Clubs (Dance Music) and Music Bars in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire*

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• the loose box (known as mumbai bluu before),duke,moo,smack and saint bar are all goood places to paaarrtyy in town
• Rio's has recently made a comeback.. the music is suited to mainstream scene.. and the crowd in there is friendly and just out to have a good laugh.. people who go to Rio's all tend to know each other from school.. Sugar.. or Smack as it is now called is ok.. there is one major issue however.. they are known to turn people down at the door for the colour of thier skin.. I think they think if they fill a certain quota that they shouldnt let anymore in or something.. there does tend to be a lot of attitude in the club from pretentious people.. but I think it is getting better.. Mirage.. has always been a haven for the younger adults.. and although it hasnt changed the music scene is good.. the crowd can sometimes be questionable.. but generally again its an ok club. All three clubs have two rooms to my recollection and suit mainstream.. however there are bars that cater for different tastes.. Robins Well for more indie.. and Willoughbys caters for more dance or rnb scene.
• i have been clubbin once in leamington i felt so uncomfortable all night ther was so many perves and sugar was terrible its pitch black in ther with a few red lights it luks like the devils lair its horrible and the ceilings really low id reccomend that any1 whose clostraphoebic should definatly not step foot in ther!
• i wouldnt bother..but if you must sugar on a tues is cheap and the odd night at evolve is ok...maybe...
• Code red is a weekly night held every Saturday at the white horse in Leamington spa. The night is set change the style of the weekend which includes stylish Code Red décor, dancers and more. Lunched in spring last year, Code Red was originally held on Fridays at club mirage. Staying true to its sexy ‘n’ stylish theme, Code Red has become one of the most successful nights in the spa town. Best way to find out is by coming to next Code Red! and to make it even better you get a free shot with flyers!!
• used to be bounce royal leamington spa coolest student night has been re named! now soul nation is set to take over this small spa town www.bounceuk.com
• All Leamington clubs are terrible. Sugar is the best it gets though since the music is almost bearable. Avoid Mirage like the plague (it is the plague). Leamington clubs are based on alcohol like most small town clubs, not ecstasy, so they are full of pikeys who try to fight with you on the way home.
• for the best in upfront dance music with a mix of funky house, trance and breaks then why not try the nights that Residentclubber.co.uk put on, on Thursdays. thursdays fortnightly at Stresa Bar (Regent St) and every Thursday at The Willoughby (round corner from cinema). As well as their new night at the recently refurbed Evolve Nightclub (formerly Breeze Bar & Club / Mirage) in the Tantric VIP Bar (where the balcony used to be). Although over 18's only, no kiddies/chav scum allowed either. Makes for a better night.
• Rios isn't great but the doormen are sound unlike those at Sugar who are plain rude to you and will turn you down even if you have valid ID, just because you're not wearing 'dance clothes'. I've seen this happen to guys wearing jeans and a t shirt and looking really good but they've been turned down for not wearing dance clothes, ok what are they supposed to wear?! I've not been let in before because i left my id at home even though i was with several other people all of whom had ID, i mean come on!? what's the chances i'm under 18 when i am obviously geniunely upset that i can't find my id and i'm with a bunch of other people who are all over 18 and can prove it. just grrr! The sugar bouncers are on one major ego trip and seem to enjoy trying to ruin people's evenings. Oh yeah, there's mirage too.
• Mirage is good at the over 18s but if u go to the under u just get acne covered boys watching you shake your ass and then tryin to get wit u not in the slightest bit sexy. Sugars good if you go out in Leam 2 clubs you shud def dress up its much more fun!!!
• Ocean Bar, Friday and Saturday nights is the best place to go to if you wanna listen to the best HipHop and R'n'B. You've gotta try it. Buy a Fishbowl cocktail and shake your body to the music. All the trendiest people go there. The best thing about it is DJ Zeo who is the best DJ I've ever seen. I can't believe he only plays in Leamington...He plays the best music. He's absolutely amazing!!!
• Sugar, good clean club
• You are likely to be REFUSED entry to SUGAR for no reason whatsoever. That is all the explanation we had, 'No reason'. We arrived early, there was no queue, we were smartly dressed. We saw the bouncers refuse entry to about a third of the people trying to get in, including women. My advice is don't waste your energy walking there, go to Rio's or Mirage.
• er.. have you actually visited leamington this year? Club Mirage is the place to be. Although it has it's fair share of council people it happen's to be a magnet for the millionaire plus clientel. Sugar is also a fairly nice haunt to visit, outside of the major cities of Birmingham and London the small town of Leamington is actually contrary to your crap report doing exceedingly well in both bar layout and the music aspect. So i hereby conclude that you should possibly visit the clubs you are reporting about before you jump to such a derogartory conclusion and therefore deterring potential clubbers to such venues. Sugar and Club Mirage are both doing very well for themselves and will hopefully continue to do so despite such inaccurate and derisory reports such as yours.
• Mirage has a new bar next to it called Breeze and if your into your slammin hip hop and RnB this is the place to go on a Friday and Saturday nite. You pay to get into Mirage & Breeze so you are gettin good value for money. Clientel in there is abit iffy keep your eyes to ur self and you should be safe.
• i think that club mirage is the best ever experience . i have always gone there and the music is fantastic all modern tunes and great party atmosphere. the staff are always friendly (especially the cloak room girl wow) !!! its always a good night out and make sure you look out for the specialist nights they are great!!!(school disco). Make sure you give it a chance, you might actually like it i did!!!!
• Mirage is pretty shocking, but after a fair few shots at the well stocked vodka bar, followed by cocktails at voodoo it can be quite welcome, although only really breeze bar next door until the last half an hour of the night where the dance floor and podiums can be graced in the pit itself!
• Check out Rios - as of early 2003 it's been refitted, extended and now loads bigger. Better sound system and a video wall too... Still a great party night downstairs and dance music upstairs. Best for Hen/Stag nights and party loving fun types - Not best for a rave or indie music. http://www.radix.co.uk/rio for more info. Thanks knowhere! - Keep up the great service.
• Sugar is like a branch of Warwick Uni's Union... but still is really cool, can be classy and has decent music.
• Mirage is the place to go for cheezy '80s and '90s pop. You will encounter sleazy old men and girls who you were sure were just starting high school when you were leaving, as well as a neon desert scene painted on the walls, but it's a lot of fun if you're willing to make a bit of a tit of yourself on the dancefloor. The complete opposite is Sugar, lots of R'n'b and dance music in a setting out of Space: 1999. It's not a bad place but it gets packed and sweaty and more expensive as the night goes on. On the upside there are marbles set into the walls of the ladies toilets which can provide considerable pleasure when you're paryletic and have nothing else to stare at.
• rios is classy birds after a few pints and a kebab sugar likely to get glassed mirageunder14's options grab a granny
• good clubs in Leamington? *cough* well if i HAD to choose one place, Sugar, downstairs of course for the hip-hop. way too small though, and full of little tarts and slappers.
• Mirage is WICKED (if ur under 18 and its a Tuesday night - teen night) U are surrounded by 12 year olds trying to compete in snog contests. Its horrendous! i can safely say that my one (AND ONLY) experience there when i was 15 has left me speechless. I will really NEVER go there again! Shocking!
• I'd personally go to coventry, but sugar is hard core dance music, mirage is the same except cheesy thursdays and Rios is full of old men and the other extreme! NOne of the clubs are friendly and thery're all full of townies.
• urm... itd have to be robins well. but thats just cos im underage and im not reely into the typically clubbin' scene.
• Mirage, Sugar
• Sugar on a thursday night - dress up in a school uniform and get in free
• Why does everyone slate the Leam clubs so much? You know you love em...that's why they're full on their best nights. You'll be told not to go to VodBull at Sugar on a tuesday night - but you'd be mad to miss the carnage there!! Similarly Mirage on a Thursday night is cheese on top of cheese, but with bottles at only £1, you'd be rude not to go and have a laugh. Ignore the arsey bouncers, and let your hair down!!
• Just got to update the view on Rio's. Been there about 10 times now. moved on from Mirage when that got a bit crowded. Great music, cheap drinks and the novel outdoor balcony. Get together with your mates, have a few/lots of beers around the towns pubs, then enjoy a night of piss taking and chatting up girls...
• Breeze bar/Monroes - Ok by me but I do appreciate its no Gatecrasher. Rio's - undergoing expansion once more and I do like the idea of two dance floors catering for different tastes. Sugar - never tried sugar and this has to have the worst looking facade of any club i've seen, spend some money on a modern frontage!
• Rio's - The biggest shithole in the whole of Leamington. The bouncers are tossers who think it is great to keep everyone waiting for hours when the place is half empty. Chris the owner who is as dodgy as....... and objects to any decent club that wants to open up in Leamington. He obviously has a few friends on the council and well oils their palms so decent clubs cant open. Generally the place itself..... you pay a fiver to get in, drink watered down overpriced drinks, your feet stick to the carpet, they don't know what air conditioning is so after half an hour everyone stinks and the mirrors have condensation on them. One half of it is ALWAYS shut so they cram everyone on one floor. Oh, finally, there is one decent bouncer in there..... Alvin, took a bullet once!
• I have to disagree with these bad comments about Club Mirage. I have been going every Friday (gr8 music, mostly R'n'B) for the past 6 months and it's always been a gr8 laugh. Some strange blokes (watch out for the 40+ year olds who are trying to reclaim their youth!!)although in my experience they are mostly decent guys. I've never had any trouble with the bouncers, they only look solid. They're all good blokes. If you haven't been to Mirage b4, I would definetly recommend Fridays.
• SUGAR! EVERYTIME!
• The best is probably got to be Mirage although the lads there do tend to look about 15 and the toilets are grotty, the bouncers are dodgy and the music could be better.......
• mirage..without doubt.suger is pure and utter shite!!!!!
• Club Mirage is ok on a thursday night, ok so the music is cheesy and so are the bouncers, but you can have a good laugh, good dance and usually see loads of ppl you knew years ago and had totally forgot about!
• Sugar is a good club for a dance, specially on a Tuesday (Vodka/Redbull £1). Beware of the pretentious Leamington celebrities, they are very precious.
• WHITE HORSE AND WINSTONS FOR TALENT. YATES FOR THOSE GOOD OLD CHEESY TUNES AND A RATHER NICE BAR MAN. RIOS IF YOU LIKE THAT SORT OF THING. MOO IS THE NEW PLACE-WICKED
• Sugar used to tell the sad tale of a great club turned a bit crap - however now it's recovering and is putting on some great nights. Go upstairs for hard dance music and downstairs for more chilled-out and funky stuff. Beware the Jeigermeister!
• if you want a great clubbing experience leamington ain't really the place to go but Sugar is ok. far too pricey but No wanky Dress code, student nights r good and u aint even gotta have an NUS card, avoid mirage like the plague, crap music, dirty slappers and a stupid cue for some odd reason. If steps and s-club r your thing you'll like it. Little teeny boppers a plenty and a poorly designed club with a small dance floor makes dancing if essential difficult to say the least.
• Sugar = dancey music Mirage = more commercial Rios = meat market, 80s music Options = Divorcees only
• as i said i'm a rocker . even kelly's is full of skater type hopefullS who wouldn't know motley crue if they smacked them in the face !!! (ps. does anyone remeber warrant!)
• Sugar is alright, vodka and red bull for £1 on tuesday nights. Avoid Mirage, Rios, and Space.
• SUGAR: WAY TOO EXPENSIVE, UNTIDY AND THERE IS ALWAYS BROKEN GLASS ALL OVER THE FLOOR AND SEATING! MIRAGE: THE BOUNCERS ARE DIRTY, ROUGH AND INSULTING! GIRLS BEWARE THE BOUNCERS ARE SO GAGGING FOR SEX THAT THEY PESTER YOU FOR AGES!! RIOS: NOT BAD, BUT IT IS OFTEN VERY VERY QUIET IN THERE! BUT YOU GOT DIFFERENT MUSIC PLAYING UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS, SO GOOD IF YOU LIKE VARIETY! OPTIONS: DONT BOTHER!!!!
• Depending on your tastes... If you want to "pull" to the sound of the DJ commanding podium wanabees to "Getchya tits aaaauuhht!" over the sound of 80's trash and the "Grease megamix", you might want to 'chance your arm' in Mirage, or the smaller Rio's. The existing comments on these establishments do a pretty good job. Sugar is a more modern experience in nightclubbing. Upstairs is a fairly vacuous undecorated space with pumping house and trance and can be occaisionally quite good if the numbers are up and the party atmosphere reaches 'critical mass'. Downstairs is small, and decked out a la 'Boogie Nights' with chic vinyl seating and loud 70's pattern carpet. After a few jagermiesters (caution) you might forget where you are and climb on to the furniture to shake your ass to some fine funk / disco / beats and breaks in a crowded yet relaxed atmosphere. You'll find a few splendidly turned out specimens of either sex sprinkled throughout the joint, particularly behind the bars. Regarding what you wear yourself, try and avoid a tucked in shirt or chunky white basketball boots / tight jeans / white blouses / mullet etc. Little known fact - Sugar opens it's downstairs on a Sunday night and it's free. A good place to finish a hectic weekend in mellow surroundings.
• Sugar, Rios, Options
• Sugar has to be your best bet but if it's a comedy night out you're after try jumping on a bus to Elkharts (on the way to Kenilworth). Full of over 40s but always good for a crack.
• don't bother
• SUGAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's true that a spoon full of Sugar is what's going down in Leam.
• Club mirage is the best night club in leamington. Good variety of music and always a good experience. Thursday is Student Night (selected beers £1) and Friday and Saturday have a good party atmosphere. Well worth a visit!!!
• Sugar - Cheapest club to get into on a Thursday night and probably the cheapest - excellent music, even better when the likes of Judge Jules and Scott Bond are playing Monroes (Club Mirage) Filled with students who've just left home and seem determinded to drink their grant in the first few weeks! - only go if you've had enough to keep up with them otherwise you'll get v. irritated Rios - yes - it is cheese city but if theres a group of you out for a laugh get in there!!
• The only saving grace of Leamington clubs is that they sell alcohol after the pubs have closed.
• They are all embarrassingly bad. Even the new Sugar club is too small and too expensive for what it is.
• Sugar, a relatively new club on Tavistock Street, around the corner from the previously mentionned White Horse. A bit pricey, but a good night nonetheless.
• Club Mirage. Definately under no circumstances go to this club. What is written on this page already is pretty true......... The music, the bouncers and the general attitude of the place is terrible. I personally got verbal abuse from one of the bouncers(no names mentioned) and then had my collar bone broken whilst trying to leave. I also know of many other people who have had aggro from the bouncers there, ranging from just verbal abuse, to bruised ribs and broken teeth. The music is abismal - If your looking for anything remotely dancey then you won't find it here. You'll end up dancing to 'Frankie' or something by the likes of Abba all night, which is good if you like it. The problem being that Mirage or 'Club Migraine' as its currently known as (and DOES live up to its reputation!!!) promotes itself as a dance club. PAY THE EXTRA COUPLE OF QUID AND GO TO SUGAR!!!
• Sugar - newish club opened on Tavistock Street. Better than Mirage as most people are old enough to drink. Top name DJs on Thursday nights.
• Sugar - dont try getting in if youre over 30
• Go down the road to Warwick Uni - The Function on a Friday for cheesy chart stuff, Quench on a Saturday for bangin' trance, Pressure on Thursdays for drum 'n' bass, and if you're really desperate Monday nights is the meat market called Top Banana. If you don't pull there you probably haven't got a head.
• Club Mirage -utter shite formerly known as Monroes.
• rio's , options( if youre over 50!)
• Rio's Night Club
• Club Mirage (used to be Monroes) full of nasty scragends guaranteed to pull though.

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