Callehans Bar

Cleverly disguised, this venue is really the bar and restaurant serving the hotel that sits on top of it and can sometimes just be a walkway for hotel guests. The venue looks very pub-like and tries to lean toward an irish appeal, there is lots of wood on show and the bar service is [...]

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Jetlag Bar

Jetlag was billed as a slightly upmarket sports bar – cocktails and “street food” rather than beer and burgers. In the event it sold both, and was a pretty good venue to watch a game. The screen was huge, and there was plenty of comfortable seating to settle into. The food was pretty good [...]

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La Medina Hotel Third Floor Bar

Overlooking the busy Piccadilly high street outside, the La Medina hotel stands majestic and proud with smart door staff and an interior that throws back to the 60’s and 70’s. The mezzanine restaurant and bar sits on the third floor with a very high ceiling and art deco window [...]

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Carlos and Paula Bar and Seafood Restaurant

Set literally on the beach in Elviria outside Marbella, the Carlos and Paula Bar and Seafood Restaurant is a large hut packed with diners with an outdoor space with spectacular views of the beach and Spanish sunset. The food on offer is a vast selection fo seafood, all freshly [...]

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The Red Bar

On the edge of the mezzanine overlooking the Atrium of the P&O ship Ventura, is the aptly named “Red Bar”. Yes, you guessed it, the red bar is just themed red, chairs, tables, sofas, bar and bar persons all coloured with the namesake of the venue which is little more than part of [...]

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Pod Club

Literally wandering the streets near our hotel in Dublin and with the groom of our stag party lying in bed at around 2am, the rest of the group and I reach a large brickwork building which appears to have drinkers and smokers crowding in what is serving as a beer garden behind a metal [...]

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Havana Bar

Havana Bar is situated at the back of the Ventura Cruise liner on the promenade deck (deck 7). Illuminated by 80’s style blanket fluorescent lights the venue is a playground for the pubescent offspring who treat the place like their own alcoholic version of Butlins. Allegedly South American in theme, the bar simply promotes [...]

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Five Bells Bar and BBQ

Looking for something in the way of a sit down meal and more of drink in a bar than an overpriced restaurant or old man pub, my girlfriend and I settle at the Five Bells Bar and BBQ. Inside, the venue tries its best to clutch at American culture with pool tables [...]

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The Diary Bar

A beautiful wedding venue in the heart of the English countryside, the Dairy at Waddesdon manor consists of a large courtyard and a number of smaller rooms as well as luxurious grounds and a moat. The main hall of the dairy converts for the evening meal for weddings into a disco and bar [...]

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The George Pub

At home in the very heart of Enfield Town, the George has had it’s ups and downs over the years but remains the staple of the community pint in this shopping-centre high street and its continuous parade of potentials drinkers that pass it by. In fact the minute one goes inside the George [...]

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