Ritorno Lounge, Bristol

A recent opening on the popular harbourside strip from the ever expanding Lounger’s chain in what was formerly a Pitcher & Piano, this must be one of their largest venues to date being spread across three floors. The layout is largely unchanged from previously, although the route to the top floor loos has been moved as the top floor is now used as a private function room, complete with it’s own bar counter. Décor wise it follows the usual Loungers formula with a plethora of pictures covering much of the available wall space and plenty of tasselled lamp shades, which were supplemented with large white globe lamps. The ceiling is painted a dark blue and has been lowered in places to obscure much of the services, which makes a pleasant change, whilst other paintwork was a pale salmon colour, although with floor to ceiling windows running all along the front, there wasn’t too much of this. Flooring is some sort of dark wood strip, whilst the seating was a mixture of padded stools and chairs in various pastel colours. What might loosely be described as a snug area at the rear included a brown leather sofa and arm chairs, a low table and floral wallpaper, along with plenty more pictures, mirrors and tasselled lamp shades. A central island full of plants was something of a feature, whilst the supporting pillars were either covered in woodland wallpaper or bare concrete – perhaps they ran out of the wallpaper? Predictably for this chain there were no real ales on the bar, although I did spot Brixton Reliance and Wiper & True’s Kaleidoscope on keg. Ciders meanwhile were Henry Weston’s Vintage and Old Mout Berris & Cherries.

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Official site of Ritorno Lounge - thelounges.co.uk

Official site of Ritorno Lounge - thelounges.co.uk