Alcotraz Penitentiary: Bristol's Prison-Themed Speakeasy
4.4
11 Ratings
Bristol City

Successfully smuggle your liquor past the Warden and serve your time with a covert supply of personalised cocktails. This is the bar behind bars, where the serving inmates are your bartenders, the guards are crooked and you become a part of the story. Welcome to Alcotraz Penitentiary, the first prison-themed speakeasy to come to Bristol!

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 1 All Saints’ St - Experience a world of contraband and corruption at Alcotraz, the world’s first immersive, prison-themed cocktail bar. Don an orange jumpsuit, navigate hidden cell blocks, and enjoy specially tailored cocktails while keeping your contraband liquor hidden from the corrupt guards and the prying eyes of The Warden.
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What's Included
  • Licensed Guide
  • Immersive theatre show
  • All ingredients to make you cocktails such as liqueurs, bitters, syrups, purees except the liquor
What's Not Included
  • Please bring your own base spirit such as gin, rum, whisky if you are wishing to enjoy cocktails.
Location
1 All Saints' St
All Saints' Street
Please line up outside the Penitentiary where a Guard will come and meet you for processing.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.4
(11 Ratings)
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400manda
Nov 4, 2024
Great Night Out with a Difference - Really good night out. Excellent organisation all in all. Funny experience and actors were amazing. Good for groups especially. Good value for money and drinks were good. Fabulous. Would recommend for sure.
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S111dnsophiec
Oct 1, 2024
Amazing!! - From start to finish the whole experience was amazing. The actors were brilliant at their roles and put on a great show that was well thought out. Sometimes we were unable to hear the actors during scenes but not reflective on them more so on the big group in that seemed to be a little rowdy. We were skeptical about the whole no menu and bringing booze In. But we were so impressed, T our bartender is a very talented lady and made us the best! We only wish the experience lasted longer
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Sarahaj4272qz
Sep 15, 2024
Worth every penny. - Everything about this experience was great, the actors were brilliant as were the cocktail. I’d definitely come back again.
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I2113rpameliad
Aug 26, 2024
We loved every moment. 🍹 - Having previously been to the London Alcotraz and having a fantastic time. Was very excited to also visit the Bristol venue and I wasn’t let down. I was so impressed with different storyline and the actors. Bristol Alcotraz was more lighthearted and funny compared and i personally felt way more immersed. The staff were incredibly attentive and made the most wonderful, beautiful cocktails. Actors was so interactive with us and we absolutely loved willmont and gill.❤️ Loved both my Alcotraz experiences they were both so unique. I made so many memories. Highly recommend going if you fancy a different fun night out!
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Sammye957
Jul 29, 2024
What a show!! - Such a fun comical prison experience. Our bartender made us the most tasty cocktails. While we got to watch a funny light hearted storyline unfold throughout. You can also be as involved with the story as you like, we got involved and helped the characters find clues and dirt on the warden. Worth every penny.💙
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Swifty2386
Jul 7, 2024
Highly recommended! - So much fun!! Surprised a friend with this for her hen do. We all absolutely loved it! I didn’t expect it to be so funny! Couldn’t fault it. Incredible actors and all the cocktails were so, so good! Even with a few groups there, it still felt very personal. They give each group individual attention and it was such a fun and very unique experience. Loved it! Will definitely be recommending this to others and coming back too! Thanks for a great experience!
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151nataliew
Jun 24, 2024
Absolutely loved the whole experience and cannot recommend enough. - Absolutely loved the whole experience and cannot recommend enough. We were unsure what to expect and it fully surpassed any expectations. The immersive experience is so much fun, you can be as involved or not as you like. If you stay quiet you won’t be singled out, if you want to be fully involved chat away and be lively and the actors will bring you more into it. We weren’t sure about the smuggling drinks in, don’t worry about that they’ve got it covered. Just turn up and they’ll tell you the rest. There’s plenty of time in between the ‘scenes’ to chat, take photos and enjoy the drinks and take in the ‘cell’ experience. The actors were all fab and so were the support team. Thank you for making it a fun, memorable day.
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Jhh1991
Aug 11, 2024
Prison wasn’t as fun as it was cracked up to be - Not much fun, there needs to be a rethink on how to make this more exciting, for the price it’s really quite poor, cocktails just need to be included as there isn’t a contraband smuggling process as such you just walk in with it and then hand to the “kitchen workers” (myself and friends were excited about this part as we were discussing where we would hide it ect, the information given over sold the experience) Cocktails were very sweet and made two of our group physically sick all night (not because they were intoxicated). Not sure if we were there on a off night but I will not recommend to others
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Stevenjmuir
Sep 29, 2024
Alcatraz Bristol - We booked this experience for our friends birthday. Brought our own drink which we didn’t get all of what we brought, it’s starts at 1900 but we eventually got in there at 1920 then the experience finished at 2055?? The experience itself was tame and no value at all. Staff were friendly enough but another group was asked to leave and they didn’t seem like they done anything wrong with that staff saying they broke the rules? Felt like the joke Willy Wonka in Glasgow do not waste your money or time.
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From $59
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up to 15 guests
1 Adult
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).