Welcome

After over 20 years, Steamer Quay is now under new ownership. It has been a long and difficult journey, but we finally take the reins on Monday 16th September 2024, just over a year since we began our initial negotiations. We would like to thank you for your patience during the transition and thank you for supporting the business over the years. I don’t think it is any secret that the previous owners have been ready to retire for some time.  By continuing to support SQ during the reduced operating hours meant that is has been able to stay as a facility for our community and not become a boarded up pub or an apartment block.

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We hope you shall continue to support us as well as you supported the previous owners, as we begin our journey to modernise, refresh and breathe new life into Steamer Quay!

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Vision

Our vision is to provide the South West with a friendly, safe meeting place with unrivalled facilities that are open when YOU want to visit. To that purpose, we have extended our premises licence and we have the ability to open continuously from 11am Friday morning, right through to 01:30am Tuesday morning should we choose to do so. Whilst we probably won’t do that regularly, our intention is to trial our new opening hours for a few months to see how well this works for you, our clients.

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To read about our new opening hours and the regular events we have planned click here.

 

We will need to monitor opening times with their relevant energy costs to ensure viability and we will adjust them as we learn what is most suitable.  We recognise that closing at 4am on weekends may be inconvenient due to the lack of public transport at that time, so we would consider making this later if this is something that would be of interest to enough people. We are very open to hearing your thoughts - we want to provide a facility that appeals to as many members of our community as possible, so please do let us have any suggestions when you visit, or message us via our contact us page.

 

Immediate Plans

Our first task is to reconfigure the entrance level (the level that was originally the bar). We will be staying open during the works but will do our utmost to ensure these works don’t spoil your enjoyment of the facilities by ensuring any major, disruptive works are done on the days we are closed (Mondays and Tuesdays). 

 

On this top level, we want to create a new reception and cafe area where you can meet up with old friends and make new ones. We want to create a friendly space where you can come and socialise, make the most of the facilities and generally enjoy your time with us.  

 

As we are extending the opening hours significantly, we want to provide you with a simple menu of snacks, meals, and drinks to ensure you stay fuelled up during your visit, so we will be installing a kitchen adjacent to the bar and moving the locker room to this level.  We have invested in a bean to cup coffee machine to provide you with coffee-shop quality beverages. We will also be making more rest rooms available and increasing the variety of video feeds throughout the venue.  Here is a 360 degree view to give you an idea of how things will look. (Press play button, bottom left of the diagram). 

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In parallel with this, we will be refurbishing one of the three apartments above Steamer Quay. This will be available to rent by the night for LGBT visitors to Torquay and “Stay and Play” packages for those wanting to stay over before or after visiting us. Depending on how well this is utilised, we may look to convert the other two apartments as and when they become vacant.

 

Alcohol

Unfortunately, a condition of an alcohol licence is that we have a door supervisor on each floor.  Not only is this costly, but also, we feel, would detract from the ambience we want to create. We may consider this in the future, but in the short-term, as long as people are sensible, we are happy for you to bring your own alcohol.  We just ask that you buy your soft drinks and mixers from us. Please note that anyone showing signs of being excessively intoxicated will be denied access or asked to leave. This is a condition of our premises' license and helps to ensure everyone’s comfort and safety.

 

Message for other local venues

Our part of Devon seems to be quite the place for adult themed businesses. We are keen to develop good working relationships with our neighbours. There is enough business for all of us and if we work together, we can avoid cross-over of events and promote each other’s venues. Customers like variety and between us we can offer a wide array of facilities and experiences. Please feel free to reach out and let’s begin working together.