"The building itself is very attractive, with some nice period features and appears to be in very good condition."
"What really impressed me were the acoustics."
"An amazing venue, accessibility is fantastic, they can't do enough for you and your needs."
"The atmosphere, the power of the audience and the performance all was spectacular!"
"Always a great venue the perfect midterm between big and small while being cosy and intimate enough to make you feel special and big enough to let you commune in something bigger."
"The atmosphere was electric, and the venue's acoustics were top-notch."
"This is a lovely Venue."
Cons:
"When I saw people fainting one after another I thought they had too much to drink until I realised I'm getting sick too. There was no air in the venue at all."
"The show was let down by the inept production crew, sound engineering was poor, wasn’t balanced very well and lots of feedback."
"Beautiful venue and it pains me to say it but the acoustics in here are rubbish."
"Standing area got very crowded last night for Beast in Black, at one point not even affording some space to gather oneself by the bar area."
"Only downside is the excessive noise from members of the audience below during the performances which seems to be extremely loud when in the balcony."
"During quiet song moments all we hear is chatting, laughing, ice bucket refilling and RUBBISH BAGS BEING TAKEN OUT."
"Great building but the sound is absolutely terrible... Have seen a few of my absolute favourite bands die and death in there due to awful acoustics."
Staff and Service
Pros:
"The staff were very organised, friendly and helpful!"
"The staff were friendly and very helpful, ensuring that the evening went with as few problems as possible."
"They were kind, courteous and made jokes as well as being helpful and practical."
"The staff are extremely helpful and professional."
"Staff were absolutely great! Very friendly, kind and attentive."
"Pleasant staff, including security who were very relaxed and helpful."
"The staff was very friendly and they did the best they could considering everybody was so anxious and excited to rush in."
Cons:
"Staff was really impolite and just shrugged it off."
"Some stuff who working there is so rude which I thing she is Turkish."
"Very rude and abrupt."
"I’m not one to write reviews especially poor ones but the security staff are some of the rudest people I’ve ever come across in my life."
"Security were total jobsworths, but I guess that comes with the job description."
"But their bar staff are incredibly insensitive to the acts there."
"But on a huge sold out event, why not have more people on the security lines? They were moving extremely slow."
Facilities and Accessibility
Pros:
"Large standing venue with sprung dance floor. Good range of bottled beers in addition to the draught pumps."
"Close to tube and places you can eat before an event."
"It's close to Highbury and Islington underground and mainline station, so it's excellent for transport connections."
"Has excellent facilities for mobility restrictions and lots of clean toilets."
"The toilets were clean and fresh and easy to find."
"Accessible seated area at the left of the downstairs next to an accessible toilet."
"Great that there is a seating area for disabled attendees."
Cons:
"The drinks prices are ridiculous. £7.25 a pint."
"Lack of seating is a negative for me."
"Only venue downsides were the queues for the bars and toilets."
"A word of caution for those attending concerts or other events requiring prolonged seating; the seats at the very front of the balcony are EXTREMELY cramped."
"The only downside for me is that they do not allocate balcony seating so if you want to guarantee the best or better seats, you need to get there well ahead of time."
"The only diwnside- the bottles of water we purchased were five pounds each!!"