The Blackpool Tower Ballroom Reviews Summary

Venue Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The grandeur of the ballroom is incredibly stunning and you can feel the uniqueness of the venue as soon as you enter the room."
• "The ballroom looks like it came out of the history books and seeing it on the telly does it no justice at all."
• "Fantastic, much better than we imagined. There is so much detail in the corridors, stairs entrance hall."
• "An amazing piece of stunning architecture. It was as if I had been taken back in time."
• "I could have stayed all day and then some more."
• "Loved the ballroom as soon as I entered. Tea dance was on and the dancers were fab u lous."
• "Beautiful Historic ballroom, I can see why people love it."
• "The ballroom itself was lovely, so special."

Cons:

• "Beautiful Historic ballroom, I can see why people love it, but it looks a bit grubby and tired if you're being honest and the toilets stink."
• "Although watching the same dancers perform did get quite monotonous and an hour was more than enough."
• "Not at all disabled friendly. We were visiting the tower balloon with a friend on crutches, following a recent accident and fracture."
• "The refreshment kiosk was really slow we waited over 40 minutes just for coffees, poor girls were running around only 2 of them serving over a 100 people."
• "Not enough staff can't use cash even for a cup of coffee, stairs to ladies toilets from the ballroom the smell is disgusting."

Dance and Music Experience

Pros:

• "I love how families and children are encouraged to have a dance on the floor alongside seasoned dancers."
• "Listening to the organs and watching the dancers."
• "To see young people in modern clothes trying to copy elderly people doing ballroom dancing was so special."
• "It was so nice to be able to just sit and enjoy the music (on the wherlitzer etc)."
• "The Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ has got to be heard in the hands of this truly magical musician!"
• "Was Beautiful just to sit and experience the different dances and the relaxing music been played live on that organ."
• "I like how they had dance teachers showing you how to do dances every now and again."
• "Enjoyed watching the dancing made up from all standards. They even gave a training session for anyone to join in."

Cons:

• "Organists only seemed to know a handfull of sequence dances, even then they played the same ones."
• "Don’t think they realise how boring it is to have the same dances all afternoon."
• "Tea a little on the weak side. As a person who cannot dance, a little more of the directed country dancing would be good."
• "Was a good experience to go and do but queue took too long in my opinion to go up to the top of the tower."

Food and Beverage

Pros:

• "Coffee and juice reasonably priced at the bar."
• "Booked afternoon tea in the ballroom and it was just lovely. Food was very tasty and plentiful for the price."
• "The place is a joy, it is sad to read so many people's reviews who expect everything either cheep of free, especially where kids are concerned."
• "Fantastic point in time, experience something that has been going on for over 100 years. We had afternoon tea and enjoyed the full 90 minutes booked."
• "We went for the day, having booked afternoon tea in the ballroom. It was a wonderful experience, great atmosphere and lively organ music."
• "If you can do this, do it you won't be disappointed."
• "Loved the ballroom as soon as I entered. Next time we go I will definitely have the high tea which is £54 for a couple."
• "It's a great place, with an air of importance. Iconic and full of history."

Cons:

• "Lovely building but disappointed with the lack of direction when we arrived for cream tea. No tables, so we had to eat it on our laps, upstairs."
• "Lovely afternoon. Went for afternoon tea - only disappoint was the service- server never checked to see if we were OK or needed drinks topped up."
• "Stunning ballroom, steeped in history and grandeur. Lovely to watch the couples dancing, but the toilets stink."
• "Went for afternoon tea ... disappointed sandwiches were squashed flat... miniature fancies soggy.... scone had no fruit and was extremely salty."
• "Was very disappointed. Repeated the dances every time the organist changed, requested five different dances and they didn’t play one of them."
• "Very busy in the ballroom on Wednesday when we visited. A lot of people enjoying themselves dancing and enjoying watching other people enjoying themselves dancing."
• "As a group of 5 we recently went for afternoon tea. It was nice but two criticisms: 1) the music was loud, ridiculously loud."
• "We went here for afternoon tea with the family, food was nice but maybe could have been slightly better."