Vinyl

I visited Vinyl for the first time with a small group on Friday 11 Mar and thought is was great. All the staff I met were friendly and helpful: the entrance fee person, cloakroom attendant, bar staff, and particularly the door staff. The music was great - upbeat classics from yesteryear that had me dancing all night. This wasn't an average nightclub, it was much better, and following my experience with every aspect of this place I cannot understand how others have written anything poor about it. I had a fantastic night and would highly recommend this place to anyone.

Our visit was quite pleasant: they were playing some nice, popular music from the 80s, so we enjoyed most songs. The venue is also quite big, which was nice. The colourful dancefloor is also a good feature I liked, along with reasonable prices. Overall, our experience was good.

As a nightclub, it is one of the worst I've ever been. I was unlucky to have been there twice (both Fridays) with 2 distinct groups of friends. Had to listen to the exact same outdated, lifeless set of music, twice.
Had to hear friends complain about how bad it was, twice, which was the only funny bit of both nights. I see people rating 5* here because they got a booth with cheap alcohol... Standards are bottom low in this city.

Been here on 2 different occasions so have a bit of experience with this club.

First, the club itself. Admission is only £6 per person, which is a very good and reasonable price. Bouncers are nice and friendly, and they accept citizenship cards which I have had a bit of trouble with in other clubs, despite their authenticity. Drinks could be cheaper but definitely are not expensive. Toilets are pretty clean, the club itself is kept quite clean too, despite the natural club mess that builds up like spilt drinks and empty cups, but you won't find a club without those. The dancefloor is absolutely gorgeous, albeit small, and the music isn't really clubby, more like a disco which is in keeping with the club's ongoing theme of the 60's to 00's. They have played ABBA both times I've been there which I absolutely love, and having older songs like this allows you to make friends with people from older age groups you wouldn't normally talk to which makes for a truly timeless experience.

Speaking of the experience and the overall feel of the club...

The first time I went was on Tuesday night with my friend, which we didn't realise until after that it was the LGBT+ night. We were a bit nervous on our first day so we were just standing on the dance floor too nervous to dance, just shifting the weight on our feet. Just when we were thinking clubbing wasn't our style, a girl came up to us, held our hands and got us to dance, and before we knew it we were dancing all night having a great time. The people here are probably the friendliest and most easygoing people you will meet that have no problem making newcomers like me and my friend feel welcomed. The second time was on a Saturday night, and this time we had no problems with going to dance ourselves, just because that one girl who came to dance with us on our first night gave us so much confidence. We found another group of friends and they quickly welcomed us with open arms and danced with us until we had to leave to get home, unlike other clubs in which people keep more to themselves, this place is truly the most accepting and open club I've been to. Overall you will not find a friendlier club in Cambridge and you are guaranteed to have an unforgettable night here!

I loved this venue, I thought I felt safe here then a member of security found out I wasn't born a woman like I presented. My cis friends love this place and I did too I'm, happy for them but I am scared of the area. I tried again after a bad experience with a bouncer and I don't remember my night, my close friends don't know what happened but next thing they new was I was terrified which isn't like me at all. Gorgeous club great music and generally wonderful staff but if you're queer in some way maybe be careful, I hate to say this but keep safe, we apparently ALWAYS need to.

Awful place and abusive security. My close friend got assaulted by 3 security guards for going into the disabled loos. They pulled his hair, held his hands behind his back (his wrists are now swollen) and chucked him out. He now has scrapes and bruises all over his body. The manager and staff were little help and the security did not apologise. My other friend was pushed to the floor by the bouncer. Awful

Just received a call from my brother who’s very upset after being dragged out of the toilet by the bouncers last night. He is trans and they decided for whatever reason to kick him out by physically removing him which caused him pain. The bouncers here are not trans friendly.

They refused to give back my belongings at coat check. Extremely disrespectful staff. There are many better locations to go to in Cambridge. Please avoid Vinyl.