Gas Street Social Reviews Summary

Category: Bar Birmingham

Address: The Mailbox, 166-168 Wharfside St, Birmingham B1 1RL, United Kingdom

Rating: 4.3
based on 213 reviews.

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

  • "Great looking place with all the customers enjoying themselves."
  • "It wasn't that busy but it had a really nice atmosphere with the twinkling lights and candles."
  • "Lovely place, next to the canal."
  • "Such a refreshing bar, super chilled and amazing atmosphere."
  • "The vibe is always welcoming and atmospheric with great playlist of background tunes."
  • "The bar/restaurant is attractive and has a good vibe."
  • "Gas Street Social is a vibrant bar and restaurant located in Birmingham's bustling Mailbox district."

Cons:

  • "Can get very busy on a Friday after work."
  • "If you're a non smoker like me you're going to be smoking like it or not."
  • "It was very lively but so loud that i couldn't hear my friend speak."
  • "The venue itself is popular but we did not enjoy the fact that there were groups of customers quite intoxicated at lunchtime shouting at each other whilst the music in the venue was playing very loudly."
  • "Some of the seating, towards the back of the place, is a bit far away from the buzz of the rest of the place."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff are all so friendly and tentative, special thankyou to Jura who looked after us on Saturday 20th November!"
  • "We were served by Greg and Noel (like Christmas) who were both exceptional."
  • "The staff was fantastic, friendly and helpful."
  • "The staff were all friendly."
  • "The service was great can't fault the staff they're so friendly."
  • "Our server Niamh was amazing, give the girl a pay rise!! Above and beyond service always with a smile."
  • "The waiters were friendly and attentive."

Cons:

  • "The Cocktails tasted horrible didn't like any of them and neither did any of the 6 other people I was with."
  • "Very disappointing not enough staff to cope with customers the service was very slow."
  • "Got our order wrong and blamed it on me."
  • "Staff permanently ignore you."
  • "The service was also quite slow and the fries we ordered came with no dips."
  • "Waiter did not approach us after taking the very first order until I had to point out from a distance that the bill was required."
  • "We waited an hour to order after we were seated."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

  • "The poached eggs were very good."
  • "Recommend the bottomless bellinis."
  • "Man was the food DELICIOUS."
  • "Lovely food, you have to try the frickles!"
  • "The cocktail served in a pot noodle cup was unexpected, but tasted good."
  • "Good portion sizes and reasonably priced."
  • "The food was delicious."

Cons:

  • "My friend ordered a chicken burger, which was completely burnt to the point it was inedible."
  • "The food was really not up to much definitely not value for money."
  • "Really not the best place for food."
  • "Ordered 'pancakes with full English breakfast' Nothing special….pancakes were thin/crispy and not at all fluffy."
  • "The menu is misleading. They claim items as gluten free when they are not."
  • "The food was overpriced for average tasting food, we ordered avocado toast and the bread was completely soggy."
  • "The fish was raw and took nearly two hours to arrive."

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