I discovered Bar Ezperanza last week although people tell me it has been in York for about a year now. Obviously I need to get more up to date on nightlife updates in York!
Anyway it is above a restaurant and it's like a cocktail/club/nice place to go for a drink and a dance. The area where you enter the building before going upstairs to the club has a great 'holiday' vibe to it. There are tables outside from the restaurant part and there are lights and music as well as a couple of other entrances to other bar, making for a good atmosphere with a busy vibe.
The bar itself is quite modern and nice looking, they sell normal drinks like beers and spirits and they also sell a nice range of cocktails. Most drinks seemed to be a fiver each which isn't the cheapest but this is the kind of place I would go later in the night (meaning I would have already drunk a fair bit and wouldn't need to buy many more drinks!)
I had a couple of cocktails when I went which tasty, if my memory serves me correctly.
The music they play is good for dancing to and is mainly current pop music and chart stuff, as well as a few classics.
Would definitely go back again as I think York has been lacking a decent cocktail bar with a dancefloor for a while now! read more