The Alchemist Spinningfields Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food a bit overpriced, but tasty and good quality of ingredients."
• "One off the best meals I've ever tasted."
• "We had the best breakfast here, the food was amazing."
• "The brownie was also delicious and cotton candy baked Alaska, would highly recommend."
• "The food is fresh & tasty and the drinks are unique and really really good."
• "The food was awesome and Francesca, our waitress was extremely knowledgeable on the dishes and the cocktails."
• "The food here is lovely and served to perfection, with mouth watering deserts to follow."

Cons:

• "The hummus had an awful taste to it and the flatbread was so dry!"
• "The main was awful and I left 90% of it."
• "The food was presented very well but tasted very bland and wasn’t enjoyable."
• "Food was expensive and small portions."
• "The food was ok but could have been served hot!!!"
• "The 'smashed avo on toasted ciabatta' wasn't that- it was like avocado spread from sainos on dry bread NOT toast."
• "The food was presented very well but everything was so salty and tasted frozen."

Drinks Quality

Pros:

• "Thank you Tally for your amazing Recommendations on the food and stunning cocktails."
• "Love the colourfully tasty potioned cocktails."
• "Living up to the name. They have some great, creative drinks."
• "The cocktails are fantastic!"
• "The drinks can be quite nice depending on what you get."
• "Great selection of cocktails served here with the alchemist theme running true throughout."
• "Cocktails are amazing, with brilliant theatre in the making and delicious when drunk."

Cons:

• "Ordered a Margarita come half full, asked them to fill to the top (£10 for the drink) was ignored."
• "The cocktails just didn't stand, especially at a good £10 each."
• "Also asked for cocktails from the menu and countless times they are missing an ingredient."
• "The cocktail I received was undrinkable and tasted very awful."
• "We ended up getting a cocktail we weren't very keen on."
• "The cocktails were virtually non alcoholic until we complained."
• "We ordered a few cocktails from here last night which were aweful."

Service

Pros:

• "The service is very professional and super friendly."
• "Impressed by the lovely customer service, servers were friendly and attentive."
• "All of the staff here are professional and conscientious."
• "Service from bar staff was lovely and they really knew their stuff!"
• "The service was fantastic, the Bar lady served about four people at once, somehow remembering their orders!"
• "The staff are always welcoming and helpful."
• "The staff are lovely and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Worst service ever, who doesn’t take your reservation for good."
• "Absolute awful service, did not feel welcomed at all."
• "Terrible service. Asked to move from the bar to allow room for a hen party!!??"
• "Staff were great but the food was vastly overpriced and not really any better than what you'd get in a harvester."
• "Having been to many Alchemists before around the UK, I can safely say this is by far the worst. The service is appalling."
• "The staff were rude at best."
• "Booked to have a bottomless brunch and wish i hadn't wasted my time! The service was appalling from start to finish."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Cool decor, but also airy. Nice music, which isn't too loud."
• "Absolutely loved it! We had a really great time & will be returning."
• "Trendy bar, always busy, with some fantastic cocktails and theatre in their preparation."
• "Really good vibe and atmosphere."
• "A nice vibe in here. Exotic, smoky cocktails seem to be the speciality."
• "The place itself is really nice. Well decorated."
• "The atmosphere here is always amazing at the weekend."

Cons:

• "So very, very loud! If you want to be able to talk to each other whilst eating or drinking this is not the place to go."
• "Food and Staff were excellent as usual, but, why was a DJ playing loud music on what seemed like a continuous loop when all we wanted was to have a nice pleasant evening."
• "Place was freezing cold & dark. Had to keep our coats on."
• "It gets so busy that it's uncomfortable."
• "Music way too loud for the amount of people in the bar."
• "The atmosphere was awful, I could not hear the person sat next to me as the kitchen staff kept on shouting so loudly, completely ruining the formal aspect of the restaurant."
• "However, the music was so loud I couldn't even have a proper conversation with my partner without shouting at each other."