop, but still keeping a traditional
early-naughties big-club feel. Among the DJs, I spotted Lewis Barlow, formerly of Venus club,
playing house and Sarah Giggle
playing hip-hop.
Drinks
are served up in quaint tin cans.
Part
of the club- you may remember it as the Boogie Wonderland room
playing disco music, in its former guise- is kitted out with VIP
booths, in which I gather some Coronation Street stars were
drinking.
In
one of the bigger rooms, TOWIE's Mark Wright took to the decks.
Eden
is a gorgeous venue but it is still in need of a few licks of paint.
With it being such a massive building, and with bar culture way more
popular than clubs at the moment, filling it will be a challenge. It
deserves to be busy, though, having good range and aesthetics. A fun
night. I want to go back on a Saturday soon.
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