Wigmore Hall Reviews

Intimate venue, class performances, reasonably priced.

Perfect venue for chamber music lunchtime or evening. Excellent acoustic.

Nice hall with a good variety of top quality musical performances. Good views from all over the hall as its not huge.

Great classical concerts from smaller ensembles across a diverse range. Fabulous hall in both sound and art nouveau decor/style. Decent restaurant too.

Amazing murals, nice small hall which is perfect for acoustic concerts. Attended a jazz concert there and the atmosphere was breathtaking.

Fabulous acoustics that contribute to any ensemble or soloist's music making

I love this small concert hall. The musicians are of the highest calibre and it is supported by a very discerning audience

We flew from NYC to attend a concert at this beautiful hall. We will be very happy to do it again!

Amazing i have to say that when you are in good company moments are incredible

Brilliant Concert Hall, excellent sound, very comfortable and beautiful decor. An experience I will never forget.

Friendly and intimate venue to enjoy chamber music.

Great acoustics. I sat at the balcony and can hear every note so very clearly and distinctly. Staff is professional and very helpful too.

Was taken to the Wigmore for lunch earlier this year. Chose from the cheap and cheerful lunch menu and found it really good. Can't recall what I had but it was exceptional value for money. Staff were polite but they knew my host very well. The chablis was good quality, and again reasonably priced..

We had the opportunity last November to sit in several locations in this amazing concert hall. The sound in each location - from the very back rows, to the edges, to the front - was consistently clear and beautiful: an ideal place for chamber music/small group performances - plus, it's gorgeous to look at!

First time attending this hall, was pretty impressive space. Would highly recommend

Lara Melda was astonishing. The young people discounts are wonderful

Best acoustics in London -- exquisite concert hall -- Sunday morning Coffee Concerts -- coffee or sherry complimentary during intermission -- so civilized ! good restaurant too for pre-concert ..

Superior and popular music venue with good restaurant in the basement. Keep hold of your ticket if you go out for the interval

Great place for mainly classical chamber music. Lovely acoustics and a superb programme of artists and repertoire.

Good concert hall. Infrastructure disorganised; bar, ticket collection etc

I love Wigmore Hall, the acoustics are amazing wherever you sit. Good value tickets and a beautiful building to boot. Under 35's get discounted tickets, and despite the largely older crowd, the music is phenomenal. I'm not a classical expert, but feel welcome to drop in and enjoy great music.

It is a traditional London theater that offers concerts with well-known interpreters of classical music

The best place in London to listen to chamber music

I went to see the Nash Ensemble last Saturday which was marvellous.
I want to say a particular thank you to the restaurant staff. The venison was delicious and the service fantastic especially given how busy they seemed to be. I believe there were 2 concerts that evening so a big thank you to them all for serving us all so speedily and with such great service

Gorgeous venue with a great selection of top-class classical music!

My favourite classical music venue, I especially like Sunday mornings with the sherry!

Always love it here, there are no bad seats and you always feel connection with the musician. Staff is great and the cloakroom is the fastest I have experienced.

Great acoustics, tight legroom for a 6 footer. Very old fashioned and relaxed.

Great music, student discounts, amazing hall, friendly patrons

Great place for an intimate concert. Outstanding atmosphere, lovely clear acoustic.

Super venue, central, intimate, relaxing and great bar downstairs

Wigmore Hall is a first class concert venue for classical music in the heart of London. The bars and restaurant are stylish, comfortable and well maintained, and the staff work hard.

The acoustic of the hall is perfect for chamber music or solo recitals, and the seats are comfortable and don't make any noise so as not to disturb the concert.



There could be more toilets, but aside from that, Wigmore is well worth a visit.

Amazing venue, classy ambience highbrow entertainment

Fantastic smaller venue that often featurea world-class artists.

As good a venue for recitals and chamber concerts as any hall in the world. Wonderful acoustic and atmosphere, which is why many of the world's best performers flock there.

A must go to place for serious music lovers of primarily classical but occasional jazz concert

Awful experience. Arrogant unhelpful staff.

We often visit Cadogan Hall which is superb
This was our first and only visit to this place. Avoid .

World renowned early Twentieth Century music venue hosting chamber music, piano recitals and soloists. Great acoustics, period interior, comfortable with a refined 'old world' ambience.

Outstanding lunchtime concert by Andreas Haeflinger, playing Mozart sonatas. Great acoustics, comfortable and very welcoming.

Fabulous chamber venue. FOH all superb, with one caveat that interval seemed unduly hasty.

Best acoustic for classical music. Never been to a bad performance there. Even if you sit in the last row you can hear it very well. Intimate hall with great atmosphere. Check out the Sunday morning concerts.

Granted, someone may deplore that, a century later from the IGM, a pretext for the requisition of several important London buildings owned by Germans, the hall was not re-named after poor Bechstein, a producer and More

Always enjoy concerts here; the small auditorium makes for a great sound

Great place for music in a very calm and relaxing environment. This is definitely one of London's best kept secrets with many activities and programs held for all ages. I especially love the "Crying out loud" concerts for babies and caregivers!

Wigmore Hall is perhaps the most important venue for chamber music in London, it has responded decisively and proactively to the pandemic situation, I felt safe at all times, the public flow is managed professionally and with a smile.

As for the music I really don't need to say much, some of the best musicians in the world often make a stop here, that this has restarted is a real comfort and inspiration.

Not all cultural venues are even trying to get things going for a variety of reasons, and of those that try some don't get it right, Wigmore Hall is an example for others to follow for the next months, perhaps years if we are unlucky, about how to confront the virus without completely giving up on culture.

Unfortunately, restaurant was our of food. Only jacket potatoes and fish and chips. Music was too loud. Couldn't hear any of the words and music drowned out the singers.

Small but fantastic venue for world class chamber music. Even for travellers, highly recommend. Really unique and fantastic experience.

The Wiggmore Hall is the oldest hall in London, as the Corona Virus began. I miss the great music that was played in the space of time.

Small Hall, great choice in the programmes and young artists.
Little bar downstairs.

A very small concert hall with great acoustics, the standard of performances is also very high, and the fare is very good value

Absolutely gorgeous venue and cosy at the same time. The best to enjoy a classical music concert/recital.

Fantastic acoustics and lovely, intimate atmosphere

A bit off the West End. Very classical and stylish with wide repertoire to serve various tastes.

I really enjoy going to the Wigmore but I didn't particularly enjoy the concert because of all the changes of musicians throughout the evening.

The best venue for chamber music and piano recitals in London

For decades now, the unique atmosphere and acoustic of the Wigmore Hall has made it the place in the UK, if not the world, to hear great chamber music. My delight on Friday was to see the remarkablly talented young pianist, Beatrice Rana. It seems no time since she was a Radio Three New Generation Artist. Now she has four CDs to her name and her piano playing is already much sought after among pianophiles.
Her latest CD focused her virtuosity and boundless technique on Ravel and Stravinsky. On Friday, her recital ended with Stravinsky's own stunning transcription of three episodes from Petrouchka. Showing effortless physicality and brilliance, Rana completed a recital which had begun with Bach's Italian Concerto and taken in Schumann's F minor sonata. All wonderfully played. Rana is thrilling to hear on disc but, if it's possible, much more so live. See her now when she is reaching stardom.
The venue gets only three out of five stars. The acoustic is as great as always. Only trouble is the lack of any serious welcome and the unhelpful and officious staff. I don't really go for the American style of flashing teeth and, "Have a nice day!" It would, however, be quite nice if the programme sellers and ushers could break into a smile. Or even be remotely pleasant. I was challenged to show my ticket when I re-entered the hall during the interval, having dared to leave for a glass of water and a loo trip.
OK, the Wigmore rules on "readmittance", are publicised. But never did I suspect that a grim faced usher thirty-five years my younger would actively stop me walking back to my seat. Humourless and (really) piping, "only doing my job", this young woman was decidedly not happy in her work or, I suspect, her life. Having ruined my evening by overt petty rudeness she obviously gave the job up as I watched but failed to spot her challenging a hundred other people to reshow their tickets.
Now it may be that I was scruffy, or old or not wearing a suit but I do wonder why I was picked out as someone who had sneaked in at the interval to catch the second half free.
If the Wigmore management read this they should ponder the behaviour their staff. With artists of the calibre of Beatrice Rana, the seats sell themselves. But that is no excuse at all for indulging staff whose sole ambition seems be to render the evening as unwelcoming as possible. Please, let the Wigmore return to being a warm and welcoming place - even for those without suits and still under the age of eighty.

We sat in the front this time, a good view to go with the marvellous acoustics.