Bounce Old Street Reviews Summary

Price

Pros:

• "Definitely worth the money which I think is already a reasonable price."
• "Great priced drinks and play."
• "It's not that expensive."
• "Overall a great experience and relatively well priced."
• "Nice food and affordable prices."
• "The table cost us £21 for six people to play for one hour, which split between us was really reasonable."
• "A good crowd and well priced drinks."

Cons:

• "Only loss of star is the quality of food to price - would not eat here so much."
• "Expensive fun with a side of covid."
• "Drink were a touch expensive but probably expected for the location & all the ping pong."
• "Bounce is a great outing for groups, though pricey."
• "The table tennis is a little pricey."
• "It's fairly overpriced even considering its location, and the £6 per person fee should be a per-table fee instead."
• "Crazy expensive, waited 30mins for one cocktail after payment, tough to love."

Service

Pros:

• "Upon request, staff were great at topping up the bottles of Prosecco and ensuring there was plenty of pizza as well as those with dietary requirements were taken care of."
• "The music was ridiculously good, great cocktails and service."
• "The manager at this store was so incredibly helpful and went above and beyond to make our evening great."
• "Staff were excellent and very polite."
• "Staff are all friendly & helpful, drinks came quickly."
• "The staff were superb, our organiser actually mistakenly booked the wrong Bounce venue, which they offered to transfer and were very flexible with the timings etc."
• "The staff was very welcoming and friendly."

Cons:

• "They got our drink order wrong which was pre-ordered."
• "Poor, arrogant bouncers. Was asked to move my chair, when asked how far the bouncer immediately told me he would call security."
• "We booked a ping pong table for a friends birthday in January. We were told that with the booking we would get table service however we never got that which was a bit disappointing."
• "Our server never came back, so we never got a chance to order food."
• "Service was bad the second we walked in. The host had no emotion upon entry."
• "A staff member rudely came and said times up and had no knowledge of our issue, took the bats and walked off."
• "The first thing I encountered was a reception lady who was rude to us."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The music was ridiculously good, great cocktails and service."
• "A great atmosphere with fun effects to make the games even better."
• "Amazing place where to enjoy a pingpong night with friends with drinks and music!!"
• "Certainly a good place for a social. However, it is a little chaotic and best enjoyed in a group setting."
• "Love food, drinks and table tennis? Then bounce is your spot."
• "Great atmosphere, food, drinks and tables."
• "A really cool atmosphere and a fun and different place to go for something to do with friends or a date."

Cons:

• "I will never understand the reason why people would pay to be in a dark, loud, terribly decorated place that serves cheap drinks and food."
• "It's quite dark so it can be hard to keep track of the ball."
• "The venue is quite dark, surface areas are sticky around the Ping Pong area."
• "However, lights are not good enough for playing, and the space around the tables is also not enough."
• "Space was a little tight, at peak hours there were a lot of people congregated around tables which did make it harder to play."
• "The music here is a little too loud making it difficult to talk to your friends as a group."
• "It was quite loud and hot so not very comfortable or good for chatting even though it's meant to be a sociable environment."

Facilities

Pros:

• "Tables and bats in good nick."
• "Advanced bookings recommended and we were at a regular table but the interactive table looked like great fun!"
• "You have interactive ping pong games which make the night much more enjoyable."
• "Really good quality of table tennis equipment."
• "Great venue for a night out, Bounce boasts a large downstairs area with many ping pong tables to accommodate demand."
• "The place itself is big and clean, there are many ping pong tables and tables where you can sit."
• "Great spaced out venue with plenty of tables some of which are tucked away nicely in corners so you feel relatively closed off from everything."

Cons:

• "There are ping pong balls on the floor everywhere, so you must be careful when you walk."
• "Ping pong tables a plenty but all a bit close together."
• "The place is not particularly clean, which brings the place down a bit."
• "Nobody collected the balls for you as I've heard they do in other branches."
• "No idea why there's graffiti all over the place it cheapens the look."
• "The toilets absolutely stink, to the point of almost making me want to vomit."
• "It gets really crowdy but you can move well there."