Renaissance Rooms

I really enjoyed myself here! It was my hen do and we hired a booth. I think the booth is worth having, although you have to pay £50 to hire it You get some balloons and a free bottle of champagne. Booking the booth was a bit of a hassle. They weren’t massively helpful at answering my questions but they were very keen to take my money!
It’s worth getting there early as there aren’t as many drunk people who accidentally skate into you! The people who give you the roller boots were pretty rude and didn’t seem to want to be there. But the rest of the staff were fine. The music was great and it was fun having a photographer going around taking photos of everyone to be displayed on the website.
I’d go again, but like I said, I’d go earlier rather than later as the dance floor gets very full later on! Who thought putting adults on skates and give them alcohol was a good idea?!

Eugh
Not a place I want to go to ever again

Went for a joint birthday party with a good friend of mine with a group of about 8 — we did try to get there nice and early, probably just past 7:30 but still wound up queuing for at least an hour in the cold — but it’s not something you do every week anyway and with all the fun you have dressing up and also seeing all the outrageous outfits everyone else has got on, it’s not such a bad wait.
(It is a bit weird when you first leave your house in your neon pink tights, hotpants, pigtails and raver gear on but part of the excitement is spotting other rollerdisco-​ers as you get closer and closer to Vauxhall).
The inside was simple but the rollerskates were fine, music groovy and yes, expect to fall over a bit, but everyone is having a good time, no one is roaring drunk and the atmosphere is just one of funky fun. Recommended!

Somewhat slightly apprehensive but also very excited about going along to a roller disco, I arrived at the Renaissance rooms with a number of friends for our Christmas party night. It’s tucked away under the Arches in Vauxhall, but when you get there, the atmosphere and music is a perfect combination to get you in the mood for fun. We went on a Thursday night, which by all accounts is the quietest night to try out your rollerskating skills.
There are two floors, one slower and one faster. I think this is more to do with the floor speed (ie, how fast your skates go on the surface, rather than the speed of the skaters). In terms of the ability of rollerskating prowess, it was a big mix of the complete novice, to the super expert. Even so, the mix worked, with some of the experts taking the less able around the floor. I never felt that anyone was showing off, it’s all about having fun and listening to the tunes (great funky beats — perfect!) as you move around the floors.
There are several seating areas around the club when your legs (and maybe nerves) need a break. Comfortable and cosy corners to catch up, have a drink and people watch to your hearts content.
Three bars are easily accessible with or without skates. After having a couple of shots and a G&T my better judgement took over and I decided I’d enjoy the evening more sober than not and it seemed to work fine.
All-​in-​all, I loved the place, the atmosphere and the people (regulars particularly, probably a reason for going back, they’re so friendly).
A definate thumbs up for the Renaissance rooms. Great memories and so glad I stayed in one piecean added bonus.

The trainees at work, somehow I’ve picked up honorary trainee status since I always seem to be attending their events, had a Roller Disco night tonight. We had a decent group of about 8 – 10 of us turn out although only 4.5 of us decided to get into the spirit and dress up. I think half the fun in these sorts of events is taking the mickey out of yourself I mean come on, how often does one get to wear bright yellow shorts and not look too foolish.
I was a bit nervous walking the streets of Vauxhall in my get up especially considering the bar where we were meeting up before hand seemed to have a lot of very well-​dressed business sorts in attendance so I saved the bling for the venue. I would have felt less self-​conscious if I’d been confident that other people would have made an effort too (which most didn’t!)
The venue at Vauxhall had two roller skating rinks (one slower than the other) and what seemed to be about three bars spread out. The later it got the more crowded the rinks got and also the scarier it got to skate — not only from the sheer masses on the rink but also the state in, shall we say, inebriation most people had gotten into. I must admit I was very wide-​eyed at a few points during the night with admiration at the effort some people had put into their outfits. In addition to a few superheros (pecs included) such as Superman, Batman, Robin, we had some genuine disco outfits — with the ‘fro included. Next time I’m definitely going to get me a ‘fro.
Roller Disco is a lot of hard work on small rinks where you go around and around and around. If I’d had more skill I would have liked to have joined the instructors (there are lots of them milling about on the rink ready to help you) in the centre with their dance lines. Looked pretty cool. The music could have been a little improved — the fast rink seemed to have a lot of house when I was expecting a lot more disco, or at least disco mixes of current hits. Otherwise it was a really fun night. It is an improvement on the usual just going to drinks and if someone catches your fancy is really conducive to meeting someone — all involved was an oops. so sorry I ran into you and ended up in your arms. Ha ha.