Lovely place now it's been refurbished bright and airy with good acoustics
Great venue.Massive space spread over several floors.Bright and airy.Great cafe area serving food and assortment of alcohol and non alcoholic beverages.Good service.We come here for the record fairs,which are some of the best in the country.A versatile venue in a great location.
Fabulous place. Had lunch at Bristol Loaf within Bristol Beacon. Superb choice and staff are always friendly.
Looking forward to auditorium to reopen in November. Will be wonderful first class venue.
Booked for April Jethro Tull thanks to my beautiful wife. We also are in the cafe. Mackerel it was all great
Great music and atmosphere wonderful art room. Safe environment from teenagers to pensioner all had space and time,doors our open freedom to sit outside enjoy the fresh air, relaxing atmosphere
Many a great night at this venue, wether for music or comedy performances and now getting a great makeover bringing it up to date. Bars on most levels mean not to large a queue for getting beverages. Looking forward to visiting the new cellar space for live performances.
Visiting at the "Bristol Coffee Festival" event. Spacious, well layout building. Cannot wait to visit more events in there once it is fully open.
Went to The Colston Hall to see ABC in concert. They've changed the entrance so years ago some you enter into a clean modern entrance with a cafe bar and lots of space and seating.
You then go up to your seating area and you actually go through to the original building and into the hall. It's quite small but I think it added to the chilled out atmosphere that ABC were giving off. There was an orchestra on stage with them and they played all their 1980's songs from their 1984 album along with some new songs from their new album.
Sound quality is good and there were no obstruction to spoil the view.
Go there if you can well worth it.
Oh yeah there's a rooftop bar open to the public and they hold free concerts in the foyer.
Good venue. A little confusing as to what was what to start with. Good environment show was on in a dome. My two year old granddaughter enjoyed it. She was a bit scared of some really loud music coming from a children’s rock band downstairs
Visited on Wednesday 21 June 2017 as part of Paramore's tour (with Bleached supporting).
The venue itself is easy to find and well sign-posted around Bristol city centre.
Hands up, we didn't buy drinks inside the venue so can't comment on the price of drinks. There are a number of other drinking establishments in the close vicinity and inside the venue, so worth paying a visit to one of those prior to doors-opening if the chance arises.
There were no issues taking drinks into the gig provided they weren't in bottles - door staff were busy pouring many drinks into open (plastic) glasses.
The venue had provided lots of free tap water at the bars on each level, due to the temperature inside-and-outside. It was very welcome, especially as it became extremely hot inside the venue due to no/poor air conditioning. The lack of air-flow is probably the only real 'negative' of this review - but it was an extremely hot and humid day, anyway (touching 30C), so may have been beyond the venue's control.
Staff and security were excellent, friendly and receptive at all times.
I found parking for the venue not so well sign posted - however we were aware of a multi storey car park opposite the venue and made our way there. We arrived as the venue doors were opening and, as could be expected, the car park was already busy (it's one of the main shopping car parks, too).
Useful tip: pay on arrival if arriving after 18:00, to avoid the queues to pay on exit and help with a hasty getaway (and avoiding the traffic!).
Worthy of a five-star review and somewhere worth visiting if given the chance.
Lovely show! I enjoyed it very much, the sound is amazing, the orchestra is superb. I would definitely recommend if you like live music, the film soundtrack is as good as you know so it's a great experience. Didn't give 5 stars because the stands were temporary and looked like they were in construction, otherwise no bad comments at all!
Went to the bar there that served as a cafe in the morning- best cinnamon roll ever!! However it would be nice if there was a gluten free option available as my little brother has coeliac's and couldn't have anything to eat there
The staff were friendly and happy, the venue was clean, disabled access was great. Drinks were not over priced. I had such a great evening, they had at Johns ambulance in attendance and plenty of staff in the hall to provide assistance if required. I would rate it 6 stars if I could!
Great location, very close to bus station. Beautiful inside, terrace on the 2nd floor is a great idea
Many toilets and elevators
Brilliant live music venue with variety of performance spaces. Fascinating underground areas too!
Great setting. Can imagine you get a good view of the stage from any angle. The rows are a tad too close together for taller people, but only just. Very friendly and helpful staff throughout.
Really great venue, great view of the stage, no obstruction, ild say all seating look to have a great view, big entrance and places for drinks can get busy so the fact it had space was a plus and great walking distance from Bristol City centre
Great venue for big events with nice scene and music and light surround. Bars can be a bit bigger and with more service hands when more guests to serve. More standing tables would make it more comfortable too..
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