Waterfront Hall — Attraction in Belfast

Suzi Quatro Concert was FANTASTIC - Can't say the same thing about the Venue ! MANAGEMENT PLEASE TAKE NOTE- Very Very DISAPPOINTED that 'The Waterfront' ( a place I've been to many times) has changed it's stance on drinking inside 'The Auditorium'. What is normally a very pleasant, well kept place has been turned into a large rowdy drinking room full of noisy and disorderly people who personnally I thought appeared to be very RUDE and DISRESPECTFUL to the Artist - While Suzi was speaking about her long career and life ( with the full houselights on) the noise was unbelievable! I was disgusted that we were treating Suzi with so much rudeness. The seated area's of The Auditorium are carpeted and the amount of Drink that I seen spilled was atrocious. Previously my Star Rating for The Waterfront would have been a 5Star but this time I've reduced it to 1Star. Again - MANAGEMENT PLEASE RECONSIDER - People could previously always drink at 'The Waterfront' but it was before the Concert and at the Interval. PLEASE REINSTATE THIS INSTEAD OF TURNING THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE FROM RESPECTABLE...

Had ticket bought for us to go see Roy Orbison on 27/4/18.was given wrong time for show to start, after me rushing a 100 mile journey to be there for doors opening at 6.30pm...it was 7pm.then for show to start at 8pm instead it was a young lad singing for half hr, Then a break for half hour, then low an behold a projector image appears from under the stage at 9pm .Don't get me wrong orchestra was great but the rest was a farce. There were a lot of people we were chatting giving off considering every seat paid either £49 or£55 .it was total rip off. Added to this people allowed in drunk which I had 2 beside me, one which caused a disturbance at door 8,and then they were in an out from the bar all night I might as well have stood while I was there. Needless to say we left early for our 100 mile drive home again. NEVER to be back here again and I'm letting anyone that asks no about our experience. Drinks should not be allowed in a seated stadium .Smaller theatres don't allow it may be you at waterfront should take a leaf outa...

The Pros: Staff were really friendly and helpful, even when they had to essentially deal with the same enquiry over and over again. The food was really tasty, and there was usually a free-from option that catered to most dietary requirements, there was also a good selection of teas available. The centre is really beautiful and airy with fantastic views and an easy-to-access location.

The Cons: There were multiple technical difficulties which persisted for the first two or three days -such as audio projecting into the wrong room, projectors not working, computers logging off at random etc. While the food was tasty, the portions were really mean and small The air con was consistently too cold, many people were wearing coats in presentations, we were told to ask staff if we were too cold, but I saw no improvement.

This review is definitely generally positive and I had a good time there and would return, but there are issues that a conference venue like this should...