El Barracomde De Las Tapas (Elviria - Marbella)

January 6th, 2012 · No Comments

El Barracomde De Las Tapas

In all honesty, sitting down to big tapas after a long day in the Spanish sunshine is a huge relief and a very welcome custom in Elviria, Marbella. This busy but little Tapas bar attracts just as many English folks as locals and offers up a rather broad selection of nibbles. [...]

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Tags: Marbella and Puerto Banus

Dining Street Restaurant and Bar (Heathrow Terminal 4)

November 20th, 2011 · No Comments

Dining Street Restaurant and Bar

Thankfully one does not have to look far for a breakfast and a beer in Heathrow Airport Terminal 4. The dining street restaurant is essentially a limited menu diner-style restaurant with accompanying bar. The place is decorated with London’s stret signs and is relatively popular at most reasonable meal times. The [...]

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Tags: London

The Tamarind Club (Prominade Deck - P&O Ventura)

November 14th, 2011 · No Comments

The Tamarind Club

The Tamarind club is really a club for middle aged folk looking to sit back in big red lounge seats and watch various lounge acts perform before them. The acts themselves seem to attract a fairly big audience which at times can congest parts of the Prominade deck, especially during formal nights. We [...]

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Tags: P&O Ventura

New China Teppanyaki Bar and Restaurant (Elviria - Marbella)

November 11th, 2011 · No Comments

New China Teppanyaki Bar and Restaurant

This venue was my first experience in Teppanyaki, the venue consists of a series of outdoor tables and inside half of the venue has been expensively converted into a stainless steel kitchen where the chef prepares and cooks our fodo in front of us. The bar is situated at the [...]

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Tags: Marbella and Puerto Banus

St Michael’s Manor Hotel Bar (St Albans - Hertfordshire)

November 10th, 2011 · No Comments

St Michael’s Manor Hotel Bar

An absolutely glorious wedding venue, St Michael’s Manor in St Alban’s offers colourful country scenary, a lake and wonderful views, on a warm summers day this has to be one of the best wedding venues in the country. The bar is located facing into the back garden, it is a fairly [...]

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Don Carlos Poolside Bar (Marbella - Spain)

November 6th, 2011 · No Comments

Don Carlos Poolside Bar

The Don Carlos is a big beautiful tower block hotel in Elviria near Marbella on the costa del sol. The venue has two big swimming pools. The one nearest the reception of the hotel is an overflowing rectangular pool with a bar, an array of tables and sun loungers and table service. [...]

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Tags: Marbella and Puerto Banus

The Crown and Horseshoes (Enfield - London)

November 4th, 2011 · No Comments

The Crown and Horseshoes

The Crown and Horseshoes is a very quaint country pub set in the picturesque setting of canal-side among willow trees: all fully pedestrianised. The main interior of the pub is a fair size with some low ceilings that could do with some repair, but serving well in the winter as a cosy [...]

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Tags: Enfield

Trios Banqueting Suites (Palmers Green - London)

August 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Trios Banqueting Suites

 Set in the quiet town of palmers green, the trios banqueting suites has the kind of frontage that would warrant every pedestrian to walk past and never notice that this place was here. Sure enough this two storey venue offers large dinner parties and receptions to those eager to throw a private family [...]

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Tags: Cockfosters Oakwood and Southgate

City Arms (City Centre - Manchester)

July 27th, 2011 · No Comments

City Arms

Running through the streets of Manchester in the pouring rain, we snake down the various roads until we reach the City Arms. A small local tavern, busy inside with middle aged men ogling over the ales presented on the pubs on the opposite side of the tiny bar area on the immediate left of the [...]

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Tags: City Centre

The Clerk and Well (Farringdon - London)

July 17th, 2011 · No Comments

The Clerk and Well

The Clerkenwell road is home to a number of drinking establishments but the Clerk and Well is some of the more homely, with large wooden floor space and a reasonably sized interior, the Clerk and Well is suitable for a lunchtime beer with the Thai food that this pub serves up. [...]

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Tags: Farringdon and Fleet Street