Bar Kick Shoreditch - Live Sports Bar Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Great service from Simon and the team, very friendly and accommodating."
• "Super friendly staff, great service."
• "The staff were excellent."
• "Staff were also helpful and polite."
• "Danny, Freya and Ollie were impeccable, service unmatched by any other."
• "Lammin was an exceptional barman. He was super polite, incredible knowledge about the drinks barkick services, great suggestions for drinks."
• "The staff being very friendly and informative."

Cons:

• "Guy at the bar was strangling rude when we asked if they would be showing the rugby."
• "Just stood like an idiot at the counter trying to order food and drinks for two people, haven't been acknowledged a single time."
• "Waitress was overworked, rude and food took forever to be served."
• "The staff we forgetting drink orders."
• "Other waiters did not attend to us like he did!"
• "Went downstairs to look for somewhere to stand out of the way when we got a very rude and unprofessional attitude from a member of staff."
• "Where do I start? Firstly expresso martinis were poured on two of us by the blonde waitress."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great bar, great atmosphere and the table football is great fun."
• "Nice and buzzy on a Tuesday evening."
• "Buzzy, colourful, friendly, lots of space - very little not to like at bar Kick in Shoreditch."
• "The place was lovely and had good atmosphere."
• "Love the place, great atmosphere, lovely music and affordable drinks."
• "Very nice relaxed atmosphere. All age groups interacting perfectly."
• "The atmosphere was so great. Every single table has a TV close to watch the games."

Cons:

• "Super loud music meant it's a bit tricky to chat."
• "The vibes are really different and the bar has lost its identity.. also the music was too high to talk."
• "It’s just excellent to have 20 people sit at tables outside and order largely for hours in anticipation to watch their favourite football team in the Euro Cup, just so that the management closes the blinds a minute after the game has started."
• "Sadly not what the Kick used to be… They renovated and got rid of 80% of the foosball tables, the place lost all character and social vibes and feels like another random bar."
• "Now it is just another pub, destituted of any charm or warmth."
• "Gets busy to the point of claustrophobic on Friday and Saturday evenings."
• "It's changed - and not necessarily for the better... It feels like a lot of character has been lost following the renovation."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

• "Delicious smash burgers."
• "They offer a good variety of beers at normal London price."
• "Solid food, great happy hour deal for £2.50 bottles of sagers."
• "The beer at this place is reasonably priced and I believe they do a happy hour where you get 2 for 1 on sagres."
• "Upstairs has a number of big screens to watch the match, and an excellent selection of bottled beers."
• "Food was very tasty as well."
• "Food was very, very good. Wings were fantastic highly recommend."

Cons:

• "The bar is slow, very slow."
• "It is expensive and the drinks are nothing great."
• "Just don't eat there, all food orders were wrong."
• "I tried the smash burger and not recommended."
• "The food is overpriced, small portioned but pack decent flavours."
• "The food didn’t look anything special and considering the prices we expected far more."
• "No vegetarian options available despite it only being 6:30pm."

Sports & Games

Pros:

• "Always the best venue for live sports in London, Bar Kick is simply the best!"
• "The heavy football themeing here is great and is far more personalised and interesting that what you might find in any Premier League club's museum."
• "Very nice to play foosball on bonzini table. They have so many of them."
• "This is a fantastic place to play table-football."
• "Football tables are top quality."
• "We had a great time playing table football. The tables are well designed: raised corners mean the ball rarely goes dead, the rods are telescopic so there's no risk of jabbing your opponent."
• "Football tables and interactive darts were great fun."

Cons:

• "On the day we were told that we only had the table football and one small bar table which could barely seat 5 people."
• "Unfortunately, like at the Exmouth market branch, it is virtually impossible to have a play at the table soccer as it's always swamped and there seem to be no clear rules on turnover."
• "We had to stand the whole time among other customers to eat our food and watch the game."
• "The tables are very very badly looked after, quite old and it is difficult to operate."
• "They removed most of the table football and now charge for an hours play."
• "The table football tables themselves have clearly been subject to some wear and tear which can make games quite uneven and frustrating."
• "They have a lot of table football facilities... however the tables they have are not the best, we had to get some olive oil from their kitchen to make it easier but still didn't work perfectly."