Groovy Wonderland - Sway Club

Sway is one of the premier clubs of Holborn, and with such a short walk from the tube station its not hard to see why it fills up so quickly. The 2011 million pound renovation certainly left me wide eyed as I entered the all-too familiar club to quite the surprise. [...]

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Chino Latino Club Lounge Bar

The Plaza on the River hotel on the banks of the Thames near Vauxhall station, has won the luck of the draw with a spectacular looking bar gracing the central foyer of the building. Assuming this has been designed a merely a waiting room for the acclaimed Chino Latino Restaurant sitting [...]

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Red Lion Pub

Hoxton draws massive crowds to a couple of interesting but ridiculously pretentious bar on Hoxton square and it has always been a mystery to me as to why the bars and clubs are crammed onto one side of the area while the other is bare. Suddenly one summers evening, after being turned away [...]

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The Cricketters Pub

This is easily the nicest pub in Enfield, hidden down a quiet country lane just down the road from Enfield Chase and the Enfield canal and park, the exterior has comic cues about the world of Cricket and inside the theme continues. Giant wickets and cricket balls, bats and uniforms with pictures of [...]

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The Horse Pub

On a street so close to the London eye yet with so few pedestrians, its possible to ride past this venue on a bus and miss it completely. Inside the bar is relatively busy midweek with all tables and chairs occupied. At the bar there is a great selection of drinks from spirits [...]

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Upstairs at Dachkammer Bar

Climbing the narrow wooden stairs up to the top floor of this bar, voices and music get louder. At the top of the stairs is a hippy themed bar with red lighting, draped fabrics and an assortment of antiquities, behind which lay a small bar serving up bottles of beer and cocktails. [...]

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Bourne and Hollingsworth Bar

I love being taken unexpectedly to really peculiar bars and this little number just off of charlotte street totally takes the biscuit in the area. I see these signs all the time in the Goodge street area, pointing down at a sets of iron stairs indicating a wine bar below. Freud bar, [...]

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The Mirage Casino

On the West side of the strip, few casinos dominate during the day like the mirage which, despite its age, has continued to widely impress from the aspect of beauty. The wild tropical Gardens out front pass one or two outdoors bars before gamblers slip inside. Then on past the fast food style [...]

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Paramount Bar

I have been visiting the bars and clubs of London’s Soho for a great many years and each and every time have skirted underneath one of London’s most prestigious monuments. The skyscraper standing alone in the middle of the west end is Centre Point and I was lucky enough to be treated to an [...]

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Feieraband German Bar

The grid-like blocks of Seattle are low lying and fade from city to suburb in a matter of roads. So imagine my surprise to be led to a German beer bar only moments from the bustling sidewalks. The Feiraband bar may not roll off the tongue but the quiet looking tavern from the [...]

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