Gorilla

Watched British Lion here, nice small venue, holds around 500 I believe, was a great night.

RUBY, ALICE and all the team at Gorilla are fantastic. What a really welcoming, friendly and electric experience. We came to the City for a Gareth Emery set in the club and we had an amazing time which was partly made possibly by the experience with staff here. We came for a nosey before the gig and a quick drink in the bar area and were greeted with smiles in what was a really friendly and comfortable atmosphere. The doorstaff were all friendly enough and had some humour about them which is always a positive, and the night was an absolute belter. Visited again for breakfast the next day which was lovely and again with more cheerful and helpful staff. A venue that does it all and very well indeed. We didnt get any other names but all the staff we encountered were excellent. Thanks for a great experience and we wish your venue the best of success for the future. ❤️ ❤️🕺💃🎉🎉🎊🔉🔉

It makes me sad to write a negative review, but unfortunately we had a bad experience here. I would like to start by saying that the serving staff were very welcoming and we had no issues with them at all. Firstly, it was FREEZING inside. I had to keep my scarf wrapped around me like a blanket the entire time and the table next to us kept their coats and scarves on, too. We ordered the Mushrooms starter - which was supposed to come in a vegan cream sauce on potato rosti. When it arrived, it wasn't in a sauce at all, just dry mushrooms on two rostis - which we would not have ordered for ~£8.50 if we knew it would be served like this - very bland. My Husband ordered the steak pie and mash, which he said was fine, but nothing memorable or particularly tasty. The main issue I had is that I ordered the Lentil & Chickpea curry pie and what I received was a pie with no curry flavour, no lentils or chickpeas, just swede and carrot cubes with a Nutmeg taste. It tasted okay, but wasn't what I ordered or expected. I mentioned this to the server (who, again, was very nice) and he mentioned something about it maybe being the Festive Pie - which is a pie containing meat. I immediately felt sick and he went to check with the kitchen. Though I am not saying he was being dishonest, there didn't seem to be any 100% certain answer about whether or not this pie contained meat. Eventually, he did say that this was the curry pie, but when I questioned why it didn't taste of curry at all, nor contained any lentils or chickpeas as advertised, there was no explanation, only an apology. I left the rest of the meal and this was taken off the bill without me asking, which I did appreciate. It's just such a shame that the food fell so short here and we would never return.