Piccadilly Lounge

The City Inn hotel overlooks the embankment of Manchester Piccadilly station and its bar with glass walls and stone flooring, faces directly out into the main road. The venue is a decent size for a hotel bar, the interior is glazed with subtle finishes like big low tables, a dominating bar with bright white [...]

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Thai Silk Bar and Restaurant

A large restaurant bar combination unit based on the inside circle of the walkway around the inside of the O2 entertainment dome in south east London, just by the river. Thai silk is pretty big and many of its tables and seating remain empty between the enormous pillars dotted here and there [...]

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Albert and Pearl Bar

Replacing the old Medicine bar in Upper Street the Albert and Pearl bar (weird name if you ask me) is more like a pub now than a bar yet with qwerty additions such a bulk shots for low prices and more obscure spirits. The clientele are of an odd assortment with the old [...]

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Pappagone Bar and Pizzeria

A loud bar restaurant combination with a  short wide loud very seriously acting little Greek host. He shows us to the bar, which we are capable of finding ourselves thank you and moves us every ten minutes to a place he would rather have us sat in.the loud Italian bar staff serve us [...]

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The Pub

Not an epic venue by any standards but on the far side of the main road this looks pretty interesting. An English pub complete with dark wood decking out front, speakers (which they bring out come the middle of the day) and a comfortable interior. Expecting proper english grub on the menu we are bewildered to find snack food available instead. Unfortunaltey our omlette and [...]

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La Forza Restaurant and Bar

Outdoor dining and drinking presented in a culturally relevant square. The sun beating down on the concrete floor, a large fountain erupting in the middle with children and dogs splashing about. The surrounding buildings are covered in war-orientated messaging and postings of politics as graffiti. One of the buildings is empty [...]

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The Old Fountain

The old fountain is a charismatic place, it exits onto two different roads but it still rather well cloaked in the Old Street darkness. Its full of men who are either sitting grumpily in the corners complaining or lads out for a bit of a ruckus by the main bar. The old fountain [...]

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Woodhey House Hotel Bar

At first sight, I arrive in Hooton at around 10pm one Friday evening to find the bar closed. Disappointed but ready for the day to come I ignore and return back to the hotel the following evening. The bar is alive with the 60th birthday party of someone present. At kids are [...]

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The Crewe Hero

A lowly bar on a single platform at Crewe station, sees travellers of all walks of life dropping in for a quick half an hour to drank a hot or cold drink as they make their way up to Northern front’s for the weekend. Inside, a very loud radio blairs out sounds and songs [...]

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Terrace Bar Solent Hotel and Spa

A picturesque modern lounge with brown rouge leather and wicker seating, entering the venue there seems to be the distant keys of piano music in what feels very much like an up Market, but not particularly relaxing, setting and this due to the layout, the wooden floor leads up tidy [...]

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