Chicago Rock Cafe

Simply think of a gaudy building, some overpriced drinks and a bunch of people with no respect for anything and you’ll have a perfect picture of Chicago Rock Café, which is quite literally one of the worst bars in all of Bristol. As the previous reviewer said, don’t be fooled by the café moniker either — it wall to wall sleezy late-​night bar. I don’t know what it is about the Waterfront that seems to attract these abominations, but it’s loaded with similar bars that attract all the dregs for a night of shirts, skirts and generic-​looking people. Avoid, avoid, avoid, unless you like STIs or broken glass bottles entering your body.

This is possibly one of the worst chained pubs around.
I’m not sure why it is calling itself a café as nobody in their right mind would walk into this place for a coffee in the middle of the day. I’m not even sure they sell coffee. So word of warning. If you’re unfamiliar with this chain and if you’re walking around town wherever you may be and see the hideous Chicago Rock Café sign hanging outside someplace, DO NOT ENTER. This is not a café!
Essentially it’s a sports bar for premiership football and when there’s a game on it can get rather busy. Again, I’m not sure why, as there are at least half a dozen or so sports bar you can choose from these days, which are far superior to this appalling chain and don’t suffer half as bad from the sticky floor syndrome as all of the Chicago Rock’s seemingly do.
At night it turns into a hideous towny fest for hen parties and lads night outs. The music is usually pop or dance orientated and the crowd is usually boisterous with a simmering undertone of alcohol induced violence.