Frankfurt Christmas Market Birmingham Reviews Summary

Atmosphere and Experience

Pros:

• "The steps brought a really festive feel and the music and smells of the food made the atmosphere really lovely."
• "Frankfurt Christmas Market in Birmingham captivates with its festive charm."
• "One of the most famous Christmas market in UK. It extends from New Street to Centenary Square."

Cons:

• "The day I visited was so cold that my toes hurt, and everything was so noisy my head hurt."
• "Disappointing! Went yesterday and was so disappointed. Loads of drink and food stalls - repeated every few steps. So boring."
• "Poorly organised, no crowd control, very long queues. That points it felt dangerously overcrowded around the town hall."

Food and Drink

Pros:

• "Decent food and drink options. Toilets in decent condition considering the amount of people!"
• "The caramelised nuts had interesting flavours, but £5 for 100g is a lot of money."
• "There is a lot of food and drink and it's quite repetitive (lots of bars, sausages, crepes, nuts, gingerbread, marshmallows), not many gift type stalls."

Cons:

• "There is a lot of food and drink and it's quite repetitive, not many gift type stalls which was really disappointing."
• "The gingerbread stall and the biscuits were crazy prices, £5-£8 for a simple biscuit."
• "I bought some chips for approximately £1000 (possibly my memory is wrong and it cost less, but very expensive) and they turned out to be mainly salt."

Stall Variety

Pros:

• "A few nice products for Christmas gifts."
• "Great variety of drinks and I liked the apres ski bar."

Cons:

• "Not many gift type stalls which was really disappointing."
• "I don't think any of the stallholders were individual makers, but some had stocked their own stuff as opposed to being run by the company running the bulk of it who charge hefty prices."
• "It's a fun evening out, but it's definitely nothing like the Christmas markets in mainland Europe."

Pricing

Pros:

• "The deposit for a cup is a great idea to make sure people return it. This means the cups are reusable."

Cons:

• "One constructive comment, and my main gripe, was the cost of some of the drinks."
• "I was there last night me and my partner go here once a year for the hot chocolate, white chocolate strawberry but the prices are ridiculous 4 hot chocolate the lady wanted £60 pound what a joke."
• "Been few times but this year is absolutely rubbish. Apart from food and drinks nothing really there. You can see the Brexit impact."