The Slaughtered Lamb (Farringdon - London)

January 16th, 2011 · No Comments

The slaughtered lamb
Set back from Clerkenwell road in an area almost completely dominated by fabric nightclub upon nightfall is the slaughtered lamb. The pub is rather large with a square bar from which one can get served at 3 of the sides. The service is a little on the slow side and getting to the [...]

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Tags: Farringdon and Fleet Street

Sway Velvet Rooms (Holborn - London)

January 13th, 2011 · No Comments

Sway Club - Velvet Rooms

A rare treat to discover, although admittedly I cannot lay claim to knowing about this fantastic offer purely by chance. One of my oldest friends directed me to the sway bar (which I have previously been to before) one a pair of crutches for our big night out. We had encouraged [...]

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Tags: Holborn and Russell Square

New York New York Casino (Las Vegas Strip - Nevada)

January 1st, 2011 · No Comments

New York New York Casino

With an almost life sized replica of the statue of liberty and the Chrysler building outside along with half of Manhattan, its still not enough to prepare for whats inside. The casino is part gambling, part mall with every wall and shop front decorated to look like the big apple. Overhead [...]

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Tags: Las Vegas

Dare Cafe and Bar (Headingly – Leeds)

December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Dare Cafe and Bar

Dare Cafe and Bar is nestled in the major strip of the Otley run by Hyde Park just outside the centre of Leeds. Revellers on every weekend of the year pace up and down outside the windows of this bar, drunken and in fancy dress and inside the Cafe one feels [...]

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Tags: Leeds

Brogans Pub (Fulhum Broadway - London)

December 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Brogans Pub

A small gothic bar with a high ceiling sits next to the infamous Bodeans BBQ house, a 30 second walk from the shopping centre in front of the station in Fulham Broadway. The place has a number of inaccessible doors with handles so that incoming customers look like complete fools until they find [...]

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Tags: Earl's Court and Hammersmith

The Elusive Camel (Victoria – London)

December 13th, 2010 · No Comments

The Elusive Camel (Victoria – London)

Hidden well behind Victoria Station, I had previously heard that the Elusive Camel was one of the few pubs in Victoria worth visiting and the truth holds for me. One enters the bar from the side, the interior is a wooden dance floor lined with comfortable seating on one side [...]

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Tags: Victoria and St James's Park

Tryst Nightclub at the Wynn (Las Vegas Strip - Nevada)

December 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Tryst Nightclub at the Wynn
 
Seeing a long queue of beautiful people in evening wear means its best to join the back of it. Those most attached to their blackberries are trying their best to flag down a lady with a clipboard in an attempt to speed up their entry. The wait is only a few [...]

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Tags: Las Vegas

Birkbeck Student Union Rooftop Bar (Russell Square - London)

July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Birkbeck Student Union Rooftop Bar

Hard to believe that one could get confused wandering onto the UCL campus, after all its not an enormous site. The Birkbeck University hides in perfect innocence however, a student union bar in its more lofty of floors. Making my way through the student building and past laboratories and corridors with [...]

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Tags: Fitzrovia and Goodge Warren Street

Bompas and Parr Desert Room (35 Belgravia Square - London)

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments

Bompas and Parr Desert Room

By now my head is spinning, the room is because the drinks I have had on the Bompas and Parr journey through the complete history of food, have been strong and they are about to get stronger. My stomach is turning from the bombardment of truly questionable flavours as I stand [...]

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Tags: Victoria and St James's Park

Medieval Bar (35 Belgravia Square – London)

July 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Medieval Bar

Deep in the heart of a summer 2010 experience into the world of food by Bompas and Parr 8 adventurers set about climbing down a narrow and darkly lit staircase into a gloomy corridor beyond which itself leads across a narrow wooden bridge across the spat of eels beneath. The pathway grows more challenging [...]

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Tags: Themed Bars · Victoria and St James's Park