Traders Bar At Occidental Hotel

Caught up with some friends on a busy Thursday night in the city & went to the Occidental for the first time & a real pleasure. Reasonably quiet early but picked up & very busy during happy hour. Large selection of beers to pick from...More

I have been drinking (ales) at this fabulous pub for years. However tonight was the first time, sadly, that I ordered a bottle of wine to drink with friends on site. Apart from the massively over inflated price (almost understandable!) was the fact that we were charged "corkage" for drinking the wine we had just bought from them!? OK it was only a $2.50 charge on top of the $32 'reasonably priced' red (?!) but the principal seemed lost on the staff. Maybe we should start bringing our own wine in (at least 1/3rd the cost) and paying the the very 'reasonable' $2.50 "corkage" to drink our own wine. Great pub, but disappointing result on the wine front :(

Não é ruim enquanto bar, mas o preço alto realmente desabona qualquer local na minha opinião, e esse é o caso do Traders Bar.

If you're looking for a spot for a quiet ale after a hard day of touring, this is the spot. Pretty centrally located, with friendly staff and a good choice of boutique and commercial beers.

I've only been here once and will most likely not return,although it's a cute place with great prices the crowd was horrid all wanky drunken suits behaving like animals. I could hardly order a drink without some steady old suit sati ring down my top in a very obvious insulting manor. The poor staff were dealing with such rude customers they all looked pissed off and I couldn't even get a smile. Rsa was clearly not being observed as it seamed everyone was an intox issue. I got chatting with a few talking to a few nice but toothless regs what were very sweet. The prices were good but just the worst kind of people in the venue :(