CC Blooms Reviews Summary

Category: Gay bar

Address: 23-24 Greenside Pl, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA, United Kingdom

Phone: +441315569331

Rating: 3.8
based on 174 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Service was attentive and very friendly."
  • "The staff are friendly, helpful and efficient."
  • "Our server on day one was fun, friendly and lively, taller gentleman with glasses and an accent."
  • "Superb bar staff made this one of the best nights ever!"
  • "Friendly and welcoming bar, good range of drinks and cocktails, and also sells coffee and cake."
  • "The staff were very helpful and accommodating."
  • "Great food, great service and even better cocktails."

Cons:

  • "The staff in the gate is apparently very intolerant toward the fact that people simply behave differently."
  • "Disgusting customer service."
  • "Such an incredibly rude staff member working in the cloakroom!"
  • "The service was less than standard, and I would advise anyone wanting to eat food not to visit ccbloom."
  • "Rudeness of the bald barman (fox tshirt) that served us."
  • "When we ordered some drinks at the bar the bartman was really unpolite, and unfriendly with us..."
  • "Unfriendly staff, our first and only experience. Sober, we didn't even get to purchase a drink."

Ambiance and Entertainment

Pros:

  • "It was a better ambiance."
  • "CC Blooms is the place to be on Sunday Night, as they host the best party in town: The Church of High Kicks."
  • "The Church of High Kicks drag show cannot be missed."
  • "Most fun I had in Edinburgh!"
  • "Great music, lots of dancing, very comfortable and professional staff across the board."
  • "Always playing music, and decorated well throughout."
  • "Stayed for the drag by The Rabbit Hole which was a fantastic show i recommend you don't miss."

Cons:

  • "Supposedly one of the iconic gay bar in Edinburgh, really disappointing though."
  • "Tbh I'm just disappointed about this place cause everyone recommended it to me and in the end turned out to be a place with small town city vibes and unfashionable people."
  • "Not as good as it used to be atmosphere has gone doesn't have the exciting club vibe anymore."
  • "Small dance floor with bad music."
  • "Music isn't the best and the cocktails really aren't up to the standard of other Edinburgh bars."
  • "One thing I would change- the music. My tolerance for bad remixes of Lady Gaga is limited."
  • "Maybe it's just the Fringe but it's recently had a lot of straight people and really lost the atmosphere that CC's used to have."

Security and Management

Pros:

  • "Door staff are amazing."
  • "Men from security were nice..."
  • "Door staff were also super friendly."
  • "The bouncers are always super friendly as well, never had any trouble here."
  • "Very friendly and efficient bar staff."
  • "Jacob one of my servers last night was very friendly and welcoming."
  • "Lovely bar server brought me my drink: was quick, pleasant and friendly."

Cons:

  • "The bouncers are so aggressive and hit people for no reason."
  • "The bouncer was rude and racist."
  • "The staff and bouncers let it down with their arrogance."
  • "The doorman then said that he didn’t believe that we were gay and told us to go away..."
  • "The manager wouldn't listen."
  • "Barman (skinhead, DM boots) was rude."
  • "Very unprepared people, the girl with short hair treating everyone bad, laughing and being sarcastic all time."

Value and Efficiency

Pros:

  • "Nice place, drinks and food reasonable for the Edinburgh price and the beer was fresh!"
  • "We really enjoyed our quiet Tuesday afternoon here."
  • "The first and best gay bar / club in Edinburgh."
  • "Nice friendly staff, good atmosphere and a fun gay bar."
  • "Extremely warm welcome, and, although very busy managed to find us a table."
  • "Great cocktails and drink selection."
  • "Great cocktails and some good grub."

Cons:

  • "It took around 40 minutes to get a drink at the bar in the main floor."
  • "Dirty tables, poorly maintained bathrooms, and an overall atmosphere of neglect contributed to an unpleasant experience."
  • "The pint prices are astronomical. £6.70 for a pint of Beavertown Gamma Ray… In Edinburgh!"
  • "Drinks took twenty minutes to be made while food took over a half an hour, and we only got burgers."
  • "Slowest service of almost any bar in Edinburgh."
  • "Poor customer service with having to wait 10 minutes for a member of staff to come over to serve us."
  • "Expect to wait at the bar forever for an over-priced pint..."

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