Shepherds Bush Empire Reviews

Nice venue, but not disabled friendly. Expect to pay heavy for drinks. Helpful and accommodating staff though.

Bad sound, couldn't understand what they sing about (

I really love the place itself. I've always had great gigs here. Tonight the sound wasn't the best one but I know that there could be many different reasons.
I'm sure you'll enjoy your event here!

Prophets of rage !!!! Such an incredible experience!

Brilliant venue, just the typical classic type of sets in a wonderful close environments! definitely recommend for any of your Fan Artists! HL

Amazing venue with a lot of history here. Saw The Black Crowes on their 2010 tour here back to back dates. Jimmy Page came out on the second night, amazing.

Great venue. Blue October were awesome. Venue needs to sell a better range of snacks and food.

The worst gig venue I have ever been! They over sell the stalls standing so its rammed packed in there. Cant see anything unless you queued all day. Security are the worst and I say that with industry knowledge and experience.

It's a good venue, but they need to learn a thing or two about crowd control. I went to see the MC50 anniversary tour, and I was at the front as I am such a huge fan. It was spoiled for many of us at there because there was one drunken idiot violently slam dancing into us all. This tour was a 50th anniversary tour, and as you might expect there were a lot of people there who are quite mature (50+ and more) and many were women. We did not appreciate being forcefully sent flying in all directions because of some intoxicated moron. I saw that at least 5 people complained to the bouncer about him. All that was done was the bouncer spoke to him very briefly to tell him to calm down, which he ignored within seconds. It's such a shame as the band were great and this came close to ruining the night for me. They should take lessons from the Electric Ballroom, as their doormen were excellent - they quickly removed troublemakers with a total minimum of force or fuss. I hope they sort this out, as everything else about the venue was fine; and this would put me off going again.

A great venue with decent air conditioning (A must for gigs in the current heatwave)

Amazing! Really comfy chairs and great acoustics. The foyer is a bit cramped and so bag search was a bit stressful but that would be my only criticism.

Super impressed , they passed water out to us at the front

A good place for a gig, could do with more bars or faster service, please make it easier to spend my money!

Nice choice of drinks inside, clean loos, small intimate venue. Sound is pretty good everywhere. They have steps at the back, and some seats up stairs. Don't do a VIP experience here, complete waste of money and time.

Facilities are alright sound system a bit shabby now but im only after the actual bands i love anyway which is the main thing

Great and cozy concert hall. Make sure you get in on time if you don't have a specific seat.

Went to watch a comedy show, and had a wonderful time.

Great venue. Very slow service at the bar though, the staff had no hustle.

Good oldschool venue. When you leave u cant here a thing for 30mins

The concert of Kevin Morbi very good and the spectacular site

Full of history and a truly excellent place for a gig

As with all of these types of places, you need a second mortgage to purchase alcohol

Very nice older building, great show but floor at upper level are very sticky IMO

Great venue. Excellent sound and short distance from tube & Overground

Great place for a concert. Door and security staff could do with being a little happier they were all very abrupt and not very friendly. Guy who showed us to our seats great service.

Went to see hotei and zucchero! Amazing venue and lots of fun

I came here before but I'm going again to see my son's favourite YouTuber on tour (I think it's Morgz)

Great venue, intimate gig even though loads of people there, easy access

What a great venue. Small, intimate with good acoustics and architecture.

Superb live music venue. Always a good view no matter where you stand, and great acoustics for any type of music.

The seating here is very uncomfortable, and it was cold, I had to keep my coat and scarf on. Ridiculous.

Good concert venue. Small enough that you feel close to the band, but big enough to provide good atmosphere.
Pretty flat on the ground floor so shorter people could have a hard time seeing in some places

Small enough to be intimate but enough for a great crowd vibe.

Great concert! But the floor is totally flat (or even going slightly up) so that you have poor viewing of the stage.

There's no actual empire we gave ours up! There is however a bar on every floor so its all gravy

Great event venue smaller and more personal so great view of stage from all over. Also very helpful as I'm a wheelchair user .

This venue is in serious need of Lottery or English Heritage funding!!

Quite possibly the best music venue on Planet Earth.

Good venue though the seating can be a bit cramped. Still a fun place to watch a show and the acoustics are great.

Great sound home of many legendary gigs from different genres...Get a few beers in the fine local Shepherds Bush Bars to avoid queues in the venue....Rock on

Save on cloakroom tickets in cold weather its freezing in there!! Keep your coat on. Poor selection of drinks No real ale, could at least have some decent bottled ales, wouldn't go again, had one rubbish lager then went to Wetherspoons afterwards

Outstanding venue. Great sight lines, great upper bar, handy location.

Just the best venue to see bands and comedy. Sight lines from anywhere. Friendly staff and security.

The performance was excellent with good acoustics. However the cheap seats at the top of the theatre, really are cheap and uncomfortable and quite a height, some way from the stage...or maybe I am just getting old and need glasses?

Generally the venue is nice, staff friendly but did not like the queue organisation. There were 3 queqes, one was priority queue for o2 customers, one normal queue and the third one for people on the balcony. At the time the doors were supposed to open, the security opened doors for priority and normal queue at the same time, which doesn't really make sense (?) and people that came much later got in earlier than people who queued for hours.

The performer was great but the venues level 2 seating wasn't enough so we had to stand through out

Fantastic performance by Dodie and her supporting acts! Great venue to see all sorts of events

Brilliant venue for a small close concert. Saw Akon there

Saw the Descendents there and had so much fun. Great sound and atmosphere. The security are decent and not too full on