O2 Glasgow Reviews

Very good for live music. Young/students crowd when just a club night

Love this venue.
Been here so many times and have never had a bad night.
One of my favourite music venues in Scotland.

Beautiful, spacious, yet still intimate venue in former theatre/cinema perfect for medium sized gigs. Beer is decent value but watch out for the eyewatering prices for spirits.

Good venue, decent sound and easy to get to. Could do with more than one gents toilets and can get pretty crowded around the bar area.

Concert was great, ladies toilets were closed so had to walk out the front down 2 flights of stairs and a corridor to get to, disability access and seating is appalling, I don't want to sit right out the back for a concert, why can't there be more seating available, and no option on tickets for disabled seating options

Good old fashioned music hall. Nice size easy walk from city. Good for atmosphere.

Its a nice place to go to. Lots of bars and toilets. Nice size.

Went to see Haim with my sister and it was amazing !!!

First time I was here for a gig and it was a great venue. Easy to move about plenty room and loads of bars. Only a ten minute walk from Glasgow central.

Went with my daughter, staff were polite, friendly and helpful. Especially good with disabled people. Saw staff checking on disabled people a few times during the concert; making sure people were comfortable, had a good view, access to toilets etc. Clean fresh water was given out to those in need. Great atmosphere, clean (enough) [mens] toilet with friendly attendant and assortment of fragrances to keep you feeling fresh. Didn't use the bar so can't comment on that. Music played at a good level that didn't leave my ears ringing for days afterwords.

Cool venue, very pretty on the inside. Seated general. Friendly staff

Good music venue apart from the leaking roof right above the bar pmsl

Phenomenal experience at the O2 Academy last night! Atmospheric, acoustics amazing! Go! Go!Go!

Great venue for gigs with bars in the dance floor. Amazing ceilings and good acoustics. Bars on the dance floor and the back of the hall. If your a girl and you need the bathroom though give yourself 10 minutes as the toilets are either More

I was being generous giving it 2 stars as to me the place is far too expensive for a soft drink and the price of your alcoholic drinks is a joke I know it needs to make money and when you get yourself a good spot next to the stairs but not impending anyone from using the stairs then you get a crowd standing right at the stairs and there for making it difficult for people to even find the stairs meaning people are crashing into you in order to get up and down the stairs and the security kept moving people on that were standing on the stairs but not the ones blocking the path to the stairs get it sorted

Drink prices are outrageous. Wasn't impressed with crowd management either. A guy elbowed and pushed his way to the front hallway through the gig. I spent the rest of the night hunched over to avoid an elbow to head with him pushing bodily into me and elbowing me in the back constantly. Heard other people behind me complaining he'd pushed them out of the way. Crowd management didn't seem to care. When I drew one guy's attention to it, he said 'well the whole crowd's pushing'. Not the same thing. Ruined the night, which would've been great otherwise.

Expensive booze, mediocre acoustics, miles away from the city.

Dropkick Murphys were unbeliveable, but this hall is without any air condition, without ventilation. All people were very, very sweaty, air was there heavy and opresive. Acustic was OK.

Great place to see a band. Would be 5 stars but bar prices are very expensive, even for a gig

Went there for a concert.
There was no information on the doors opening time, and then the funny thing is doors opened 15 mins before the first gig - we missed the band waiting for the cloak room which took a really long time waiting (keeping in mind the amount of people at the concert). And be aware that your ticket needs to be scanned again after they have been scanned at the main entrance!!! - we took another detour to the cloak room to grab my phone which had the tickets on it but which I left there so no damage could be done to it.
So sad because the location as such has got a very nice charm to it.
Hopefully they can organise things like this better in the future.

Fantastic atmosphere and comfy seats up on the balcony with great views for the people who prefer seats

Had a great night last night apart from having a panic attack which I can't praise the staff enough for there help and support

Nice clean and staff were friendly . Only thing I didn't like was you wernt allowed soft drinks in and 3 quid for a soft drink

Went to see scooter. Absoloutley loved it really good quality and brilliant staff

Lovely building great sound quality for concerts, great view of the stage

Great place. Easy to reach from Glasgow Central Station. Easy lay out. Friendly staff.

Was great because of kip more was disappointed in the price of drink a pint of San wag
el and Jack and Coke to beginning with was 9 :95 then ended up 10:50 every time we went was a joke didn't stop me buy a drink but consistently should be a one stop price from start

Trendy placevfor concerts and events. Good staff. Toilets not well located

Great venue but had to queue outside in pouribg rain

Good music venue. One of a handful on the west coast.

Bigger than it's cousin, the ABC, but not exactly better.

Friendly staff and security and decent sound for gigs but it's a bit overly crowded IMHO.

Trying to get to the toilet mid-gig if you're a guy (women don't have this problem as their toilet is just left of the stage) is a nightmare as it's right at the back and people tend to block off the way out and you're forced to push past people. Toilet is really small too so there's often queuing.

Drinks aren't cheap either but service is normally pretty fast. They do a '2 pint' cup which is handy and saves you a trip to the bar - but then you've got to deal with the toilet situation afterwards!

Close to the Subway which is a bonus.

Decadent location. It needs urgent reform. The peeled external paint gives an idea of the scenery.

Great venue could do with a bit more spent on the building, but well organised, laid out, good staff

Just love the atmosphere. The staff are genuinely nice and very helpful.

A superb venue . Friendly door staff and an immense place for a gig . Great atmosphere

Got racial abused by a bouncer really ruined my night when going to a concert

Went to see The wonderstuff here , good sound , plenty of bar staff ,what's not to like ?

For an old building the sound inside is brilliant. Friendly and attentive staff.

Good live venue for mid-sized gigs. Plenty of bars so wait time isn t long - could use more toilets due to this!

Was great only thing doors were meant to open at 7pm and didnt open until 7.45pm and it was cold and wet. I was so close to just going hone. O2 meant to have priority lane too but the other queue got in first then merged at same time

Great venue, sound quality of the speakers was amazing, great gig @milkychance and the bar had lots of options

Busy! Like so many O2's there's almost to many people to really enjoy the space. Getting to the bar was impossible.

Visited here for the Star-shaped Festival and for the most part there was a good atmosphere.
However parts of the venue are starting to look a little tired, especially the toilets.
There are plenty of bars throughout the v venue but drinks are over priced in my opinion.

amazing venue standing is so close and intimate and 5sos were amazing

Great venue close to city centre awesome sound and friendly staff

Love this venue... Many great memories here. Intimate gigs great sound. Bar is however quite pricey

Great gig venue. Intimate too. You get some great bands here and you feel like you re right in the heart of the gig wherever you are in the place.
Great bar staff and you don t need to wait too long for a drink.

O2 Academy is a nice place overall with the exception of the toilets and the sound. For some reason the sound is not good at all which it's very disappointing when you are looking forward to see you favourite bands but you don't enjoy them as much due to the bad sound.

Small area but depending on what you're there for the atmosphere is amazing. Shame they closed the toilets as soon as the act finished at the end of the night. Was the only downfall especially when you need to go but don't want to miss anything lol!