avantgarde eliquid (retail shop)

[bunglebear]

so this is my first review, but felt I just had too...

There are not many vape shops in central london or fringes and most are just awful, such as V-revolution and we all know about UKecigstore....dont we!!
but there is also another.
as well as an excellent website, Avantgarde also have a B&M shop just off of Oxford st (Wells st), and they call it a 'vape bar and lounge', now I have tried a couple of they're liquids before, and thought as I work in london I would pop in and have a butchers...glad I did! The shop is clean, fresh and unpretentious. They have the a couple of sofas to chill and test the vapes and a cross between a shop counter and a bar front where you can take a stool and sample the various flavors off the menu...and all the liquid is made by hand in house.
I was greeted by a very personable young chap behind the bar, who proceeded to encourage me to try the flavors on offer, and then another chap (who seemed to be the boss of the operation...sorry didn't get your names) who chatted away like we were old buddies. The thing that struck me straight away is how knowledgeable these guys were.. they knew about vaping, and not just trying to flog an ego at fifty squid then out the door with ya. They have passion and determination, and from what the boss was saying, its been a struggle and things are still evolving, but he wanted to have a strong london presence be involved with his customers and not just sell online. There are lots of juicers out there but only a couple will be come out as the 'big boys' and I believe they could be one of them..although admittedly at the higher price range market. They even do a bespoke range where you can choose to mix your own flavors, and with that have a personalized label, but at the moment he is trying various labeling methods as he thinks it doesn't look as good as it could be...what a professional! 
The juices are presented in beautiful bottles and standard mix is 60/40 pg vg but do a 100 vg range and bespoke can choose mix. Flavors are clean and sumptuous, yes they are priced at higher end but for the quality and overheads of london retail...I dont mind.
They also do equipment...from egos to vaporshark 30's and had the atlantis and subtank in stock at average prices...these will go on website in time

A liquid they are currently developing, of which I got a try   is called 'superhero'..it is a concoction of over 14 different flavors and slightly different each hit, with everyone getting their own dominant one..for me it was lemonade...which apparently is a first! once released they will maybe do a competition to win a mod if you can guess all 14 flavors! 

There are many vendors out there deserving of our hard earn't cash...these should be added to that list in my opinion (not because of the free 10ml bottle of vanilla custard he insisted I try! )

cheers guys!!


 

[ceedee]

Nice write-up in Wednesday's City AM: Sisters launch UK's first bespoke vaping bar in London's West End

[macmagoo]

Their Heavenly Vanilla Custard is very nice.