The Cocktail Club Birmingham

Love this cocktail bar, the happy hours are a great idea and nice that they’re listed on Google. Due to a truncated time scale ended up there at opening time on a Sunday so it was understandably quiet but the drinks were top notch, the menu was interesting and varied and had a good selection of classics with a cocktail club riff. Some interesting/unusual bottles on the back bar too which is always good to see. Mayur was a great host for the evening, always busy prepping for the busier time later but always attentive for the next round and good suggestions 👍 Some contactless tip jars might be good, I had zero cash and was sorry I couldn’t tip as he was great. Stay awesome Mayur!

Christmas staff party at The Cocktail Bar, not much I can say, definitely not one I will be returning to I’m afraid. We had been booked at another venue initially with a food and drinks package included, they cancelled a week before but handed our booking over to the cocktail bar who offered to honour the food deal and supply a drinks voucher to enable everyone to have a singular drink on the deal. On arrival we had to argue and complain for everything as our booking was always for 11 people but they only catered for 7 of us. We were sat right next to the live band which meant we couldn’t even hear ourselves think let alone speak to the person sat next to you, which meant that we couldn’t enjoy the band, or each others company. The food was ok but only 7 of each item so nowhere near enough food for the 11 of us. The drinks prices were steep £6.50 for a bottled beer (nothing on tap) and for a bar calling itself a cocktail club the menu had around 16 cocktails in total all £11.75 each with 3 sharing cocktails starting at £60. The staff did try to help us out providing some drinks vouchers saying we couldn’t even hear have any bottle of beer, house spirit or house cocktail, yet when taken to the bar the choice was either a passion fruit martini or espresso martini as the only cocktails we could choose, Vodka and a mixer or a bottle of their cheapest beer. If there had been enough food and the staff making the expensive drinks actually made an effort and showed some flare and passion in making the cocktails then it would have been better. I can’t say I recommend The Cocktail Club and unfortunately I don’t intend to return or advise anyone else I know attend either.