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Submitted on Monday, 5th February 2024
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Bar Solo, Carlisle
Carlisle
CA1 1QP
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Reviews of Bar Solo (Average Rating: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
Strongers . left this review about Bar Solo
There were lots of young men sat on the café tables on the pavement across the front of Bar Solo during a recent Monday afternoon visit, but the small laminate floored single roomed bar was empty apart from the polite barman. The counter across the rear wall to the left supports premium keg alongside Neck Oil; half a Moretti came in at an eye watering £3.45. The right-hand side of the counter is for making coffee and cocktails. The tables throughout all had games on them, from dominoes to buckaroo and table football. There was also a tiny little kid’s pool table, to be honest it felt like the barman’s dad had decided to empty all his old toys out of the loft. The background music was quite loud and a bit crap so maybe that’s why everyone else was outside. The ornate square ceiling was impressive enough for me to sneak a picture, but the only other thing of note were the tiny little toilet cubicles. I thought I was on an aircraft while taking a leak. This isn’t somewhere I plan to revisit.
On 10th October 2025
- rating: 4
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Quinno _ left this review about Bar Solo
Sophisticated (for Carlisle) bar, though the pointless mute TV undermined its credentials. Nicely done-out actually, plenty to look at with a boxed ceiling and some (presume original) tiling details by the window. Mainly spirits and a basic keg selection of which Theakston Best was my choice, with what looked like a sparkler put onto a keg font - I've seen it all now. Worth a nose for bits of the interior if you’ve finished your crawl early. 5.5
On 16th February 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 5754 recommendations about 5735 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : No last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 16 February 2024 by Quinno _
