With more variety across the city than ever, it can be easy to write off a lot of Nottingham's bars and pubs as lending themselves to gimmicks.

We've got city centre bars that serve milkshakes and pot noodles at 1am while others pride themselves on hidden underground rooms - it can be easy to turn your nose up at what's on offer.

I'm sure many people would put one of Nottingham's newest bars, NQ64, in that category too. Selling itself as a bar full of 1980s arcade machines and retro consoles - with a full list of video game-themed cocktails to go with it - it might seem like it's got all the makings of another gimmick.

Yet, following a recent visit to NQ64 myself, I found it to be quite the opposite. See, I was quite sceptical about a bar where the focus was playing on arcade machines.

Sure, that sounds fun for a while - but is it really something you can spend your whole night doing? And how much extra would it cost you to use the machines on top of buying your drink?

It's safe to say the bar - which opened in the former........

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