99 Regent Street vs Tape London: Which Suits Your Night?

Last updated: 6 October 2026

These come up together often enough to be worth comparing properly. Both Mayfair, both take tables, both run a real door. They are not interchangeable, and the deciding factors are not the ones most comparisons lead with.

The Short Answer

Tape is the bigger name with the sound system people talk about and a longer week. 99 is newer, runs two floors with two sounds, and opens lower on minimum spend. If your group agrees on what it wants to hear, Tape. If it does not, 99.

Format

Tape is a single proposition executed well — one room, one direction, everyone in the building having the same night. That collective momentum is a genuine strength and a split venue cannot reproduce it.

99 is built the other way: hip hop and open format upstairs, house downstairs, around 200 per floor. It trades the single peak for flexibility. Whether that is a good trade depends entirely on who you are going with.

The Midweek Catch

Worth knowing before you book: 99 only runs one floor on Wednesday and Thursday. Both are open Friday and Saturday. So the two-floor advantage — the main reason to pick 99 over a single-room club — only exists at the weekend.

Tape runs a longer week. If your date is fixed and awkward, that often settles it on its own.

Money

99 starts at £600 minimum spend. Tape sits higher, as most of the established Mayfair names do.

For six to eight people that gap is material — often the difference between a table happening at all and the group going on a guestlist and standing. If budget is the constraint, 99 gets you seated where Tape might get you a door charge.

Getting In

99’s guestlist takes mixed groups, which is genuinely useful and not universal in this postcode. Entry runs free to around £50 depending on the night and your arrival time.

The decisive difference is age. 99 is 19+; most of London, Tape included, is 18+. If anyone in your group is eighteen, this comparison is already over — and it is the single most common way a group gets caught out at 99.

Sound

Tape’s reputation on sound is earned and it is the most common reason people ask for it by name. If someone in your group cares about how a room sounds rather than just what is playing, that is a real argument.

99’s priority is breadth rather than a single signature — two rooms covering two lanes, read to the crowd. Different aim, not a worse one.

Location

Both central and both easy. Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus cover 99; Tape sits a few minutes away in the same quarter. Neither is a destination trip and this is not where the decision gets made.

Which for Which Occasion

For a mixed group of eight to fifteen who do not all want the same music, on a Friday or Saturday: 99. The two floors and the lower minimum do exactly that job.

For a group that knows what it wants and wants it done properly: Tape. Scale and sound are the features, and splitting the night across rooms would only dilute them.

For a midweek night, or any group containing an eighteen-year-old: Tape, on the practicalities alone.

Doing Both

They are close enough to do in one night and plenty of groups do. Tell us and we will sequence it so the doors line up and you are not arriving somewhere at its most difficult hour. It works smoothly when arranged and badly when improvised at 1am.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, 99 Regent Street or Tape?

99. Minimum spends start from £600; Tape sits higher, as most established Mayfair names do.

Which is better for a mixed group?

99, on two counts — the guestlist takes mixed groups and the two floors cover two musical tastes.

What are the age limits?

99 is 19+. Tape, like most of London, is 18+. This catches groups out.

Are both floors always open at 99?

No. One floor Wednesday and Thursday; both Friday and Saturday.

Can you do both in one night?

Yes, they are close enough. Tell us and we will sequence the doors so the timings work.

Thinking about a night at 99 Regent Street? Tell us the date and your group size and we will arrange the table or the guestlist. message us on WhatsApp and we will take it from there.