Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "the doughboy pizzas are absolutely top notch"
• "Their pizza is surprisingly amazing and cheap."
• "Food selection is great, especially during the 'feasts', when you've got an extra row of street food stalls to choose from."
• "the food is gorgeous"
• "very good food with plenty of vegan choices"
• "Food is astonishing, especially the pizza!"
• "The food here is very good too - freshly cooked burgers and a pizza stand."

Cons:

• "like everything in the Belgrave its shockingly overpriced for what it is."
• "The service was a bit poor, they sell nice pizzas as well but it takes age to get them they need to change the system."
• "Burger was overcooked"
• "the same fries were absolutely awful, limp salty corpses"
• "The fries were really good but the burger was provably the worst vegan burger i have ever had."
• "Food was cold when we got it, don’t eat because we thought we might get Ill."
• "the slices of pizza that you can get there are an absolute travesty"

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were very kind and service was good and efficient."
• "Staff were friendly, people seemed to be enjoying the pizza."
• "The staff were really friendly"
• "Had a great night thanks to Ben and Matt honestly they made the night."
• "The people behind the bar we relaxed and helpful"
• "Staff are really friendly and helpful as well."
• "Very welcoming security in the door Especially Bobbie Zee and Uzzy on the front door."

Cons:

• "I am absolutely disgusted with how I was treated when I tried to enter the bar"
• "Some bar staff can be a bit rude and begrudging of you go in quieter hours."
• "Very bad experience with security, racist staff, specifically black man, old English lady and Pakistani man they all are racist I promise never suggest to anyone go to Belgrave music hall."
• "not sure why the staff always seem so miserable behind the bar"
• "Incredibly rude staff who clearly didn't want the be there with no sense of urgency on a busy bar."
• "Lazy and not caring management/staff"
• "clear racism, avoid"

Atmosphere & Venue

Pros:

• "chilled vibe downstairs normally with good music and food, including vegan options"
• "Great selection of beers and really good on-site food options, relaxed place with seating options including tables, sofas and an outdoor roof terrace."
• "What an excellent venue, the place itself is cool with 3 floors."
• "There's great music in the background, and you can visit when there's a gig as well."
• "The roof terrace is lovely in summer with heaters and you can catch them rays with the top bar being open for cocktails."
• "It's got a very relaxed atmosphere, the seating certainly helps as they have a range of large soft sofas and there's plenty of them."
• "The venue room hosts one of the best live sound systems in the city."

Cons:

• "Seating was atrocious. Flimsy little stools and folding chairs that you would give to a child."
• "It's hard not to look at this place as a bit of a pretentious gimmick."
• "The volume however was much too loud making conversion nigh on impossible."
• "Great place, however the sound quality for gigs is pretty poor, could only hear distorted bass."
• "Sadly can't say much about the place the couches are very old and when you sit on one you basically disappear in it."
• "Everytime I sit in the bellgrave I feel like telling the owner that step toe wants his sofas back."
• "It pains me to understand why people are impressed with essentially a cafeteria with what can only be described as skipped furniture, walls adorned with MDF and pints of 'craft ale' (flat lager) that costs over a fiver."

Price & Value

Pros:

• "Their pizza is surprisingly amazing and cheap."
• "Best pizza in the city for great value in the day (half price ‘til 7pm, Sun-Thurs)."
• "reasonable prices"
• "Two slices of pizza for the price of 1 during the day is fantastic value"
• "great food and has the half price slice where you can get a quarter of a pizza for just over £1.50 on week days which is an amazing deal"
• "Pizza is great - the vegan duck pizza is absolutely delicious and the prices are the best part - really affordable and worth it!"
• "The pizza is delicious and cheap too, also half price before 7pm so it's like £1.50 a slice!"

Cons:

• "like everything in the Belgrave its shockingly overpriced for what it is."
• "Drinks are pricey but the range is extensive, and standards are reasonably high."
• "Drinks aren't cheap though - I had a pint of Coke which cost £2.60 on its own!!!"
• "Burgers very good but too pricey"
• "Drinks can be expensive"
• "it's quite hipster and trendy and therefore expensive"
• "Alright for a gig venue despite drinks costing way more than they’re worth."