text: As a student union, a night at Potterrow does what it says on the tin.  It's cheap 'n' cheerful and oh so cheesey.  The perfect combination, one might say, for a night of care-free laid-back fun.  But I would approach with caution, I believe a certain level of inebriation is necessary for its enjoyment, that is to say it's not the kind of place I'd like to find myself whilst sober.\n\nFirst impressions were not favourable unfortunately.  We arrived en masse quite early, as buy-one-get-one-free drinks had been advertised between 9pm and 10pm, and naturally we wanted to take full advantage of this.  Imagine our disappointment when bar staff claimed ignorance of said deal...leaving us stuck in an empty bar with full priced drinks when we could be at home, drinking at a fraction of the price.  Now isn't there a law somewhere about false advertising?  Ha, I'm only slightly bitter.\n\nOnce recovered, I realised it wasn't all that bad.  The seating area is pretty sweet:  lots of tables and plenty of sofas all underneath this big black dome.  It's odd, I felt as though I was outside, but I wasn't,  I liked it!\n\nAnother major plus is that there are LOTS of toilets, albeit they're all the way downstairs, but there are lots of them.  Any girl who's ever had to pee on a night out will never underappreciate an abundance of toilets, and I was 100% grateful for never having to queue.\n\nWhen the upstairs area opens up, the night's title 'Big Cheese' comes into its own, 'cheese' really is the only word that describes it.  The dancefloor is a pretty decent size, and there is another bar area up here with some more seating.  It's a good layout, but it's all pretty standard...there's nothing remotely special about the place.\n\nIf it had been up to me, I would have chosen to go somewhere else, but despite this I still had a really fun night.  Maybe I'm getting snobby and starting to forget that there's nothing wrong with a cheesey student night every now and then...