The Alchemist Nottingham

We had a sharing meal which was lovely and just enough for two people. We also had two cocktails which were again lovely has they were different to a normal cocktail. The food was nice and hot. The staff were friendly and helpful. Child friendly. Nice and clean. It is not cheap but worth a visit for a special day. I would recommend going here.

Nice place with a lot of interesting and cool looking drinks. The bar has a very nice vibe and is something different compared to other bars. Highly recommend to make a reservation beforehand.

Staff are friendly, caring, and good-looking. Food and drink are just Soso, and the drinks presentations were cool, kinda too sweet for me and my partner.

Love this place the staff are great and friendly even they are under so much pressure with the amount of people in there. The food in here is amazing but if your eating you will probably need to book as they as always busy. Am not a big fan of cocktails but always seem to have them in here.

We recently ate at the alchemist between activities at the Nottingham Winter Wonderland. We visited on a Friday evening and whilst there were plenty of customers we were seated immediately. The service was friendly and efficient. We just had mains and some drinks. I had the crispy curried fish and my wife had a BBQ chicken sizzler. Both were of decent size for the price. My fish was very tender but not too dry. We would be very happy to eat here again if we visit central Nottingham again.

Great place to go. Food is really nice and well portioned with an extravagant twist on each dish. Staff are fantastic, polite and accommodating. The drinks menu is outright fun they're unusual and presented in a quirky way that suits the environment. The place is decorated/themed as though it were a set from s Jekyll and Hyde adaption, it makes a unique experience that I'd recommend to anybody.

My boyfriend and I walked into the Alchemist Nottingham with high hopes, it being his first time and me excited to share the theatrical experience with him. We were greeted by a waitress with little character, (no smiles here) and ushered to our table. I remained positive, wanting to make sure my boyfriend had the full effect of what I have known of the Alchemist from previous visits to various locations. We ordered drinks and food simultaneously, and underwent an unacceptable wait which was recognised by who we assume was the manager of the evening, who told us they ‘hadn’t forgotten about us’ (which was reassuring, being the only customers at this point). Strangely, half of my own drink arrived and was plonked down with no further instruction. This was almost immediately followed by our food. Feeling pretty hungry at this point, we tucked in and then 5 minutes later the remainder of my drink arrived, served by another member of the team. So by this point, we had interacted with 3 different people. I think there’s a saying about too many cooks around the broth. This led onto a disorganised explanation of what to do next with my drink, I believe the member of staff was under the assumption I should know as the customer how to continue? For anyone who has been to the Alchemist before, you’ll understand this isn’t the norm and some assembly is required. The criticism here is, particularly as we were 1 of 2 seated tables at this point, it would’ve made much more sense to simply be waited by just the one member of staff. It felt as if, because it was quiet in the restaurant, those members of staff present were stumbling over each other on what to do.

Anyway, still remaining positive, we opened up a dessert menu having finished our main meal and were greeted by a dead bug. I called a member of staff over and asked them what the normal process was for guests who are given a menu containing dead bugs, and he was unsure how to proceed but no apology followed and we were asked ‘where the bug came from’. I explained certainly not us, and I said ‘a free drink wouldn’t go a miss to rectify the issue’. The member of staff then swept the menu from the table and, unsurprisingly, the offending bug fell to the floor. He turns around and explains ‘it’s fallen on the floor’ and, at this point, it’s hard to find the words. ‘No beep Sherlock’ one wants to say!

The manager from earlier in the evening comes over with the one gratuity drink and arrogantly says ‘I’ve brought this over for the horrible experience you had with a dead fly’. I explained it wasn’t a dead fly, but thanks anyway. At this point, still no apology.

Safe to say, the service charge was removed from our bill and sadly, whilst I still remain a fan of the chain, I wouldn’t recommend the Alchemist Nottingham to friends visiting the city.

Just an amazing experience to eat here, even with family and the food was really good, small what you get but delicious.
The drinks were out of this world, looked amazing, and tasted delicious! The atmosphere is absolutely fantastic! The staff was lovely, but the guy that was serving us seemed to forget some food items to have ordered and had to ask twice. One of my family members had ordered the BBQ chicken but got pork instead. He did apologise and offered to get the right thing, but everything seemed to be fine afterwards. Still 5 stars for me, such a truly amazing and beautiful place to eat or even just to have drinks. Definitely recommend this place to other friends and family that visit Nottingham! Hands down the best.