Top Five: Cheap Drinks

You’ve spent your day trekking from lecture to lecture, writing dissertations and generally being studious. You need a good voddy and coke to settle the nerves but turns out that student loan that looked so spendy is now a little depleted...worry not, our Southampton student expert Mark Tilley has the answer...

Bedford’s Bar
Bedford’s Bar is a small pub located in the buzzing Bedford Place area and is extremely popular with students. With pool tables and big screens showing live sports, the bar has a modern feel and offers very cheap drinks. A popular device is the Tribus card which entitles its user to 20% off all drinks and food. This means that if your stopping in for a quick drink or on the first leg of a heavy night out, then your wallet remains in healthy shape. Bedford’s Bar draws a large student crowd due to the proximity to student housing and with the prices, it’s hard to disagree with their choice.

Kaos
Kaos is unofficially the cheapest night out in Southampton. With drinks going as low as 90p for vodka mixers, it remains the essential in low cost drinking. You can get all standard drinks such as lagers, mixers and spirits but where Kaos excel is their cocktail range. With prices on different drinks varying from night to night, students have chances to get their favourites for low prices. Popular drinks include Kryptonite, Turbo Shandy and Cheeky Vimto and all of these can be acquired for a matter of a few pounds.

Avondale’s
Another hugely popular student bar, Avondale’s is situated at the north of the Polygon area and is very close by to other bars and clubs. The main highlight of Avondale’s is the excellent and money saving £1 pints on a Tuesday night. This intimate pub is jam packed on this most student of all student nights but you can hardly argue with the prices. The perfect place to go before a big night out in the surrounding area.

Walkabout
Popular all around the UK, the Southampton edition of Walkabout is no different. An Australian themed bar, Walkabout features a deal on exported Aussie beers and offers them up for no more than £1.50 on Mondays. They also do deals on lager pitchers and serve up double spirits and mixers for a great deal less than some other places. Students are also aided by the now common Survival Card, which gives discounts on drinks and food. An extremely friendly atmosphere too makes Walkabout a prime destination for any drinking occasion.

Varsity
Varsity can be found right next to previously mentioned Avondale’s and is a very nice bar. Students are advised to take advantage of the V Card initiative, which gives a whopping 25% discount on drinks. Varsity is very student friendly, offering free Wi-Fi and plenty of live sport. Tuesday nights features the Varsity Pound Party, where most if not all drinks can be brought for the low price of, you guessed it, £1. Cocktails are also on the cheap at Varsity, as on a Wednesday, you can get two for just £5.

Mark Tilley, MyVillage, 10th September

(article for www.myvillage.com/southampton)