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Kick off your weekend with some CitySocialising over a few Friday night drinks and a chance to meet and get to know some new Nottingham faces.
We're heading to the XXXXX (full details available to view upon booking). The sister outlet of XXXXX in London, this has proved an equal hit in Nottingham, boasting a good door policy, a decent range of cocktails, an admirable range of spirits, and loads of sofas to sink into.
With an authentic atmosphere often absent in many 'chain' bars, the decor and style is very chilled but trendy.
One of our hosts will be at a reserved table area there when you arrive to welcome you and settle you in while you relax, chat, socialise and have fun.
Maximum 20 places available. Add no-reply@citysocialising.com to your online contacts/address book to ensure you receive our reminder email.
As we retreat into the longer, darker nights, and seek the cosiness of some comforting food amidst a warm welcoming ambience, why not join CitySocialising's Great Nottingham World Food Tour on the next leg of its adventure? It's the perfect time to really begin and explore the culinary delights that our great little city has to offer, and take part in more CitySocialising nights out.
The idea for The Great Nottingham World Food Tour is to take full advantage of our city's mix of great ethnic cuisine and head out to a number of the top restaurants and partake in the food they serve from all over the globe, visiting Japanese, French, Spanish, Brazilian, Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Lebanese and as many other outposts of this planet that we can find to let our tastebuds explore!
It may be foods you know, it may be foods that you have been wanting to try and have never had the opportunity, the only requirement is a passion for food, an inquisitive nature and a huge desire to have a great time!
Our next stop on the World Food Tour is Latin America as we visit the Las Iguanas restaurant, in the Chapel Quarter area of Nottingham - which promises to inject some Latin sunshine into a dark Saturday night. Where flavours are as loud and proud as Joaquin Cortez’s Cuban heels, as intense as Antonio Banderas' gaze and as brazenly sumptuous as J-Lo’s curves!
This is Latin American dining at its best, and the food served here can trace its roots back to the 16th Century, a fusion of native Latin American, Indian, Spanish, Portuguese and African influences.
From the vibrant hues of the bar and dining rooms, the intoxicating Latin sounds from the speakers, to the rich flavours of the southern hemisphere, Las Iguanas is a fun escape to Brazil and beyond.
The décor features (sustainable) wood mosaic tabletops and funky artifacts. The authentic latino cuisine features fresh ingredients transformed into regional specialties from familiar tapas to treats your taste buds are yet to discover.
For starters (£2.00 - £5.50) you could try their Peri-peri (crisp cassava coated chicken with Brazilian-style hot garlic, chilli & lemon sauce) or a vegetarian option such as Quesadilla (char-grilled tortilla filled with portobello mushroom & melted brie, with homemade tomato, garlic & coriander salsa).
For main course (£7.90 - £14.50), you could easily be tempted by their signature dish, Xinxim - a great example of their pan-continental fusion - a Brazilian chicken recipe with a creamy crayfish and peanut sauce, rice, fine beans and sweet plantain. Or try one of their Fillet Steaks infused with garlic & paprika, or Fajitas - hot sizzling platters with onions & bell peppers cooked in their unique spice blend, served with homemade salsa, pickled Jalapeños, soured cream, guacamole & warm tortillas.
Or we could go for the pocket-friendly Fiesta Party Menus available for groups of 6 or more!
And after eating we can hit the bar for some post dinner indulgence and sample the world's best Caipirinhas cocktails, made from own-label cachaca, brewed from XXXXX's own Brazilian cane fields.
We'll all be meeting up beforehand for a pre-dinner drink or two at nearby bar XXXXX (full details available to view upon booking) where one of our hosts will be at a reserved table when you arrive to welcome you and settle you in to the evening.
We'll have an hour to chat, relax and socialise together before heading over to Las Iguanas for dinner at 8.30pm.
All personal food and drinks to be payable by you (in cash) on the night, plus relevant service charge.
Maximum 16 places available. Add no-reply@citysocialising.com to ensure you receive our reminder email.
If you fancy a night of laughs, join our CitySocialising crowd as we head to the Funhouse Comedy Club at new venue - The Grosvenor, for an evening of being rib tickled by the best in comedic talent!
Priding themselves on picking from the cream of the stand up comedy circuit, this Thursday's Funhouse will see us being entertained by the upbeat compere Spiky Mike with his special guest- Ivan Brackenbury's Hospital Radio Xmas Show (created by Tom Binns) who will also be joined by the Paul Kerensa, Sal Stevens and Rex Purnell.
Tom Binns, a former breakfast radio host on London's XFM won the Jongleurs new act of the year, and has appeared on Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge. Seedy, stupid Ivan performs with pace and panache, playing the least suitable records possible for the listeners to his Disease Hour, and aided by just enough structure and surprises to ensure that he doesn’t fade out before his hour is up.
And Cornishman Paul Kerensa has established himself as one of British comedy's leading young talents, and in just a few short years he has become a regular at the UK's biggest venues, and a popular and reliable headline act, winning ITV's 'Take The Mike' stand-up competition in 2002. He is also a talented sit-com and sketch-show writer including Dead-Ringers.
We'll all be meeting up first at XXXXX (full details available to view upon booking) for a pre-show drink or two and a chance to grab a bite to eat (optional).
One of our hosts will be at a table area there when you arrive to welcome and settle you in to the evening and we'll have an hour to chat, relax and socialise together before heading over to The Grosvenor for 8.00pm.
It's set to be a top night so we hope you can make it!
You will need to pay £6 on the door to enter the comedy night.
Maximum 20 places available. Add no-reply@citysocialising.com to ensure you receive our reminder email.
If you appreciate fine wines, good conversation, and great quality French food, which offers value for money, then come and join a group of CitySocialiers for an evening out at Le Bistrot Pierre – Nottingham’s most established French bistrot.
Le Bistrot Pierre (formerly Pierre Victoire) has been voted best value restaurant four times at the Nottingham Restaurant Awards over the past five years. This informal, friendly, and buzzy restaurant serves provincial French cooking to a high standard and at outstanding value.
All their food is freshly prepared and the wine list offers over 40 superb choices. The welcoming staff and comfortable surroundings make the relaxed atmosphere at the Le Bistrot Pierre perfect for this social occasion.
On the menu we can choose from starters (£3.50-£5.25) such as Toasted brioche with creamy mushrooms, garlic & Alsace bacon; Oak-smoked Scottish salmon with rocket, capers &lemon, with horseradish & beetroot quenelle; and Chicken liver parfait with spiced plum chutney.
Main course options (£8.95-£14.50) range from a simply Roasted Sea Bream Fillets with olive oil, garlic, chorizo, tomatoes, lemon & parsley to a warming Marinated Rump of Lamb with shallots, puy lentils, croutons and smoked bacon to the Slow Cooked Succulent ‘Les Landes’ Duck Leg Confit with a salad of beetroot, orange and lambs lettuce.
And to round the evening off nicely in pure decadent pleasure, then you could be tempted by the Chocolate pecan tarte with ice-cream, or Chocolate mousse,or mouthwatering Lemon tarte with raspberry sorbet (£4.25-£4.75). This is set to be a dining experience you won't want to miss, so we hope you can join us!
We'll all be meeting up beforehand for a pre-dinner drink or two at nearby bar XXXXX (full details available to view upon booking) where one of our hosts will be at a reserved table when you arrive to welcome you and settle you in to the evening.
We'll have an hour to chat, relax and socialise together over a drink or two before heading over to Le Bistrot Pierre for dinner at 8.00pm.
And afterwards we'll be able to head to one of the nearby bars to end the evening with a couple more drinks and more CitySocialising!
All personal food and drinks to be payable by you (in cash) on the night, plus relevant service charge.
Maximum 16 places available. Add no-reply@citysocialising.com to ensure you receive our reminder email.
Wind down your weekend by joining us for an afternoon of live jazz and good quality pub grub at one of Nottingham's oldest and finest real ale establishments, XXXXX (full details available to view upon booking)
XXXXX is an award-winning ancient public house that has become renowned as one of Nottingham’s premier live music pubs, and plays host to the oldest running jazz nights in the city.
We can while away the afternoon in this Old English atmosphere, over Sunday lunch, with good conversation and perhaps of pint of quality cask ale, while tapping our feet along to the Footwarmers - a six-piece band offering a broad spectrum of traditional jazz, ranging from New Orleans to Dixieland, with some Mainstream blended in.
Choose from Sunday Roast (beef or chicken) at £6.85 per person or a meal from the full menu (£4.95 and £9.45) such as lasagne, beer battered fish and chips, their famous sausages & choice of mash, or one of their vegetarian options.
One of our hosts will be there to welcome you when you arrive so you can relax, have fun and socialise and we'll enjoy a lazy Sunday drink before ordering food together.
All personal food and drinks will be payable by you (in cash) on the day.
Maximum 12 places available. Add no-reply@citysocialising.com to ensure you receive our reminder email.
