FranTurnbow869

A tall glass of the finest sprits in hand, a lounge, a cozy makeshift dance floor and music that senses your moods - light to converse and peppy to Winedance to. So how do you go, with this intoxicating experience called ‘pubs’ in Vizag? MetroMela has got just the pubs in the city for you - few, however they are hip and high and extremely happening.

The hip pubs Pubs in the ‘real’ sense were alien to Vizag, before the very stylish Chrome hit town and changed the pubbing scene forever. Classy décor with the right elements for a pub sit-down; a bartender with a panache to serve drinks like crazy Kamikaze and Home Groan any way you like; light, small eats peppered with the right flavors and music that rocks with a DJ who spins out fantastic rhythm and taal on weekends - Chrome’s the right pub to be, on Saturday nights in Vizag (and don’t forget the special buffet lunch on Sundays at this pub at Siripuram).

Soon after Chrome, Vizag got its next pub 10 Downing Street at Waltair Main Road. A part of a chain of pubs by the same name, 10 Downing Street on average arrived with an English pub-look and gained popularity to be the pub that played ‘good’ music. So for that seventies and rock n’ roll groove, with good sprits to match, you now have a Saturday night pub to hold out at in the city.

The regular pubs Here we’ve got pubs that are included with the ‘bar’ code but would definitely meet ‘pub-out’ tastes. We go with Someplace Else at The Park hotel on RK Beach Road. A library setting, the choicest of spirits, contemporary music and sea-view to match, that is a perfect nightspot for an enlightening evening. But if you’re in the mood to pub-hop, then further down RK Beach Road, we would like you to check out the stylish Lawson’s Lounge at The Gate way Hotel (formerly Taj Residency). With a DJ playing good music, the breezy sea winds and your selected sprits, Saturday nights couldn’t get any better. On a single stretch, we’ve also got Marco Polo at the Grand Bay for a classy evening of wines and spirits.

The longish-lounger Escape at The Green Park is a promise of fine wine and good music, rendering it an ideal haunt to unwind. For those who’d just like the ‘ranch-log-cabin’ feel, we would recommend Wood House at Dolphin Hotel. The dark wood interiors set the mood for a many a chilled beer, to the accompaniment of soft, instrumental music. There’s more. Under a roof that’s got a star-lit night effect, you can venture into Temptation at Royal Fort Hotel in Asilmetta. A bar-cum-restaurant, it features a mix of cocktails, wines and Indian and continental cuisine. Another combo is Dimple at Hotel Daspalla in Suryabagh where you’ve got a multi-cuisine fare of wines and meals, as well as Hangover at Hotel Talasila (near Big Bazaar) that serves multi-cuisine dinner and snacks, and a choice of select Indian liquor brands.

The happening pub Making waves by the sea is Aqua at ‘The Park’ hotel. Not a pubs in vizag true sense of the word, but definitely gives you a pub-like ambience, which is open-air, has live fun and music events on most weekends and is probably the most ventured-into spot in town.