GOING OUT: The World's best venues

**Shahed** · 03-01-2008, 20:44

Greetings all !

Just realised we don't have a thread which details the best places to go in all different parts of the world. Since we're quite an international bunch I reckon we could give each other a lot of good places to go out, clubs, bars, restaurants, theatre etc.

I guess I should start, I'll start with one in London, great place if you like Indian food with a decent English touch: The Bombay Brasserie

**Beirut** · 03-01-2008, 23:49

Oh you cruel knave. You've made me hungry for something I cannot attain tonight.

What I would give for two pints of Guinness and a sit down at that restaurant of yours.

If in Montreal, this is somewhere you must go.

The Best Smoked Meat on the Planet!
http://www.schwartzsdeli.com/index_eng.html

"A Beef on Rye to Freeze to Death for!"
- Financial Times of London

"The best place in the Milky Way to sample smoked meat sandwiches!"
- Time Magazine

"When you're in Montreal, you must go to Schwartz's"
- New York Times

"A Montreal legend for 75 years. So what's the big deal? It's the viande fumé that overwhelms two slices of rye."
- National Geographic

**edyzmedieval** · 03-02-2008, 00:48

Going out as in restaurant? Can't help you there too much though.
But I can recommend the following for clubbing:

Saint Tropez.

The best partying happens in Saint Tropez. Save some money and go there. You'll have a blast. Hopefully I'm going there in the summer.

**SwordsMaster** · 03-02-2008, 04:09

Ah, food.

I'll contribute:
If in Dublin, there's a great and relatively cheap place called SaBa - it's thai and southeast asian food. Great choice, inexpensive, and very good service. I do recommend booking in advance or planning on getting plastered at the bar while you're waiting, because their cocktails are also excellent.

I am ashamed to admit I forget the names of restaurants with ridiculous ease, even if I remember the location physically....

In Madrid, however, there is an argentinian asador just of the Isabel II square, opposite the Teatro Real. If you like meat, that's your spot. Not cheap though, although delicious. Hmmmmm ribs...

One of the best known cafes in Madrid - Cafe de las Letras - IIRC, on Calle Alcalá, between the Paseo del Prado and Sol, again, expensive, but in a fantastically restored old building that keeps cool in the summer, with good service, and a good beer selection and great views over the scorching hot street during the summer. Great place for a coffee and newspaper read, or to sit down with a book and a beer during the hot hours.

Again, in Dublin, Cruzzo, in Malahide, is renown in Ireland, but what is less known is their wonderful Sunday brunches. On the pricey side, but with a view of the Marina (hot waitresses), great food, and usually not uncomfortably busy.

And if you are in Madrid during the summer, the Teatro Real has a summer program of activities with some great opera. I love the city to the point that I'm just happy bumming around from spot to spot, stopping for a beer when i get tired or too hot... Plenty of nightclubs for those so inclined though. Around Arenal in the old city, and many others.

I remember many more, but not with that kind of detail. Enjoy!

**DemonArchangel** · 03-02-2008, 04:12

Try the 9:30 Club in Washington DC if you want to see live and epically awesome bands and groups.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 03-02-2008, 04:44

Sorry, it's in German, but this is some of the best ice cream ever. The service especially is much better than the reviews let on.

**drone** · 03-04-2008, 16:41

Originally Posted by DemonArchangel

Try the 9:30 Club in Washington DC if you want to see live and epically awesome bands and groups.

The old place was better.

Much more atmosphere, I mean you could actually see it....

**Fragony** · 03-02-2008, 04:51

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

Going out as in restaurant? Can't help you there too much though.
But I can recommend the following for clubbing:

Saint Tropez.

The best partying happens in Saint Tropez. Save some money and go there. You'll have a blast. Hopefully I'm going there in the summer.

What we call the thirtheenth in the dozen, soooooo many places like it. Best partying, East-Berlin and just about everything Barcelona.

More specific, Amsterdam on queensday, it's crazy but you have to see it once, can hardly move unless you go by boat.

**Vladimir** · 03-02-2008, 20:45

Originally Posted by Sinan

Greetings all !

Just realised we don't have a thread which details the best places to go in all different parts of the world. Since we're quite an international bunch I reckon we could give each other a lot of good places to go out, clubs, bars, restaurants, theatre etc.

I guess I should start, I'll start with one in London, great place if you like Indian food with a decent English touch: The Bombay Brasserie

*Kashmiri Chilli & Curry Leaf Prawn

Prawns spiced with curry leaves and Kashmiri chillies, cooked on a griddle.

£11.50

Wow, that's like 50 USD! But I wants them! Great idea for a thread.

In Washington DC:

Indian Food: http://www.whitetigerdc.com/

A nice mix: http://www.elephantcastle.com/

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 03-02-2008, 21:22

Originally Posted by Vladimir

£11.50

About $24.80 US, which is still fairly expensive for that dish.

A nice mix: http://www.elephantcastle.com/

Great stuff, I had that a few times in Toronto.

Here's another restaurant, probably my one of my favourites in Bavaria:

Augustiner am Dom

The duck is excellent.

**pevergreen** · 03-03-2008, 04:02

Australia in general

Any of our food you can get at most english-speaking places around the world, the beef especially.

**PershsNhpios** · 03-03-2008, 04:32

I recommend Australia in general to anyone who would trade everything classical, cultural and civil for a steak and egg pie.

Don't, however, do that.