Dat Bar

Had the dat burger in here, bursting with flavour tasty fried and damn those seats are comfy!

So promising on paper. Beer list amazing, service great buy my word was the burger disappointing. I’ve had better meat from a kebab van — dense, unfresh beef with no real favour. I asked for medium and its was burnt to a crisp. They really need to rethink their burgers. Booooo

The food is quite good, pizzas and burgers ive tried. Although when I went we ordered way to many sliders 4 each, off the advice of a waitress who said they were small but 2 would be plenty. The cocktails are ok but everyone I’ve had has been soo strong, there aren’t many ‘long’ cocktails. I think this place can’t quite decide what it is, the music is always blearing considering the place is split ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ with food and bar area, the same through the day too. The décor is a mix of American dinner and sin city comic book walls again not sure what it is trying to be as the bar area is quite sleek. I’m still undecided if I like this place or not, as to me it has quite a ‘manly’ feel to it, and wouldn’t go if I was just with the girls.

dAt bAr is a chilled out, funky sort of place that is good for a drink or some above-​average bar food. My friend and I got a table with no trouble on a Saturday night, and ordered waaaaay too much food to share! Frankly would’ve been nice if the waitress had pointed this out, but oh well! We shared vegetarian arancini (risotto balls, three in an order), artichoke and cauliflower fritters with aioli, a beetroot lentil goat’s cheese pickled onion salad, and a pizza — half Romilly (vegetarian with courgette and red peppers) and half Tallulah Mac (with spicy sausage). Phew! I’m amazed we ate as much as we did!
Cocktails came first, mine was a gin-​based one which was very tasty but not strong enough — maybe that’s why it was so tasty? I had basically no buzz going after drinking it, which made me sad. They do have loads of fun beers there, which is clearly more of their specialty. I stuck with wine for my next drink. As for the food, the risotto balls were absolutely massive, and very crispy on the outside which I liked, but didn’t care too much for them in general. The «fritters» were just fried artichokes and cauliflower, and they were actually pretty delicious in their simplicity. Didn’t even need the aioli. Really light, crispy batter. The salad was one of my favorite bits too as it was really fresh. Could use more beets! Lentils were cooked perfectly and the pickled onions added a nice kick. The pizza was okay too, though not the best in town, the cheese was melty and the crust was crispy. I just didn’t find it that special. However, everything is made in-​house and it shows, because nothing seemed anything less than fresh. Even if you don’t like something there, you won’t be able to say that they didn’t make it from scratch which is really something.
Service was slow, especially for drinks, and the atmosphere was very loud! The light in there is dim and red, giving it a cool punky vibe. I’d definitely come back and try some more food and have some beers! Though I didn’t find most of the food super memorable, I appreciate what they’re doing and want to explore their menu a bit further.