A small but well decorated gay cabaret bar in the Village, Missing is a find.

The Venue
The outside patio at Missing is enclosed by a dark red wooden fence and is filled with cubic quasi-Bauhaus style white chairs gathered around white tables. It’s quite a small bar but well-styled with its dark floor and spotlights in the ceiling and an island bar which you can walk all the way around.

There’s a DJ booth and a small stage on the left for cabaret nights which happen every Friday and Saturday when the bar’s open till 4am. Red drapes hang from the tiled ceiling and at the back there are beige, cream and brown panelled banquettes which run all the way up the far wall. There are square lamps and animal print-covered ottomans and small round cocktail tables too. Another bar upstairs may be re-opening in the future.

The People
As it's a gay bar the crowd is, unsurprisingly, mainly gay and they're all up for a party. It gets packed on cabaret nights and it's also busy on Mondays when it's student night. It stays open until 3am on Monday and Tuesday and until 4am from Wednesday to Saturday. And most people stick around rather than going in search of late-night dancing elsewhere. The only night when they're not dancing till dawn is Sunday when it closes at 2am.

The Food and Drink
Strongbow, Carling, Tetley’s and Woodpecker are on draught and you’ve got Stella, Budweiser, Corona and Beck’s in bottles. They don’t do any cocktails which is a little surprising given the look of the place and the entertainment they put on. It’s £9.99 for a bottle of house wine and there’s no food.

The Last Word
This is a popular bar in the Village especially with the late-night crew who refuse to let the party end.

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