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Bar, Spanish, British, Pub, Wine Bar
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Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Cash Only, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards
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Reviewed 2 September 2023

Great staff. Super friendly and inviting. Would definitely recommend a visit for a great night out.

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 19 February 2023 via mobile

Beautiful decor, lovely vibe, amazing food and mocktails and prices are incredibly cheap but unfortunately, the service is incredibly slow. Unless you are having Shisha, you are ignored! No table service, you have to go to the counter and order which makes no sense considering...how beautiful the place looks. My friend ordered 2 drinks and we waited 20 mins for them to arrive. I also think they need to separate people doing shisha and people just having food otherwise you are surrounded by smoke and Shisha blowing all other your face and food. Maybe have a separate lounge for only shisha. This place only do mocktails and not alcoholic cocktails which we were not aware. Only nice for a few “instagramable” pictures and a tiktok review but other than that, nothing special.More

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 28 December 2020

Hiya I visited your drive thru sheesha today. It was a really bad experience. I usually do come to the lounge and I have never had any complaints. But the sheesha was awful, the staff were very polite and nice and did change the sheesha...for us. I also ordered a cookie dough and it came burnt. It was changed but i got given a fork to eat cookie dough and ice cream with? I asked for a spoon. Ofcourse i waited until i got a spoon but the staff member came back and told me there were no spoons available. So by the time I waited for a spoon my cookie dough was all stuck to the paper i couldnt even eat it. The ice cream was put on top of the cookie dough which meant the middle was completely stuck to the paper. It was just an awful experience. The second sheesha took 20minutes to come back out. We were there for roughly 30 - 30minutes before we even got to have the sheesha. We will definitely not be returning it was such a bad experience.More

Date of visit: December 2020
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Reviewed 9 November 2019

Popped in as we were early for our dinner booking. We are real fans of a decent cocktail and these were excellent. Great chilled setting, friendly staff and a brilliant deal on the 2 for 1. We will be back

Date of visit: November 2019
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Reviewed 28 October 2019 via mobile

Visited with friends on a night out. Nice and airy with friendly staff. Tried a nice drink called a Bramble! Very busy and popular drinking and meeting place.

Date of visit: October 2019
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Reviewed 26 August 2019

Well I’ve drank cocktails on cruises, in Vegas , New York, many places in Europe but I have to say Aura’s are the best , everyone I had were beautiful and I sunk a few , staff really friendly, well worth a visit especially happy...hour 🍸🍸 cheers for a good nightMore

Date of visit: August 2019
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Reviewed 24 April 2019 via mobile

Excellent little bar very friendly and it was a great night.Nice lounge upstairs to chill in also.Well worth a visit.

Date of visit: April 2019
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Reviewed 29 January 2019

I visited here with a female companion during a Saturday evening in January 2019. She had recommended the venue, especially the cocktails. Quite a trendy spot for Kettering - very enjoyable knocking back cocktails in very nice surroundings. I can recommend the Thunder Beer (it...combines two of my favourite things - craft beer and caramel). Would definitely be keen to come back to work my way through some more of the cocktail menu.More

Date of visit: January 2019
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Reviewed 2 October 2018 via mobile

Great place with lots of cocktails choices, friendly staff great atmosphere, good vibes would go there again that's for sure recommend it.

Date of visit: December 2017
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Reviewed 8 December 2017

This place is in a great location. Inside is chilled and relaxing. Good for an evening out for couples or friends. I'm planning to take my squad next time.

Date of visit: August 2017
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Reviewed 24 August 2017

We visited midweek early in the evening before going for a meal. Cocktails were two for one (you had to have two the same - or find a friend who likes the same drink as you)! It wasn't busy at all but as it is...rather small it didn't seem too empty. Staff were friendly and explained the drinks menu and drinks were served promptly. Would definitely visit again.More

Date of visit: August 2017
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Aura K, General Manager at Aura Bar & Lounge, responded to this reviewResponded 29 August 2017

Thank you very much for your review! Hope to see you again soon. Kind Regards, The Aura Team.

Reviewed 23 May 2017

We went here for a girls night out. The cocktails were lovely and reasonably priced and the service was very good too

Date of visit: May 2017
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Aura K, General Manager at Aura Bar & Lounge, responded to this reviewResponded 4 August 2017

Thank you very much for your review. Hope to see you again soon!

Reviewed 27 March 2017 via mobile

Been a few years since I was in here. It was a different bar back then. It certainly looks a lot better now. The whole place is decorated to a high standard throughout and has a nice feel to it. We popped in for some...early 2 for 1 cocktails on Saturday which is a good deal and the cocktails were tasty. Not very busy due to time of day but some pleasant people in there and nice staff. Upstairs function room looked nice and the toilets had certainly had a great makeover! Will use again.More

Date of visit: March 2017
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Aura K, General Manager at Aura Bar & Lounge, responded to this reviewResponded 4 August 2017

Thank you so much for your reveiw, we're glad you had a pleasant time with us. Hope to see you again soon!

Reviewed 13 March 2017

Bar service was incredibly slow, taking up to 20 minutes to get a drink. Nice venue for a small private partyMore

Date of visit: March 2017
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Aura K, General Manager at Aura Bar & Lounge, responded to this reviewResponded 4 August 2017

Thank you for your review. We're sorry that you had to wait a while for your drinks, unfortunatly cocktails do take time and care to create, we do try to work at a fast pace to accomodate everyone. Hope to see you again soon so...More

Reviewed 2 December 2016 via mobile

Only interested in selling and serving cocktails...very poor slow staff. This is the 2nd time we stood for 15mins without being served . Avoid this place if you fancy a pint!!More

Date of visit: December 2016
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Aura K, Manager at Aura Bar & Lounge, responded to this reviewResponded 4 December 2016

Good afternoon, we're sorry that you had to wait this amount of time to be served. We do try and work at a Fast pace and for customers to be served as quickly as possible. Could you tell us what day and time this was...More

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