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Bar Creation & Club Eden
One of the biggest gay venues in Wales, this bar and club combo stages a packed programme of club nights, drag acts, film screenings and cabaret shows.
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Bryn-y-Mor
Another friendly local that's popular with students, the Bryn-y-Mor has cheap beer, pool tables, large-screen TV, a decent jukebox and service with a smile.
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Escape
This is Swansea's mainstream house club, with touring DJs pumping it up every Saturday. The venue occasionally stages live bands too.
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Mambo
A Latin American-themed cocktail bar, serving margaritas (made with Patron tequila) by the glass or the pitcher, amid a swirl of mosaics and Latino music.
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Monkey Bar
An organic-vegetarian café-bar by day, with chunky tables, big sofas, modern art and cool tunes, this funky little venue transforms after dark into Swansea's best alternative club, with weekend DJs playing drum and bass, hip hop, dub, reggae, salsa and world music.
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No Sign Bar
Once frequented by Dylan Thomas (it appears as the Wine Vaults in his story The Followers ), the No Sign stands out as the only vaguely traditional bar left on Wind St, a long narrow haven of dark wood panelling, friendly staff and decent beer. How long will it survive?
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Park Inn
The famous Mumbles Mile - a pub crawl through the bars between Newton Rd and Bracelet Bay - is not what it once was; most of the old pubs have succumbed to pumping house music and boisterous crowds of alcopop-fuelled teens. One place worth seeking out is the Park Inn, set a block inland from the promenade and away from the crowds. It's a friendly local serving real ale, where any music you hear will be knocked out on the pub piano.
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Queen's Hotel
An old-fashioned corner pub with polished mahogany and brass bar, old tiles and a range of cask-conditioned beers on tap, including Theakston's Old Peculier.
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Wind Street
Swansea's main boozing strip is Wind Street (pronounced to rhyme with 'blind', as in drunk), and on Friday and Saturday nights it can be a bit of a zoo. However, there are one or two bars where you can have a conversation that doesn't require shouting.
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