The Alchemist Newcastle Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff and service is give 6/5. Really friendly and knowledgeable about food and drinks."
• "The waitress was ace you are very lucky to have such a great staff member."
• "The bar staff were very skillful at their craft and it was fascinating watching them."
• "The staff were fantastic and the facilities were well kept."
• "Absolutely love it in here, the staff are out of this world."
• "Our server Aurelija was so friendly! She gave us some recommendations of things to try."
• "We were greeted by a lovely blonde waitress who we didn't catch the name of, but gave helpful suggestions for amazing drinks and made us very welcome."
• "An excellent restaurant with a different take on drinks and food, excellent table service and outstanding food and drinks."

Cons:

• "Bartender must hate working here. Most mind boggling slow service complete with an terrible attitude."
• "Went for bottomless brunch and I was very underwhelmed. It took 20 minutes just to get our first drink."
• "Rude staff, over priced, poor service. Do not recommend coming here, regardless of the good reviews you see."
• "You know. I can live with a 10 minutes wait at an empty bar. What I can't live with is being ignored by all the bar staff as they walk past."
• "Spoke to a girl name Rosie over the phone regarding a job vacancy. She was very blunt and rude."
• "Very poor people skills from the guy in the grey jacket who i assume is the manager on duty. We were asked very nastily to come back inside."
• "We walked in and sat at the bar and waited 10 minutes without acknowledgement, a hello, won’t be long, or anything!"
• "First and last visit.First bar I went to no one was serving behind the bar although there were around 4-5 bar staff."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "Food was amazing, only down side was the steak was a bit tough and chewy but not enough to complain."
• "The food is great, offering a diverse menu that accommodates various dietary restrictions."
• "Mains of steak with mushroom. Steak was a bit small in size for the price of the meal, but the flavours were really good."
• "Food was reasonably good but with 3 cocktails included the food is essentially a freebie."
• "I ordered a plant based burger which was great and a perfect size."
• "Food was extremely good enjoyed everything. Excellent decor great atmosphere lovely clean toilets."
• "Amazing experience. Really good vegan and gluten free options, and the staff were amazing at making sure food was free of specific allergens."
• "We had a delicious meal, beginning with olives and pork scratchings, then shared a Boom Boom salad with chicken."

Cons:

• "Steak was a bit small in size for the price of the meal."
• "Prices are slightly high. The only interesting bit is the drinks. The music was very loud."
• "Came for an evening out for my 32nd birthday and the vibe was ruined slightly by being refused a cocktail because of the stupid challenge 25 you follow."
• "Ordered food, everything is pricey but good quality."
• "Too gimmicky for me, ordered a drink that looked good when it came, only to be stopped from drinking it because the server had to add a foam on top."
• "The Pina Colada was the worst drink I've ever had. Don't know what was in it but could identify any rum, pineapple or coconut."
• "Beautiful looking cocktails amazing friendly staff but the chefs are inexperienced, i ordered the beef pho which is one of my favourite dishes of Vietnam and I couldn’t help but hear the chefs announced the order as beef ramen."
• "Was amazing when I first came then service was terrible the second time! Apparently managers discresion to give nhs discount turns out no discount available during weekends!"