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Nice place but trying to get served on a Friday night can be a nightmare!
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Once a good bar, now a breath of fresh air, I worked here once upon a time which was fun, been back whenever i pass thru England and love wat they've done with the place, God bless the 80"s
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FANTASTIC!!!!! LOVE IT !!! DONT TRY THE CHILLI VODKA THOUGH IT COULD FLOOR AN ELEPHANT !!
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been here quite a few times. nice range of different drinks, nice feel and atmosphere. Originally when i started going here about a year ago the bass from the sound system seemed too heavy (enough to induce vomiting if you had a few), but from recent nights out they seemed to have lessened it now.
anonymous - 11 Feb 2007 07:29 |
went in here for a friends birthday a while ago - not bad, really busy in there but good music - all in all a good place to end a night out in reading!
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Not a bad place. Nice layout.
I find the door staff a little rude, but that seems to be the norm these days!!!
Music suits the venue.
Would like to see some bigger DJs there, as it's a pretty decent sized place. Where's the entry money going to?
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Cr*p, queued for 30 mins only to find out its over 21's so half my mates couldnt go in anyway!
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wooohooooo!
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Queued here for 20 mins the thought buggar this im leaving. Was stood in the cold for ages.
Would like to go in when maybe it is a little quieter so that i can make my own mind but i dont fancy drinking at 10am!!
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Not a fan! The place sucks, can never get to the bar, never enough seats, and you have to queue for ages, only for the bouncers to be rude to you even though you�re over 18, a paying customer & you�re sober! They are like this with everyone. One bonus women love the place, great snatch!
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All the atmosphere of a wake only with vodaclones, checkered shirt bores and women with the IQ of a credit card. The music can't be faulted however the dance floor can - when did a school disco resemble a club. In fact the dance floor could also be any cheesy wedding reception you've ever been to with just as many p*ssed up muppets who think 3 pints is heavy and then proceed to act up on it. To think drones actually queue and pay for this excuse of a place is criminal.
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Dreadful, the same as every other non-pub. low leather sofas you fall into (if you like that great). Reminds me of the youth club school disco i grew up with. Had to get utterly tanked to enjoy that place as you do this one. "TUrn the volume up so customers cant talk and have to drink" seems to be the name of the game.
A truly [insert swear word of choice] awful place with no redeeming character at all.
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You like good cocktails (they are really good)? You have loadsa money (it's expensive)? Want to drunkenly stare at members of the opposite sex (meat market!)?
Then Revolution is the place... Still, it's one of the better nights out in Reading I'd say.
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Undeniably a massive meat market. It's Reading's answer to London's Tiger Tiger.
It's also where I met my current boyfriend. Damn!
Go: if you are middle class, shop at Kookai and like boys who play rugby.
Don't go: if you are a bit of a chav.
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Dry bone. This place is dry bone. If you wanna know how dry bone this place is then go get Ghandi's flip flop, go put it on a nice little beach towell so its nice and comfortable and leave it in the sun for 8 days, thats how dry.
Its kinda like, ok i'm at the front of the plizace, its not a dance floor fair enough no one is dancing. Ok so oi mate where's the dance floor,
Mate: it's at the back, round the big architectual wall type thing mate,
Oh ok lets go round there and boogie our little hearts out. Ok i'm round here now i still don't see it mate.
Mate: That is it, honest, u see where everyone is just stood about sipping cocktails, if you want to go some where with atmosphere and fun then go to Bar Risa, maybe getting a little chavvy, no snobs tho.
Oh ok lets go guys we outty, cheers for the advice mate, whats your name.
Mate: Mr Bar Owner is my name, but not even i can deny this place is like a pair of greasy ballbags. Have fun at risa and remember to get courvosier coz u can't be gangsta til u do.
Ok cheers mate. Good bye.
The different vodka's are good tho if u do go there.
And if u wanna get in make sure u have no inclin of a number on your outfit as this will class it as "sportswear" dumb bouncers. Baffoons is not the word. I'd be scared of writing this if i thought they maybe able to keep a memory for longer than a goldfishes thought process.
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Have to agree with Nico. This place is awful, I can say no more.
Kevin - 19 Nov 2004 10:55 |
This is a difficult one to judge?!
There seem to be some people who genuinely care about the punters in there and who are trying to make this place somewhere different for Reading, but the management seem to be in it to rip off the punters.
The weekend DJs are pretty good, especially the house guys on Saturday, but the sound system in there is appalling.
Some of the bar staff are spot on but it seems to suffer the same fate as most places in Reading - the fact that it is full of people who all look the same with their silly haircuts and Von Dutch gear and who only like the tunes they hear on Radio 1.
If they tried a bit harder, this could be a stand out place for Reading but they seem happy to just be average and coin it in for doing very little.
Martin Huckett - 9 Nov 2004 12:52 |
This is a terrible place to be. I went in there on a Saturday night for my mates 21st and there was hardly any staff on, the place seemed dirty i.e. sticky floor etc. and the bouncer was very rude. Not a place I will ever be going back to.
Nico - 1 Nov 2004 18:01 |
I no longer live in Reading but was not surprised to see this as an addition to the "chain-bar hell" that is Reading Town Centre. Interesting to see people slagging off Bar 38, wetherspoons etc. when this is just slightly above them in the pub/bar food chain.This chain is slightly better than most and started in Manchester 8 years ago, they currently have 30+ outlets in the country and plan to have 80-100 in the next few years, so while you may think its cool now in 2/3 years it will most likely be empty or full of townies. You have been warned!!!
matthew - 28 Jul 2004 14:44 |
Best bar in town! Considering the selection of cocktails, music, and amount of fit totty. I also agree with many other peoples opinion this is a no pikies zone. End of, pucker bar and great staff
claff - 9 Jul 2004 16:26 |
Good student night on a tuesday night with good range of music although at weekend does get pretentious. Also has a very attractive barmaid called Mel.
Nick - 7 Jun 2004 19:03 |
wicked bar, the best in reading i personally think, as its the one place where you won't get under-aged drinkers and pikey's. The bouncers are nice for once, unlike the idiots at risa, and it isn't even too busy at the bar on a Friday. The drinks are good, you don't get a variety of vodkas like it anywhere else in town, the pitcher sizes in Bar 38 or weatherspoon's dont match up to rev's and the barstaff are never short on the shots, unlike the old square. The wine's good, and it has a variety of music on different nights to suit anyone's taste. I don't mind it being poncy, at least its not full of pikeys wanting to start a fight. Overall rev's my fav place in reading.
anonymous - 8 May 2004 23:55 |
Make sure you check your change before the bar oik runs off, got shortchanged once, when I complained they denied all knowledge and said I'd have to wait for the tills to be cashed up, when I phoned the next day they told me that the tills were down by �30. Crooks behind the bar and ponces ordering at it. Not on my Pubs To Do list!
Meerkat - 19 Mar 2004 19:35 |
I personally hate the place. It does serve a great range of drinks but you can spend your whole wage packet on one night out. I found it to be full of ponces who try to make up for their lack of personality by flashing their cash.
Wasn't too impressed with the bar staff either, rather slow and not too interested in working but on their side they have got a lot of products to work with.
MrsDoyle - 25 Feb 2004 20:15 |
If you go there you have 2 try a Creamsickle cocktail! Alcoholic banana milkshake......mmmmmmmm!!!
Jennifer - 17 Feb 2004 23:31 |
This place is pants! It may keep the usual towny riff raff out but its full of pretentious boring individuals who's idea of a good time is to stand and either ogle people or ponce around trying to look gorgeous!
Plus bought a bottle of wine which was corked so returned it and asked for a refund - only got refunded half the price of the bottle even tho the bottle was full minus one mouthful!
Not impressed have to say I agree with Jelly this place really is bland, boring, and plastic!
? - 5 Feb 2004 15:44 |
I love this place. The music rocks (especially on a Friday night), the staff are lovely, the clientele are happy and civilised (and not pikey) and you don't get any trouble (due to the lack of pikeys!) Highly recommended.
anonymous - 27 Jan 2004 10:47 |
Its over 21's so it keeps the townies out, it plays nice music, none of this r'n'b rubbish, it looks good and the customers are comparitevely nice and friendly. Watch out for the ironic mullets though.
James - 24 Jan 2004 16:24 |
Absolutely dreadful. The sort of place that gives Reading a bad name. Bland, boring, plastic.
Jelly - 29 Nov 2003 01:34 |
It's worth going just to try out the cocktails- gorgeous.
danielle - 23 Nov 2003 13:02 |
Best Place in Reading. Great atmosphere, friendly people and gives Reading a much needed Hip Hop night. Tony Vegas, Scratch Perverts night on 30th November an absolute must!
Rich - 7 Nov 2003 10:11 |
Is the place to be.. good music and good atmosphere! mon hip hop night is wicked! i hear theyve got Tony Vegas their on Novemeber 30th which looks to be another rockin night!!!
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The hip hop night on a Monday is mos def the place to be. Probably the best free event in Reading
Nippy - 20 Sep 2003 12:29 |
Went there recently for a mate's birthday do. It's ok but the room towards the back is simply cavernous! I liked it there but I prefer the one in Soho, if only because it's not quite so echoey. The room is so large it's a bit like being at a school disco!
Stuart - 28 Aug 2003 14:26 |
One of the best places in Reading! Amazing Decor, Pretty Good Service, the nicest seating (leather sofa's, nice chairs, bar stools). 2 bars. Cool staff! Love the place!
Dean - 15 Aug 2003 16:09 |
Well I work there so I'm obviously going to defend the service! Good to hear some of you like it :D and as Stuart said if you don't like it go to Yates (it's always dead in there you get served straight away!)
I'm biased so I won't go on about how great we are, although I do think we are pretty great!!
Bar Staff! - 29 Jul 2003 22:19 |
seems Harry has the adept social skill of a wet fart in a paper bag (see comment below)
his reference to how the pub used to be - is this in relation to when it was Bar 12 with no people in it, or when it was edwards with no people in it.
If wants a pub like what it used to be then go to yates or the square or any of the ten a penny boring dives in Reading
classy is not a word in his vocabulary.
This place however is. The decor and lighting effortlessly creates a atmosphere of relaxation and comfort, whilst the large screen was showing Marilyn Monroe last Saturday all in all allows you to escape the fact you are in the old indoor market place in Reading
The drinks are great, and expensive enough to keep the pikeys out.
There are 2 bars - don't think Harry found the other.
Toilets are clean
and even the staff collecting glasses are having a good time and fun with you - unless you are an boring ordinary guy who doesn't have enough presence or personality to be able to get noticed at a bar!
Stuart Collings - 23 Jul 2003 11:45 |
It's a quality pub/bar/club sort of thing. Always full of stunning girls, and has a wide range of drinks. I recommend going there.
Nick - 14 Jul 2003 15:54 |
A hellhole on Earth. Used to be a 21s only (Yeah right) bar with a wicked suspended DJ booth, but they filled that in and now its only remarkable feature is the appalling nature of the service. When will they realise that young people run bars like young people? I.e Serve their mates first, chat to friends rather than serving and generally don't care. The service really is atrocious if you can even attract the attention of the oh so cool avant garde haircut brigade behind the bar. On Fridays and Saturdays it fills up with desparate, vodka fuelled Prudential workers looking for any one thick enough to shag them. All this is played out to a "trendy" house set for people who don't actually like or understand dance music. Avoid like the plague.
Harry - 27 Jun 2003 15:52 |
Known locally as The Vodka Bar it serves an excellent selection of cocktails plus all your usual beers and spirits. Often gets busy but it's a big venue so there's always room to move.
Jen - 16 Mar 2003 11:52 |
Classy bar with every flavour vodka u could imagine-reasonably priced 2!
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