Brooks Bar and Kitchen, is an independent wine and cocktail bar situated in the heart of the busy market town of Chipping Sodbury. Now despite the word kitchen in the title there isn't a great deal of food on offer. However my visit was on an evening when they may have stopped serving food? The only menus on the tables where drinks menus. Perhaps there where food menus lurking around somewhere and I didn't see them?
The place itself is in what was the Old Jack Russell art gallery, so it is nice and spacious. It has a modern, trendy London feel to it which is nice and the staff appear friendly and polite. Not too sure why they felt the need to plonk a tree in one corner of the room as it does make negotiating your way to the toilet rather challenging. The cocktail menu is fairly extensive with a lot of the classics on there with a few modern twists. No Pina Colada's though! If cocktails aren't your thing then why not choose a craft gin? Not too sure what a craft gin is? To me it's a gin an tonic with fruit and spices in it, or at least that what it appears to be anyway? Well I'm not a gin drinker, can't stand the stuff. They say that tonic is meant to be good for varicose veins but I don't believe them. If gin or cocktails don't tickle your fancy then there's real ale, lager and the usual selection of whiskeys and brandy's.
All of this is quite reasonably priced. For a new bar that has not long been open it's quite affordable if you're on a bit of a budget. Cocktails start from £5.95 and I think the dearest one comes in at around £8.00? I would like to sample their food as there is some competition in the high street so it would be interesting to see what they come up with? All in all I really like it here. It has a nice atmosphere, the staff are friendly and there isn't music roaring out of the speakers so you can have a decent conversation. And also the price is right. read more