The Alchemist Liverpool Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Very friendly and knowledgeable staff."
• "Phenomenal service here last night. The lady serving our table of two made the night and was super friendly."
• "Service is superb."
• "Our server Kerri was fantastic! She was super attentive and helpful."
• "Staff are very talented and can take and manage multiple orders."
• "The service staff were genuine and friendly too."
• "Staff where excellent and friendly."

Cons:

• "The staff seemed bored and blunt they ran out of everything we ordered."
• "Staff were all stood around the bar having a fine old time with each other."
• "Laughable cocktail bar with staff that really don't care."
• "Dreadful service the staff literally cannot be bothered!"
• "Poor services waiting for ages between meals."
• "Very poor customer service - Won't be returning anytime soon."
• "Staff very unwelcoming."

Cocktails and Drinks

Pros:

• "Visited the Alchemist in Liverpool and had an amazing experience! The ambiance was enchanting."
• "It is known for its theatre here and all cocktails are made and presented with a bit of glitz and glamour."
• "Cocktails are very fun, but a touch not strong enough."
• "The cocktails are amazing and acceptable prices considering the amount of work that goes into creating them."
• "The cocktails are fun and taste good which is the important thing."
• "Best cocktail bar ever. The place itself looks stunning, staff is friendly and they are real experts in what they do, the drinks are simply amazing, great quality, and the presentation has that wow-factor most of us are looking for."
• "Much more than just a bar, it's an experience."

Cons:

• "Some of them taste very 'Chemically' and are quite expensive too."
• "A bit overpriced in my opinion but full marks to the ambience and the theatrics of the served drinks."
• "Honestly overrated. Was excited to visit due to the hype but the cocktails were average at best."
• "Absolutely awful cocktail. A pina colada that didn't taste of any coconut or pineapple which is surely a requirement."
• "The drinks were just too sweet."
• "Total ripoff! They have a few gimmick drinks that look fantastic but have no subtance."
• "The only small criticism I could give is that the cocktail portions were very small."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food here however is lovely and is more competitive in pricing than the bars drinks."
• "Food was excllent and reasonably priced."
• "The food is also really, really good and the combination of great food and a comprehensive drinks menu makes for a good evening."
• "The food and drink was divine."
• "Food was amazing and the drinks were just as great."
• "The food was fantastic and so were the cocktails."
• "Food is excellent. Really good quality place."

Cons:

• "Breakfast menu is quite limited and expensive as compared to other places next to them."
• "Chicken in a basket tasty but very dry with warm coleslaw, disappointing after the amazing crispy mushroom starter."
• "Then the set menu food was really basic and flavourless."
• "Possibly the worst meal I have had for years, the food was in miniscule portions."
• "The sauce on the Bang Bang Chicken Salad tasted as though someone had got a jar of peanut butter, then added water and a bit of chili powder to it."
• "For the mains we ordered, chicken katsu curry and sorry to say it was awful. The rice was undercooked and the chicken itself was very dull and not succulent in taste."
• "Food was terrible, ordered sirloin and when it came it was pure fat and bone, could not eat it."

Ambiance and Experience

Pros:

• "Lovely time here, booked brunch for my mums birthday. Great experience, amazing service and staff!"
• "Such a fun experience."
• "Definitely worth a visit."
• "Kept mesmerized by the bubbling cocktails."
• "Absolutely wonderful experience!! Fantastic atmosphere, great staff, friendly service, amazing cocktails!"
• "Had an amazing evening for a special celebration."
• "The atmosphere is amazing and the bar tenders know their stuff."

Cons:

• "Booked up to go for my birthday. Was traveling from Cheadle, staffs especially for the Alchemist. When I got there, they said they were closed because they weren't busy, even though I'd booked. Ruined my birthday! Don't bother going here! Go Manchester instead!"
• "It was then difficult to hear someone across the table from you."
• "Sometimes a wait for the drinks."
• "The whole place lacked atmosphere."
• "There was a bit of a rowdy atmosphere with football chanting."
• "Horrendously loud music, good tunes, but impossible to hear friends whilst eating."
• "Felt very embarrassed and as though we were looked down upon and dismissed."