Bar 43

That place on opposite the friendship Inn in fallowfield… No, not the wetherspoons… no not the takeaways either.
You would expect a bar in fallowfield to do a roaring trade at all times but for some reason watering holes in that particular bit of fallowfield don’t seem to do very well. What is now bar43 changed hands 3 times in the 5 years I’ve known it. For some unknown reason during my time as a student you’d never hear somone suggesting going there apart from the Gin Club once or twice. I guess the reason was also unknown to whoever owned the place.
Anyway I digress, there’s actually nothing wrong with this bar at all. It has a well stocked bar and you can buy towers (!) containing 7 pints to pour from a tap at the table and share (or not) and the upstairs area is fine to either sit down or stand up. Downstairs there is a another bar, a big open area where you could dance and a little room with a pool table in. All in all it’s ok, has everything that most other bars in fallowfield have. Plus there are towers which is always good.

First of all I’m annoyed at this place because it took my beloved Gin Club away from me. It was really going to have to do a lot to persuade me that it would be even an adequate replacement. It categorically failed on that count.
Aesthetically very little has changed here — there is some new twirly, baroque-​patterned fabric wallpaper; three flatscreen TVs bolted to the wall; the bar has some mirrors behind it now but essentially it is the same place. Except that it really isn’t. They killed the vibe, they just killed it man. Instead of laid back jazz, funk and hip-​hop (a sample Gin Club playlist might have included Isaac Hayes, RJD2 and Peggy Lee) they now play (very loud) chart dance and r’n’b, which although not bad in itself does mean there is yet another bar in Fallowfield that plays the same music. Gone too is the live music, a really great loss.
The cocktail menu is essentially the same but everything seems to have gone up by £1, the quality though leaves much to be desired (although most of this owes to the rookie bar staff). On the plus side beer and cider prices have remained pretty much static at around, or under, £3 a pint and a double and mixer costs around the same price. This isn’t enough to pull it back from the brink though — everything that made Gin Club special and interesting has gone and been replaced by what is effectively a serial number.

Ah Gin Club the most aesthetically pleasing bar in fallowfield sadly went the way of every other bar that has attempted to make use of this current location. In case you’re wondering that ‘way’ is out of business. I suppose thats what happens when you open up underneath the local. erm «Massage Parlour».
Gin Club was a brilliant venue and had some great live music on offer sadly it was taken for granted. It offered something different to the good and not so good people of Fallowfield, Bar 43 on the other hand offers more of the same old same old. Commercial mass produced mediocrity. The décor is obvious and uninspiring and i cant see myself frequenting this place again. Gin Club we miss you. Barr43? I give it 6 months.

You remember The Gin Club which was so popular and inviting in the lively Fallowfield? Well it is no more now! And this is the earliest report about it Unilocal users could ever get!
On 10^th April, a new snazzy place has taken over the posh Gin Club, which I so dearly loved! Bar 43 is what its called, (ring a bell to Bar 38 near the AMC Cinemas?) and it is not a bad looker to be honest! The place is big enough, not huge. It is dimlit and has walls of velvet, yes, imagine someone throwing up or spilling drinks, its all going to stay there for a very long long time! Ok, lets not think about that! The bar is equipped with ok-​ish bar tenders who think they’re amazing. Well, they did put efforts into putting a fire-​bottle show and then landed up spraying some drinks on me and a friend who happened to walk in here, looking for the Gin Club on a saturday night.
The place inside has little stools and little round tables all with candles. It could be the new dressy place Fallowfield would witness! The drinks are fairly priced. £5.20 for regualr cocktails and £2.50 for a 175ml glass of wine and the shots are priced at just £2, if it stays this way, it wouldn’t be a bad place to dress up and come to!
The live music of the Gin Club was definitely a plus point that this place is going to be missing, gahh, why did it have to go! It had a different feel to it all together! Right from the name to the place, it was something different! Now its been replaced by a commercial posh-​bar thing. Oh well, maybe in time, acceptance will be recieved to bar 43!
Till then, Gin Club, you shall be deeply missed!