Review of the new club
Esthetically the club looks great. Everything is new, even all the bathroom fixtures. All new carpeting, seating, tables. The walls are painted like cool flowing curtains. There is plenty of room. The stage is a T shape coming out from where the old shower was. Now they have stairs there coming down from the DJ booth where the girls enter. There is also another stage off to the side in a sectioned/raised area.
Sadly they no longer have the trapezes, just a couple poles. Perverts row is created with just tables near the stage. There is plenty of seating, the club is wide open and the VIP room is more enclosed then it was before.
Sadly there are no big screen TV's, the old Forum use to have 4 or 5 big projection screens, great for watching the games. They only have 3 or 4 small TVs (maybe 19 - 20 inch).
I found the place too cold, I was shivering not long after being in there and it never warmed up. I also found it too loud. Over time they will find a more comfortable level for the heat and the sound I hope.
The most annoying thing I've ever experienced though would make me not go back. They have 3 flood lights mounted to the ceiling around the stage, they set them off in bright flashes in a rotating order. It was hurting my eyes every time one of them went off to the point where I actually had to shield my eyes to watch the stage in comfort.
Since it was opening night you found many old Forum faces returned, even some girls who hadn't danced in years but wanted to dance at the new place. I wasn't really impressed with the girls working, other then Jada (long dark hair, petite with a great body). Apparently his lack of advertising also left him short on girls working, he was even calling dancers at 5pm asking them to come in.
Overall he could possibly have the best club in London but unless he does something about those annoying flood lights you won't find me frequently this place like I did the Forum. I use to live at the Forum, this place could be just as much fun, especially with all the girls abandoning Solid Gold's because they are fed up with management.
Sorry I can't report on how the VIP's are, I went with my girlfriend and some of her friends, all of whom are dancers and no way would they let me go for a dance, we were just there for a couple drinks to check the place out.
I recommend that you check out Legends, especially if you went to the Forum and always wanted to see the place cleaned up.