NQ64 Birmingham Reviews Summary

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "Brilliantly decorated and tucked away but was easy to find."
• "This place is amazing. Such an excellent vibe that I haven't been able to get at any other arcade."
• "They have plenty of different consoles and an array of new and retro arcade games. The artwork and backlights elevate the look and feel."

Cons:

• "The decor is fairly dark and dingy in a classic arcade fashion with UV paint on the walls."
• "The main focus should be the arcade machines that need fixing (super loose steering wheels, Mostly all machines dont hold high scores."

Games and Entertainment

Pros:

• "We played Bubble Bobble, Pacman, Ms Pacman, Space Invaders, Track and Field."
• "Amazing location with brilliant selection of arcade and console games."
• "The selection of retro cabinets are near perfect and they also have the arcade essentials like DDR, Racing games and Guitar Hero!"

Cons:

• "Quite a few games didn't work right and would swallow coins."
• "Both DDR machines also have terrible sensors, and the cabinet in the side room is for EuroMix 2 but is running EuroMix 1 right now."
• "The Guitar Hero in the side room is also far inferior to the one tucked up in the back of the bar — it’s missing half of the songs."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Staff were friendly and helpful."
• "Drinks are amazing and have a great twist on classics, if a game goes wrong someone is happy to fix it or return your coins, bathrooms surprisingly clean for a bar, and the staff are friendly."
• "Most of the bar staff are bloody lovely. I have had a couple in the past who’ve been a bit rude but everyone has their bad days and it’s a pretty infrequent occurrence for me."

Cons:

• "Server didn't inform us of happy hour cocktails, toilet roll holder in the middle ladies toilet is one that you can't get any out of."
• "Not sure why they're split male/female and not unisex, it's 2023."
• "One of the joysticks on the Tekken machine doesn’t work at all."

Drinks and Pricing

Pros:

• "Cocktails are ace, though I’m gutted they got rid of the Bowser Breezer."
• "The drinks were nice and they had unique cocktails."
• "The place is nice and interesting! The cocktails are interesting and unique too."

Cons:

• "Drinks are a bit expensive but taste great."
• "The cocktails all have a twist to it, I found that already good drinks were customised but don't actually taste good AT ALL!"
• "Cocktails were not the best but that didn't stop us drinking."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "You could get 15 tokens for £8 which is a good amount."
• "Tokens are reasonably priced making it easy to spend a couple of hours gaming and having fun with friends."
• "Great arcade with really good choice of machines, free consoles to play on, can't comment on choice of drinks, but the value for money here on the tokens was great."

Cons:

• "Drinks are very pricey but that can be expected from most bars in Birmingham."
• "All the retro games are really cool, quite pricey though."
• "The cocktails are way overpriced. Could have a good time but it will cost you."