I love this venue, the bands that come through are amazing. The bar is great, rotating taps, over 20. Being able to see music in such an intimate setting is fantastic, and there is an outdoor area that frequently (prepandemic) got a lot of love. Bathrooms are epically awful, but still function. What more could a girl want?

Its one of those hole-in-the wall places that you just fall in love with. Ive seen so many great bands there over the years... always a great time.

Great service with awesome staff. They had a EDM night and the vibe was really great. With them being busy Jackson and the owner only took a couple minutes to get you for your drinks.

This place is amazing. With a variety of shows coming through theres always something for everyone. The staff is always friendly, even when youve had a few too many drinks. In addition to it being a 3am bar, this place is the bees knees.Hop on their website and find a show! Even if its a group you dont know, the Riot Room is always welcoming to everyone.

This is a neat little venue, with all of the beers you could want. The only downside is half of the room is elevated, so if youre at the bar, you cant see the stage.

Decent venue that often becomes super crowded and way too hot (especially in summer). They have some decent artists and the venue is nice. The bathrooms get super nasty the later in the night it gets as they dont seem to clean them until events are over.

It is a very small venue which can be good and bad. The bathrooms should not be used unless you absolutely have to.

Cool spot, kind of dead for a Friday. Its probably better when theyve got a band or event going.

A neat little dive bar and an intimate concert venue all wrapped in one. It attracts an eclectic crowd and a diverse range of musical artists. Its ideally located in the heart of Westport. Parking can be a little tricky, depending on the time/day. Every time Ive watched a show here, Ive had a pretty good experience.

Great venue. Way overpacked, though.

First time at this venue and they did not disappoint. Attended the Delain concert and had a blast. The place is cozy and perfect if you like your concerts to be intimate. The bar is a circle which made ordering drinks easy and the bar tenders were spectacular.

Awesome place for live events. It was awesome to host and perform up there 💯 patio, bar, dancefloor, the total package.

Has some good artist stop through here. Nice little intimate venue.

Great locations for a wide arrange of music. The venue is very small so be sure to get here early for a good viewing spot. It also gets very close so bring thin layers. If you dont make it in time they have a couple of televisions on the back that can let you see the show with out the crowd.

I was in October of 2019 to see Virgil Donati in his band. It was great atmosphere, and the staff was really friendly and helpful. The location was great, as there are many eating and drinking establishments nearby. Virgil and his band were incredible.

Great, intimate venue. Holds 250, but there were only about 100 in the concert and that was perfect. The wide, affordable selection of beers made it seem as much a great taproom as a concert stage. Really got to be close to the bands without feeling crowded.

This place rocks!! In your face intimate shows!! If you like venues without barriers bla bla bla this is your place. Stage is 16 or so at best and that leaves the band in your face!! Staff is super cool and drinks are reasonable. Ive always had a great time at the riot room.

Raven rules. All you lazy A-holes that didnt catch this show made a huge mistake.Always love and up close and personal show at the Riot Room.

Probably the best venue in town. Ive heard management may be shady so ask around before patronizing of you vote with your dollar.

Ive been here for two separate shows. Both times there have been significant sound issues for multiple bands. The bathrooms are always out of paper towels and for the men, theres just a trough full of ice and no door. The bartenders and entrance/exit security staff for the outdoor and indoor stage were all very kind and I appreciated that they followed the rules for ID age verification, turning away those who preferred to make a stink despite it saying otherwise on their ticket.The first show there were a lot of moshers and people being run into in the back who were run into. As a result, drinks were spilled and glass ended up shattered several times. I didnt get the impression that this was any concern for security, but I felt it was getting out of hands several times. We had to move away because of the overly violent and watched from the bar area.At the second show there were absolutely no moshers and people seemed to respect the music. After the first two bands sound issues, the final band seemed to have their mix figured out and the show went off fantastically from start to finish. Unfortunately, the signing session was cut short as the venue had to rush the band out the door before Westports curfew rule. From what I understood, The Riot Room is not allowed to permit exiting out to or entering from the sidewalks on Broadway unless they accept a 1000$ fine as it is a security issue for Westport.

Enjoyed the place nice variety

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Great little concert venue! Very intimate space allowing you to get close to the stage.

Great bar as far as selection. Tons of beers on tap. The esthetic of the circle bar is iconic. Always great music playing. There is a reason this bar is known by everyone.

The day I fell in love with Badflower❤

Ace Hood and Geto Boys shows were both great

Never had a bad time here, great intimate venue inside. Patio outside is always a good time too. Very diverse music nights.

If you ever see a band you love coming here, go! Its a great tiny little bar. Lots of beers. Had to hold the stall shut and the mixed drinks are kind of expensive. Well worth it.

Great place. Handle fights really well. I went with a friend to see young knowledge and second chaynce perform there. Even met Marshall Alexander!

Great service! :)Riot Room was a great venue for She Wants Revenge fans. Super intimate showroom and the bar was the center of an open floor with seats lining the wall.

This a great intimate venue where you can catch amazing shows, with pretty big artists, in a smaller setting. You cannot see if youre not 59, at the very front of the venue, or happen to catch one of the covetted side stage spots. Meeting artists is super easy and common here. Getting the bartenders attention is next to impossible...but sometimes you get lucky and show up on a two bartender night. The bathrooms will make you wish you could just absorb the contents of your bladder instead of having to use the facilities. Its a good balance of putting up with...and experiencing the riot room. In the end, the musical experience is always worth it.Heres a photo of my intimate experience with Honus Honus from Man Man at the riot room.

Great experience from the music to the bartenders

Great place for music

Perfect metal venue!!

Great venue. Outside patio and stage as well. #DIBKIS

Sloan! Great band, great venue!

This is a great venue to see a band.

Too many good experiences here. Just go with it.

Very small indoor area, but not cramped. Just right. Outdoor bar/smoking area is nice too if you need some air or want a change of scene they had a DJ the whole night outside as well.

Awesome venue for small and big groups! Saw Similar Animals here and the setting was perfect. Sound is awesome and no trouble for the musicians or fans! Great place for music, friends, and drinks!!

I have not a bad thing to say about this venue, other than parking would be awesome for this venue directly.The bartender is always a delight, the doorman always friendly. Sound is on point every time and lighting when in full effect creates a great flow for the music enthusiast. I will be happy to return to this venue to watch and shoot shows as I often as I can.No food is available at this venue but restaurants surround the venue within walking distance and the staff is understandable to a hungry patron needing a quick bite to eat. Highly recommend this venue.

Riot Room is the best place in Kansas City for total musical freedom as an artist or patron. A pure non-judgmental zone.

Great place to check out up and coming local musicians. Just stopped in after the Chiefs Super Bowl Victory parade. Had a great time.

Good place with cool vibe but very limited bar with no limes or other fruit

Great place to go see a metal show. Youll want to get there early. Unless you are tall, you may have difficulty seeing the bands from the back of the venue.

I love shows there, great friendly staff,🤘#artbymori

Great venue for private small shows!! This venue provides the intimacy to meet new people and really enjoy your show experience!!! I love the layout of this venue especially the outside venue area! Will definitely be returning for future shows!

Great place to see live music I like. The place hasnt been changed much since it was the hurricane but the bands they book are so much better. Im impressed with the quality and the reasonable prices. Great sound & beer selection are icing on the cake. Kudos!

Small venue with a good size floor. Cheap beers. Music is a blast. Great people there. Definitely the place to be for metal fans

Its a small venue with a low stage, and you can stand really close to it. If you want to see a band up close, you cant do better than this place. Sound is typicay really good.Excellent choice of draft beers too.

Great place. Everyone was amazing

Cheap drinks. By far my favorite place to go in Westport. I love how they support local music. Indoors and outdoors stages and dance floors. Also 2 bars one indoors and one outdoors. Cool place.

Summer nights on the Riot Room back patio are like none other. They usually have a Dj on the patio and a band inside. Small music venue that brings in great bands. The bartenders are great and the atmosphere is the best kind of different for Westport.

Excellent music and bands. Great craft beer selection at good prices. This is one of my favorite venues for shows in KC.

Its ok

Amazing venue! Great setup! Low cost, quality drinks! Honestly only complaint would be the lack of cleanliness of the bathrooms. Even with that the Riot Room earned a full 5 star review! Will definitely be back.

Had a fun time, you probably will too, not a fan of their Gender-based discrimination on price for events they have every so often. Decent venue but maybe dont charge people different prices based on how they were born

Had a good time

Packed way more than 240 capacity into this place. Beer selection is good if you can make it to the bar.

I give it 4-stars only b/c of the setup on the inside. Not a huge venue; once you walk in the circular shaped bar is smacked dab in the middle. To the right of the bar, theres the stage and dance floor. On the left of bar theres a long huge couch that extends the entire length of the wall. It was comfortable - thats where I sat the whole evening. Lol! Other than that, it had a really cool, relaxed vibe. Still a dope place to hang, have fun with friends! Ill go back for sure.

Lots of choices for draft beer. Live music venue! Had a good time. Bartender was friendly and efficient. You go girl!

Excellent punk-style General Admission music venue. Every spot is basically front and center; youre never more than about thirty feet from the stage. Be warned, though: the AC doesnt blow very hard on a hot summer night, and the main audience space is not handicap accessible.

Fun little place to see bands close up. Stage is about 15 high and max occupancy is around 240 so its fairly intimate. There are almost 50 beers on tap and the staff is great. Would give it 5 stars if the stalls in the ladies bathroom would actually shut.

The epitome of dive bar live music venue. Ive seen some of my favorite bands for the first time here. Additionally, there is a great tap selection and for music, an indoor and outdoor stage.

Smaller venue, which I like. They are always bringing in great musicians. Worth checking out sometime. Seems to be mostly metal and rap shows. But they have all kinds of people come through.

Fairly small venue. Great beer selection. Tons of stuff on tap. Bartenders are awesome and sound was good too.

Great venue, the bar has a lot of great drink choices and the facility was really clean and cool. Went with my boyfriend to see a heavy metal band a while back and was not disappointed. Love the 2 stages for inside and outside as well.

Its the place/2nd home as u may call it, letting ME be myself w/all the friends Ive MADE OR know w/o BEING normal because NORMAL THERE IS NO NORMAL. ALSO THE ATMOSPHERE IS RIGHTEOUS AND UPLIFTING W/AWESOME SHOWS/LINEUPS/TOURS, ETC...

Reasonable place.

Nice small venue with a stage inside and another on the patio. The drinks are good and reasonably priced. Great karaoke outside on Wednesdays as well.

These people rock. Totally helped out with a ticket issue. Mad respect for that brother (doorman).Go see a show there!!! Every show I have see here is a Great Show!🍻☠️🍻

Good bands, great bartenders serving good drinks at fair prices, fun intimate atmosphere. Sound quality is 50/50, sometimes great, sometimes not.I like that there are places to sit as I have back problems, but it is small and can be very cramped and uncomfortable when full, hard to get to the bar or vendors and drinks often knocked out of hands and all over just by trying to walk by due to the limited space. You cant turn around without bumping someone. Bathrooms rarely are in working condition, even for a bar scene.Staff is very nice and do the best they can with what they have to work with.

A classic KC concert venue. The beer options are superb and the sound is solid. The best thing they ever did was add the TV screens in the back bar because the sight lines are definitely terrible from back there.

This place is your typical divey bar with great sound and and not a bad spot in the house. Very small but brings in some great bands

Cool venue feels very local and unique. Great outdoor patio area and the inside has an interesting circular setup. Feels like a one of a kind place, definitely worth checking out if in KC!

Awesome small outdoor venue! A little cold out, but thats October in MO for ya. 10/10 Would go back again.

We came to the Riot Room for the Rogue Wave concert that was advertised to start at 8:00 with no opener. Rogue Wave didn’t play until 10:00. Seems like a great place when your 21 but not older than that. Not a lot of places to sit while we waited and bathrooms need a makeover. I understand it has a “dive feel” but the bathrooms were in rough shape.

Lay out is weird. You can only see the stage if youre tall or in the first three rows. Bring your tallest boots ladies.

Small venue but fantastic selection of craft beers. Dallas knows where its at!

Great and up close to the band. Saw several members in the crowd and chatted a bit. Great beers on tap. This was my first time here and will be going back!

One of my favorite live venues in KC. Great sound and lighting system. Friendly staff. Perfect place to hang with the bands after the show.

Awesome beer selection, reasonable price- no more or less than your average downtown place. Staff is always fast and really know what theyre doing. Venue is small and has good character to it.

This place is freakin sweet. A little crowded and dingy but that all adds to the incredible charm and atmosphere. Ive seen some great shows here and I will be back for more.Also:They have a round bar that is supremely awesome.

Well the drinks are very reasonable...but that darn bar in the middle of the floor is overpowering...pretty...but just too much for this small space. The staff is pretty nice. The Riot Room is pretty much for a young crowd...they love to stand up all night..I myself like to sit down from time to time...and every sit in this place is a Bad one if you want to see the darn stage!! And make sure you take cash!! I had to use that ATM in there and i was charged 6 dollars...Its 2018 guys..get a square.

Great service, good beer, and a fun place to watch some local live music. My buddies band played here and it was a good time

Great place for an up close and personal show. Saw Amigo the Devil perform, was an amazing evening.

Great place. Small crowd where you can get closer to the stage and enjoy the music. Very unlike the large event places which have lots of security and you have to be far away from the stage depending on what you have paid, etc. there’s just one price and you literally get your beverages right where you are enjoying the music.

Staff was nice... But they need *bar rescue to overhaul the place... Pretty filthy... And lastly... What was up with only letting maiden KC play an hour?? You can do a better job management.

Great live music venue! Nothing fancy, great layout. Parking is next to impossible.

Nice small personal space loud too but fun

They cancel more shows than anyone because of the size of the place. It’s a tiny bar that books a ton of acts, no touch skill or effort in this place. You can tell that by walking in for 30 seconds. Don’t come from out of town unless you have backup plans.

Great place for live music. Drink prices are pretty good as well. Its also the only place on earth where Ive inadvertently become a human mic stand and was chased by a man in a wizard hat and short shorts. Good times there.

An amazing venue. The staff is awesome. The drinks are affordable. Always a great time

Great music, something for everyone. Good drinks. Always a good time

Had a great time at the Riot Room.Its a great place to see a show.The staff treated me very well, even got me a stool to sit on.I definitely will be back & I recommend that everyone stop by for a cold drink and a show.

Went to the Tyr concert there a few days ago and had a blast at the place. The venue is very intimate since you can get right up on the bands that are performing. Would recommend seeing a band play there since youll probably never get an experience like it anywhere else.

I really enjoyed the bands I got to listen to and the people I got to meet while listening to the music. The employees that I talked to were friendly. Cant wait until the next one

Small bar and music venue in what seems to be a pretty cool neighborhood. About half the venue is a bar space with a circular bar in the center, and the other half is standing room for watching live music. This area is elevated a step above the bar space, which would probably make it difficult for most people to see the stage if the main audience area is full. There were decent beers on tap and the service was Ok. The music sounded great, and the small stage and close quarters give performances an intimate feel. Id definitely go to another show here if the opportunity arises.

If you want a small, yet intimate concert venue, this is one of the places to go in Kansas City. The low stage lets you feel like the artists are accessible and regular people like everyone else. The atmosphere is pretty chill as well.

This is the place to be if you are into the underground in Kansas City. It would seem that most people dont know it is here. But if you catch the right band on the right night. You are in for a magical experience that you can get no where else in this city. They have the best beer selection in the city and the best bartenders around. You will see bands here that no place else will support. Rule of thumb for bands is simple....if you dont bring people dont expect to get paid. If people show up these guys will treat you right. Best sound! PERIOD