Mirror row: A Glasgow nightclub has been criticised over claims a two-way mirror has been installed (Picture: Getty/File – posed by model)

A nightclub has described a two-way mirror allowing revellers to see into the women’s bathroom as ‘a bit of fun’.

The Shimmy Club in Glasgow has come under fire over the feature.

Reporters posing as potential customers were told that private booths which can cost up to £800 to hire had a two-way mirror into the bathroom but that ‘for the time being’ the rooms were not available for male only or mixed groups, according to the Scottish Sunday Express.

However the paper said it had seen photos showing a group of young men with a view of women in the bathroom.




And a picture apparently showing a male clubber with women seen behind looking in the mirror and adjusting their hair has surfaced on Twitter.

One woman told the Sunday Express: ‘Nowhere is it made clear that this is the case so when visiting the bathroom for the first time, there are women bending over the sink, pouting into the mirror to redo their lipstick, adjusting themselves whilst unknowingly being watched by people on the other side.’

An online petition has been started calling for awards that were given to venue owner G1 Group to be retracted. It has been signed by more than 800 people so far.

The Scottish arm of sexual harassment group Hollaback said it was ‘shocked’ at the reports, saying they were ‘gob smacking’.

Today the club said in a post on its Facebook page that the two-way mirror ‘is a design feature created as a bit of fun’ and ‘an interactive feature we hoped would act as a talking point’ for visitors.

It went on: ‘It’s clear that those who are negatively commenting online may not have been lucky enough to get past the door staff yet and viewed the area as they would have seen that the sight line is very limited and allows for glimpses into the wash-up area only of the ladies loos (there is also a separate mirror area which is completely out of view of the club).’

The club insisted signage informing female customers had always been in place but it had been made clearer ‘as a result of the media feedback’.

The post added that, overall, customers ‘seem to enjoy this unique idea’ and several had ‘used the opportunity as it was intended and knowingly had pictures taken acting up to the camera’.

The club added: ‘However we are committed to listening to you guys who are our core customer base and hugely appreciate your loyalty so if your feedback (and not that of the media) is that you want the mirror area to change then we will listen to that and make changes.

‘God help us when they find out that we have buried vibrators into sections of the dancefloor.’