Riproar Comedy
106 Reviews
- Friday12–5 PM
- Saturday12–5 PM
- Sunday12–5 PM
- Monday12–5 PM
- Tuesday12–5 PM
- Wednesday12–5 PM
- Thursday12–5 PM
About the Business
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Pryzm, The South Buildings, Canon's Road, Bristol BS1 5UH
Hours
- Friday12–5 PM
- Saturday12–5 PM
- Sunday12–5 PM
- Monday12–5 PM
- Tuesday12–5 PM
- Wednesday12–5 PM
- Thursday12–5 PM
Features
- Debit cards
- Credit cards
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- LGBTQ+ friendly
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Wi-Fi
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Cocktails
- Spirits
- Wine
- Seating
- Bar on site
- Toilets
- Groups
- Accepts reservations
- Casual
- Happy-hour drinks
- Food
- Live performances
- Dancing
Recommended Reviews
Estelle Kibbey
04.03.2024
Riproar Comedy
Utterly disappointed - NOT with the comedians; who were fantastic and saved the night, but with the venue. Came here for my husbands birthday with a group of friends, but an amazing evening was ruined by the lack of service. The venue obviously knew how many tables/seats they'd sold, so shoud've been prepared. The evening started badly when they were over 40 mins late to start. The bar was massively understaffed, the quickest we were served all night was 20 mins. They had run out of all real ale, cider, red wine etc. Only Kopprburg & Stella was left. Would watch all of the comédiens again, but just not ever again at this venue. Think twice before going if it's for a special night. The venue clearly can't handle the capacity. Shame, as the comedy & particularly the compere were fantastic
Clare Redfield
27.02.2024
Riproar Comedy
The stand up comedy was decent, however the drinks were on the expensive side. Also they decide to blast music at you between the comedians at such volume you are unable to have a conversation with the person next to you. I can only imagine this is to push you towards going to the bar to spend more money.
Rhod Evans
22.02.2024
Riproar Comedy
Great comedy, dodgy food! Went as part of a stag night and had food whilst inside. The two options offered were either Nacho's or hot dog. I made the mistake of choosing the hot dog. The voucher to be handed to the server had a picture of a real sausage hot dog with nice looking toppings on. What was presented instead was a footlong rollover hot dog fished out of some lovely grey water in a stale bun with some chips, that were fresh at some point, just not that night.The comedy however was too notch and I laughed my ass off all night. There were 3 comics and a compare. It was great to see that each comedian had different styles, yet were still extremely funny.My advice would be to visit and enjoy yourself, just eat before you go!!!
Malcolm Perry
18.02.2024
Riproar Comedy
Terrible really.. Could barely hear them then we I did what a disappointment. Three supposed comedians. One constantly counting down his watch. The headliner act barely funny. The whole thing seemed amateur and not funny. The MC was funnier than the supposed comics. Dont waste your evening.
Maria Lewis
17.01.2024
Riproar Comedy
We booked tickets directly through the website with a group of friends and were notified a few days beforehand that the venue would be moved to Pryzm night club. It was an apologetic email because it was quite short notice so we weren't too bothered. However on the actual day about an hour before the gig (when we were pretty much out the door and excited for an evening of comedy) we received another email to say that the show was cancelled. It was my birthday and a few friends were already on their way so that was a rubbish start to the evening and pretty much ruined my birthday celebrations. Again - they were super apologetic and seemed sincerely sorry and said we would get free tickets because we were messed about so badly. I have emailed twice since to get our free tickets and have never heard back - that was about 3 months ago now. Very very disappointed and would definitely not recommend for a special occasion as you cannot rely on the show actually happening.
Rémi Romac
05.01.2024
Riproar Comedy
Definitely recommend it. We went on a saturday night having booked the tickets the same day. They have a convenient bar and provide dinner if you buy the tickets accordingly. It's fairly big and despite their strict arrive on time" announcement on their website the show actually started 45min after the official time. Really had a good time with comedians and I didn't know I could laugh so hard. The MC was quite good as well."
AM Burnsy
01.01.2024
Riproar Comedy
The poor rating here is nothing to do with the staff, nor the acts, I just was not very happy with the venue at all.We were sat in chairs lined up on a dance floor with very loud club music played over the intervals so you cannot even talk to each other during an interval unless you shout things like you were in a concert. Had to put our drinks on the floor next to my chair and keep leaning down as there were no tables out at all.Being the venue that it is, it seems it has attracted in a crowd that were just club going drunks out to party that night. Which also meant the heckling going on for the comics was just relentless and ruined most of the act, you could see it got awkward and uncomfortable for everyone including people on stage trying to entertain.
C. E
23.12.2023
Riproar Comedy
I've been here numerous times now and its always a good night. I have to say the previous venue was better, but the Pryzm night club isn't bad and seating is organised, bar serves quickly and generally flows well. The site clearly states the type of food serves, so it baffles me why the reviews are people so shocked and disappointed. It's 'street style food', if you want a proper sit down meal go for dinner before the show. Its a reasonably priced night, the drinks are pricey but they are at an venue like this. Cerys Nelmes is my absolute favourite compare, very funny! Keep doing what you're doing guys:-)
Steve Budd
22.12.2023
Riproar Comedy
Comedians were great but the set up was poor. It was as if they hadn't run a comedy night before...delayed entry into club, food not ready and when it was it was very low quality, the mic didn't work well which the comedians did well to deal with, a member of the staff pushed past me for every act to do some reading round my feet. Great comedy, perhaps need to find a better venue.
Jethro Dix
21.12.2023
Riproar Comedy
The comics were good but the venue is awful and to be honest the entire thing feels like a trap. The publicity says that the show starts at 19:30 but it didn't start until 20:00, there was a '10 minute break' lasting 20 minutes between every act and they also encourage you to arrive before 19:00 as the (non-existent) table will be held until then. I believe this is all a ploy to get you to buy more of their extortionately priced drinks. Over £5 for for a 330ml bottle of beer is ridiculous. The lighting is a horrible red and in the breaks really loud music is played making it difficult to have a conversation. If this moved venues I might change my opinion but right now I suggest avoiding this at all costs unless you're a stag or hen party.
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Pryzm, The South Buildings, Canon's Road, Bristol BS1 5UH
Riproar Comedy