Bars & Entertainment in general

If you're anywhere near to Clifton Village you must visit the Coronation Tap! For that matter anyone who is in Bristol for an evening must go there. If you live either in the surrounding halls, the expensive village itself, or what the hell -up in Stoke Bishop halls, I can assure you that you can find the Corrie Tap and what's more amazingly is somehow you'll get home, but have no idea how... The Corrie Tap is loved by all for soider. That's what you get. They have loads of it, the most famous is (apparantly) the strongest soider in the country - Exhibition. They only sell it in half pints and it's so popular they keep a tray of it already ...

I think that the Epi bar, in particular has been grossly underrated by previous commentators. It is a place that all student come to know when they spend a certain amount of time in Bristol and for that reason it is a common meeting place for many nights out. Also, it is useful for the union centred sports clubs to use and gives a real sense of "home-ground" to such competitors which fuels the positive "team attitude" and leads to a greater sense of cohesion which rubs off in the various disciplines of sport. This can only be good for the university. On the matter of the Mandella Bar apparently not opening - this is clearly false. True - it does not ...

The union bars have only one thing going for them - there prices. At £1 a pint you'd be temted but with the rather fine Berkeley charging only £1.10 for nicer tasting pints, and being much cheaper for girly drinks apparently the appel seems to have been lost. Pool is an advantage in the union but unless you get there in the morning you're lucky to get near it. Standing around bemoaning the lack of air-conditioning and glass glasses seems to be the best use off time in the Epi - other than the time spent in the lift leaving to go elsewhere. The Mandela bar's great but for some reason they never open it - no matter how crowded the Epi gets. All in alll there ...