The Listening Room Port Clinton

We traveled for a show here on Halloween. We had a long drive so we made sure to arrive early as the venue is general admission seating. We were kind of thrown off by the venue. It’s actually inside of a hotel and is easy to miss if you don’t know the area. We also had a difficult time figuring out where to park. To get into the venue you have to walk into a hotel lobby and check in.
We were amongst the first to check in because it was important for us to sit up front. The way they had the seats put out were in rows and the front row had maybe about 8 – 10 spots. It’s a small venue so most of the seats are good but I’m super picky about where I sit.
I was happy the venue did not choose to shove a million openers at us. We only had to deal with one and the headliner came on promptly after. In order to use the restroom you had to exit the venue and go into the lobby. The acoustics sounded great and we were happy with the show.
What made me deduct one star was their obnoxious 2 drink minimum policy. Neither of us drink so we were pretty annoyed that the waitress kept coming up to us and pressuring us to order drinks. She even interrupted the performance to take our order. Since neither of us drink one of us got a cup of plain hot water and I ordered a mudslide that I only took one sip of. It hurt paying $ 20 for something we did not drink so please beware of us. We were grateful that the drinks were not more expensive than $ 10 each at least.
The hotel looked very cute and we were sorry we were not staying there. The owners seemed like lovely people and we did not come across one grouchy employee.