Suede Bar

Thursday 26 May 2016
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Strolling through Hockley’s alleyways and hidden bars, you may find yourself on Heathcoat Street. Here, it’s difficult to miss Suede Bar – a sort of snazzy, retro time warp filled with good food, lovely staff and tasty cocktails. The perfect fit for the Hockley vibe.

The walls are lined with cassette tapes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and a mural of a shark being rained on by a storm of pepperoni pizza. In case you forgot what you were there for, the word ‘PIZZA’ is emblazoned everywhere you look. Suede Bar is a pizzeria like no other, and you only have to clock the gigantic – playable – Gameboy mounted on the wall to realise they want you to make it your second home. Ask nicely at the bar, and you’re in for an evening of retro gaming – Donkey Kong and Super Mario Kart included, obviously.

But there to play games, we were not. No, we came with a mission – to eat pizza. Our visit fell on Suede’s ‘241’ Wednesday offer, and the happy chatter of people filling up on good food and good times was just what we needed.

Never one to say no to a cocktail (or three), I ordered the Fruit Salad (£7), while my friend opted for the Mango Bandito (£7). Both concoctions are so filled with fruit that it’s easy to forget you’re well on your way to being bevvied up – it almost tastes healthy. With the sun making itself known recently, these cocktails will be ideal for parking up in Suede’s outdoor seating area for an afternoon of basking.

Cocktails sunk, it was time for the star of the show. I went for the Otto (£9), a 12” pizza topped with chorizo, spicy beef, and pepperoni. While the option to add jalapenos and chilli flakes for an extra quid was offered, the spicy beef did the job of heating up my mouth just fine on its own.

My friend was swayed by the recommendation of the lovely staff to sample one of their specials – a pizza adorned with butternut squash, spinach, red onion, goat’s cheese, balsamic glaze and olive oil (£10). She reported that it was the best vegetarian pizza she’d ever had, and the sweetness of the butternut squash worked perfectly with the rest of the toppings.

Both pizzas were practically perfect, with thick dough that wasn’t too chewy, and a flawless cheese:tomato ratio.

We were also powerless to resist the call of Suede’s Shaake Sundaes (£4). The Rolo Banoffee and Raspberry Heaven shakes were a sweet ending to a truly cracking evening. Leigh Campbell

34 Heathcoat Street, NG1 3AA. 07968 059750. Suede Bar website

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