G.A.Y – downstairs is an unofficial women’s floor.Other bars in Soho that are lesbian friendly are: The underground bar is a similar size to Candy Bar but there’s a lot less seating and because of the arched brick ceiling it can sometimes be difficult to stand up. She Bar, I imagine is named after the club from The L Word is on a busier Soho street, old Compton street. It’s been a few years since Candy Bar closed down but soon after it shut its door She Bar opened theirs. A bar just for lesbians – quite a small bar but a bar none the less. Cut to three years later when I move to Kent and start going out in Soho (at the time Candy Bar was still open) and it was amazing.
The gay triangle district in Bournemouth is full of men with rarely a woman in sight. Going to university in Bournemouth meant that my introduction to lesbian nightlife was pretty lame.