Flores Bar, Leicesterback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Closed. Not surprising really. Very expensive, but you didn't get what you paid for. Never saw anyone in here either.
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Further to my last comment I see that Out of the Vaults has closed so try the new "The Pub" just along the street at 12b New Walk, LE1 6TF with 15 handpumps.
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I visited this pub a few weeks ago in search of real ale. There are three hand pumps, but at the time of my visit there was only one hand pump. This had Grainstore's Ten Fifty ale. After I had been served I noticed that the beer was cloudy, when I challenged the bar staff over this they said it was supposed to be cloudy, I was a bit dubious about this but accepted it. Today I visited the Grainstore Brewery and had some Ten Fifty there and it was crystal clear and when I spoke to the bar staff there I was told that it was NOT meant to vbe cloudy. Therefore it is clear that the Flores are more interested in their profits rather than the quality of their ales. I'd recommend trying Out of the Vaults which is just up the road - if it's open>
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Recent visit,stumbled on this place by chance. Alot of pubs in the area were closed (down?) and was thirsty. Looked abit "posh" lardy dar on the outside. Found to be ok inside - 3 real ales on, looked an interesting choice but didn't try as was very distracted by the bottle selection. Nice seating area outside to watch the world go by
No unique glasses for the beers and the staff were friendly but very lacking in any beer knowledge.
Worth a visit - didn't try the food.
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Interesting place. It�s definitely a Tapas Bar and that�s how it advertises itself from the outside. But once inside you are greeted by three real ale handpumps in the bar area and there were two on during my visit with Micro Brewery beers. And can support the comment below that the bar also supported several bottled beers from around the world with quite a few German and Belgium ones from what I could see. So someone here does know their beer.
I didn�t find the d�cor too bad and has been done in a modern Spanish feel, the type you find in the trendy bars and restaurants of Barcelona.
In fact the only complaint I can make is that the Tapas we tried didn�t come up to the level of the beer or the prices and were a bit average. Now I may be being a bit picky, as I am blessed to have some top notch Tapas bars a short distance from my North London home, one in particular which is run by Catalans. But after seeing the beer range exceeding the usual San Miguel offering for Spanish restaurants and an average price of �5 to �6 a dish I was expecting something special , and it came in more to average.
But top marks for the drinks on offer, so will give this place a decent score because of that.
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Went recently � ostensibly to eat � and had no issues with the volume of the music. It was only once inside I realised what a superb range of beers they have. Prices were pretty reasonable too.
Plenty of dark beers (Sam Smith Imperial Stout, for example) and some lovely German and Belgian selections. As mentioned before, the smoked beer is really quite superb (and happily available from Leicester�s best off-licence, close to Queen�s Road � if you like beer, you�ll know where I mean).
One of the top places for beer in Leicester...and you wouldn�t even realise, unless you went in to eat.
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Has real ales on but the music was so loud, I didn't even get inside the door before turning back (Mar 7, 7.30pm).
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Amazing range of beers, really enjoyed the smoked beer mentioned in previous comment.
Staff were really friendly too which does make a difference!
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This place has one of the most interesting beer ranges I've come across in the UK. They have Echt Kriekenbier on tap, and the bottled range includes some pretty exotic Belgian geuze beers as well as a smoked beer from Germany. Not to mention some useful English ales that you don't come across often - Thomas Hardy for instance.
It's not a pub, more of a tapas restaurant with bar attached. There's nothing from the outside to indicate the beer range inside, and the decor is a bit too airport lounge for me. But these are minor issues - the beers have clearly been chosen by someone who has real knowledge and appreciation of them. It's not been open long - six months or so - and I think it deserves to succed. Go try!
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