Walkabout - Birmingham Reviews Summary

Category: Sports bar

Address: Langley Buildings, Birmingham, B1 2DS, United Kingdom

Phone: +441216325712

Rating: 4.1
based on 146 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Pheobe is an amazing mama her. Our food was late so she sorted us out."
  • "Welcomed and served by Jess H, food was perfect and so was the service!"
  • "We were served by Lawrence. He was great, very polite and friendly."
  • "The staff were friendly."
  • "Staff are outstanding and always happy to help!"
  • "Great staff. Great welcoming and accommodating attitudes."
  • "The staff were so welcoming especially Inayah who was so friendly and looked after us all night."

Cons:

  • "Waited for food over 2 hours and it is definitely not worth the wait bar staff not helpful at all would not recommend this place."
  • "The service is poor."
  • "45 minutes for fairly cold food to arrive."
  • "Poor staff asked for some salt and was told there's some on a table somewhere so we had to find it shame really as food was great just poor customer service."
  • "Extremely poor management and customer service."
  • "Visited with wife and friends last night to watch the football, we were shocked by very poor attitude of bar staff."
  • "Very bad customer service, especially when they tried scamming me for not ordering anything."

Atmosphere and Environment

Pros:

  • "Such a great building with a soulless atmosphere, sticky floor."
  • "The atmosphere in here on a Friday is awesome."
  • "Good vibe - decent food, balcony is nice when the sun's out."
  • "What a fantastic experience. We came in for the rugby. The atmosphere was brilliant, with a DJ before the match."
  • "Great atmosphere in the place."
  • "Nice and chilled environment with good music."
  • "The atmosphere was great and everyone was mostly friendly."

Cons:

  • "Food okay... full of football fans sat near the terrace and it was absolutely freezing!!"
  • "Its placed near the canal, but its totally wasted, fenced off with a rusty wire/fence."
  • "Just not a nice place, used to be really nice and good around 10 years ago, now they have inexperienced kids running there I personally feel the place lacks strong leadership and needs a deep clean."
  • "No atmosphere, staff indifferent."
  • "Can't suggest it to any foreigner, since they don't want to serve you if you're not from the UK."
  • "This is a typical Walkabout. It needs some work as it looks tatty even in the dark."
  • "Moment you walk in it spells weird, probably the sticky floor."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

  • "Haven't been here for years but tonight only place on broad street that had the footie on good atmosphere nice bar staff drinks broad street prices .give it a go before going somewhere else."
  • "2.25 for fosters and strongbow Monday to Friday til 9. Great deals on food too."
  • "Had a great night out in walkabout last week with some mates. We were given free shots on entry and even a complimentary bottle of fizz!"
  • "Me and my friend then both had Old Mout Cider on a solid 2 for £6 deal."
  • "The drink selection is good."
  • "They had burger and a pint for £4 which is a bargain."
  • "Drinks and food are reasonably priced and tastes good."

Cons:

  • "Boxing Day, no lemonade just bottles of sprite as a mixer (obviously overpriced)."
  • "It wasn't hard to work out why the place was empty."
  • "Would give 0 if I could. My experience was honestly awful. Booked a table and got there to find that they were closing the place early due to lack of customers."
  • "Serves a great pint of Carling and it is cheap too."
  • "Ruined a night out. Was denied entry by the bouncers because apparently my government issued ID was not acceptable to them."
  • "Overcharged, overcooked and selection for vegetarians is poor."
  • "The meatballs were hard and chewy like it had been reheated in a microwave few times over."

Entertainment and Activities

Pros:

  • "Security team helpful and pleasant."
  • "This place is great for watching three games of football at once. Loads of space for everyone. The food is reasonable."
  • "Great place to watch live sports."
  • "Friendly doorstaff, the staff were great, friendly and quick at serving us."
  • "Great venue to go and socialise in."
  • "Popped into the pool hall, nice tables and settings."
  • "Love going here to watch the footy. Place is spacious and features a balcony which overlooks the canal."

Cons:

  • "I was in there for two minutes I went to the toilet and someone was looking over the cubicle door at me."
  • "Walk past! Terrible. Poor speaker and bad lights, staff that have no interest in customers."
  • "I went in with friends to watch the football and have some food at 17:00 in the afternoon at which point they had a DJ blasting bass boosted pop at painful volumes."
  • "The security are always more than friendly and always want to have a laugh with you."
  • "Don't remember much about my time here as it was my stag doo and it was the last place of the night before everyone called it a day."
  • "2/3 cubicles not marked as out of order but clearly was."
  • "The door staff were questionable .. there was some kind of altercation just up the ramp from the doorway."

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