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Have you been to a drinking establishment no one else has?

312 replies

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/04/2023 20:03

@Furries suggested this one so if no one replies, it's on her Grin

I'll start:

Raffles in Singapore
Casablancas in Liverpool (the one with the chippy in the basement)
The Underground in Croydon

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P0mbears · 09/04/2023 21:21

The Fountain Head, Branscombe

SmallAngryPenguinWoman · 09/04/2023 21:24

AinmÁlainn · 09/04/2023 20:51

I've been to Raffles in Singapore!

Club 92, Dublin. The mention of sticky floors above reminded me.

Yay, one I've actually been to - got to love Club92 & it's sticky floors 😆🤣 Many a good night had there!

P0mbears · 09/04/2023 21:24

Vineria Favalli, Bologna

feejee · 09/04/2023 21:25

The Gull and Leek, on Flat Holm Island and Ofen Bar, 10000ft high at the top of Mt Titlis, Switzerland.

TheFullPicnic · 09/04/2023 21:29

Kenzi Bar, Flic en Flac, Mauritius
The Conquering Hero, Beulah Hill, with the live pig in the bar
The Trip To Jerusalem, Nottingham

Dartmoorcheffy · 09/04/2023 21:30

Hooters in Los Angeles

Moonflower12 · 09/04/2023 21:31

@butmumineedit
I've been to Boobs. Many years ago.

TheFullPicnic · 09/04/2023 21:34

Yes, I have been in The Strangers Bar, HoC, a few times.

QueenofFox · 09/04/2023 21:34

Been to Raffles, The Willow and Marathon bar (many times 😉 )
Mine is Indo, nr Brick Lane, London and Club 71 in Hong Kong. Also Royal Sovereign in N16. No one knows that one!

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/04/2023 21:35

I drank in The George Canning -Camberwell a lot back in my south london teens, largely illegally.

I'm not sure I've drunk in many unusual or impressive places though.

Wiaa · 09/04/2023 21:35

When did you go to the one in Budapest, I went to a similar sounding pop up bar there in 2012

twolilacs · 09/04/2023 21:36

The Cock at Broom.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/04/2023 21:37

Mammyloveswine · 09/04/2023 21:08

The tuxedo Princess back when she floated on the Tyne....

Oh yes!!!

I Am Klute in Durham City anyone?

Sceptic1234 · 09/04/2023 21:38

Mad Dogs in Hong Kong .... the original one on Hollywood Road, not central ,/ kowloon (although they've all gone now!).

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/04/2023 21:39

Ooh!!

Cafe de Paris, Monte Carlo

Teaseall · 09/04/2023 21:39

Foreign Correspondent Club in Phnom Penh

JassyRadlett · 09/04/2023 21:40

The Birdsville Pub, but I suspect I won't be alone there!

Do hotel bars count? I have extremely fond memories of the bar at the Danubius hotel in Heviz in Hungary, less for the drinks than for the very red-velvet-and-carved-wood-freezes 70s decor. And the fact that all the other patrons had probably been there since the 70s.

Yellowsubmarineunderthesea · 09/04/2023 21:41

Sean's Bar Athlone - oldest licenced pub in Ireland and Top of the Coom- highest pub in Ireland. Regatta Pub, Brisbane

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/04/2023 21:42

Teaseall · 09/04/2023 21:39

Foreign Correspondent Club in Phnom Penh

I have. On the balcony!

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Sceptic1234 · 09/04/2023 21:42

.....and whilst on the subject of Hong Kong....Bottom's Up (as seen in the James Bond film.The Man With the Golden Gun)...

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/04/2023 21:42

Do hotel bars count...

Only if non-guests can drink in them.

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JassyRadlett · 09/04/2023 21:43

Yellowsubmarineunderthesea · 09/04/2023 21:41

Sean's Bar Athlone - oldest licenced pub in Ireland and Top of the Coom- highest pub in Ireland. Regatta Pub, Brisbane

I spent waaaaay too much of my misspent youth at the Regatta and the RE. That was before they spruced up the Regatta, I get almost regretful when I visit now.

+1 to the Shelbourne, Strangers in the HoC, and Raffles.

Pseudonamed · 09/04/2023 21:44

Yellowsubmarineunderthesea · 09/04/2023 21:41

Sean's Bar Athlone - oldest licenced pub in Ireland and Top of the Coom- highest pub in Ireland. Regatta Pub, Brisbane

I have been to Seans. It was one time about 27 years ago and it was very small. I thikn there may have been sawdust on the floor. I was dating a guy whose brother lived up there. HIs other half worked in the restaurant which I cant remember the name of but there was only one at the time. Not so fond memories.

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/04/2023 21:44

The Birdsville Pub, but I suspect I won't be alone there!

I have a very very faint memory. Very faint. Almost like some kind of terrible drowning in beer affected my memory.

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Sceptic1234 · 09/04/2023 21:44

The China Fleet Club ..... memories of hong Kong coming back!