It will be a thing of struggle for a hang out specialist, who is a guest at Davies Hotel, located at 7/8 Adeyi Avenue, Old Bodija, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to look down at the hotel’s outdoor bar, from his or her hotel room, like a skyscraper looking down on the inhabitants of the city, and ignore the compelling inward voices, bearing witnesses why its listener must come down! It is such an amazing sight to behold, particularly in the cool of the evening!
And for hang out lovers, who crave a noiseless and secured environment where soft drinks, beer, wine and spirit or whatever choice can be enjoy with sticks of cigarette without any form of interference and interruption, it is a big welcome to Davies Hotel’s bush bar!
The bar is actually a set surrounded by the hotel’s structural formation. The building is constructed in such a way to surrounds the bush bar like a mother hen would customarily spread her wings to cover her young ones for maximum protection. In the same vein, customers at Davies bush bar are also shielded from sudden intrusion by suspicious individuals who will definitely be discovered by the alert security men as such dire elements prowl to locate the entrance of the bar due to its turgid nature. The entrance is not easily located by strangers without asking the attendants; as one could assume he or she is taking a corridor leading to the bar and suddenly finds that such corridor do not lead to the bar after all! At the bar, it is all about natural air; gently pampering the body and soul of a deserving customer. It is a place where a ‘lonely’ customers can lift his or her eyes’ to see the wonders in the sky (stars) and moon when in its season and discover that he or she has nature’s support all along! It is an environment that can also provoke quality thoughts and assurance that all hope was not lost after all!
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Davies Hotel actually has three bars in its possession. There is the inner lounge and the poolside bar also. The inner lounge is primarily for customers that cannot resist air-conditioned saturated arena whether it is raining or sunny. The chilliness of the bar, coupled with its succulent executive leather couches, makes the bar delectably distinctive! The titivating pictorial monuments used in beautifying the bar, is enough revelation of the insatiable appetite of Davies Hotel for ancient and modern ornaments. Thoughts provoking ornaments; subtly taking over the imagination of customers out of the bar to an abstract world with compelling nostalgic feelings! The non smokers are the ones who mainly assemble here!
Though, located in Davies Hotel’s annex, the poolside bar also has its own distinct and peculiar effects to produce in customers who chose to hang there. The setting of its environment is comparable to that of a wealthy family relaxation spot; with chairs of different sizes and brands suitable for poolside deliberately arranged to face the swimming pool. The experience at Davies Hotel poolside bar is usually unusual due to its location and the cleanliness of its surroundings. For smokers, though, gentle on the body, the evening breeze around the bar is not placid on cigarette’s ashes; as it from time to time rolls it off for better burning! It is a setting plan to bring the very best out of the customers. Davies Hotel also has a standby restaurant that supplies both African and Western dishes that will meet the varying appetites of its customers.
NATHANIEL AKHIGBE
