TimeOut Abu Dhabi – April 24, 2019

44 April 24 – 30 2019 timeoutabudhabi.com

Music &

Nightlife

Edited by Paul Clifford

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There’s loads of bars to check out along the stretch.

By Paul Clifford

ONE THING THAT many expats miss from home

(well, British ones, anyway), is a good, old-

fashioned pub crawl.

There’s aren’t many places where it’s

possible, but Hamdan bin Mohammed Street

is deÀnitely one of them.

So here’s our guide to the handful of

venues to check out along the stretch, starting

at Courtyard by Marriott World Trade Centre

and ending at the Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi.

Up & Below

This rooftop bar had something of a makeover

late 2018, turning it from an all-white Ibizan

throwback to a more modern space. There’s

a daily happy hour from 5pm-8pm offering

half price house beverages, and look out for

regular DJ nights and comedy events. The food

menu has one of the few Caribbean offerings

in the city, too.

O Open daily 11am-2am. Courtyard by Marriott World

Trade Center (02 698 2222).

Mood Indigo

It might sound like an Indian restaurant, but

this actually is a rather dimly-lit pub, with a

good choice of draught hops, friendly servers

and a nice, chilled atmosphere. There’s a

happy hour running until 9pm every day and

on Monday it’s ladies’ night. We’re sure there

was a pianist playing once when we were in

and there’s a singer on every night, too.

O Open daily noon-2am. Novel Hotel City Center

(02 633 3555).

Heroes

Abu Dhabi would be a poorer place without

this place in it. Heroes is as much of an

institution as you can get. The underground

pub is a wonderfully welcoming place, with

great staff, keen prices, regular live music

from the brilliant International Playboys and

Head

over to

Hamdan

Street

Up & Below

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