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Boileroom, Guildford

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The pub has now raised 90% - of its £35,000 crowdfunding target!
tradervic - 11 May 2020 10:00
Closed (due to coranavirus regulations) - and have set up a crowdfunding campaign, to cover overheads during the closure period.
tradervic - 22 Mar 2020 16:49
Being refurbished.
BeerOnlyMan - 1 Nov 2016 15:40
Great place for music, with some interesting beers. Well worth a visit.
Diogenes - 26 Sep 2014 21:53
Loved this place, really great bar staff- programming is award winning. Real diversity of artists and alcohol. Good price on JaegerBombs, but i've had waggledance here too!
Since single acoustic acts and rocks bands, plus their birthday celebration was amazing!!! Keep up the good work!! Guildfird needs a place like this.
musiclover101 - 4 Oct 2010 19:38
Place for average music. Over priced and can't be bothered with it.
drinkers_paradise - 19 Apr 2010 14:56
Live music venue not a pub as such.Service polite and efficient and the music is quite good sometimes but on the other hand it can make you run screaming to the garden which is situated through a novel "airlock" door system that keeps the noise in, thereby not disturbing the neighbours which is good. Have to be honest, only ever gone when I had some sort of connection with a band playing,but enjoyed myself non-the-less
Coolbreeze - 17 Dec 2009 18:34
If over 21 forget it.
running_around_pubs - 28 Sep 2009 12:04
Average music venus with mostly lager on sale - no seating.
Desperate4Beer - 22 Aug 2009 17:23
Cool venue. Creates a good music atmosphere.
proper_beer_eating_chap - 21 Apr 2009 13:41
have been here a couple of times and its well worth the entry. amazing gigs thankyou boiler room.

it looks a lot bigger at night. how does that work?
10
kegger22 - 6 Apr 2009 19:48
Visited @ Weekend. More beers on offer than in the past. Lager likes will have a choice of Red Stripe, San Miguel, Grolsch and Carling. Not to mention bottled beers. Guinness and Newcastle Brown provide alternatives. Does get very packed at times.
GuildfordAndWoking - 25 Jan 2009 18:18
Yeah, pretty good music venue. Music on every night if you can be bothered to get on down there. Chilled out. On last visit beer was generally Guinness, San Miguel, Budvar and Sol. Also crappy coors if your into it!
BestBeerBoffin - 22 Sep 2008 16:36
I've been a few times and seen a comedy night, a heavy Rock band on another occasion and acoustic acts on what i think is called an Unplugged night. For me this place has everything i like, never noticed anything wrong with the sound and i work in music, in fact i was eyeing up their snazzy system the other night.
Bar staff were friendly and drinks prices were a comparable fair to the other pubs in town.Noticed they do quite a few rums. I picked up a listings that were handy, told me about what was on that month, quite a few free nights as well. Gonna pop in on a Friday as there is a free band on. I asked about the sound issues as i saw them mentioned in a comment here, the woman told me all the issues had been resolved. Got my Guilfest ticket for this weekend, but this venue in my eyes is a welcomed relief to the chain pubs in the town. Nice people, nice venue.
ilikepubs1 - 4 Jul 2008 00:22
If it wasn't for all the emos, the irritating sound restrictions and the poor range of drinks (which are also pretty pricey) this place could be excellent. Guildford did need a place like this, just a shame it's missed the mark.
Owain1 - 2 Jun 2008 20:16
The Boiler Room is essentially a music pub although it is located in quite a pleasant residential area. Music pubs generally tend to mean basic dark interiors, flourescent lights, poor selection of overpriced beers and a motley collection of indoe kids, metal heads and goths. The Boiler Room meets most of these criteria although prices are quite reasonable. The stage area is small and there are sevral awkward pillars that obscure vthe sight line but it is still a lot better than someothers that I won�t care to mention here. The building is very wheelchair friendly and it is obvious that some thought has gone into arranging the interior when the place was converted. An airlock leads through to a decent beer garden and ensures that no noise escapes to wake up the slumbering kids in the nearby houses. There is also a Thai kitchen which seemed to be doing a good take away trade when we were there as well as attract the local feline colonies. All in all, a pretty decent place for what it is.
RogerB - 28 Dec 2007 19:00
ROCKS ROCKS ROCKS ROCKS ROCKS ROCKS ROCKS
Callum251 - 20 Jul 2007 23:39
Surely one of the top places to go in Guildford.
Excellent bands like The Velvet Hearts often play here.
aleman - 9 May 2007 18:43
nice venue, ok crowd,
6/10
anonymous - 9 Apr 2007 19:30
Guildford has been screaming out for a venue for live music for quite somtime. however how well it will do is another thing, as people in this town are far too stuck in their ways (ie always drinking in the same few pubs)
with that in mind i wish sucess for the boiler room. i have been there a couple of times recently and think its fantastic.
the first occassion was a local band and the second was a electronica/dance night. on both nights i wasnt dissapointed, it may be a small venue but it only adds to the atmosphere. the staff are safe, bouncers as bouncers go are nice and friendly and above all reasonable. the place looks fantastic and the drinks arnt too expensive

all in all a great night out. get there late tho
Joveie - 2 Mar 2007 12:47

Yeah, it's a bit small, and yeah, there's not much in the way of seating, but frankly my jeans are too tight for me to sit down. I prefer to dance anyway.

I'd much rather spend my money here than in some big faceless nightclub.

It's great to have a venue for new bands to play in. I've really enjoyed the couple of nights I've spent here and come pay day I'll be back again!

I prefer places that are off the beaten track a little bit.


jackie_sunshine - 4 Jan 2007 17:34
small - full of 18 year olds - no tables - too far out of town - seem like nice people though.
anonymous - 23 Dec 2006 22:30
I love this new venue! How come guildford hasn't had a decent live venue before??? It looks cool, the beer's reasonably priced and the music rules!!! I saw dylan rhymes there the other week, can't wait for the next breaks night...

That's 10/10 for me :D
choonhunter - 28 Oct 2006 00:50
This new music venue has already got very popular.
Most nights starts at 7pm and go onto 11 or 12
Prices range from around 3 pounds to 5.
The downsides would be the drinks range is rather basic. Mostly lager on offer. Also sitting space is minimal, more of a place for standing up or dancing
aleman - 7 Oct 2006 11:13
Lovely new music venue . Great launch party Good books and DJ Goldierocks both rockin!Drinks not too dear either great.
bunnyboiler - 26 Sep 2006 15:36
Creative Music Venue opening September 2006. Please visit us.
Dominique - 10 Aug 2006 12:08

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