Blue Collar Corner in Reading

Great concept, previously very good but the food has gotten more expensive and the quality has reduced. They also don't make it clear when the food stalls close and the time seems to change based on demand. Unfortunate as it started off great.

One of the best burgers I've ever had

Nice and chill. Good coverage for the weather.

A great lunch at Blue Collar corner. Everyone was able to grab something and it was a great vibe and atmosphere. Drinks were purchased from the small on site pub and the food from a collection of different stalls. I got the fries and they were huge. Well worth a visit.

Always a good time to be had here. A rolling variety of food vendors and a solid choice behind the bar. Music can be hit or miss.

I liked it, and it's a great idea and welcome addition to the town centre. The burger stall is massively overpriced though (£12 burger from a stall with No chips...really?!). The saffron place is slightly overpriced but more reasonable. Pizza place was great , though limited topping choice. Shame the balcony area is designated smoking area... Will give it another go when out for drink...this was a family lunch trip.

Had a lovely fun evening at Blue Collar! Love the new app idea too. The staff were really friendly and knowledgeable - I was served by George who gave me some great beer recommendations. Will be back soon!

Great little location, food and beer 😁

Outside venue with a few different food containers, bar and Lot's of different seating areas. Either up on the top of the containers in the main area or out side the main area.

I like it and it's a grateful place to meet but the drinks selection is really low and the toilets are really festival like. Food it great and the selection idea is fab

Enjoyable temp buildings nicely laid out with outdoor heating

Didn't have food. But amazing atmosphere. The hub radio played really good music. Definitely a place to go.

It was great! Plenty of atmosphere but not so many people that it was too loud. Great choice of food, something for everyone, and fast service.

A surprise oasis in a city centre.

Nice chilled atmosphere catching up with friends with a beer in the open air. Had dinner reservation elsewhere but food looked good

Spoilt by ridiculously loud music played on poor quality speakers. Just a distorted mess. We had to leave after our first drink. Then to add insult to injury I went for a meal at the restaurant next door and all we could hear was the blue collar speakers all evening. Sort it out.

Great little venue tucked away in a central location - bar staff are a little slow (no queue management) but the drinks were great and reasonable priced.

#6nations #topdj #bestvenuereading

Really wanted to like this. Unfortunately, it's just somewhere to sit out in the open and be charged extortionate prices for below average food and drink. Bog standard 'craft' lager at nearly £7 a pint. I've tried several of the food options and always been disappointed- latest failure was being charged £4 for a tiny tray of 'Belgian Fries', which turned out to be frozen chips which were only Belgian if you paid another quid for some mayo. Wouldn't even give me some salt. Just a bit rubbish really. Theres actually a pub 20 metres away which offers all the same things for probably less and it has a beer garden. Disappointing.  Security staff are friendly though.

BCC has quickly become a Reading institution. The rotating food options offer something for everybody. Craft lager for under £6 is rare to see these days. Tastes good too!

Nice place for visit during the walk. Artificial Florida

Great food and service and venue, however, put off by the fact the table was so sticky our paper plates stuck to the top and ripped.

What a place! I wish we had something like this closer in Guildford. We were lucky to visit on a day when they had a competition running between lots of visiting food stands. The grub was out of this world. So much variety and so much enthusiasm for what they do. Loved it.

Had a lovely time on Friday evening. Food and staff were amazing especially Richard who was amazing!

Blue Collar Corner is a funky shipping container type pop up venue in Reading town centre. This is different. Inside there are a number of food bars offering a range of tasty food in good portions. I had the coco chicken and it was good - and a big portion! The main bar serves beer from a local brewery. Plenty of seating downstairs and upstairs - it's a fairly large venue. Live DJ playing. Overall a nice vibe with a relaxed crowd. Definitely worth checking this out in the summer.

Amazing place! Great food, drink, and atmosphere.

Stumbled across this on a sunny day & really enjoyed the rooftop & the decoration as well as the 'street food'.

I’ve been here loads. It’s a bit of a gem to be honest. Good changes regular to support local business and I ain’t had a bad meal once. The beer is from the Double Barrel Brewery in Reading, which is outstanding. The beer is reasonably priced. There’s always something going on here from Markets to DJ events to food courts. If you’ve not been you’ve missed out

Went on Sunday afternoon with only 2 places you can choose food . We choose to eat from Naakaa thefoudiescorner and was amazing, Funky Frankie was so tasty went for the lamb version fries also had a kick from the spices. Chicken biriani was succulent and right amount of heat.

Great choice of food options. Great location.

love this venue - great vibe fab food

Love the idea - imagine it works well in the evening. Came for lunch - mainly families with a few kids/babies and couples about but the management think it’s super trendy to have the speakers on LOUD all day long. It’s hard to hear one person across the quite large tables anyway. Throw in an over zealous DJ and it just became much less enjoyable. Suggest before 3pm or so turn the volume down 50% and just stick on some lounge music so your guests can have a conversation that doesn’t involve learning to lip read. Came to hang out with my wife not gurn and rave during our lunch out. Thanks

What a great place! First time I had been there. Lots of great food choices! Will visit again!

This is a nice, cool, different kind of setup. A sheltered area housing a few different hatches of a combo of street food and a Bar. Nice sturdy benches set up for you to take your pick. With heaters above you which do not fail to keep you warm. The food, reasonably priced and definitely did not disappoint. The men's toilet block could have been a little cleaner. All in all a nice eating experience. I will definitely return.

Brilliant venue in Reading town centre and one of the best burgers I've ever had! Highly recommended.

Lovely summer location for socialising/ eating outside

Cool place! Covered, heated, music is on, and the food is great. A choice of Vietnamese, Burgers, Wraps, Coffee or Argentinian. Try the Chorizo roll, its really good. Dogs welcome too

What's not to love! Great choice of food vendors even with the rotation. Reasonably priced and great to support independents in Reading!

Done wreath making by sonning common flowers

First time here.. Good atmosphere. Wide selection of food stalls and good tunes from the DJ

I really like the food selection here! Atmosphere is always inviting. Some of it is pricey for what you’re getting depending what you pick but overall good time

What a fantastic venue. We met for a surprise 50th, drinks flowed and the food was exceptional. As always an excellent selection of cuisines for everyone’s taste. The team were super helpful in our planning of the event and helped make it go off with a bang! Thank you!

This place was lovely, we didn't eat here but it looked and smelt awesome! The bar was good and the atmosphere was great - totally coming back to try some of the various street food. Despite it all being outdoors there are lots of heaters and it's mostly undercover.

What a lovely place! The food was delicious, there is a wide variety of cuisines. They also show sports on the tv. Live music. The staff were friendly. Would defiantly recommend to a friend :)

Top notch food. Could do with a few more screens for sports purposes but good energy regardless

Great open air bar and food. Covered in the colder months.

Nice place for hanging out with friends. Great atmosphere. Sometimes the music may feel too loud. The food options are great, they keep updating frequently.

Last popin here for last drink of the night as been to Reading pride and want something to eat. Omg they call this a chicken burger it was disgusting.

Had an amazing night here, the music was incredible and it was busy enough to create an atmosphere, but not too much sonyou couldn't dance. Highly recommend!

A relatively new establishment in the centre of Reading which was originally made for Summer, but has since evolved with plenty of coverings and heaters for those colder nights. The age groups largely vary but mostly millennials and older generation tend to indulge into a beer and some food, while watching some much loved sport. Great place with great vibes.

One of our favourite places in Reading. Great atmosphere, excellent choice of food stalls and very good beers. Often have DJs playing and they run a lot of events like food festivals and markets

Great atmosphere, lovely food, one of my favourite places in Reading for both daytime and evening.

Great place for a drink, good atmosphere

Perfect place in Reading to hang out with your friends🍻🤘🏽 variety of beers from local breweries.

Expensive, too noisy to talk, nowhere to hide from the rain.

Was just there for drinks but definitely a place i will be back too for a proper visit. Like the idea of street food so looking forward to my next visit.

Awesome corner for Reading's excellent street food scene

We hired out the terrace for mine and my girlfriends 30th and it was the perfect venue. Awesome food, great music and the service was perfect, George looked after us all night and made it a great occasion. 100% would do an event here again and will be back for the food and a ding larger very soon!

Great variety of vendors and a really chill setting.

While I love the rotating food options it lacks enough seating and the vibe is massively dependent on the time of day. Can just be really hit and miss

Amazing atmosphere especially after sunset with all little lights on and flowers, drinks a bit overpriced but loved it anyways ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Food changes all the time but lovely. Service on the bar is a little slow and uninterested but still good beer and drinks

Living in Reading for a year and JUST found out about this absolute gem of a place for younger people!

Really nice place to visit very nice

Without doubt the place’s got good ambience and a nice atmosphere to enjoy an evening out with friends. Music nights are the bonus.

Great food. Great beer. Great vibe!!

Fun place to sample one of the many food outlets and a wide range of beers

The environment gave a very floral and lovely atmosphere. However, depending on time the tables can be more of less very occupied and the chairs and tables are quite sticky. Food was really good, and cocktails decent but maybe a bit overpriced for the quality. Still very good if you want an outdoor environment that feels a bit more exotic

Love this bar, a hidden gem with good music, really good selection of food and drink. One of the best places in Reading on a sunny afternoon to relax and drink Pimms!

Really wanted to like this. Unfortunately, it's just somewhere to sit out in the open and be charged extortionate prices for below average food and drink. Bog standard 'craft' lager at nearly £7 a pint. Tried several of the food options and always been disappointed- latest failure was being charged £4 for a tiny tray of 'Belgian Fries', which turned out to be frozen chips which were only Belgian if you paid another quid for some mayo. Wouldn't even give me some salt. Just a bit rubbish really. Theres actually a pub 20 metres away which offers all the same things for less and it has a beer garden. Disappointing. Security staff are friendly though.

Not too crowded. All the seating is outside but undercover. There are some heaters over the tables. If it's raining you get wet going to the toilets. The food was expensive but normal for Reading. Staff were friendly.

Noodles did not taste fresh been under heat lamp too long I think, beer had a aftertaste like a slightly bitter taste, but otherwise ok, bit dirty around the edges compared to other places I have been in London.

Went here and i have to say i had the worst experience ever on a evening out, the guy on the mexican taco stand by the way is was rude, all the traders food was priced more or less restaurant prices only one trader was showing their hygeine rating, one person was picking his nose behined a counter £6.20 for a pint of ale in a dirty glass, the music was gradualy getting louder and louder and it was only 7pm,( so loud i could not hear people on the same table) vegan options are very very limited. If you want mediocre food try the place at your peril. I hate writing negative reviews if i could had left no stars i would. I notice other people have complained about loud music too before reading reviews.

Very nice. Great Atmosphere. Need more food and drinks stalls

Very good choice of food, great decor, nice atmosphere

Amazing hangout with great vibe. There are seats with heated lamps. The vendors rotate. Run to get to taste the wonderful Makan Malaysia… delicious food with great service!!!

Great atmosphere, awesome selection of food venders (can't wait to try them all - they're even doing colabs now 😍) and an amazing selection of local beers (now bigger range of soft drinks!). Definitely worth a visit, I was there for the evening but I'm sure it'd be a great place for lunch, lots of seating. All round good vibes! Update: There are now new traders in all the containers every couple of weeks! Really looking forward to tasting all the different independent food venders. Glad to see a local business keeping it fresh and new! Exciting!

Highly recommend Gully Indian Street food. The chicken tikka wrap was outstanding. Blue collar an awesome place to meet and socialise

Decided to make a weekend trip Reading, and Blue Collar Corner was fantastic. Lovely staff, great food and beer selections and the perfect atmosphere to hang out. Even on colder days, they are well equipped with heat lamps so you don’t notice at all. Can’t wait to go back in the summer.

Decent place if you can get a table. Had a range of food on offer and some drinks selection but not much. We had a good time there. The only thing that was a letdown was that everyone that had wine couldn't drink it because it tasted like vinegar, unfortunately, as they clearly had had it open for too long

Nice. Just needs a pudding place and it would be complete.

Really nice food and atmosphere , very friendly

Best place in town for street food, finest DJs in Reading, great selection of beers by Double Barrelled Brewery!

Great food at all of the places. The main bar serves good drinks.

Very good food, big booze choice :) I'll be back...

Great music 🎶 and friendly staff

Amazing to have a place like this in Reading. Between the selection of street food, great range of craft beers from the local Double Barrelled brewery, and DJs to set the mood, this is one of my favourite spots at the moment. Used to have to travel to London for something like this so it's great to have it on my doorstep.

Blue Collar Corner always has a really good vibe and atmosphere. Would 100% recommend this. They always have lots of different events planned so could bring your granny, kid or your mates!

I love coming down to Blue Collar. Great food and drink options, great music and its surprisingly very warm with the heaters!

Enjoyed the Euros at Blue Collar Corner! -Electric atmosphere -Great food -Good selection of drinks Can't wait for the Rugy 💙

Blue Collar is such a chilled out, friendly place to hang out for people of all ages including families. Loads of live music and events on and usually free entry. I never used to go out in Reading, as bars etc are not really for me, Blue Collar has got me out again. Brilliant!

I rate this little place ... it's not the usual template-style pub / bar ... it's all kinda outdoor and so a bit chilly in winter (wear more!) but it's got a real Rio-de-Janeiro beachside shack vibe about it ... bring the tropics to Reading! (Can only say it's what I imagine Rio is like - never actually been! :-D )

Great food, always love coming here

Great variety of food (including vegetarian options which are so tasty) and a great atmosphere where anyone would feel welcome. Deffo recommend!

Great beers and cocktails and food , nice and warm this time off year with heaters at each table A+

What a hidden treasure. A little cold today so not very busy. Heaters a bonus, beer great, music atmospheric and food on its way. In the spring and summer I could see it buzzing in here. Will come back.

Great place to hang out and people watch, very atmospheric on a summer evening, good beer, nice food, good djs too

We enjoyed ourselves very much The pizzas were superb! Plan to visit again next weekend. 5 stars to Sarvs Slice

The hottest spot in Reading, even in this Baltic cold snap in December '22.

It's fine. I don't know what I expected, but it lacked a certain atmosphere. I guess it isn't as big as I hoped and the food was a bit pricey. But it was nice to chat with friends and you certainly don't get cold under the lights. Bit noisy by the DJ booth.