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surely would not pass a safety inspection - and a good place to hang out for a few hours
or catch a football or rugby match on the bar TV.
Drinking & Entertainment
Bars and restaurants aren't allowed to sell alcohol after 11pm (nightclubs after 2am); the
selling of alcohol is prohibited everywhere Sunday.
Lusaka nightclubs like
Roma House
(609 Zambezi Rd)
near Bongwe Barn play inter-
national house music on Friday and Saturday nights; Club 101 in Arcades Shopping
Centre, next to the indoor entrance to the Protea Hotel, occasionally has foam parties; and
Vegas and the Lounge in Northmead are safe spots to let your hair down. The pub at the
www.ichotelsgroup.com
;
Haile Selassie Ave; )
is good for watching English Premier
League and rugby on the telly, as is O'Hagan's, though it's less conveniently located in
Kabulonga. Most of the hotels, from backpackers to the top-end places, have their own
bars.
Levy Junction and Manda Hill Shopping Centres have stylish and state-of-the-art Fresh
View Cinemas and Ster-Kinekor is at Arcades (tickets from ZMW16).
The busy casino at Arcades Shopping Centre is one of the most popular in the city, es-
pecially with Chinese businessmen and visitors.
Rhapsody's
(Great East Road, Arcades Shopping Centre)
This place, combined with a large restaur-
ant, is an upmarket option for a drink. The large open-air space includes a bar and a good
selection of South African wines and spirits. It's mainly frequented by well-to-do Zambi-
ans, expats and NGO workers. Live music is on tap Tuesdays from 9pm onwards.
BAR
BAR
Polo Grill
(2374 Nangwenya Rd; 8am-midnight)
A large, open-air bar under an enormous thatch
roof overlooking a huge, well-kept polo field (where you can occasionally catch a live
match). It's all rather incongruous for Lusaka, but an exceedingly pleasant place to knock
back a few Mosis and catch some live music.
O'Hagans
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