Stramash Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Venue

Pros:

• "Visited on a weekday night during the festival. The bar had great atmosphere, big open spaces, wasn't crowded."
• "The pub has all the typical elements of a traditional British pub and the attention to details inside (like indoor lighting) is amazing."
• "Impressive converted church with live music every night, free entry and open till 3am."
• "The bands are truly amazing and the energy level is through the roof!"
• "So much space whether you are there for food drinks or the live music there's plenty of spaces to sit or stand."
• "Lively and versatile venue."
• "Love this place! With two floors, there's always enough room to dance and enjoy the live music acts, the sound system's really good quality, plus helpful staff at the bars on either floor, and a nice choice of drinks... all that with a no entrance fee/tickets to buy! 👌"

Cons:

• "Good venue in general but recently bouncers have been homophobes."
• "It's a good venue, good drinks, atmosphere and the staff are working their arses off and friendly too, BUT it wasn't good for FRINGE festival."
• "For Stramash supposedly being an inclusive company for the LGBTQ community it seems to lack morals only accepting straight passing gays using this more as a money grab than anything else."
• "The same bands play the same songs every week."
• "Really expensive beer (£8.20 for 1 pint and a half)."
• "Not much going on on the dance floor."
• "Downsides and alas there is a few - gets very hot in there, uncomfortably when busy in summer time."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "The food was amazing and brilliantly priced, also a wide variety of spirits and on tap beers and cider."
• "Service was fast and friendly, prices affordable."
• "Solid door team and really good barstaff mean there's no bother and quick service."
• "Great prices for drinks and the staff are wonderful."
• "Friendly staff, so tasteful."
• "The staff were all lovely."
• "Friendly staff from the front door to the bar staff."

Cons:

• "Was advised that this was a good night out but unfortunately our party of 6 (all smartly dressed and not drunk in the slightest) were refused entry at 9.30pm on the grounds that they don’t let groups in."
• "The bouncers are the worst."
• "Very rude door staff."
• "Also the waiter forgot one of our orders and we couldn't figure out if we had paid for it or not because they didn't give us a receipt and couldn't print one off later on."
• "The bar staff on this particular evening weren't great."
• "Poor bar management - one bar staffed but totally unused yet not enough staff to open the upstairs despite many people being without chairs."
• "Bar staff are really nice."

Entry & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Entrance free."
• "There is no cover charge if you are here before midnight."
• "Even if you are alone, you will find someone to dance with you."

Cons:

• "Wanted to have a good time with my pals but got kicked out for being a man in shorts (because apparently women can show their legs but men can't)."
• "They wouldn’t let my friend in when it was her graduation night and all of her friends were in the bar when she hadn’t had a drink, she can’t drink much due to her condition."
• "Due to racism, we were denied entry to this ‘club.’"
• "I can’t believe a woman of my age at 57 was banned from the club by the doorman Keith."
• "Was turned away for being ‘too drunk’ after a 10 second ID inspection."
• "Do not come here if you are Disabled!"
• "We were refused entry for no apparent reason and felt let down and insulted by the security staff."

Live Music & Entertainment

Pros:

• "Push the door of this church and soak up the Scottish atmosphere: great beers, excellent music, festive atmosphere and very decent."
• "One minute you're swaying to reggae, the next you're stomping your feet to Irish folk."
• "Engaging live musical performances."
• "Quality live music venues."
• "Live music with changing bands and music styles until 3 am."
• "Really entertaining and talented musical acts on stage."
• "The music sounded so authentic Irish I almost forgot I was in wonderful Scotland."