The Dogstar in Lambeth

Not what I was expecting from a place in Brixton with Jamaican, so thumb down

Celebrated my birthday there. Good vibe! Discount cocktails, discount on beer jugs and always good energy Friday & Saturday night till 3am they have a DJ. Attached a video from my last visit.

I found it extremely quiet for a Saturday night, with only a handful of people. Very different from how I remembered it 15/16 years ago. This place used to be so lively.

Music was good and the drinks were too

My friend DJ'd at this place.To be honest it wasn't that busy possibly to do with the football that was playing earlier and most folks had gone home

Went there for a photo shoot 🔫 🤪 👌 🙂

Good location for a night out, special shout out to Ueal behind the bar for his outstanding service

Christie & Owen were amazing behind the bar at a friend’s private party - they went above beyond only to add to a fantastic night, brilliant venue and cracking atmosphere - all the staff were great, on the door and behind the bottom bar also. Always enjoy going to this venue.

Nice enough evening after a gig elsewhere. The bar staff were super efficient, no hassles waiting to be served as they were onto you as soon as they'd finished with the previous person. Friendly enough atmosphere too.

Your bouncer offered my friend out for a fight because she brushed her with an umbrella. Thanks for ruining my friends night.

Was there on Saturday. What's happened to that place??? "DJ" just played cheesy music (basically played some songs!) and place was fairly empty. Staff were great. What a let down. Was one of my fav years ago. Will give it a miss from now on.

It's a Good Night Out, Excellent Service all Round

Great DO and staff. Great vibe ..

Good space, didnt have food, but it's a good place to have a drink.

Bar staff r not very good. They need to learn to not fill up the glass to the top with mixer. Ucan always add but cannot take it away. I might as well just ordered a lemonade . Then said to me when I told her y is there so much lemonade, well u never said I shouldn't have to u r working here and getting paid. Learn to serve the drinks properly. And the drinks r to expensive £7 for a single .

Nice chilled out pub with large tables and a great selection of beverages.

A great pub who are very Autism friendly. Just friendly and laid back approach. How a local pub and get together should be ! Amazing.

Really kind and accommodating staff, great music and prices. Had a blast with my friends last weekend will definitely be back soon!

It's not a bad spot for a few beers. Shows the live sports and such.

Good location with relaxed atmosphere. The DJ was cool and even took a few song requests, very friendly staff and good prices for drinks. Definitely giving it re return trip 🙂👍

Bouncers are so unbelievably rude !!!! Went outside for a minute with a friend because it was so hot and stuffy inside and wanted a bit of fresh air . We were literally having a chat by the entrance and when we tried to go back in , the bouncer didn’t let us . Not sure if this is some “power play” where they want to be rude to two women for no reason but he refused to let us back in??? All our friends were inside along with my jumper and coat and he was so aggressive . He eventually let us in which is why I think he was just being rude to assert some sort of dominance because he was bored . Absolutely disgusting behaviour .

Great atmosphere really good price Thank you for my Guinness T-shirt 👏

Absolutely love this place, clean and great, the staff are very welcoming and friendly, see you for the six nations final! 🥳🥳

None of the stars said wood or even barked.

We were there early but enjoyed the experience and would go back

Fantastic experience last night Amazing team, Especially Christina and sharelle, Christina was extremely helpful and Accommodated Our enquiries, Lovely young lady always served with a smile. Sharelle Another fantastic Member of dog star Polite friendly always served with a smile, And extremely stunning. Just on those 2 members of staff is enough for me to go back to dog star well done.

Had a great time here. The music was in point and the drinks were not too pricey. Be prepared to pay for entrance into the location

Dogstar? More like Dogs**t! Incredibly rude bouncer wouldn’t let me and a few others in despite the fact that we were with groups that had tables booked with spare seats on them. No willingness to understand or compromise just rude and unfriendly. The reason given was that there were too many people inside, but a pub should know the total number of bookings and subtract this from the capacity instead of letting people walk in until you’re full and leaving people with bookings outside and in the freezing cold despite there being free seats inside. I’ve never visited anywhere that operates like this and I won’t be visiting again.

Horrible pub and customer service. Served me an off beer and made me pay for another to replace it.

Security was lacking the customer service but the top of the Dogstar was lovely and peaceful

Charged me £5 to go back in whrn I was there 10 mins ago. Security said he didnt see me even though he saw my friend, and I spoke to the guy and asked if I could go out and back in earlier?! How does that make sense?! Find a better pub.

I used to go here about 28 years ago and it was buzzing every night. Sadly it wasn't when I returned yesterday. I hope that's not the trend. Me and my mates have great memories of fun times back in the day. 🤷

Tidy well presented bar. Open later than turnout at the academy and not as expensive as london bars can be.

Dogstar is fantastic, staff are lovely even when it’s manic! Really solid stuff. Big up Rochelle and the rest of the team!

Gin special is a shout, sharelle was great and lovely at the bar, really lively made me feel comfortable as I was here alone. The supervisor Chris was also awesome being helpful and accommodating, rochelle the hot one was giving me shuffle vibes overall the bar is a good spot. Definitely go back

Ali will make any cocktail you ask.... And it tastes absolutely Ali-faboulus 👌👌

Lovely bar! Got my phone lost there and was able to retrieve it the following day. Thank you Dogstar!

Reasonable pub with pool table. Plays the key sporting events on a large projected screen - good for atmosphere on those occasions. Let down by poor range of on-tap drinks. Good pizzas - for two of you: try the Mozzarella Garlic Bread (£6) and one pizza (£6-12) to share for a value-for-money option. Bargain!

Lots of fun with a decent outside area and plenty of room to dance!

Put a pound in the pool table. Nothing happened. Spoke to the bartender whosaid “yeah it’s broken”. When I said maybe there should be a sign saying it is broken, she looked confused… didn’t say anything else or said she would talk to management or I don’t know…maybe offer to give us the pound back! I mean come on, how much disdain do you need to have for your customers not to tape a piece of paper saying “broken”? Or train your staff to use common sense on the spot! As a bar manager I find this weird. Antic pubs, you can do better! Can’t you?

Great atmosphere, great beers and nice staff Tables are now spaced further apart

Old school style pub. Only popped in for a quick one but nice place, friendly staff, and some good beer choices. Dog friendly too.

Good vibes on a Saturday night!

Great pub, friendly and spacious. Very attentive to my friends dog. As they don’t have a kitchen you allowed to order food from outside.

Nice big pub with friendly staff

The manager at dogstar said my black friend was 'too drunk' - he was the most sober in our group. He had to get an Uber home.

All the beers were ‘off’ so there was a minimal selection of drinks.

Legendary late night Brixton bar with a mellow daytime feel.

Ok place, over 5 quid for a pint on January 2022

Belting night, sick all over the mens room tho

Good night quite not busy outside are

Cool pub, good beers, but the bar staff think you're doing them a favour when buying a drink....

Always liked the Dogstar with their friendly staff and fine choice of beer

Michelle was an absolute diamond, give this woman at least 3 raises, she was the kindest security member I've ever met and I honestly think I love her. Great vibe all round.

Just popped in for a pint , its more like a night club really . I'm 62 so am unsure about going there in the evening . Quite a seedy looking venue , badly needs revamping very empty . May go back , but not in the evening . Far to night clubish. I went thereon the 18th of Oct, yesterday , I rather felt quite intimidated for some reason I could not work out why Disturbingly worrying.

This was my 2nd time at the Dogstar after many years, and each time it's been a great night out. Unpretentious, welcoming, a friendly eclectic crowd & most importantly fantastic music from great djs.

First visit. Friendly staff, However the security lady did not accept me being exempt from wearing a mask even though I had my exempt pass wearing. Didn't want to let me in. Saying "she had a disability also".. I couldn't be bothered to argue the point that the government website said you do not need to prove you are exempt. I will not be going there again. I felt forced to wear a mask and just took me right back to a few years when I was assaulted by two gunmen who restrain me and took all of my belongings even my trainers. I literally felt sick. Because it was my best friend's birthday I went in sat down and literally steered into space. Felt really hurt. People just judge you if you don't wear a mask but the trauma I experienced prevents me from having any cover over my face. They don't know what you have been through or why you are exempt and treat you so unfairly.

Big venue. Had big projector so great to watch games. Friendly staff.

Took half an hour to get first drink after already ordered and paid for. Saw a lot of customers come in after us and get two rounds of drinks in before us. Very loud, couldn't hear each other speak. Friendly staff- just not very efficient with timing and was told as we waited so long, that we would get a discount on our drinks- but this didn't happen.

Great pub, great beer, great staff, good music

A grotty gem!! Absolutely love this place - it's a Brixton institution!

Not what it used to be, but still a decent pub with reasonably priced beer. It's now part of the Antic chain, which means £3.3 pints of their own Volden bitter, but no longer hosts live music or serves pizza. The food options are really limited: the only vegetarian option is a synthetic hamburger and the rest of the menu is mostly burgers, fish and chips, sausage and mash. Still, it's hard to get into a pub these days, especially on this busy corner of Brixton, so I'll probably be going back as the Dogstar is big enough to host a lot of drinkers while complying with social distancing.

Good time, good drinks, good quiz

Fresh, cold beer from Brixton Brewery (and others), friendly staff and a welcoming and cheerful atmosphere. Many students and workers from nearby creative businesses are mixing with locals.

We went at the end of the night on a friend's birthday, we weren't drunk and were let in by the security guard without any issues. When I went to the bar they were rude, and then randomly kicked one of us out, the manager said she didn't know why, then the security guard said it's because one of the bar staff said we had to leave, but that he could tell the bar person was just being a nuisance. Very strange, really bad experience ruined the end of a good night.

Love this pub when there is no football on, we had the pool table to ourselves in a private room, didn't seem like it was the Dogstar. Nice pub in Brixton that I will keep going back to.

The Dogstar is more than a pub. More like a nightclub. Very well siuated near Brixton Victoria Line Station. We were there for a private evening as my choir's annual party. Great evening and they organised excellent food for about 100 hungry choristers.

It's alright, just your average bar/pub.

Perfectly good grimey pub but there are poles in front of the TV during the sport and it's not cheap enough for the griminess to be charming

Nice "big pub or disco", three different floors with different music (often it sucks on all floors), sometimes there's only one floor opened, I guess depending on how many people.

Loved this pub. Great atmosphere for food and sport. A bit run down but still a good space.

Very busy, great band, friendly vibe.

Great pub with rooms to hire on the 1st and 2ns floor. It would be great if the bar in the 2nd floor had draught beer instead of cans.

We had a great evening for a private event, bar staff were friendly and the environment was ok, however the security were extremely rude to us towards the end of our event, put a sour note to an otherwise good evening

£5 entry on a Saturday evening. The music is decent upstairs (Afro House, Afrobeats), but the entire venue is so poorly maintained it’s not worth it. Very dirty and sticky.

Always a great night out. Good selection of draught beers (on all night) and reasonably priced for a late-night venue.

Enjoyment has found a sanctuary,that venue should be listed.

David Bowie night. Great evening but now you have to bring photo id just a word of warning!

Visited for a football game, a simple pub that delivered what we were looking for at the moment.

Always have great old school tunes with a mix of new songs. Nice setup and cool lights inside. Open till late which is great for a longer night out

Scam. Makes you pay a new eve ticket where neither on the website nor on the ticket it’s written a time limit. When you finally reach there they are asking for more than double price. How to start the new year on a bad note.

Hot sauce fest. Great laugh. Great venue

Good bar for a late night out. Open until 4am, friendly crowd and reasonably priced drinks.

Great Britpop night here Star Shaped

Nice pub with a young trendy crowd. Great atmosphere and always a great beer selection.

The drawing classes on the top floor are a highlight for me. Get involved!

I think the Dogstar is probably a lot of fun, but things didn't start to kick off until late. There's a pool room and smoking area at the back. They were just making room to dance when we left

Good place for a beer after a midweek gig at O2 Brixton

*pukes* and that's a compliment

Went for a drink as Mike skinner (the streets) sings about this place, staff couldn't be more helpful best pub I have been to in years!

Great place to watch the football

Great place friendly staff good location

I got a stale beer and they were very nice about replacing it. Music was also brilliant on a Monday night!

Great venue to hire for a function, with excellent attentive bar service provided by manageress and her staff

Let's be honest, it needs to be refurbished.

Overall a bit of a run down dive with no draft beer working. Smells musty and damp

Friday night. Dance floor so sticky you struggle to walk let alone dance. All 8 beers on draft was off. Even the brixton brewery lager. Five quid for the tiny hipster craft stuff.instead. Average music. Inept DJing. So disappointing. And they charged a fiver to get in. TOILET ATTENDANTS IN 2019. Really?SERIOUSLY!

Good music and vibes on Saturday night, drinks at £8 for a double and generally a good atmosphere

american pool table, open-air patio, and arcade games in the back. dance floor and lounge seating up front. all vibes.

I was really enjoying this venue until they said we could no longer have our bottles of prosecco in a glass bottle and served it in what I can only describe as a plastic urinal bottle. Who does that?