The RISC Global Cafe and Bar, Reading - pub details
Address: 35-39 London Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 4PS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 01189 583555
Reading (0.5 miles), Reading West (1.1 miles), Earley (2.5 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
- Children allowed, Late licence, Smoking area, Function room for hire
Pub suggested by Jelly on 29 Nov 2003
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> Current user rating: 6.7/10 (rated by 21 users)
> Local guides: Reading pub guide, Berkshire pub guide
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user reviews of the RISC Global Cafe and Bar, Reading
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| Here is something refreshing different. A nice place to go and have a decent beer in a relaxed atmosphere. Sometimes they have live music, and that's always a bonus. Good food, too. Just one criticism - some beer doesn't work so well when chilled almost to the point of freezing. Lager and European Beer - yes, real ale - no! mericet - 19 May 2008 16:01 |
| I'm with beerprincess on this place, I like the fact you can mix and match the drinks and punters. It is all a bit 'right-on', but given what they're trying achieve, I think that's fair. Some unusual fayre, Ethiopian bottled beers among them. Also a bottled conditioned ale from blighty in a light blue wrap - though I forget the name of it, Neil’s beer or something. Wells banana Bread beer also on offer. Beer prices not cheap, but worth the premium for the novelty factor. The Ethiopian food on offer is also excellent, would recommend getting some in with your beer. Be adventurous and you’ll be rewarded amply. It's also a lot more filling than it first looks. Catacomb toilets also de-fumigated, a great improvement. Has hippy trance-dub music nights and local musicians banging their bongos if that’s your bag. Worth putting on a crawl list if you're visiting the town. Quinno - 18 Feb 2008 23:10 |
| It's a shame that Nero couldn't get past the politics and enjoy RISC for what it is: a decent, chilled out café-bar. It's the only one in Reading where you can genuinely enjoy a beer or a cup of tea, at any time of day or night, without anyone looking at you like you're some kind of wally! I like it in here. beerPrincess - 30 May 2007 09:14 |
| Not my first choice when going out but it makes a change now and again. All a bit too "right-on" for me, having a beer you can watch the local do-gooders go through to the meeting rooms, wringing their hands over the state of the third world. The whole place smack of PC correctness, hippyness, and veganism. Its not helped by all the fairtrade this and fairtrade that posters/signs everywhere. Please I want a drink in peace without havingto worry about all the children in India with cleft palates Nero - 14 Mar 2007 14:02 |
| The Global Cafe & Bar, now sells authentic Ethiopian food! The only place outside of London to do so, Thursday night is buffet night, all reasinably priced and well tasty too. Look out for brilliant dj nights at the weekends: Monky Waltz & Global Warning. thebarron - 19 Dec 2006 18:28 |
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