Beacon Arts Centre Bistro & Bar in Inverclyde

Just wanted to say that Sweeney Todd was fantastic, and I’m so glad I got to see it! It’s clear how much love and work was put into this amazing production, and I’ve only just moved here from the states a few months ago, but I’ve already got a new favorite theater company. The cast was incredible, with such memorable performances across the board, and I look forward to seeing more from the Greenock Light Orchestra in the future.

Used the cafe twice whilst on holiday and saw an excellent mozart production.

Went to see The Addams Family Musical. The theatre was a great venue; Greenock is very lucky. The show itself was fantastic from end to end. That this group if people are amateurs is little short of amazing. Special credit to the lead role of Gomez, talent and timing superbly delivered by a young man called Adam Wilkinson.

Lovely location and very clean and tidy. Nice snacks. Very friendly and helpful staff. Recommended.

Really great to see cafe open on a Sunday, sat and had coffee ☕️ and cake 🥮 and thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere, great friendly staff

Only visited cafe/bar. A welcome oasis in the wastes of Greenock. Not knocking the town that has been dealt an atrocious hand in recent years. Nevertheless, a great place for a coffee or lunchtime bite. Clean, airy, fantastic views across the Clyde. Reasonable menu and prices. Performance area not visited, but eclectic and inclusive programme advertised. Now, let's see the politicians channel enough into the area to give it some competition. Pace Scott's.

Hue and cry were brilliant great venue

They could have done with more staff all round. No one selling programms visible and when found desk it was hidden and the programme were not displayed. There is no middle isle so can be difficult to get in and out. Bit of a bottleneck at end of show.

Excellent location for meeting, the view is spectacular. Food though could be improved. Highly recommended for business meetings.

Went to see jay lafferty, bahookie, fantastic show, I go to the beacon quite often it's a great venue for live shows for everyone, it has wheelchair access, a cafe and the toilets are immaculate.

We were able to book a window table via Tony, for with views cover the Clyde toward Helensburgh through floor to ceiling glass windows this is a spectacular venue. Our server Natalie was very attentive. We opted for a soup / Sqndwich Combo along with a steak pie meal of mash and peas. Both meals came piping hot. The butternut squash soup was nice an think and the ham and cheese sandwich on normal whole meal bread came with a small portion of oven fresh tortilla chips. All very nice. There is a drinks menu too. We finished with latte. This has to be a place you will want to visit more than once just to enjoy the views. In summer I can imagine sitting on the terrace. A great experience and yes we shall return.

Superb local theatre. We have been to see lots of good things here and there is plenty variety to choose from. We like that it’s easy to get to, easy to park (for free) and nice inside. When it’s full there are enough people that the atmosphere is good. The views are stunning from the cafe/bar. Good to support a local theatre too and hopefully that means more good shows will happen.

Absolutely extortionate 2 bottles of bud and 1 can of cider 17 gbp never again!

Went here for the recording of Breaking the News, a BBC Scotland radio show. It's the first time we have been here, it's a nice building with great views from the cafe and friendly staff.

I was the only one waiting at the counter to be served. There were two staff on who passed me by 5 times in 5 mins and didn't acknowledge my presence once , gave up and left . Seems nothing has changed in this place .

We've been to several shows in the Beacon - great artistic performances. However, the behaviour of members of the audience can be described as awful. Groups of people, out for the night can arrive inebriated, and then fill up at the bar, and bring their drinks into the auditorium, where they continue to be nuisances for the duration of the show. The staff don't seem to know how to control this behaviour. We would never go back to the Beacon to see a show - and that's really annoying, because they put on great shows!

Arrived early last Thursday morning to them having an issue with their coffee machine. Could see the stress it was causing yet the staff were only concerned about making early guests comfortable and well taken care of. Definitely a return venue when in the area.

Very good venue for watching my daughter's dance show

Cafe was decent, Theatre was spacious and the paintings in the building were better than the wellelium building

First time being here last night (Saturday) and it was to a stand up comedy show which i thought was great. It was multiple acts for 2 hours and a short break half way through for any toilet needs or snacks. And this morning I arrived again for some brunch! It was a lovely day and thought i'd go here for a brunch before work, which isn't too far from it. For my brunch I chose a cappacuno with a filled roll - bacon and poached egg. Poached egg isnt mentioned in menu but they did it anyways :D

Hen night horror was excellent fun had a great time . The beacon is a very nice theater

Great shows staff are so helpful

Visited cafe and the soup was delicious. Friendly staff and very clean

What a wonderful venue. I attended Inverpride in July 2024, the staff were amazingly friendly and the facilities were spot on. Lots of space and a gender neutral toilet facilities available upstairs separate from regular toilets. Also, what a location and view. I’d highly recommend, the Waverley even stopped outside.

Modern and well designed theatre. Comfortable and well laid out seating. Good range in bar. Friendly staff. Clean toilets. Beautiful views over the clyde.

Popped in for tea & cake - fascinating programme due in Summer/Autumn

Tasty dishes, especially soups. Nice service.

Visited coffee shop with a friend. Lovely staff, welcoming and clean. Enjoyed a cappuccino and a caramel shortcake.

Venue is a good size and easy to navigate. Has a decent selection of snacks and drinks. Cannot imagine you will get a bad view from any of the seats. Staff friend and helpful. Point off as only one cubicle was working which meant there were significant wait times.

A nice venue. The snacks and drinks seem a bit over priced xx

Went for daughters dance show lovely place comfortable seats show was great

Top notch venue, the town should be proud to have it!

Bar is massively over priced.... £5.70 for a 330ml bottle beer is brave! The shows are always brilliant tho

Came for lunch and won’t return. Ordered 2 toasties. Done in a sandwich marker with barely any filling inside. The chicken mayo toastie was completely inedible full of peppercorns and not sure it was mayonnaise certainly didn’t taste like it. Attended the bar to pay and on enquiry explained the chicken mayo toastie I had taken one bite out of and could not eat completely inedible. Patronisingly the bar man stated he could go and get the manager to sample this before he could take it off the bill. Instead we paid the full bill and left. Poor service with even poorer food. Go elsewhere

Coffee was cold. For £3.50 it should be served hot. Only visited the Cafe.

Great venue that can flex for a number of purposes

Regular visitors the cafe bar for lunch. Friendly and efficient staff, amazing views, nice food. Follow up by a walk along the esplanade to work off the calories.

Went to the Pure Leo comedy night, very funny evening in a beautiful location.

Great venue with good accessibility which to me is paramount as a carer for someone in a wheelchair who likes to go to shows. It really is a lively venue with incredibly helpful staff who go out of their way to help you. Cannot recommend it enough. If I could give it more stars I would.

Excellent show. Brilliant venue and staff very welcoming

Excellent event put on by IFIT :INVERCLYDE FAITH AND THROUGHCARE and also YOUR VOICE for ex addicts what an event the beacon put on for us tonight very friendly staff and volunteers whata night from state to finish well done to the beacon arts centre for they're free use of they're time and venue to hold the event at no cost atoll, great belief in addicts and addicts in recovery also thank-you for yous having the belief in every addict and for also giving every one of us belief and confidence that we can all still have a good and better life than the one we used to live

Dropped off my 88 year old mum for afternoon show. Staff were helpful. Show was good she said. Thanks. Parking / dropping off a nightmare. April 2024 1st Time at a show in there. The magic of the Beatles. Absolutely brilliant 👏. You could feel the music changing with the times from the 60s etc..throughout the show. Very professional. Interactive with the audience was just right. Music was very accurate although no harmonica. Due back September 2025. Recommended. Hope that's enough time to stock up the bar selection.

Stunning location, huge stage, lovely inside and staff all so helpful

Brilliant night at the Beacon to see Janey Godley. The Theatre is in a great location. It is clean and well presented. Friendly helpful staff.

Really enjoyed Jerry Sadowitz tonight. Comedy genius. Beacon Centre very nice Indeed.

A decent theatre. I was seated at the end of my row. During the show someone was filming it, the staff stood next to me trying to attract the attention of the person. They flashed a torch at the person waving a bit of paper. This went on for around 10 minutes and then staff stood for the rest of the show looking along the audience. I assume they didn’t want to disturb people in the row the guy was sitting in but that was at the cost of distracting me during the show. If they had went in and spoke with the person then it may not have had such a long disturbance on my night. I’ll add my mates weren’t impressed with Merchant City prices, two glass of wine for £17. They never bought another drink because of the price.

We went for lunch and were happy to see that some dishes are available in small portions. Perfect when you're not overly hungry

A beautiful location and very well mannered support staff

Went there for a show was really good the seats were very comfortable and plenty of leg room

A great venue for shows and gigs

Excellent concert at an excellent venue.

Fantastic theatre, good variety of shows at reasonable prices great location.

So arrived tonight for dirty dusting show x went to bar bought 3 strongbow and one dark fruits x charged £26 Thought that's steep but it's a nite out x £6.50 a can by the way x At interval sneaked out bought same round young girl charges us £21.50 am like confused but pay Ats £5.375 each ( strange ) Then ma sister pops out tae loo surprises us with another refreshment costing £22.40 that's £5.60 each x What the actual x we had just popped over from Jimmy Watt pub and a round of drinks cost us £9.56 yes across the street draught cider This is a total liberty disgusting handing us cans out a chiller bad customer service and charging well over the odds x Show was abso brilliant bar service needs addressed Over priced x bad service x poor quality x .

Great for gigs Food is ok,helpful staff Outrageous price for a bottle or a can of beer,£5.60 a pop

Lovely centre, not to big, everyone enjoyed their self's.

We visited this centre to attend an opening of an Art exhibition. As we were a bit early we had time to have lunch at the cafe there. It has a calm, spacious atmosphere with very friendly staff and a brilliant view of the Clyde. We will come back again. There was parking in the square outside and a ramp up to the centre for anyone needing wheelchair access. What a lovely venue.

Went to Shania twain tribute act sound was amazing performance was fantastic

Fab venue....Cafe lovely. Staff great. First time visit, but won't be.my last

Nice coffee - friendly staff - lovely view

Beautiful location, brilliant venue, great staff.

Beautiful performing space and lovely overall atmosphere.

Friendly place, great location.

Really disappointed with the customer services at the beacon arts guild missed a performance due to a bereavement in November and tried contacting the venue and no one answered to voice mail or email. Eventually I got through and was told management would be in touch, still waiting a month later. Countless correspondence and still no management response. Then told while attending the Christmas panto that the show account was settled so tough luck email to manager but not to hold a breath. Four tickets to a performance down the toilet, no offer of another performance to anything as a courtesy, considering the fact if they answered their mail then I would not be in this position. What is all their fundraising at every performance for when they can't offer a genuine alternative during a crisis.

We were a family of 7 who came for pre theater festive meal before pantomime on the 29th December. Told to book for around 5pm to have plenty of time to eat. When we turned up initially we were ignored and made to wait until a member of cast went past us and got served. We were then handed the menu. It was the daytime menu. No pre theatre no festive menu. We did get served drinks. Menu very limited. 3 fish and chips large and one small. 1 baked potato and chilli, scrambled egg on toast and a soup.. when the food did appear about 50 minutes later, there was 2 large, 2 small and a large that was the same size as the small. The chips were fries, not everyone had peas and there was no tartare sauce. The other food came out 5 minutes later. I sent my fish back due to the size, I finally got the plate thumped back in front of me with extra fries and a small piece of fish added to the original. The original fish had been put back into the fryer. The fries were so hard you could have played jenga with them. It's a shame as the fish meat was quite tasty. The soup was inedible as it was oversalted. The baked potato skin was inedible as it obviously had been around all day. We wanted 2nd drinks. We had to go to the bar. We were informed that the chef came from ingleston, think he must have worked in the stables. If I was a trained chef, I would not have served any part of that meal. The waiting staff weren't interested, and if there was a manager on duty, he certainly didn't come near us. When asked who to complain to we were told to Google it. This place struggles and I don't know how they get it so wrong. Do yourself a favour, go anywhere but here to eat. Even yhe box office staff had chip shop fish and chips. We were so jealous. Thank goodness we went into panto right after it. Because it was fantastic. We do want support local business. But they need to produce the goods, food and service. We won't be back for food.

Just been to the Beacon Pantomime. It was the best Pantomime I have ever been to.

Brilliant panto the cast were very good hasn't laughed like that in a long time ,

Great wee theatre , great facilities

I called the box office yesterday to ask about accessibility for my gran who is a wheelchair user and the lady working could not have been more kind and helpful. Her customer service was exceptional and we thoroughly enjoyed the pantomime that evening as a family! Great staff and great performance.

Went to see the panto "beauty & the beast" it was so good my granddaughter aged 5 wanted me to take her again the following day.

I have had a really lovely Salmon and Prawn Salad followed by Fish and Chips. I would definitely recommend the Cafe.

Always a great and welcoming space

Stunning venue. I visited for Beauty and the Beast. The stage was emaculate and every detail was so clear. The bar has a good selection of drinks for all tastes and very reasonably priced.

Fantastic pantomime. Go every year.

had great night at Karen Dunbar only downside is the bar prices really expensive

This is a lovely theatre, you can enjoy food and drink before your show, staff friendly and helpful.

Best place ever, shows are great and the staff are the coolest people in the world

Staff helpful and friendly. No problems 👍

Had a meal there ,lady that served was friendly & helpful . The steak pie I had was tasty more gravy would have been nice & partner had the fish which was ok we thin fries over cooked & too crispy neither of us could eat ours . Dessert was option of three types of cake again tasty enough but maybe some cream could have been offered . I asked for fresh orange & lemonade , definitely not fresh orange & Sprite is lemon & lime not lemonade . Nice situation for a cafe/bistro & even when it got busy it didn’t feel overcrowded .

We came to see a comedy show and eat. The show was amazing but the staff serving the food especially Billy, was incredible.food was as expected pub grub with a twist . No plate was left with anything. Tells you it was great food. Price was acceptable great venue and very accessible for wheelchair users

Visited for a totally Tina (Turner) show. A great venue with helpfull and friendly staff

Trains were cancelled due to storm so could not attend last week explained this to staff but said they cant offer any refund or exchange, as previous attendee to lots of shows you have lost a good customer I will never return.

First time here what an amazing venue 😍

Brilliant venue just visited to see Moorcroft. Brilliant play

Had a beautiful lunch in the cafe. Great value. Faye the waitress was so helpful and friendly. Paul the manager also very friendly Will definitely go back with friends and family Views are amazing

Thoroughly enjoyed the show(The dolls) the venue excellent,but the bar prices are absolutely shocking £5.50 for a bottle of lager=1/2 pint how can you justify that, can buy a case of 12 across the road for around £12 , disgusting.

Good bar prices,nice seating area

Just a brief visit here for the day. Worth going tbh

Excellent theatre. Well run and a real experience.

Great night seeing Bruce Fumey. Great venue.

Show was great food not so good and was very cold in restaurant and theatre

Great theatre, well designed, comfortable seating, excellent acoustics and lighting, option of intimate venue hall or main concert hall depending on gig. Attractive and busy Cafe bar restaurant with amazing sea views. Pleasant helpful staff, a well ran, efficient and friendly atmosphere, popular with both performers and the public.

Great theatre with good variety. There's no reason some big guns shouldn't tour here.

Good to go and see Gary faulds. The bar there is so bad. Ran out of most drinks and when we pre ordered half time drinks we were almost last served. There was about 3 people left in the queue. Needs to get a company in that can actually run the bar

Theatre itself is good with spacious, comfy seats with loads of leg room. The three stars given are due to the queue for the bar. A lot of people were left dosapointed as the bar closed before people got time before a drink. On the plus side, there were no bag checks on entry, so you could just bring your own if that way inclined. 😉

Nice place for lunch or a coffee

Amazing spot with uninterrupted view over the river Clyde. Staff were welcoming and helpful. Prompt service, even on a Sunday, with good food at great prices. Beautiful building with much to see. Defo be back.

Stopped here to use the cafe that had lovely coffee and sweet treats. Great views from the cafe. Lovely part of town. Free parking.

Amazing well used local theatre and public performance space with great on site catering. Greenock and Inverclyde gem

It's nice place also to visit with children. Some exposition on corridors. Nice coffee shop and staff.

Place is amazing always something going on inside and outside Waverley or a tall ship pulling in always busy there's a lovely cafe inside for food really good food