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  1. Cool Runnings

    Reggae rules the roost at this perennially popular drinking haunt, but anyone's welcome at the party. Days start slow and lazy, while nights get hot, steamy and really quite drunken after .

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  2. Eastwood's

    This Arcadia institution is packed before, during and after any rugby encounter. It's won the 'best pub in Pretoria' award three years in a row, though clearly not in the integration stakes. Speaking of steaks, try the T-bone with pap en sous (maize meal and sauce); it's terrific value (around R36 ). In the summer, a fine mist is sprayed over the beer garden to keep the boozers standing.

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  3. Hatfield

    There are several bars and nightspots in trendy Hatfield, catering for all types. Yet again, Hatfield Square is a good place to start, but remember that 'guns, fireworks and motorbikes are strictly prohibited'. Unusually for South Africa, Burnett St offers a high density of bars, eateries and clubs, all cut through with lashings of backpacker bravado and student shenanigans.

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  4. Herr Gunther's

    Loud, brash Germanic answer to the Irish bar, Herr Gunther's blares out loud chart music, and platters of chips and wurst (German sausage) are washed down with gargantuan jugs of lager.

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  5. Maloney's

    As if to prove the old corporate adage that you can never have enough Irish pubs, here's another. And it's worth another night's drinking all to itself.

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  6. Oppikoppi Bar

    On Magasyn Hill (opposite the Voortrekker Monument), this is one of the best-located pubs in Pretoria. The views over the city are great, particularly at sunset, and they offer DIY braais (barbecues).

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  7. Tings an' Times

    This laid-back place calls itself a pita bar, but is much more about drinking than eating. It offers great ambience for late-night philosophising or just chilling. If you get the drunken hunger, pizzas are laid on till late.

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  8. TriBeCa Lounge

    Coffees and cocktails create the mood at this trendy café-bar named after the New York City neighbourhood. On weekends, it fills up with the beautiful people, who stop in for a quick loosener, after a hard afternoon at the mall.

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