Blame Gloria Covent Garden Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Fabrizio was so fun, giving us a complimentary round of shots and then being so helpful with anything! Definitely the best bartender!"
• "The staff were friendly, quick at making the drinks and the whole vibe of the venue was brilliant."
• "The staff are enthusiastic, lovely and will do their best to ensure your night there is a great one."
• "The staff were really friendly and kept the drinks flowing."
• "The staff are AMAZING - really friendly and accommodating."
• "Staff were lovely and very attentive."
• "The staff at the bar was very friendly and kind."

Cons:

• "One of the staff members was tried to get us to vacate our table before the end of the 2 hour slot we’d booked, and was generally rude."
• "Service was terrible and no proper apology just an aggressive approach."
• "The package was really expensive for something that felt really falsely advertised."
• "Service was quick and efficient!"
• "The rude man from the bar said “that is my stuff, leave it there”. With his poor attitude we asked to speak to the manager we were gobsmacked when he said it was himself."
• "Bar staff were rude to us."
• "A member of staff who resembles Ed Sheeran comes up and made me move. Extremely rude, 0 manners."

Atmosphere and Venue

Pros:

• "Fantastic night! Drinking dancing and laughing 😃."
• "Great atmosphere with amazing cocktails!"
• "The music was old school RnB and hip hop, funky decor atmosphere was amazing very lively."
• "The interior is amazing! It’s very cool and hip."
• "It's perfect for a date or a girls-night-out as it's quite atmospheric."
• "Amazing interiors and super atmospheric at this underground gem."
• "The atmosphere is lively and the decor is tasteful."

Cons:

• "Pretty place in a cellar. The down side for me is that it is quite narrow and so it felt a bit claustrophobic."
• "Only weak point is that the back area *slightly* smells like a chlorinated pool."
• "Knocked off one star because the pictures of the place look better than reality, it's much smaller than expected."
• "The vibe is not much like what the website pictures look like, I imagine it may be in the day time though. It was just so so packed in the evening."
• "Only con is that there's a funky musty damp smell as you pass through the arches before the toilet."
• "Its decor is quite nice, although when the air-conditioning is off, its like you're burning in hell, which isn't wonderful."
• "The place smells a bit like spilt drinks mixed with soap."

Drinks and Food

Pros:

• "Cocktails were good, expensive, but worth it as they were very strong."
• "Great 2-for-1 happy hour deal - I'd recommend the Pisco Inferno."
• "Cocktails are lovely. Happy hour is two for one otherwise is approx 10 quid a drink. Totally worth it."
• "The drinks never stopped with excellent service."
• "Cocktails are why you'd go, with the irresistible 2 for one offer."
• "Cocktails were amazing (Zombie 10/10) and the music was brilliant, made me wanna dance all night."
• "Drinks that are included are a good mix for the price and the food was surprisingly tasty!"

Cons:

• "I wouldn't order food here again."
• "The only let down was the food but that wasn't the main attraction."
• "The package was really expensive for something that felt really falsely advertised."
• "Food arrived after 1.5h and was cold (burger and fries)."
• "Cocktails tasted watered down and not filled to the top which was disappointing."
• "The food was very basic. I had the vegan burger and chips, it was dry."
• "The food was not as described, you have to pre-order and mine was taco's which was more like a bowl of mushy hash browns with squirted guacamole on top."

Entertainment and Events

Pros:

• "The hosts were brilliant, games were good, literally met the term bottomless brunch as alcohol just kept on coming, cocktails were lovely, and the abba theme was fantastic."
• "Staff are an absolute scream, the cocktails are incredible and the music was epic."
• "Queens were amazing and staff brilliant."
• "The performers were amazing and encouraging everyone to sing along, we also had a ABBA quiz too which was fun!"
• "Such a fun experience with amazing performers."
• "Great acts, very entertaining and naughty, the performers are so much fun!"
• "The performers are the main event!! They were so much fun and so talented."

Cons:

• "We were sat at a bar table down a corridor away from where the actual entertainment and brunch was happening."
• "If you're coming to celebrate an occasion like a birthday like we did, don't bother."
• "The venue is an L shape. And so you don't always get to see the drag queens."
• "Expected much more from the small team of entertainers - thought there would be at least 5, not 3."
• "The entertainment was below par."
• "The 'entertainment' was boring and they just sung a few ballads (no dancing or audience participation)."
• "We booked a « back to the noughties karaoke brunch » which turned out to be a drag brunch instead. No one told us about it before."