Rhino Room

If you are wanting a good laugh and some popcorn this is the place to go. Open mic nights on Monday to see fresh, up and comers. Various shows running during the Fringe Festival. 100% recommended for a great night out!

Went for an Emo Night, had a super fun experience! Well-priced drinks and clean venue. Looks quite good inside

Attended this venue for the Adelaide Fringe festival. Bar staff were friendly, venue was small for big enough for the show we attended. General staff were a little pushy but overall nice.

Low Life Bar was the perfect venue to spend my 21st birthday! Huge thank you to all the staff who were greatly accommodating and met in person multiple times prior to the event, as well as making sure the night ran smoothly! Would highly recommend this groovy venue for your next function :)) Thank you!

So good. The floors aren’t any where near as sticky as similar grungy venues. The only bar staff in Adelaide who love their jobs and actually enjoy the patrons.

Great atmosphere even though there was only 30-40 people there at a comedy gig. Nice venue. The seats can be a little cramped. Update: even better atmosphere when it's sold out at fringe. They have a cool laneway with drinks and pizza outside too.

Went here for a Twilight Themed Night and only had 1 song played from the soundtracks from 930 to 1030pm, the themed drinks didnt make any sense (1 *suck* joke, not even a bloody mary with sparkles) and there was paper masks of Edward and Jacob as well as a cardboard cut out of Bella, Edward and Renesme- was a disappointing night and we ended up leaving as it wasnt as advertised. Could've done so much better, so much material / songs to choose from.

Went there for a comedy show. The stairs up to the place were not ideal and my friend fell down some but in all fairness there was alcohol involved. The bar staff are fantastic, friendly and honest.

Last night I was very fortunate enough to go to the Rhino Room to support one of my best buddies on his second open-mic night. Did you know that every Monday the Rhino Room does an open-mic night? Anyone can have an attempt at their stand up routine if they bring along three paying audience members at $10 per person. I am really sad that I did not know about this before. I would have been hanging out at the Rhino Room a lot more if I knew this earlier. Also, in saying that, if you are bored on a Monday night, go down for $10 worth of awesome local comedy. It is a great way to support locals who are testing out their material in a very comfortable and encouraging environment. The set that I watched last night was really awesome. There were some really talented newbies. It was great to watch them learn how to work the crowd. I will definitely be back to continue supporting them in the future. There is something about the Rhino Room. It is really cosy and intimate with the audience. Featuring classic velvet red stage curtains and some really cool and funky art painted on the walls. It is also available for hire for functions. Would be a cool place for a birthday or work function. I read a sign that said free room hire with bar tab of $1500. That is pretty decent these days. The bar stocks a good selection of beverages, including a couple of craft beers. This venue is renowned as one of the favs for travelling comedians and artists when they reach Adelaide. I read somewhere that Greg Fleet in particular really loved it. So, it is really worth keeping an eye on the acts on the Adelaide Central or Rhino Room website to see what is coming up. Or just come down for a good way to wind down after a hectic Monday!

Over the last decade or so I have seen the Rhino Room evolve into a regular drop in centre for many traveling comedians, and a second home for local bands and open mic performers. The homely environment it offers and strong network it has built around it, has helped build a fantastic hub for artists and fans. Rhino Room is also a supporting venue for visual artists as a gallery space, and back entrance to the Urban Cow Studio situated right next door. If stand up comedy, local music or visual art isn't really your thing, then book the room yourself for a private function and invite your own friends - It's your night, and a great place to hang out with people you like. Plus the introduction of the downstairs bar, courtyard area, and regular themed parties, It now offers more opportunities to mingle and party on until the wee hours of the morning. There's a giant rhino painted on the side of the building, so you can't miss it!

Rhino Room is a grungy urban venue housed within a multileveled converted warhouse on Frome St in the City. A grafiti style mural by Melbourne based street artist Mike "Makatron" Maka, depicting a giant rhinoscerous with a city upon its back graces the front wall of the purple toned building. Inside, the lower level consists of a funky little bar along with a walled outside area which acts as a beer garden and smoking area. The industrial feel prevails in this outside area which feels as though is is part of a partially constucted or partially demolished abandoned bulding. The live music and comedy venue is upstairs. This portion of the bulding is split into two sections by the stairwell, the first (to your right) is a pokey little bar which gets super crowded between sets. The second (to your left) is quite a spacious performance area with a slightly elevated stage. There is a small seating area at the the back but, at least when the music is on, you are otherwise standing. My favourite memory of the Rhino Room comes from many years ago. It was the final performance of, in my opinion, the best band to come out of Adelaide during the 1990's, Pornland. The, multi piece Funk Parody Band, complete with overweight, bearded, long haired and jump suit attired lead singer brought the house down skulling vodka out the bottle and pahing girls from the audience mid set. Although I don't know if you can get away with such shinanigans in the modern era, I have sill certainly seen a number great acts at the rhino room over the past few years and look forward to seeing more in the future.

I've been to the Rhino Room a few times for some comedy shows and a birthday party before. The large rhinoceros painted on the side of the building certainly makes it easy to find. Interesting little club, with unique art and interior design throughout. They run an open mic night for budding comedians every Monday, and host some more renown comedians on Thursday and Friday nights. The also often play host to local bands, and occasionally international gigs. I'd suggest popping in some time to witness the comedic talent Adelaide has to offer.

The home of Adelaide comedy!! I love coming to this place even though the weird Koala on the wall freaks me out. every. single. time. I've had some great nights here - it's an intimate venue that is relaxed - a place where you can go and just watch some great entertainment. There's a bar downstairs that's open before shows if you want to grab a bevvy. It's not fancy though (I seem to recall the mixers being poured out of bottles rather than having pre-mix in a tap) but they have cold beers and cider. Open mic nights are usually interesting - some good, some bad. Some really bad. But I take my hat off to anyone that does it because I couldn't do it!!

Always fun and always friendly. Great comedy line ups and great shows during Fringe. They've also got one of the funkiest venues I've ever seen for a comedy room. It's quirky decor and fun little beer garden, the upstairs room and the Howling Owl have a relaxed vibe perfect for comedy. Bar staff are always cheery and not pricks which make me all the more inclined to pop back in when I'm in town.

I love Rhinos and I also love rooms. Naturally, the Rhino room would be somewhere I'd end up - and I come back to - often. With the abundance of Rhinos and freaky hoodie wearing koalas, the Rhino Room is primarily known as Adelaide's premier stand up comedy club. Big comics such as Wil Anderson and Greg Fleet have said that the Rhino Room is the best room in Australia and even the world. It hosts comedy on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights and often has live music upstairs and downstairs on Friday and Saturday nights. Attached to the Urban cow studio gallery, art often spills into the room, giving it a funky urban atmosphere. I've had such great nights at this venue, especially over New Years Eve and Adelaide Fringe, where it hosts some of the best acts of the Fringe and has a late show which starts at 11:30, finishes about 2 am and features some of the best local and international acts. Fun, Friendly and freaking funny, the Rhino Room entertains nearly every day of the week.

The Rhino Room is THE place for comedy in Adelaide. But it's not JUST for comedy either. Most nights of the week you can catch stand up gigs here, and during Fringe, the late show is the place to be in the early hours of the morning BUT on weekends there's often live music or a DJ helping the party to kick on until the sun comes up. Prices are super reasonable, with a tenner usually getting you entry to what ever fantastical event is happening through the doors and up the stairs of this purple building. It's not fancy - but as usual, that's a good thing, a great thing in fact. Make sure you check out the Rhino Room and see what's happening next time you complain that there's "nothing to do in Adelaide" - because that's not true, and you need to stop fooling yourself - mkay?

My favourite aspect of the Rhino Room is the free comedy. On certain nights they'll have some free, amateur stand-up comedy. If you're a real fan of stand-up, you'll know that it's the finest form of comic entertainment. It takes courage, cleverness and (come on, come one; think of another 'c' word) and performanCe (nailed it) to own the room. It isn't easy. I've never taken the stage myself. Not through any sort of cowardice, of course, but through a sort of obligatory mercy. You see, were I to expose the Rhino Room to my brilliance, the audience would remain forever climatised to a level a quality that simply cannot be matched by anyone else. So I remain a dutiful audience member. And functions are very gay (in the original meaning of the word) too. The area's small, and music too loud for discourse, but there's a nice little outside area. Although, it's often filled with the aroma of marijuana. So if you're ethically opposed the the smoking of the herb, but you really, really MUST exist in an outside area, you might want to avoid the Rhino Room.

Although this place can be difficult to find for the first time, the huge rhino on the sidewall generally seems to help. This unique bar is a hot spot for comedy gigs, bands and general partying, but I am going to tell you about hiring this place out for events. My boyfriend recently celebrated his 21st at the Rhino Room and I was thoroughly impressed with everything. Having been let down by another venue only weeks prior to the event, we thought we'd try this place after a high recommendation from a friend. Mick helped us out with the booking and was fantastic, detailing the party around our wants and needs. We could bring our own food platters, decorations and they even had facilities to play a dvd of photos we had made. The cost of hiring the downstairs area (including a bar, music station, and outside section) was very affordable and we negotiated drink prices and a tab, which stretched out the entire night. The bar staff were friendly and fun, lining us complimentary shots on our arrival as a present to the birthday boy. Everyone enjoyed the venue and had a great night. Rhino room is very cultured and down to earth. Love it!

Worst experience We pre paid and went to the comedy club last night only to find that they actually sold way way more tickets than they have seats. It was hot and stuffy yet they were too tight to put the ac on. after watching 2 desperate acts by peering over other peoples shoulders it became clear that the place is just a scam. Adelaide has so much more to offer. I actually wonder if it is a danger with so many people crammed into such a small space. DON'T GO THERE

I hired the downstairs area and beer garden for my 30th birthday. I was told we would have the area until 12am. The bar staff started letting in their friends at 10pm, a few people hardly makes a difference but we still had a bar tab going which I'm sure these strangers enjoyed. At 10:20(ish) a DJ set up himself up in the main room and my 14 year old niece was told to leave. At about 10:30 the doors were open to the public and within a few minutes the entire place was full of young strangers, which made my grandparent (who had driven from interstate) and some of my older relatives very uncomfortable and they subsequently left. People were eating the food I had made and stealing the decorations I had bought. I confronted the girl who claimed to be a bar manager and tried to explain to her that I was told I could have the area for a private party until 12pm, this girl basically told me I was lying. I asked her when she had ever heard of a private function for a 30th birthday going from 7pm until 10:30pm, she asked me if I wanted to "take it outside". If this was happening at 11:30 when we had been told 12 I wouldn't have even mind, but it was 10pm when it all started happening. We were well behaved and there was money over the bar. I was lied to and at this point treated like scum. Shame on you rhino room. Shame! I would never recommend anyone has a private function there after the way I was treated. And if I could give a minus for the score I would. Unprofessional, rude and disgusting behavior from the staff. I will never go there again.