The Clapham Grand

The Clapham Grand has finally undergone some refurbishment. This massive venue right close to Clapham Junction station was abuzz with bubbly clubbers when I arrived, and when I walked in it was easy to see why. Rumour has it that the new owners have spent £1.2m to deck the place out in opulence. While the colourful interior left me feeling a little like a colour-blind camel at a bull fight, the sound and lighting did the rest of the talking as the good vibrations of the music overtook me. Interestingly, the two main bars receive support from two satellite shooter bars, much smaller but able to service your party quite well with various shooters. However beware the shooter bars, it's common knowledge that this is where clubs make a ton of their money and too many will leave you out of pocket and thirsty for more. The Clapham Grand on the whole is a good choice for the non-fussy clubber, and I would go as far as to say to watch this space, because it's only a matter of time until some exciting promoters find the Grand again.

I went there on a Saturday night with other 6 friends. All girls! We've signed up before on the online guest list so we pay only 5 pounds at the entrance. If you want to go there without guest list you pay 10£. I stayed there dancing from 10 pm until almost 3 am. Few pros and cons below: PROS nice music, good selection of hip hop, dance, 80s and 90s. not so crowdy place, we had our space for a good dance, cheap spirits (5pounds gin tonic or 9 for a double CONS spirits were quite light (I think they put water inside their vodka bottles as my vodka lemonade tasted like lemonade only! first DJ wasn't really good mixing songs we were all 30s, this place is almost full of 20, mid 20s people. Overall a great night out! will definitely come back :

Terrible. Went here for Australia Day party and the event was not as described. It said the hottest 100 would be playing and it never did. It was the only reason we chose this event and we asked staff repeatedly who said it would be on. When I complained to the manager at the end of the night when it was clear it really would never be played, I requested mine and my friends entry fee back £20 each! he spoke with me at length but would not give me my money back. He kept saying the promoter is to blame and he has nothing to do with it. Despite me paying cash on the door and it being his venue. Not happy at all about this. Very unprofessional and bad customer service. Why not just give us our money and apologise? Small loss to him and would have kept us happy UPDATE: Clapham grand contacted me immediately after I posted a review on their Facebook page and a very helpful lady called Lynda apologised and refunded mine and my friends entry fee. Makes huge difference. Gone up to a 3 star and won't let this stop me from returning in the future. Thank you!

The Grand, Clapham is an old time music hall theatre. It is a bit run down and scruffy but it has a huge stage, bar, and private boxes or stalls seating. They have singers and groups performing from 70s groups like the Chi-lites to more contemporary acts. It is also the venue for a beer festival. It is quite an historic building.

Every Saturday night, the grand hall is open for sing-alongs, popular movies and cheap popcorn!