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Looks nice from the outside and was completely empty at 7:30 on a Friday evening so we thought we would try it out (it got very busy by 8:30). Big comfy leather sofas as well as more traditional seating. A pool table and Tv's.
Bed serve all the usual drinks plus cocktails and pizza (a range of 10ish which I didnt try so cant comment).
The barman didnt know how to pull a pint of Guinness correctly which is a particulary gripe of mine. The music was random - one minute it was hardcore techno the next minute indie rock. Not a problem particulary for me as I have a varied music taste but was strange - almost like they had their ipod on shuffle.

I ate here last week for the first time. I really enjoyed it. You go down underground to this restaurant - where there is a curved ceiling and no windows, the walls are bare stone. Im guessing it was an old wine cellar or something similar. The lighting was perfect though as was the lebanese music that played. We ordered a mezze platter each to start one veggie and one meat (each plate had about 8 different mezze) we shared both plates and they were really yummy (£7 each but I thought it was worth it). They came with pitta breads and I felt stuffed afterwards infact I would have been satisfied if I left at this point and thought I may go back for lunch and do just the starters. Moving onto the main course - it was perfectly cooked and delicious. I will definately go back. Additionally Mazati has very nice toilets which I always appreciate. I drank a Lebanese beer which was lovely and tasted like honey. Service was good - allthough we ordered fries and got rice with one of the main meals - the lebanese waitress's english was not brilliant - but the rice was fine. My only gripe and the only reason Mazati does not get 5 stars is because service is automatically added to the bill which I find presumtious and irritating.

Very disappointing - went to get my favourite morning pick me up - a bacon and tomato sandwich - never been before so I may just have had bad luck - but I wont be going back to see if it was a one off. When I got there I was ignored for a full 5 minutes - not even a glance of acknowledgment that I was there - no one in the queue in front of me - but 2 others waiting to be served who had already put their orders in.
The bacon was taken out of a tupperware container - already cooked and gone cold, the tomato was also cold and I wasnt given the option of having it heated or grilled (which is essential IMO) but worst of all the bread was stale - not just the edges but all of it. This place is next to a supermarket - no excuse for stale bread. It cost me £1.70 and went straight into the bin. Never again.

Having decided to walk to the Temple Bar area for breakfast on a Sunday morning at about 9:30am, not a single restaurant was open yet. Just as we were about to give up hope we were approached by a man in the street directing people to Cafe Irie for breakfast and I'm glad he did.

Cafe Irie is not an obvious restaurant to come across as not only is the building quite small but the restaurant was also up a flight of stairs and the advertising outside was none existent. However the building is pink which should help you find it. It must be a Dubliners secret because when we got there it was packed.

Good selection of food, a breakfast menu and a restaurant menu. Me & my other half both ordered a bagel with bacon, scrambled eggs and Ballyamloe relish. It was huge so unless you have an enormous appetite I would recommend sharing - but it was delicious all the same and set us up for a day of Guinness drinking. So I thoroughly recommend.

Well worth visiting - Paid £11 to get in (normally £12.60 but I had a 10% discount voucher which you get if you buy a ticket on the City tour Bus). 7 floors to look around including the Guinness story, brewing process, marketing and advertising, a coffee shop, restaurant and bar on the top floor. It took us about 2 hours to do the whole tour (which is self guided). Very interesting and lots of fun things to do along the way. With your entry ticket you are given a souvernir guiness pebble, on the back is a rubber band, when you get to the 7th floor you can exchange the rubber band for a free pint of Guinness. The 7th floor is a circular room with floor to ceiling windows all the way round, a great way to see the whole of Dublin.

All the pubs in Dublin Temple Bar area I visited were lovely but Gogartys is by the far best in my opinion. Its a traditional Irish Music pub with 3 floors. The ground floor is a pub with a varied menu including traditional Irish meals. There are also Tv screens which show live games on Sky sports. Upstairs is a live music bar. Live music starts at about 12:30pm and goes on until 2am. This is where I spent most of my time whilst there! The musicians usually play in 2's or 3's and do around a 2 hour set each. This is 7 days a week. Fabulous atmosphere up there especially when everyone in there plays the boot. The musicians are very talented and you can buy 2 different CD's of their music. I am now totally hooked on Irish folk music! The third floor is a more formal restaurant - quite pricey so we didnt eat in there. Good selection of beers available but you wouldnt drink anything else but Guinness would you?
Most notably though is the Traditional Irish Music Pub Crawl - dont miss this. Every night in the summer, thursday to saturday in winter. It is led by 2 professional musicians (out of the 20 or so who play at Gogartys) who perform tunes and songs while telling the story of Irish Music and it's influences on contemporary world music. You will visit famous pubs and bars in the Temple Bar area. It starts at 7:30pm meeting on the 2nd floor at Gogartys - be there in good time as it gets booked up quickly. This was the highlight of my stay in Dublin. I cant wait to get back and the first place I go to will be Gogartys.

Large, ornate gothic style church, often mistaken by visitors to Bristol as the Cathedral. Well worth a photo or two. Most fascinating parts for me were the Chaotic Pendulum and the part of the Railway track in the gardens at the back of the church. The Railway track is stuck into the ground pointing up to the sky and found its way there when a bomb dropped during WW2 on the Railway some distance away with such force that it flew threw the air and stuck in the ground. It has been left there as a reminder of what the city endured during the war. The Chaotic Pendulum is fascinating. The device obeys very simple physical laws, yet is unpredictable in its behaviour and thus gives you a great deal to contemplate.
Within the church on the wall is a whalebone supposedly brought back by Cabot from one of his travels.
The bells of the church (12 in total) sound amazing when they are rung and are reputedly the finest set of 12 on the country. You can usually here them on Thursdays from 7:30 and Sundays from 6:00.
It has its own website for further information. http://www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk/

Windmill Pub

My favourite pub in the whole of Bristol. I recommend you try it out – I guarantee you will love it. It has a lovely feel to the place when you go in. Old wooden tables and chairs (not a matching chair in site!), nice wallpaper, large windows. There is an outside covered smoking area. A family area with a big box of toys and books to keep the kids happy (and the batteries are regularly renewed in the toys). There are also lots of different board games dotted about the pub and tables are often filled with people enjoying a drink and a game. On the weekends there are lots of different newspapers to help yourself to. They really do seem to have thought of everything. But I haven’t even mentioned the food or drinks yet. There is a good selection of bottled beers from a range of different countries. The beer on tap includes 3 beers from the Bristol Beer Factory, which is a micro brewery based in nearby Ashton, if you haven’t tried these yet then you must. There is also an Organic Lager from Bath Ales and Lowenbrau.
There is a nice selection of wines and comprehensive selection of spirits.
The best bit I have left for last …. The food! The menu consists of Pieminster Pies, the full selection and also any seasonal specials. Tapas and Meze supplied by the Real Olive Company and mixed platters of either cheese, seafood or meat as well as some yummy traditional puddings (cant say I have tried these as I am always stuffed from the pie, mash, minty peas and gravy.) Food is served all day as an added bonus for when you need your Pieminster fix. Make this the next pub you visit you wont be disappointed!!

This Restaurant is run by the Real Olive Company Simple style upstairs restaurant with wooden floors and chairs and one huge floor to ceiling window overlooking the docks.
Food and service are both excellent. On the menu is a selection of tapas and vegetarian and vegan dishes. The olive shed does also cater for meat and fish eaters however this restaurants should surely be in the top 5 for vegetarian bristolians. Also has a good wine list. It is slightly expensive but worth it.

Royal Victoria Park in Bath is huge (57 acres) but one of the best parts about it is the enormous kids play area, which caters for kids of all ages from toddler through to teenager and even young at heart adult. There is everything here a child could want from a play area, slides of all sizes including a tunnel slide big enough for adults, swings, bouncy things, see saws, roundabouts, zip wire and climbing frames of all shapes, sizes and designs. There are lots of other additional activities such as climbing walls, sand diggers and sand play area etc.
On weekends and holiday times there is usually a bouncy castle and a merry-go-round and man in a van that sells drinks and sweets in the childrens play area. There are also public toilets and a skate / bike park with 2 half pipes and a rail.
The rest of the park includes a bird aviary, a pond, tennis courts, a bowling green, and 12 and 18 hole approach golf courses.