Beautiful, especially since they restored many of the original features and revealed the true original features in the cafe. If only it had never been changed, however it is gorgeous more so in the night. Though it is no longer a garden it is still a pleasant place to sit and rest a while. I have been to many an event here and always had a great time with family of all ages.

My friend treated me to a show at the Opera House in Blackpool’s Famous Winter Gardens and we saw James Martin. The actual venue was a vast leisure complex with lots of bars and places to eat inside. We did not realise until we arrived! The building itself was very grand and quite spectacular,clearly very old and I would expect it is a listed building with some history and stories to tell. James Martin was amazing, funny, talented and loads of charisma. He told stories of his life, called on 1970s nostalgia, cooked dishes and even sang and played guitar for his audience. Great show and great venue.

We went to see Everybody’s talking about Jamie at the end of November and it was brilliant. We sat in the grand circle, row K I think. Good view of all the stage and of the actors and actresses. Brilliant sound too. Just a little too far away for us to be able to tell facial expressions. Really lovely local ice cream although a tad expensive!

The rocket man show! Wow!! Amazing show and Jonny love was fantastic 👌🏼 The venue was great, quite pricey for drinks in the bar but to be expected. Seating in the circle on row A gave a great view 😀

We visited for the Valhalla event and it's our first time visiting and what a great place. The staff I met along the day were so friendly and welcoming. They kept up with the flows of the bars and never waited to long to grab a drink, the choice of food was quite low but I did try a pie peas and gravy and was delicious but maybe a option of chips would be good to go with the burgers and hot dogs or just as a easy snack to eat. There was one lad behind the bar with short hair then a bun at the top he was the most friendly and we enjoyed watching him enjoying the music when he was stood waiting to serve people he made my night.

We visited recently for the Paloma Faith concert (she was fabulous). Great atmosphere. The venue was very good for options of service for drinks etc. didn’t seem to be massive queues as with some places. Strangely enough for a concert there was an interval but we got served quickly and efficiently at the lounge bar with time to sit and enjoy our drinks. We returned next day for a coffee in the cafe area which again had friendly staff with good service. The venue was very interesting historically.

A rainy afternoon in Blackpool what do you do? Well we decided to go to the Old Victoria Bar in the Winter Gardens and thoroughly enjoyed the free entertainment. Jack James has the most amazing voice and the song choice was greatso much so that people were up dancing and singing along Thank you Jack for making our day. Love Chris and Jan.

We came to watch the Jason Manford and friend’s comedy festival. We had a great time. We booked the VIP lounge for pre show drinks which was great. The server in there was so attentive and it was well worth going in there

This place is fascinating to walk through with all the original architecture on show. You can get guided tours of the place. There is two theatres in here, a bar and the Empress Bar/Bistro along with toilets. Beware both lots of toilets are down a set of stairs to access. We had a light lunch in the bistro of sandwiches. Once ordered, at the till, they took a little while to come to the table as the are freshly made. Both our sandwiches were very nice but my wife said her steak one could have done with some sort of sauce on it as it was a bit dry. At the end of the building is a statue of Morecombe and Wise.

Visited Winter Gardens to watch the superb Blood Brothers. Excellent show with a wonderful cast. Only negative comment is the worsening condition of Winter Gardens. Looking very tired and in desperate need of a refurbishment. The front of the stage is very poor with chipped wood visible .