The Key Club leeds

First time here yesterday. Went to see New Year's Day, came out especially to Leeds from Lincoln with my partner. Really good atmosphere, found the drinks to be a reasonable price and I only wish there was a venue like this nearer to me.

Played here with a band recently, sound was incredible considering it was a metal based evening. Could hear everything on stage very well and was delightfully balanced. Punters and other bands also commented how decent it sounded out on the floor. Professional and friendly approach from sound guy and other staff. Great night. Cheers

Great for live music. Otherwise it's really dingy and dirty, it's literally a basement. Alright if you're a student and you don't mind the filth but otherwise I'd just watch the band and get out of there! Toilets were awful.

I’ve been here three times and I’ve not been disappointed. I’ve been twice to the indie night and once to the slam dunk night (emo, rock). I much preferred the indie night but that just due to my personal taste in music. The slam dunk night was much more popular and the place was filled with people. My only complaint would be it can be a bit “dead”, for a lack of a better word, as the second time I went to the indie night there were only about 10 people there. But that’s not in any way the club’s fault, probably just the popularity of indie music, and some people don’t mind busting out the moves regardless of the amount of people in the room, so it’s not really an issue. The staff are very respectful and lovely, and they have some great DJs, the music never disappoints. I’ll definitely say they play far more “alternative” songs compared to other indie nightclubs I’ve been to, which just play the popular ones. One of the best nightclubs in Leeds in my opinion. Highly recommend!

Not bad considering. A good range of guns from memory.

First time here, great great venue. This country needs more basement gig venues like this. Friendly bouncers and nice bar staff. Night was nearly ruined by a gang of Robert smiths but the situation was diffused. Will definitely be back.

Instead of an explanation after our friend got turned down for drinks at the bar, we were all questioned by the bouncers. We obviously werent drunk but still the female barmaid persisted not to talk to or explain the situation to us. We love this club and expected more from the staff

Great tunes, great drinks and prices and really friendly bar staff and security. Good crowd too, great place to end the night.

Management need to have a serious word with themselves. Allowing a huge queue to accumulate on Friday night to then turn away people at the door who weren’t double jabbed/hadn’t had a negative test within 2 days prior. Still can’t see anything on the socials from that night stating this new discriminatory rule , your woke female bouncer informed us it was plastered everywhere but couldn’t be bothered to take herself down the queue to give people the heads up. Other bars thought we were joking when we mentioned it to them. Society already went through a period of vast discrimination, ‘no travellers allowed’ etc, here we go again.

The venue itself is pretty sweet but the door staff are absolute tools. Went out for a cig with my mate after paying to get in and being inside for over 2 hours and when we tried to go back in to get our bags and leave they spent 10 minutes patting down/ searching and intergating my mate even though we have been stood in front of them smoking the whole time. By the time they let us in to get our bags i realised i left my beer inside by the door and asked if i could pop back in to drink it real quick and he told me "no you've left now go". Dont charge people entry if you are going to kick them out for no reason whatsoever.