Exile on Main Street

Schaafenstraße 61A, 50676 Köln, Germany
Gay bar
User Reviews

1 Mourad Barakat - 2 weeks ago

The bartender was himself drunk yesterday as he drank and gave away shots to his friends while customers (me included) had to wait for them to finish. He was then rude and shouted at us as we said that we’re waiting for too long. For such a bar it is very disappointing to be handled this way among the community itself.

1 Gülfem Şendemir - 2 months ago

Stuff was very irritating and aggressive. Felt not welcome. Besides, inside the club was so crowded. Everyone spills their drinks on you and the constant fog creating devices makes it impossible to breathe. Never again.

1 Nikolay Novachuk - 3 months ago

I work for different LGBTQIA+ travel agencies and I came here to check and probably recommend this place. I've been sober drinking only Redbull, so when I came out to have a cigarette, waiting in a line to get back, a security guard aggressively pushed me so I almost fall I told him that he could just ask me to step back so he responds me in German and I ask people nearby what he told me so basically there were swear words about how do I look so I came inside and ask my friends to leave this place. The only positive thing about this place is the music. I will ask my business partners to put this place on a black list just because I already saw lots of complaints about a security guard and I experienced this myself today. So I understood that the administration doesn't care about reviews and doesn't take any action. So it's not safe to go to this place since they have such a kind of personnel.

1 Paula Jiménez - 4 months ago

Horrible experience. Rude staff, small place and very expensive (and didn't worth it). It was aimed for normative gay men and not lgtbq+ people. No space for dancing and breathing. I totally don't recommend it. I would give it 0 stars but I can't.

5 Maximilian Pazak - a month ago

If you’re gay and all you want to hear is the best of the best pop music this is the place to go! Great vibe !

2 sebastian lara severiche - 5 years ago

Gay club at the Main Gay Street in Cologne with way too basic mainstream music and really really small, on a normal Saturday is imposible to dance or to walk at the bar... so no really recomendable for people that likes to dance, if an emergency happens one can die inside...

5 Milton Chan - 5 years ago

Visited Cologne in August and checked out most of the bars on or around Schaafenstrasse. I found Exile and Die Mumu to be the busiest. Exile has better crowd control so from time to time you need to line up to get back in. The crowd in there are mostly in 20s/30s good looking, but fairly cliquey (more so than boys at Die Mumu). I thought the bar staff here were not that efficient however

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