Talia's reviews
Review of Xananas
30 Apr 08, 01:14
Eat 
Meant to be an upmarket (kinda) restaurant on the University of Warwick campus. It's the best place to eat but that doesn't mean it's good.
Quite large and you can show up without a booking unless there's a special event happening like graduation. Food is about £8 for a main and they do starters like Chicken goujons - that type of thing - also. I wouldn't recommend the steaks but the burgers are alright.
Good to take the parents.
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Review of The Rocket
30 Apr 08, 01:12
Boozey 
This is a large Scream pub on Euston Road close to both Kings X and Euston and so good for meeting people from the station.
Standard Scream fare - cheaper drinks with a yellow card, pool tables, quiz machines, footy on the tv and reliable but unhealthy food.
I like it in there though despite leaving my student days far behind.
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Review of Dogma Bar
30 Apr 08, 01:08
Good
This is a huge 3 floor bar in Lincoln that you could use as an early doors bar, or a full night experience. I'm told they also do great lunch food.
We went on a Saturday night when there was a small 5 minute queue outside. Inside was really full and it felt a little bit like we were getting pushed about a bit. There's a massive outside area at the back which will be great for summer.
Drinks seemed quite cheap - a 4 drink round costing about £11.
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Review of Tootsies
30 Apr 08, 01:04
Good food
If you want to eat somewhere reliable then Tootsies is a good choice and better than the nearby burger bar.
Set on the front in the wharf area there's a nice view and it's a good place to hang out in the summertime. It feels quite new and the staff were nice and friendly.
We ate burgers which were good and also had a 'healthy' platter to start for £8 which was huge. It had flatbreads, humous, red pepper humous, feta cheese and huge olives and was enough for about 4! Recommended.
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Review of Sakura
30 Apr 08, 00:55
Fun dancing
Sakura is a medium sized nightclub in the centre of Lincoln with a Japanese theme. We went on a Saturday where the price was £4 before 12 and £6 after. Dress code seemed to be anything really - got in in jeans and trainers but most people were dressed up.
It's quite dark inside. The is a light up dancefloor section, a bar area with lots of seats and a long vip section we couldn't get in. The cloakroom was good and cost £1.
Musically - it was all a bit random but mainly new chart stuff with a dance edge, although it did seem to go Soca every 30 mins or so. We danced to the likes of T2, Estelle, Utah Saints, September etc...
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Review of Kind
28 Apr 08, 17:15
Drink
Kind is a large bar at the top of the High Street in Lincoln which seems to be very popular with the locals come Saturday night.
We visited during the daytime on Saturday to grab some food and a drink. A bottle of wine was an expensive (for a bar!) £11.95 and we decided the food was a bit boring so went somewhere else.
It's just been refurbished so smells a bit of paint, however when we passed it later on in the evening it was full with a queue outside so it is probably good!
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Review of CellarDoor
20 Apr 08, 18:44
Neat
A disused public toilet has been gutted and transformed into a glitzy underground basement bar.
We went on a Saturday night and it wasn't too busy so it's a good place to start your night if you're in that area and don't want tourists.
Drinks are very expensive though and the music was a tiny bit ropey. They had a playlist system which got taken over by a DJ at about 9.30 but this seemed quite pointless as the DJ was just playing the same music!
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Review of Selfridges
18 Apr 08, 02:13
Amazing 
Selfridges is probably my favourite shop in London. You could wander around it all day looking at all the different things and not get bored.
My favourite floors are the basement which includes gadgets, technology, books, luggage and an HMV. What more could you want.
The young woman's section is very funky and occasionally has DJs playing. Plus who could ignore the amazing Food Hall - pure brilliance. Make sure you go to the Brass Rail for a salt beef sandwich - you only need a half!
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Review of Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes
18 Apr 08, 02:11
bowl
This is a really fun place to go with friends. Formerly an underground car park of a hotel, it's been transformed into a retro american style bowling alley.
BUT it's so popular that booking a lane is terribly hard - you have to book weeks in advance, particularly for weekends. In addition there are fun karaoke rooms, a table football table and an american diner.
Drinks are amazingly cheap and their white russians are lush!
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Review of Ask
18 Apr 08, 02:06
Rubbish 
A pretty soulless restaurant on Marlborough's gorgeous main street. It's really big so unless busy it feels really empty and quite cold. Our food was ok, but the staff were a bit dismissive. There were only about 8 customers so this was disappointing.
Pop fact: Will Young worked here, before he was famous.
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