The Garage Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "All the staff were great, and the manager even came across to check we were ok, and didn't need anything else."
• "The bouncers are some of the nicest and friendliest I have encountered while visiting any clubs in Glasgow!"
• "Great and friendly staff. There are various rooms to cater for different genres of music."
• "cloakroom lassie was lovely, bouncer was lovely anaw reminded me of one of my mad aunties or something."
• "The security inside were so helpful fab team of workers."
• "The staff are all great, friendly, very helpful and really quick service. Especially Susie!"
• "Everyone of them were smiling and attentive and it really made for a really positive friendly atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The place has the worst stuff ever, they are rude and angry for no reason, especially big bearded guy."
• "One of the security working in main part of club on Friday 23rd March obviously thinks its okay to bully young girls who have their shoes off as sore feet."
• "Security are an absolute joke!"
• "The bouncers are also very rude!"
• "The doormen were really rude and closed the door in our face without any explanation."
• "Disgusting behaviour from security guards, I never usually write reviews but I absolutely do not recommend going here at all whatsoever."
• "The bar staff were so rude."

Venue and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Excellent gig venue. Been here many times."
• "The sound and lights and set up for the bands are great and quickly transitioned."
• "Great atmosphere compared to most clubs."
• "It’s a decent sized venue, not too big and not too small."
• "The Garage for gigs is not great. It gets 2 stars for good lighting and atmosphere, because the punters make a gig night."
• "Insane live music!! Staff are all class!!"
• "Great little venue and acoustically, it sounded brilliant."

Cons:

• "The club itself smells very dirty and the toilets are always a mess."
• "When going for a concert it's fine until it's full and no matter where you're standing you cant see the stage properly."
• "Very tacky and not the cleanest of nightclubs."
• "Although a bog standard venue, it doesn't have much to redeem itself."
• "Possibly the worst nightclub in Glasgow, have visited several times & never had a good night, very run down & unclean."
• "The choice of drinks at the bar is utterly embarrassing."
• "And bar was barely even a bar!! 1 small fridge and if you didn't like Red Stripe or Strongbow you were pretty much out of luck."

Accessibility and Accommodation

Pros:

• "Up the stairs is a small to medium sized event hall with options to book booths to sit in in advance."
• "I received not only a very prompt response from Lauren, telling me we were added to the access list and no companion ticket was required, but she then went on to offer early access and a reserved booth."
• "Was at the garage recently to see VV. accessible seating was great until able bodied people decided it was much easier to see if they stood on the raised platform directly in front of me."
• "My friend is in a wheelchair and the venue had great accessibility."
• "Lovely venue with great accessibility."
• "Staff actually care whether the disabled have a good time."
• "What kinda surprised me is approach for disabled - as its quite nice."