Welcome back to our pub of the week feature, where we give a venue in Ipswich its moment in the spotlight.
This week we went on a little team trip to Boom Battle Bar in the Buttermarket centre.
While it's obviously not a pub, it is a bar, and fits the criteria for this feature.
Boom Battle Bar provides a great service in Ipswich, doing something that no other venue in the town does, which is more of a games and activities spot.
Whether you want to release some steam by throwing an axe, have a game of beer pong or sing your heart out in the Karaoke booths, there is something for everyone to do.
That's what is so great about this place, it gives people an activity to do if you're looking for something a little more fun than just sitting in a pub.
There are of course, lots of seats around the venue for people to sit if they want that sort of thing, but if you're there, you're most likely going to do at least one of the activities.
I have been a few times, I have done a lot of the things the place has to offer.
This time, when we went, we did the 'crazier' golf, which is good fun and is very different to normal crazy golf.
Nine holes, not your normal golf, including catapults, mazes, and races.
We won't talk about the results (spoiler, I came last).
The bar is well stocked at the venue, with lots of options for different people.
Wine, beer, cider, craft ales, shots, bombs, cocktails - there's something for everyone.
They even share jugs for a set price.
The venue also does food, known as Boom Bites, so it's not meals, but you can get snacks and singular items like chicken wings or bites, burgers, loaded fries and even empanadas.
The main draw of the bar though, are the range of activities on offer.
The venue offers axe throwing, shuffleboard, augmented reality darts, augmented reality batting cage, American pool, beer pong, ping pong, karaoke, basketball machines and crazier golf.
Each activity costs different and takes a different amount of time to complete.
Golf costs £9 per person, while things like axe throwing and karaoke costs a total price which is obviously cheaper if you have more people to split the cost between.
Time for the history part of the feature.
Boom Battle Bar is obviously not historic, it's a new concept across the country, or at least it was when it came to the town.
Boom Battle Bar opened in the former Coast to Coast unit at Buttermarket Shopping Centre at the end of April in 2022.
The unit had been empty since 2020 prior to that.
£1.2million was spent to transform the space into what it is today, with Boom Battle Bar saying at the time: "The thing with Boom is, we looked at other successful bars, we're not the only axe throwing place in the world, we are not the only shuffleboard place in the world and we are not the only darts place in the world, but we're the only place you can do it all under one roof.
"That is what draws people to boom, you don't have to go to three or four venues, you don't have to break it up, you can do it all in one night."
Since opening, it has gone on to be a popular spot for hen dos, stag dos, Christmas parties, work dos or just something to do with friends.
I will obviously be going back more in the future to try out more of the activities they have to offer.
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