Plymouth Pavilions Review

Place is showing its age. Seats are ropey and uncomfortable. They cram in too many seats to the detriment of the experience. Drinks are expensive.

Great place for ice skating, gigs and more
Could do with a bit of updating here and there but all in all a great place to go

Good direction, but difficult to park around the pavilions

Loved strictly come dancing the professionals, seen about 5 of the strictly shows here now. always good. Xxxx

The biggest live venue in Plymouth and known for its poor acoustics. Seen some great acts here from the rock and comedy worlds but you'll get a completely different experience depending on where you are positioned in the hall. As Dara O Brian said, don't worry if you miss a joke, it'll echo back around again in a minute

Went to watch sterophonics here. Easy and quick to get in and out. Decent small venue would recommend anyone who likes live music to use this venue.

The Pavilions are a great venue for stand up and music for the south west

The venue has some amazing acts, but the venue itself is so outdated. The seats are incredibly uncomfortable and the bar is always understaffed to the point where you are lucky to get a drink before the show or at interval

Bang average venue. In need of updating. But have seen some great performers here :-)

Good experience going to a gig there. Staff were pleasant and helpful. Plenty of places to stay nearby.

Had great fun ice skating!!! However lots of divets in the ice. I also really miss the swimming pool and don't understand why they shut it down.

An awesome night watching Billy Ocean, who was fantastic! Sarah Jane, the supporting act was very good. Very friendly staff and the security guards did a really great job protecting Billy Ocean from us middle-aged women!! Great venue, great night and great experience!!

Love it here I go for concerts and show well worth a look

Don't skate here ....took my kids... the 'duty" manager wouldn't let us skate as i had had a wine at wagamammas.....2 hour drive...4 excited kids ...even tho I'd had a wine...the 'juty' manager stunk of vodka?!

Whenever the pavilions have shown any event I have attended they've always been quick and efficient about providing any and all services expected. Always worth visiting

Depends who you are going there to see sound system isn't the best

The venue itself is good and has lots of potential, but it's just expensive, tickets are reasonable, but then you get card charges and not just for the one transaction but for each ticket rip off! Don't bother trying to get a drink here they couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery! Go to pub across the road, I live in Plymouth and I only attend this venue when I really need to otherwise I avoid.

Our fault. Sat in front of stage on level seating. Our view was disrupted by much taller people sat in front of us..Saw Rhod Gilbert. He was absolutely brilliant. Extremely funny. Don't think I have laughed so much for years.

Went to watch some live comedy there recently. Venue has a good "mixing" pot of different gigs on offer. Not the biggest of venues so obviously not all of the performers will travel this far south.
Only negative is the venue is slightly dated and like I said it is slightly to small for the major acts of today.

Needs to be easier ways to purchase ticket think they would invest in a machine to be used anytime of day say pressed a button to watch where what to see how many for etc with technology today would be good and somehow work for other areas instead of having to go up. There especially to just purchase these tickets as partner won t use his card on Line

Great gig but terrible service at the bar, it was chaos.

This place is good. Needs more food/drink options and a quicker way out. Good for comedy not so much for music. Staff always seem happy to help and there is good parking nearby which make it an easily accessible venue.

Went to see Micheal McIntyre and he was fab! However we were on the back row and too far away to be able to see him. They need to put some screens up for us poor people at the back who had to look at a faceless man all night. The pavilions is looking very dated now and needs a facelift.

Great venue. But to only have 3 team on concessions trying to serve 2500 people before a gig is crazy. Some people couldn't see the first half as they were denied entry until a break as they were queuing for drinks and snacks up to 30 mins before either start

Went to see peppa pig live here it was excellent my daughters loved it I have been here for several events over the years and it's always good with friendly staff

Its a good venue that's easy to find. A little cramped trying to get in when a shows on. Had a upgrade VIP option on some shows that are good to use. Bar is so busy to use. Lots of floor space once through to stage area. Seating is available upstairs

Great shows the only promblem is u r told to sit down u r not allowed to have a dance and injoy your self any were esle u can dance and injoy but not here

Got some good events and facilities but a little dated. Always recommend the ice skating.

Great venue for music but the sound is terrible here.

Ice skating is great and so are the lessons the exhibition hall is a great size and fully kitted out the only thing is the toilets smell and are dirty.

My family and I love ice skating and as Plymouth is the only west country ice rink we hope that it will continue to be well patronized and keep going forever.
Try it you just might love it.

Visited the ice rink here not long back and it was all ok until they let far too many people on the ice and it just became a case of avoid everyone else. Would also prefer it if they didn't let the pro's on at the same time - there's nothing impressive about swerving in and out of us amateurs

It's a good space but it really needs updating with more comfortable seating - I was in pain after about 30 minutes sitting down! Also the sound system is mediocre at best for the type of venue it is. The s sounds were painful on the ears!

Loved the event disabled area could of been closer had issues seeing the performers but nice staff nice atmosphere

Need to get people in quicker & earlier, tonight was shocking they had people stood up at the side not able to be seated whilst the support act was on because they came in late......so then you had people talking along side everyone!!! Noisy, disorganised and embarrassing this seems to happen more often then not now!!!! Though I must say Ricky Gervais was great.

Good venue for events. Lovely/friendly staff, ice rink could be improved.

Seats for the basketball ball match and the kids choir made my bum go numb but the view from all were good

The Adam Ant show was fab, but the Plymouth pavilions is getting pretty run down.

Get there early for parking as it is limited and pay and display. There is other parking nearby. The venue is well organised and the concerts I have been to have all been great.

Oh, I've seen loads of things here: Pet Shop Boys, Madness, Duran Duran, Brian May, etc. Although I have had to bring my aunt here to see Daniel O'Donnell a few times. They are very long evenings filled with misery and a front row of nuns. Aside from that it's all been marvellous really.

Great location. Fab evening. Lovely to have such a facility locally

Excellent service and helpful staff. Great shows and entertainers, on the future performances.

Brilliant venue staff were amazing friendly and helpful.

Amazing to get acts like MM down here, don't bother trying to get a drink in before the show!

Really good for gigs and basket ball home of ymouth raiders

Loads of fun. Reasonable price for an hour and a half session. Friendly staff. Was a bit busy though, but that s probably just holiday crowds.

Staff were so polite and helpful. Show was amazing.

Had the best night here. Managed the high five Tim Minchin! Good facilities. Ques well organised.

My amazing fiancee bought us tickets to see Jack Whitehall! What an amazing treat it was, outstanding live would love to see him again!

One of the few places in the South West that has top names appearing.
Plenty of parking on site and nearby.
As is usually the case with this type of venue , drinks are expensive and queues are long.
The temporary seating they use for the floor area are pretty uncomfortable so be prepared if you're there for a long show.
View from the central area of the floor is ok , unless you're not that tall or are in the front few rows , in which case you might struggle to see. Side areas of the floor seating when they are used is not good.
For the best views go for the tiered seating.
Sound and lighting for the show were good and Beth Hart ,who we went to see, was fantastic.

I know this might sound a bit angry but some kid hurt their ankle and the staff said they would extend the session but they didn't we only had half an hour and the kid hurt himself in the first 6 minutes so we should have had an hour and twenty four minutes

Always very clean and busy for both basketball and comedy nights.