Electric Brixton Reviews Summary

Venue Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great venue with big spaces and reasonable drink prices."
• "Sound system was loud & crystal clear compared to some joints I've been in."
• "This is a cool venue and the staff are great."
• "Live events here are really good and diverse."
• "Proper decent venue nowadays! Great sound, lighting, etc... and the staff were cool and welcoming all night long."
• "Genuinely amazing venue. The smoking area is a little too small and suffocating for people who just want air."
• "The environment is actually very nice. Very spacious and historical."

Cons:

• "I think it was oversold, and crowd management could have been a LOT better to avoid a dangerous incident."
• "Oktoberfest was grim."
• "Space is NOT wheelchair friendly nor level access."
• "Waiting time for the bar was really bad & cloakroom staff are RUDE!!"
• "Beer prices are steep (5.5 a 350ml can? Even more a 250ml bottle?) and the bar not staffed enough."
• "the queue for the cloakroom and bathrooms were massive."
• "It cost me £5.50 for a single can or Red Stripe."

Staff and Security

Pros:

• "The staff is professional and friendly."
• "Polite staff and bouncers unlike Scala in Kings Cross."
• "security was spot on."
• "The staff was great, the venue is very small and there is some random seating available on the sides."
• "Friendly staff, easy access to the bars, great acoustics."
• "extremely professional and polite Security Guards."
• "Staff were all polite and friendly, and the security looked like they were more interested in your safety and having fun."

Cons:

• "wouldn't go to again out of choice to be honest."
• "I had a terrible experience with the security staff. They were rude, pushed my girlfriend and me without reason."
• "Venue would be ok if it wasn’t for aggressive security staff who literally take things out of your bag and hand and throw them in a bin without warning."
• "Very rude security staff."
• "as a regular gig goer this is genuinely the worst venue I’ve ever been too, the security don’t care."
• "Arrogant bouncers did not even allow us to use bathroom after the concert."
• "Security are terrible and rude."

Facilities and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Bars in 3 different areas... so no mad cues."
• "the floor is regularly cleaned during sets."
• "The seating area upstairs gives a great view and where ever you stand you don't feel miles away from the stage!"
• "The venue was very clean and the toilets remained in good condition throughout the evening."
• "Toilets are good, bar prices normal, though all beers are in tins."
• "Got cloakroom, Toilets are clean and bar ok even if selection of drinks wasn't the best when I was there."
• "They have a coat check and clean bathrooms. Lots of conveniently located bathrooms."

Cons:

• "The venue is very intimate, but unless you're 6 feet tall or standing at the very front, it is impossible to get a good view of the stage."
• "Once people stood on chairs you couldn't see the screens."
• "The floor was really sticky which was a bit unpleasant."
• "Please clean up the toilets. Smell I'd unbearable."
• "the lighting was bad could not see the Artist as the lights was in our faces blinding us"
• "The bathrooms are also not very clean."
• "It is a nice building but isn't very wheelchair friendly inside."