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The Academy

Great Darkgate St, Aberystwyth, SY23 1DE, United Kingdom

The Academy
Bar
3.9
259 reviews
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CW77+GC Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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Stephen Armstrong
Stephen Armstrong
We watch the 6 nations here every year, it's a good pub with pool tables and plenty of sport screens, an eclectic crowd and often lively 👍
Ian Lawton
Ian Lawton
Fantastic new venue, just relaunched.......stunning building
Sir Beard of the Shire
Sir Beard of the Shire
Massive place, over 2 rooms. Plenty of pool tables and cheap drinks. Great music and atmosphere. Friendly bar staff. Like going back to the 90's heights of brit pop.
Caitlin Tanner
Caitlin Tanner
Appalling service. Visited this establishment at this time, although I discussed my issues with the manager, they apparently came up with their own version of events. So this is mine. We waited half an hour for service, after trying to signal the bartenders’ attention due to the fact he already served us and we looked like we already had our drinks. We weren’t sure he realised we wanted to be served, so we “shouted” once and smiled and asked if we could have service (the music was on, so we were not sure he would hear), and he regarded this as inappropriate behaviour. I work in a bar and I don’t regard this as an issue, so he deliberately avoided us for a further 20 minutes. I asked him why he wasn’t serving us and he said “you’ll have to wait your turn” to which I said “have we done anything that offended you?” And he said “you asked for service” (which is obviously a bad thing, considering the wait), to which I said “I am sorry, we didn’t mean to” and he responded “you will still have to wait”, proceeding to smile gloatingly. He worked around us, serving new customers instead of us. If you want to get ignored by extremely rude staff, this is the place for you.
Clare Amor
Clare Amor
Great for younger generation on a night out. Located within an old church with 2 bars, including the "chapel bar". Fairly fast service, even though it can get immensely crowded (however, not as crowded as Y Not (aka Yoko's)
Travis Gray
Travis Gray326 days ago
Paid 5 pounds to not get served and have them serve only those who push in told

bar staff and they didn't care
Jake Tyler
Jake Tyler326 days ago
Drinks are naff the bouncers let too many people in dire experience
Thomas Simpson
Thomas Simpson357 days ago
All right nightclub. Not particularly brilliant but nothing I can massively fault it with neither.
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