ABOE, Clifton, Bristol

Having visited in 2014 when it was Papajis I was sceptical about adding it back then as it had more of a Cocktail bar feel that served pints. Having being rebranded as Flipside a while ago I revisted today and it is still a place that serves pints and no weird policy over being in it. All keg there was an Arbor Ale on covering up the original offering and some Samuel Smiths thing. Cider was Aspinall's and Lager Oranjeboom. As mentioned it's predominately a cocktail venue but there was a large group of men (mid 40's and above) drinking, potentially due to it being happy hour and unfortunately not my round. Once inside the bar is on the right with high shelving for all the bottles to make said cocktails. It's a squarish room that then has a long corridor to the toilets and a garden. Seating is mostly high tables and stools with an upholstered long bench on the left hand side spanning between 3 separate tall tables. Beyond there is a sunken wrap around enclosed bench seating area with a couple of tables and some stools. The walls are adorned with artwork forming the decor rather than pictures by famous Bristol graffiti artist Inke and there was a canvas for sale by him for £600 from memory. As the nature of the bar it won't be for everyone and doesn't tend to open till the afternoon and even when I was looking through the window earlier I thought it was shut as lighting is quite subdued despite failing to notice some seating outside. A hard venue to photograph due to the massive bus stop outside covering the width of the whole facade.