Showboat is one of many tiny gambling arcades based in and around the city centre and often…read morefrequented by pensioners. This is one of the bigger ones and has bingo machines, roulette machines, fruit machines and digital slot machines. The biggest jackpot's that you can win here are £500 on the digital machines and £70 on the fruit machines. They offer various promotional offers from time to time to entice customers to stay longer in the hope of winning free plays. It's quite dark and dingy in here and quite disheartening that these places are dotted all over the city, especially given a time of recession. That said, I suppose this offers certain groups of people a community where they can gamble at their leisure without joining a casino. They offer free hot drinks and snacks to anyone using their machines, and the staff are friendly and obliging throughout!

Many years ago I spent a summer holiday working in the deck arcade. Twenty odd years later it…read morehasn't changed very much, it even seems to have the same manager working there. Unlike the other amusement arcades in town (the ones on dry land) there's no 'Jackpot' area where you can win £500 as long as you're prepared to feed pound coins into the machines. There are plenty of gaming machines but the last time I was there none of them cost more than 10p a spin. There are also video games and crane grab machines and I'm sure they've still got a pinball machine. Not really a place I'd recommend to anyone but if you have to visit an arcade your money will last much longer in this one.

A great little cafe and amusement arcade. Good value bingo at only 20p per game and in the cafe,…read moresurprisingly great tasting burgers. Good parking and best of all crazy golf. Sign up for the app and get free stuff ,win win.

TL;DR - A continental masterpiece, right here in Bury…read more How did I leave it so long before coming here? Arcade Club is an absolute gem - a massive warehouse filled with all kinds of arcade machines and an absolute paradise for anyone who loves gaming. Apparently it's the largest venue of its type in Europe! We came and bought a day ticket which gets you a wrist band for all day access. Once inside, every single game is free to play, and there's enough here to keep you occupied and entertained for a very long time indeed. The ground floor has a mixture of vintage machines, modern games, funfair games and even some VR rigs. You can then head to the first floor where there's a mixture of newer games and funfair games. Up to the second floor and you'll find a huge variety of machines with lots from Japan - dance and rhythm games, pinball machines and lots of 90s classic arcade games. Finally there's the fourth floor, packed with vintage machines like Pac Man, Asteroids, Smash TV and... well, pretty much anything you care to mention. There's a bar on site which also serves pizza in case you get peckish... and you probably will because there's so much to see and play here, you'll be here a very long time. Arcade Club is an absolute gem.

From the owner: We are the largest classic arcade in Europe. Hosting over 250 plus arcade machines and other games…read moresuch as consoles and computer games. We provide the whole gaming experience from retro to Modern. This includes VR and modern rhythms games. We have 2 bars and to eateries a sweet shop and gift shop. All your entertainment under one roof.

I have always come across this place as a highly lit up place and mostly packed with kids…read more It's lit up like an amusement park in the twilight wanting to attract a massive crowd but never really successful! It's obviously poorly managed. The slot machines and gambling with coins definitely a good attraction to little children who love the hope of wining something in the end! If they market themselves well and probably appear to be a little normal place, it would improve their crowd in take and it would earn an extra star!

Well now, I'm perfectly happy to admit that this is not the highest quality form of gambling, but I…read morerefute the suggestion that Piccadilly Amusements is just a pit of vacuous depressing souls feeding their mindless habits. I appreciate that the glamour and class of Casino Royale are not applicable here, but for me this little arcade is a perfectly suitable place to waste five minutes or so, and possibly win yourself a couple of quid. Also, because of its self-contained atmosphere constructed by neon lights, the noises of the fruit machines and the questionable dim lighting, it provides an escape from the horrors of Manchester Piccadilly at peak shopping time! Result. Please gamble responsibly.

Best boling company in England And the food only cost 10 or…read moreunder pound I'm sure if you don't go here, you are the worst person ever

Proper nice place staff are lovely was having a great night, until I got mixed between my bag of…read moremalteasers and a oddly shaped brown bowling ball, made an appointment at the dentist hopefully they can replace my teeth

Great experience, plenty to offer! Staff are very friendly…read moreand go out of their way for you!! Would definitely recommend and go again!! Kids loved it! Very good selection of games and the only ever arcade I've seen that have 1p machines!!! Just need some seating, but very clean and well looked after. Close to everything and very child friendly!

Ok, this theater is AWESOME. We go to reclining theaters all the time back in LA, but sofa…read moreseating?? Never seen that before. It's ridiculously cozy and honestly made our date night feel extra special after running around doing touristy stuff all day. Parking was a breeze--literally across the street and only £1.50/hr after 6pm. Can't beat that. We saw The Roses, which was funny because we had joked back home about how cool it would be to watch it in the UK since both Benedict and Olivia are British... and yep, it happened. Totally surreal moment. Also loved the little personal touch: right before the movie started, a staff member actually came in, reminded everyone to silence phones, and had a quick word with the audience. Felt very film-festival-ish, like Sundance vibes. Bottom line: if you're in the city, definitely check this place out. And whoever designed those seats--you're my hero. Let's be friends.

Well, rather a lot has changed since the Everyman was last reviewed on Yelp...not least that the…read morebuilding was completely razed to the ground in 2011 and rebuilt into the magnificent and award winning (The Sterling Prize for Architecture 2014 no least!) creation that now resides in exactly the same spot as before. Not only is it a stunning piece of architecture but it is also a brilliant piece of environmentally friendly design with, amongst many other recycled elements, 25,000 bricks from the old Everyman and huge chimneys creating natural ventilation. There are even nesting boxes for swifts and bats. Bless. The ethos of the theatrical content remains the same though with a dedication to inspiring and engaging a wide variety of audiences by producing a huge variety of shows, a passion for delivering new writing, a flare for giving a contemporary twist to classic pieces and generally to producing world class theatre. I have hugely enjoyed the shows I have been to see since the re-opening in March 2014 and absolutely love the new auditorium; I immediately felt hugely at home in somewhere that feels so familiar despite looking so different. The new Ev Street Cafe is absolutely one off my favourite places to meet and eat in Liverpool and the food and service is always lovely. The downstairs Bistro had a shaky start (but then it had big shoes to fill...) but is definitely getting there and I really enjoy heading there for aftershow drinks and have had a couple of excellent pre-show meals there too. The only teeny weeny complaint I have is that sometimes the service in the foyer bar before shows and during intervals can be a little slow (it feels like they need one or two extra members of staff behind the bar but maybe there just isn't room!) but it really is a small complaint and has never majorly impacted on my enjoyment of an evening in the theatre. It was such a thrill for so many people in Liverpool when the Ev re-opened and certainly for me that thrill hasn't gone away. Long Live The Everyman Theatre!!

The Olympia was once a grand forum for all sorts of live performances and until recently was the…read moremecca for the city's proud boxing tradition. My feelings on the place are not nearly as warm as they once were as the venue now mainly plays host to Mixed Martial Arts fighting which to me is not really much of sport. Ex bouncers beating each other up in a cage is nothing like boxing but the times move on and this stuff is very popular. The place will still host the odd gig but the glory days of the venue are long gone.

The Liverpool Olympia is an old, slightly decrepit, very dirty music and event venue located just…read moreoutside of Liverpool city centre. Outside of the slums of LA, I've never in my life seen so many boarded-up houses and buildings and empty, grass-filled plots outside a cemetery as I've seen in Liverpool. Yet there's something about the dirty, unkempt streets that seems to pulse with energy. Not nearly as good as Brooklyn, but if you're in the UK, it's interesting to see. The Liverpool Olympia continues this theme and doesn't disappoint. It's over-the-top, Victoriana gingerbread soffit and fascia, and it's gorgeously gilt gold and white finishings are completely contrasted with burnt orange walls straight out of the bar from the beginning of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The floors are black, sticky and dirty, and the meandering, ten-minute walk to the bathrooms is filled with plastic-covered ancient sofas and chairs with cigarette burns and flower patterns your grandmother would covet. Everything about this place is sad, worn-down and creepy. The vibe would perfectly suit a Halloween haunted house, or a Madonna concert. Something nightmarish. The "food" offered was a metal stand the size of water closet consisting of mushy chips with curry sauce or "hot dogs" shaped like pigs intestines. There are loads of bars -- three just on the floor where we were standing, and at least one on each balcony level. The prices for drinks are ridiculous -- £3.50 for a can of beer in a plastic cup -- but the service is so bad there, the waitress just dump your beer straight into the cup, resulting in over half a cup of foam, and no top up. We saw The Specials there, and the concert was outstanding, despite the venue. For an even odder flavouring to the night, all of the bouncers were from Northern Ireland -- a privately hired-in company. OK. Two words that rhyme with Liverpool Olympia? Never again.