Have Your Alcohol And Take It Away Too At Midway Bar, Bhimtal

Midway Bar in Bhimtal lies bang in the middle of the market stretch, 10 minutes away from the lake. They give you the option to fix yourself a stiff drink right there and then, or get your alcohol packed.

If you’re a frequent visitor to the hills, you know that you can’t afford to be too choosy about your choice of poison; most thekas have a very limited variety of liquor brands {we even came across one which sold only beer}. Midway Bar is the answer to all these woes.

Apart from the usual Smirnoff vodka {they even had green apple}, we spotted some wines, rums, gins and beer- all brands that we know and love.

As is traditional with any bar, with drinks, comes food. Midway Bar serves the usual snack-y spicy starters. Think chicken tikka, chilli chicken, paneer tikka etc. And masala peanuts, of course.

But what really impressed us here was the jugaad potential. We wanted a quarter of orange Smirnoff vodka and even though they only had a brand new full bottle, they were more than willing to open it and pour it in a smaller bottle as per our quantity requirements. Customer satisfaction, level 9,000.

The ambience here isn’t great and it’s pretty male-dominated. However we’d recommend a pit stop at Midway Bar to stock up on alcohol for all the days you’re going to be spending in the hills.