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Inside Rick’s, Bristol’s newest cocktail bar
Serving cocktails, oysters and “golden-age glamour”, Rick’s is the latest addition to the drinking scene in BS1.
Named after the famous gin joint from Casablanca, Rick’s overlooks Pero’s Bridge and has a generous outside seating area for summer evenings.
In what used to be the Bristol Hotel’s Shore bar, Rick’s hopes to transport its guests to warmer climes.
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Alongside cocktails, Rick’s is serving a menu of ‘evening bar bites’.
The cocktail menu at Rick’s features some inventive signatures such as ‘ripples on the sea’ and ‘secret longings’ as well as a collection of classics.
And it is possibly the only cocktail bar in Bristol where you can enjoy oysters with your old fashioned.
Meg Houghton-Gilmour was invited to Rick’s as a guest, and did not pay for any of her food and drink
All photos: Meg Houghton-Gilmour
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