Poco

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   Zak

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 25, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Nice quirky place in an old industrial building. Only issue is it is a bit isolated from any other bars or restaurants of a similar genre.
   

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   Jessica

   Manchester

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on October 18, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Really lovely bar, great wine and cocktails, the bar staff were so friendly
   

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   Carmel

   Brighton

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on September 27, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This is a great little bar, so much so that I kind of don’t want to tell anyone about it. The cocktails are delicious, service fun and friendly; the bar staff loved experimenting to meet our individual tastes and needs and made my partner a version of a paper plane with mezcal that knocked it out the park. The margs were awesome, made with marmalade. The focaccia was delicious and while we didn’t have anything else (this time) the food coming out looked great. We’ll be back to try another time for sure.
   

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   Naomi

   London

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on September 21, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Good food - definitely pre dinner nibbles and not dinner. Really good cocktails. Lovely staff. Chilled setting. Only thing I would improve is to make it clearer if it is bar or table service when people arrive. Would definitely recommend. Smokey marg was delicious.
   

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   Jan

   Yorkshire

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on September 21, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Great bar and great service. We had beers, a G&T, served perfectly, and after listening to my friend’s cocktail preference a bespoke cocktail was made for her. We didn’t intend to eat but the small plates looked delicious so we ordered three and they didn’t disappoint. It was early Saturday afternoon so was fairly quiet but still had a great feel to the place.
   

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   Lauren

   Nottingham

   12 reviews

   4.0

   12 reviews

   Dined on August 23, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   The food and drinks were amazing, and the after work offers were really good. The service was really friendly but really slow and think more staff was needed. Appreciate it’s a new place though and these things will be ironed out! Will definitely go back
   

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   Amy

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on August 23, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Such a great new space to go for delicious cocktails. The staff are great and very welcoming and friendly. We booked with a discount code but didn't end up receiving the discount and we had to pay a 10% tip that is automatically added to the bill regardless of what you order and I feel like it is done this way to make it a little awkward to ask to remove it. Would be great if it was an optional add on when you pay on the card machine. Without the discount and with the tip added on, it made our bill £4 more expensive for 2 cocktails and one snack dish which was quite significant. Overall, would recommend as atmosphere is lovely and drink options are different and tasty.
   

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   Gemma

   London

   59 reviews

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   4.0

   59 reviews

   Dined on August 23, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Great little spot! Their margaritas are dangerously easy to drink! The staff are great and the decor is gorgeous. Most importantly, they're dog friendly! Get yourselves down there!
   

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   Charlotte

   London

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on August 16, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   We have been to Poco three or four times since it opened. It's a gorgeous space, with a concise but lovely drinks list. We are very glad to have somewhere this nice for drinks on our side of town. However, our recent visit left a lot to be desired. We went on a Friday, responding to a promotional email telling us that they were doing cocktails for £7 between 5 and 7pm on Fridays, with an extra 10% off if you booked a table. So, we booked. When we arrived there was no music playing and all the tables were full, but they hadn't put on any extra staff. So service was veeeery slow. People were arriving having booked and told there weren't any tables so they'd have to sit outside. The vast majority of patrons were pairs of people, we got the last inside table and would have happily shared our large booth if asked. The two drinks we each managed to get were as always, utterly delightful, and the small free bread snack we had we nice but food was really slowing down their drink service with just two people on. When it came time for us to leave - we had a dinner reservation elsewhere - I went to pay and had to wait about 8 minutes as the two staff members were busy and then the bill came to £36. I'm no maths whizz but even I know 4 x £7 - 10% is £25.20. The bloke went into a bit of a meltdown when I queried this, and kept trying to override the till with different numbers saying it's because of service charge. I'm happy to pay a standard 10% service charge. But that should bring it back to about £28. I ended up paying £29.52. Admittedly cheaper than the menu price, but why publicize a promotion if you're not going to honor it? As we left another couple heard us discussing it and said they had had the same experience. We will be back, but I urge Poco to plan staff levels and training to run alongside any promotions - people had clearly responded well but they hadn't planned for it.
   

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    KathrynE

    London

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on July 19, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    The perfect setting for after-work drinks (and snacks). The marg is fantastic, and Poco is the perfect setting in which to enjoy it; very chilled, very chic.
    

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