These cool design pubs change the mood of those drinkers. Pub doesn’t have to be stay in t he dark and drink. It can be outdoor or different environment which carry out different feeling. Check it out!
1 ) The Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire
The appropriately named Crooked House has been labelled Britain’s drunkest inn – and for obvious reasons. Glasses regularly slide across tables at the Georgian pub and coins appear to roll up, rather than down, the bar. a bar Slope gin: The unusual bar The tavern, which was built as a farmhouse in 1785, got its design fault through subsidence caused by mining during the 1800s. It means that one end of the Crooked House is 1.2m (4ft) lower than the other.
The alehouse in the Staffordshire village of Himley has become a big tourist draw. ‘I look after 1,800 pubs for Marston’s and this is definitely the one that leans the most,’ said Sonny Mann, property surveyor for the brewery.
‘The pub’s quite safe though and hasn’t moved for ages. We use special ‘glass tails’ over cracks on the walls – if the glass breaks then we know it’s moving again.’
2 ) La Kiva, Terlingua, Texas
This Texas cave bar was the brainchild of a former school teacher, Gilbert Felts, who built La Kiva in the late 80s, although it’s now run by his nephew, Glenn. To kick off the cave (man) theme, the men’s urinal consists of a metal pot, which was once a flower planter before Gilbert stole it from his mother. If that’s not enough, the bar’s mascot is a fossilised Penisaurus Erectus, set into the wall.
Unfamiliar with said animal? That’s because it never actually existed – the creature is a figment of Felts’s imagination, the fossilised “remains” being in fact made of miscellaneous animal bones.
3 ) The Croft Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Wander down a winding Chinatown alleyway, past graffiti-covered walls and open restaurant kitchen doors to discover this nightlife laboratory. While its laneway location is sightly off the beaten track, if you do manage to stumble across this hideaway bar, you’re in for a cheeky scientific experience. Hanging out at The Croft Institute is a bit like sitting in a high school chemistry class.
Dangerous-looking liquids in curious glasses sit nearby, offering potential for mischief. At every turn, this playful science theme bubbles and burns, even making its mark on the girls’ toilets, which are named ‘The Department of Female Hygiene’.
Downstairs, there’s a quiet bar which is ideal for brewing the waters of conversation and sharing mid-week drinks. Meanwhile, upstairs there is a grassy lawn and a party haven of dancing and debauchery. DJs hit the decks every weekend, providing upbeat tracks for the artsy crowd who make The Croft their after-dark home. Expect reggae, dancehall, hiphop, funk, drum & bass and roots.
4 ) The Pelican Bar, Jamaica
The Pelican Bar is a one of a kind place to visit when you are on a trip in Jamaica. It is definitely one of the “coolest” bars you can ever go to. The Pelican Bar in Jamaica is a rustic wooden bar built on a sand bank about a quarter of a mile out to sea.
It is about a 20 minute boat ride to get to. It is a popular spot to just hang out an relax, have a Red Stripe, swim in the clear shallow water, each some fresh fish or even go swimming. The background story of The Pelican Bar is that local fisherman named Floyd had a vision of creating a bar built in the sea, resting on stilts for him and his friends to hang out.
After some hard work and lots of trips transporting large planks of wood on his fishing boat, in 2001 the bar was completed an named “The Pelican Bar” because of the large Pelicans that rested on the sand bank.
5 ) The Signal Box Inn, Cleethorpes
If you’re a budding train spotter who likes nothing more than to sink a thirst-quenching pint as you admire the 2:41 from Kings Cross, the cosy Signal Box Inn is definitely for you. Measuring, in tune with its name, just 2.4 metres x 2.4 metres, this downsized watering hole is unofficially (the owners haven’t got round to registering the record with Guinness) the world’s smallest pub.
Housed in what was originally the signalman’s hut at Lakeside Station on Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway, the inn was opened in 2006 and, despite its size, serves up an impressive collection of local ales along with the obligatory bar snacks.
6 ) HR Giger Museum Bar, Gruyères, Switzerland
This incredible-looking bar was designed by the artist and set designer HR Giger, best known for creating the Alien in the film of the same name. The association isn’t hard to spot here, with the huge arched ceiling criss-crossed by rows of fibreglass vertebrae, chairs that look like spinal cords and tables studded with skulls.
Visitors have likened drinking at the bar to being inside the stomach of a giant whale – you might call drinking there an acquired taste. Giger’s bar, which took three years to build, is located in the same building as a museum devoted to the artist’s paintings, sculptures and film designs.
7 ) The Big Baobab pub, Limpopo, South Africa
The Sunland ‘Big Baobab’ is in Modjadjiskloof in Limpopo Province, South Africa and is famous internationally for being the widest of its species in the world. Africa is symbolised by these magnificent trees. The Sunland Big Baobab is carbon dated to be around 6000 years old.
The Sunland Baobab has even made the front page of the Wall Street Journal! When baobabs become a thousand years old, they begin to hollow inside. In the Big Baobab this has resulted in wonderful caverns and caves, where the world famous Baobab Tree Bar and Wine Cellar now amaze visitors. The Big Baobab is on the farm Sunland, an avocado and mangos. At the Big Baobab we can accommodate 20 people in 5 chalets. We also offer quadbiking on our own quads or you can bring your own.
8 ) The Safe House, Milwaukee, US
Information about this spy-themed Milwaukee bar is hard to come by, which is exactly the way the owners want it. There’s no sign outside – just a wall plaque for International Exports Ltd, the bar’s cover name – and visitors are asked for a password before entering through a secret door. Customers who don’t know the code are made to do a dance on the spot, with the results filmed by hidden cameras and shown on huge wall-mounted screens inside the bar.
Within the nondescript building, there are secret passages, two-way mirrors, spy holes built into the walls and telephone booths with background noise for “agents not wishing to reveal their exact location”.
9 ) The Pilchard Inn, Burgh Island, Bigbury-on-sea, Devon
We all know that sinking feeling when we’re out for the night and we discover the last train home left half an hour ago. At the Pilchard Inn, on Burgh Island, in Devon, however, drinkers who lose track of time could well find their way home has been swallowed up by the sea – the pub is separated from the mainland at high tide.
Luckily a sea tractor ferries customers back and forth during high tide, and outside these times thirsty customers can walk the short distance to the island.
10 ) The Nutshell, Bury-St-Edmounds
The Nutshell in Bury St Edmunds is one of the smallest pubs in Britain (there are others that claim to be smaller). Until recently it had a Guinness World Records title but that was taken by a pub in the US.
I had read about the pub before and whilst touring the Greene King brewery in Bury St Edmunds, the tour guide mentioned that the brewery owned the pub and it was located in the town. I just had to visit it.
At 4.57m x 2.13m (15ft x 7ft), the pub is certainly small. At a push you can fit 20 in the pub although many will be standing. When I visited there were 10 there and the only seats available is the window sill. There is just one small table in one corner of the pub.
As the pub is owned by Greene King, the beers on offer are Abbot and IPA. They also sell the usual lagers.
11 ) Das Klo, Berlin
At Klo (”toilet” in German) the bar meals are serviced in chamber pots, the beer in urine specimen bottles and the sausages in miniature ceramic toilet bowls. But the “fun” doesn’t stop there. Klo is awash in gags. Walk through the front entrance and you might get splashed with water, greeted by a skeleton or, if you are wearing a skirt, hit with a gust of air that comes up at you from beneath a grate in the ground.
Once inside there’s a good chance that the DJ or wait staff will publicly poke fun at you (this is less embarrassing if you don’t speak German) and that you’ll experience rocks falling half-way down upon you from the ceiling (the threatening avalanche is really made of paper mache).
But in the end it all comes back to the bathroom theme and the ambiance gushing with decorative toilet seats, bedpans, and other assorted oddities that deal with bodily functions. After all, the founder of Klo came with the idea while sitting on the toilet.
12 ) The Canalhouse, Nottingham
If you’ve ever been unfortunate enough to fall into a canal or river while drunk, it might be best to avoid the Canalhouse – the Nottingham canal goes straight through this town centre pub. Located within a former warehouse, this large venue occupies the lower floors of what was once the Canal Museum. Expect delicious food, a wide range of local ales and barges drifting past your table.
13 ) Waxy O’Connor’s, London
Waxy O’Connor’s London has 4 unique bars covering 6 levels which are linked together by a maze of staircases and passages. Each bar has an atmosphere of its own so there is something for everyone at Waxy’s and no where better to organise a meal or a night out. At Waxy O’ Connor’s the most important thing is keeping you happy. After lots of research into what you like the most we have tailored our menu to suit you. Lots more to share and an extended Waxy’s Burger menu plus some new and healthy sandwiches. Old favourites like Waxy’s Irish Breakfast & the Crock of Mussels still remain.
14 ) Cova d’en Xoroi, Menorca, Spain
If you thought Menorca was all British beer bellies, cheap booze and foam parties, you might be right, but it’s also home to this undeniably cool cave bar. With stunning views over the Mediterranean sea and a cosy, intimate atmosphere, it’s a refreshing change from your average party bar.
There’s a small entrance fee, of around seven euro, but when you’re nursing a cold beer while watching the sun go down we suspect you’ll agree it’s worth it.
