Cucamara Cocktail Bar

Slipping down a side alley in the wonderful streets of Nottingham brings one to a strange bar with zealous popularity among bar crawling students. There is an id check on the door before you make your way up the stairs to a wide dance-​floor with the bar to your right and small tables to the left. The bar is well stocked and at two fifty for a strong cocktail and I mean strong, its off to a good start! This place also stocks Psang Ambon (in a dodgy looking bottle behind the bar called Velvet Banana Shot) and many shots at only a pound each. There is dance music in the air and serving times are fast with prizes to give away if you can get through enough shots. The toilets are pretty good as well– even featured on the BBC website. Definitely worth the money, any bar that serves sambuca and a pound a shot rules and although it seems quiet young crowds (especially students) are in and out all night long.

There are very few if any other bars in Nottingham that can class themselves as a pure cocktail bar, but this is definitely one of them.
Décor and ambience are definitely on the basic side and the chances of seeing James Bond sipping a Martini in here are certainly on the remote side.
But lets look at the positives! Prices are reasonable with cocktails starting at around the £2 mark. There is also a great selection to choose from and whether you fancy a Pink Pussycat or a Leg Wobbler there is definitely a cocktail there to give your evening a kick.
Size wise we are talking fairly small so dont be alarmed if you turn up to a small Q outside during busy times, but the turnover is pretty quick as most people tend to dive in for a few quick ones and then straight back out again.

This is a really good place for cheap shots! a good stopping point on a night out