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59 St Mary's Butts
tel: (0118) 957 4850. Perfectly pleasant pizza and pasta.
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 | Bar Four
Friar Street
tel: (0118) 959 0614. Bar bistro by day, swanky bar by night.
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 | Hong Kong Restaurant and Beijing Noodle House
14 West Street
tel: (0118) 958 5372. Well worth the walk. Great take-away and nice restaurant.
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 | Cafe Iguana
St Mary's Butts
tel: (0118) 9581357. Chilled-out venue, popular student hang-out.
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 | Casa
11-13 Kings Road
tel: (0118) 958 5824. Swanky nationwide chain.
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 | Chicago Rock Cafe
22-26 Oxford Road
tel: (0118) 959 9231. Tends to have an older clientele, always busy.
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 | Chronicles
17-19 Valpy Street
tel: (0118) 950 4613. V nice, individual, bar/restaurant.
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 | Chumleys
61 St Mary's Butts
tel: (0118) 950 9233. Noisy, busy town pub.
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 | The Grand Imperial
43-45 Oxford Road
tel: (0118) 957 2323. Lots of fountains and lions (not real ones). Nice food, stays open late.
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 | Bar Ha! Ha!
Kings Road
tel: (0118) 959 9321. Cool town bar, always busy, comfy sofas, nice atmosphere.
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 | Hobgoblin
2 Broad Street
tel: (0118) 950 8119. Often forgotten about, this pub is just down from M&S.
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 | The Honeypot
125 Friar Street
tel: (0118) 956 6870. Topless bar, enough said.
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 | Jongleurs
Friar Street. Nice venue, great comedy, shame about the food.
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 | London St Brasserie
2-4 London Street
tel: (0118) 950 5036. Really nice place to eat. Reasonably pricey.
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 | The Monk's Retreat
163 Friar Street
tel: (0118) 950 7592. Big town pub.
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 | Ninos
Market Place
tel: (0118) 958 8966. Lovely restaurant, small, intimate, authentic and affordable.
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 | Old Siam
King's Walk Kings Road
tel: (0118) 951 2600. Tucked away in Kings Walk but well worth hunting out.
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 | O'Neills
Blagrave Street
tel: (0118) 960 6580. Irish pub, big, noisy.
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 | Pavlov's Dog
21-23 St Mary's Butts
tel: (0118) 951 9001. Busy bar, good mix of people but mainly students.
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 | Pitcher & Piano
18 Friar Street
tel: (0118) 958 8964. One of the first chain pubs to come to town and still one of the best.
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 | Pizza Express
56 St Mary's Butts
tel: (0118) 939 1920. Popular nationwide chain.
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 | The Hope Tap
99-105 Friar Street
tel: (0118) 958 2266. Big, town pub.
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 | The Proverbial,
Friar Street.
Trendy, dark, busy.
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 | The Raj
15 Gun Street
tel: (0118) 958 0540. Oozes scrummy smells as you walk past, good food, good value.
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 | Yates
Friar Street
tel: (0118) 959 7090. Busy, noisy, and very big.
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 | Bar Med
Riverside
The Oracle
tel: (0118) 9519990. Nice bar which has a dancefloor and DJ 'til late.
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 | The Purple Turtle
Gun Street
tel: (0118) 9597196.
Grungey bar with nice outdoor heated patio.
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 | Bar 38
Riverside
The Oracle
tel: (0118) 9566832.
Nice, pleasant bar and you can usually find a seat!
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 | Santa Fe
Riverside
The Oracle
tel: (0118) 9582822.
Specialising in South Western American food and fabulous cocktails.
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