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best bar in Plymouth,great atmosphere , friendly cheerful barstaff , the doormen r no problem as long as you're not bein an arse. top music & free to get in . if you're looking for a good, cool enjoyable night out this is without any doubt the place to go
anonymous - 24 Jun 2007 18:57 |
Used to go here all the time, bit expensive and very crampt most nights, but I like it and always a good crowd. Heard a few scare stories about some of the old bouncers who used to work there- not sure if they still do- but overall for me it was a good one to turn up at
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great bar, great music, shame about all the trendys.
one of the best student bars in plymouth. Sod union street, best bars are at the uni
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I have had some of the best times of my life in ride. The staff are great most of them are very fit too - lads and ladies. I have now moved to Bristol and ride is definately in the same league as the prestige funky cocktail bars up here. The drinks are great the music is even better every night there is something different happening. I miss the eclectic mix of chilled out and outrageous students, and of course the surfers its Plymouth!! The ride arena at the famous mansion party was the best night ever. The owner is one of the most friendliest and generous guys around.
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Ride is the place to be. It's got fantastic staff and fantastic acts playing very often! Mostly weekly. Amazing cocktail range. A pleasure to be at! And i've been going there 3 years now. My LOc al!!!
Sam - 29 Sep 2004 16:11 |
Cool bar, friendly people (mostly) which is saying something for Plymouth!!! Good music, tasty booze, and friendly staff. Get involved all you mincers who would rather drink at Cuba or the Scholar
Bomb - 9 Sep 2004 22:02 |
I go to0 this bar a lot, why? because it is the only bar in Plymouth really worth going to. Good music nearly all the time, a relaxed door policy, shorts and flip lops welcome and cheap beer on mondays �1 a pint and from 5 - 9 when it is �1.20 a bottle and �1.50 a pint.Which is pretty reasonable unless you are an ale fan in which case you probably wont fit in because you'll be so worried about spilling your beer you couldn't possibly party, could you? Also heard from a little birdy that Ugly Duckling are due to play in November. Oh and one last thing, the bar staff and door staff are the frendliest about... period. And whats wrong with an owner who declares free bar at least once a month.
Rich - 24 Aug 2004 16:39 |
Trenday student based bar, with good live music and DJ Sets. Expensive drinks, especially in comparison to the local prices. But has metropolitan feel to it.
Matt - 3 Aug 2004 18:16 |
Bar R, also known as ride is a relitavely popular venue for many students. Located nextdoor to cuba and opposite the skiving scholar, it is easily accessible from the university. It has 3 floors, (two of which have bars), and a beer "garden". This particular bar has a rather 'half finished' or to put more truthfully, 'bodged' feel
to it. At present the bar is half finished and looks rather raw, some of the tables
upstairs could do with re-attatching to the walls, and i wouldnt entrust them to my pint,
even when intoxicated! The 'Dance' room is also rather bodged with cables hanging loosely on the wall and a sofa that only a 4 year old could sit on comfortably. That said at least they havent skimped on the sound system. Whilst sat on the so called seating upstairs those
of you with dentures may get them rattled out by the large amounts of bass eminating from
the under seat speakers. The lighting system is also relitavely good for such a small
venue, although dont expect anything to Bar38s standards. On monday, expect a lot of
drunken attempts at breakdancing with lots of spilt beer. �1 a pint night on monday is
(unsurprisingly) the most popular with local students, offering pints of Boddingtons and
Castlemaine XXXX for only �1, although if repeating this weekly dont expect to be surprised
by the tunes that get played, the only variety from week to week is the order in which they
are played. A word of advice to any potential �APint customers - You can only get it
downstairs! Other popular nights include Spin Cycle, and an Acoustic night.
anon - 22 Mar 2004 20:19 |
Oh we love it! this bar has given me some amazing memories and i will never forget it! Thank you Thank you!
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Ride is one of the disappointingly rare places of Quality Music in Plymouth on a Saturday night, or any other night for that matter. You may feel about the price of the drinks but chances are you can bounce to the funky music til 2am and you probably won't have paid anything to get in.
Mel - 2 Feb 2004 01:02 |
That's 'sycophants' Rik, and if you think it's bad in there I presume you've never ventured further east than Bristol. What do you mean exactly? Pycophantic towards whom? Pretending to be what? And what do you mean by 'clicky'? Just becuase they play decent music and it's not full of townies doesn't make it up it's own arse.
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All i can say is that you can't fail to love this place (unless of course you don't like being around people who are really enjoying themselves-Rik)
Josh - 6 Jan 2004 12:09 |
THE best bar in Plymouth. Great atmosphere, great drinks and some of the best tunes around.
Chris - 6 Jan 2004 11:58 |
Full of the most pretentious sicophants your ever likely to meet, full of surfer dudes that probably surf twice a year. very clicky, bad beer, idiot doormen, narcissistic barstaff..why bother when the seymour arms is round the corner.
rik - 21 Dec 2003 03:14 |
Cuba's foxy sister. Open late which is nice. Good decor, good music and ,they have a lager alternative to 'wire-beater', good booze.
Goood for: late nights
James - 26 Nov 2003 13:54 |
