Black Dog Ballroom Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "The speakeasy style of bar is nice too, and is comforting and not too trendy."
• "Great vibe in this place, good music."
• "You are greeted with tasteful music, which gives off very good vibes."
• "Really nice, social atmosphere. Bit of a speakeasy feel to it."
• "The decor is dark but atmospheric, with a dim light setting the mood."

Cons:

• "Definition of a Dive Bar. It STANK like a toilets."
• "Atmosphere was so dingy no windows or vibes."
• "Quite a dark miserable place, once inside."
• "Very tiny events room. I could smell rat urine."
• "Now it’s just an empty room with very loud music."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "The other bar staff are amazing and really smiley cannot fault them at all."
• "Female bar staff were lovely though and the event room was really nice."
• "The staff I met were universally friendly."
• "We were welcomed by the friendly bar staff, who had reserved a booth just for us and swiftly served us our first cocktails of the night."
• "All staff are friendly and good songs are played by the DJ."

Cons:

• "Door staff are aggressive and make inappropriate comments to customers."
• "Firstly we were met by a very hostile bouncer, felt like a very intimidating place."
• "Staff where rude and lied about the sign being there from 4pm."
• "Really rude bartender (he had long brown hair and was wearing one black glove)."
• "The barman with no hair and glasses was incredibly rude to me and my friends for no reason."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

• "Brilliant food. The wait was good, and they even made sure the food was perfect like recooking food that they didn't think was good enough without serving it."
• "The burger beef patties are one of the best I've ever had!"
• "Salt and paper Manchesters food is amazing!"
• "Food was tasty and well presented."
• "My Chilli Marinated Steak Salad with honey and mustard dressing was divine."

Cons:

• "Pizza was disgusting. Base looked anaemic and sauce was over seasoned - it took an hour to get the taste from my mouth."
• "Paid for salt and pepper chips for £9 which were just frozen fried with some peppers on."
• "The only let-down is the poor range of ciders available."
• "The beer was £5 a pint for what they said was Amstel, but tasted like out of date Carling."
• "Food was average until I found a hard piece of something in my food."