Places to Eat and Drink
Nottingham is known for being a diverse city and so it's no surprise that they offer a wide range of eating choices. Throughout the city you can find a number of restaurants all offering different menus some are traditional English menus and others are menus allowing you to taste food from around the globe without having to step foot on a plane! The city also has a number of modern and lively bars for you to spend the night drinking and chatting away whilst soaking up the lively and busy nightlife of Nottingham. Take a look at the list and reviews below to help you get an insight into what you can experience whilst in Nottingham;
Eating in Nottingham
PAPPAS - this is a fantastic Greek restaurant that will transport you into the Mediterranean with its traditional Greek menu and traditional Greek look, the restaurant has gorgeous wooden sitting and floor to give it that rustic Greek. You can choose from their a la carte menu or if you are going in a group they can offer a party' menu, where you can enjoy traditional Mezzes; this allows you to order several dishes for you all to share. They also have a large wine list and often have live traditional music playing for you to enjoy whilst you eat and drink.
Loch Fyne - right in the centre of the city you will find this Seafood restaurant. It is one of the most popular restaurants in the city with its seafood counter showing what they have to offer from prawns to oysters, fresh fish to shelled fish, you can have it all!! Its open during the day offering a light dining and at night it becomes more homely, it is a popular choice for pre/pos theatre dining due to it being so close by.
Chops City Steakhouse - this is Nottingham's only Surf n' Turf restaurant offering steak and lobster dishes it has become a hit. It is a family owned restaurant set up by a couple from Nottingham who got the inspiration from travelling to Florida. The restaurant is both homely and modern; the bar allows you to have a few cocktails before you eat. Food is cooked by a top Italian chef, and his unique side dishes are just another quirk that has resulted in the restaurant becoming so popular.
Chino Latino - this Japanese restaurant won the Best Asian Restaurant award in 2009 and after visiting you will know why. Chino is a very stylish, sexy, modern but welcoming restaurant which is one of the main hotspots in the city, not just due to its stylish Latin spirit bar but because of its gorgeous Asian food. All the food at Chino is made for sharing, plated up on exotic salad leaves, chefs at the restaurant are amongst the finest some of which Michelin-star chefs make a range of Chinese, East Asian and Japanese foods including; sushi and dim sum as well as the sharing dishes. Their drinks menu is just as stunning as the food menu; it's not surprising that it has become one of the most cosmopolitan restaurants in the city.
Places to Drink
Brass Monkey - this is one of the funkiest cocktail bars in the Nottingham area and was awarded the Best Cocktail Bar in the 2009 Nottingham bars and clubs awards. It can be found among the posh Lace Market area, they offer a great exotic range of drinks from cocktails to spirits as well as their own special smoothies for those who aren't drinking. They also offer some of the best bar snacks in the area, Pringles and popadoms with chutney are just 2 things on the menu t eat whilst enjoying a relaxing drink in the modern and funky atmosphere of Brass Monkey.
Wax bar - this is another modern bar but is very different from Brass Monkey, at Wax bar you don't need to worry about dressing up to the 9s as you would at Brass Monkey, the atmosphere is much more laid back. As well as having a wide selection of drinks, they serve food from midday till 8pm with a good veggie and soft drinks menu too. It is opposite the Broadway cinema in Hockey and it also showcases home talent with walls covered in local student's artwork. It is a great spot of a few drinks and/or a bite to eat during any day/night throughout the week.
Bar Schnapps - this bar is the place to head to when all the others start to stop letting people in and when they start closing at the end of the night as it stays open the latest! It is just off the Market Square and opens around 11pm in the week and around 10pm at the weekend and closes at 2am. The music ranges from all genes of the classics making it appealing to everyone, and if the music variety isn't enough then the variety of drinks will be because this bar has one of the most varied drinks menu in Nottingham, with a huge range of Schnapp's drinks and shooters, they also have a special New Skool' shooters menu which will allow you to taste something very new!
The Czech bar - this funky, modern and friendly bar is the perfect pre-drink place if you are heading for a night out as they offer a number of cheap drink offers and they are great at giving you quick service (which in its self makes it better than a lot of other places!). Its house and jazz music adds to its relaxed atmosphere, they serve food till 7pm that isn't particularly expensive like the drinks aren't. They are now open till 1am and are currently coming up with a number of themed nights to keep people there all night, at the moment on a Wednesday night they hold a R n B night for student night that sees everyone up and dancing, beware of their lovely spiral staircase when you've has few though!
Saltwater - this is Nottingham's only rooftop bar that serves great food and drink alongside some great entertainment. Saltwater has the summer feeling all the way through the summer, they continuously have a host of top DJ's playing that have a past of playing in Ibiza and Zante etc, with warm heaters in the winter you can still dance the night away in this rooftop bar mixing it a hit all year round.
