The Blue Pyramid Club

Situated at 12B Meard Street, the Blue Pyramid Club is a private members club in Soho, London. The area offers many cheap eating-houses and coffee shops like The Moorish Café and The Algerian, and is a fashionable locale for intellectuals, writers, and artists. The Soho area has long been notorious or its pubs inhabited by drunken revelers, and its illegal brothels.  For members and their guests, the Blue Pyramid provides a discreet meeting place, as well as entertainment in the form of belly dancers, Egyptian singers, and Egyptian food. Thus, it attracts many Egyptian nationals and expatriates, as well as a smattering of English bohemian types. Club nights are usually noisy and crowded. A number of the patrons (both Egyptian and English) are members of the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh.
The club’s decor is, naturally, Egyptian in theme, with a number of large mirrors that act to make the rooms appear larger than they really are. The place is well kept and, in terms of its business, entirely aboveboard. Opening hours are from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. every night of the week.
As the club is situated on the upper floor of the building (above a greengrocer’s shop), access is granted by a ground level door that leads to a stairwell and a rickety old lift. Apart from the windows, there are no other exits besides the front door.
The club is owned by Abdul Nawisha, a large, taciturn man. He is not a member of the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh but is afraid of the cult, having witnessed firsthand its thuggery and methods of persuasion. When Nawisha first became aware of a “gang” using his club for conducting “business,” he tried to put a stop to it but was soon threatened and told to keep quiet. The club’s owner is well aware that, if he breaks the agreement, he will be murdered.

Parent Location

London, England

Owning Organization

The Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh