Drinking alcohol, wines and beer.

Taking any of these is the culture here in Kampala during the night. Beers, wines and other forms of alcohol are available at every pub and bar in Kampala. These include local brands like Nile special, Bell Lager, Tusker, Club, Moon berg and Pilsner Lager to mention but a few alongside imported brands from South Africa, Italy, France and England. Brands like Scottish whiskey, John Walker among others can easily be spotted here in Uganda. It is also quite interesting to try out the locally brewed tonic locally referred to as Uganda Waragi made out Banana juice.

Night Clubs Kampala

Kampala city has a range of places (pubs, clubs and bars) to hang out from and these include;

Bubbles Olearly’s Pub.

This is located on Acacia Avenue and is an Irish Pub in Kampala. It offers genuine hangout with theme nights, wide screens for International sports and cold beers.

Kyoto Restaurant.

This is located on Shimon road and at Centenary park serving fine steaks, grilled meats and cold beers. The staff is awesome and the music is averagely loud favoring weekend and evening hangouts.

Fat Boyz

This is situated in Kisementi with mob wines and cold beers amidst loud music. Grilled meats and fast foods are also available and chilling is in cozy furniture. White revelers are always in attendance.

Wagadugu

this is situated close Kisementi and is entirely African. The company is a mixture of blacks and whites all enjoying cold beers and wines which are relatively cheaper than in other areas. The raised terrace offers great night sights of Kampala.

Boda Boda

This is situated on the rooftop of Garden City and is a favorite for the Kampala’s corporate world. The drinks (beers) are cheap coupled with grilled meats, cock tails, fine food, good staff and music. Dance floors and pool tables are available to take you through the night.

Mateos

located on Kampala road works 24/7 offering up market cocktails, ice cream, cold soft drinks and beer. It is a perfect place to start your night fun in Kampala.

Kansanga and Kabalagala suburbs are very live throughout the night with a multitude of bars, pubs and clubs including;

Capital Pub

This is a hot spot in Kabalagala comprised of five (5) different bars with pool tables and good music to band the whole night. This grass thatched pub has wooden stools and a ceiling that is high vaulted. It is open 24/7 and the company includes many whites and few Ugandans. Night business ladies are always in attendance.

Al’s Bar

This is found in Kansanga and opens 24/7 serving beers, wines alongside pool tables and music. It is so interesting in the late hours of the night in Kansanga since most dwellers complete their night trail at this bar. It’s known for drinking and dancing to the maximum with lots of prostitutes. However be conscious of your property.

Hunter’s Pub

This is also in Kansanga and is famous for its Sunday reggae nights that pull lots of Rastafarian and upcoming reggae artists in Kampala city. The nights are full of grilled meats and drinks.

Half London

This pub is in Kansanga and is more reserved to hangout from with pool table; beers, grilled meats and music. Prostitutes are always in attendance.

Rock Garden

This is at Speke Hotel in the upscale Kampala. It’s an open terrace with bars and restaurants cozy for hanging the whole night. The adjacent street is a home of prostitutes waiting for men to give them business. The place overlooks

Sheraton Hotel

The food is great though expensive.

Club Obligato.

This is located along Bombo road at little flowers bat valley complex. It is the best place to watch the Afrigo band – one of the oldest music brands in Uganda live. It has theme weekend nights, visiting Ugandan artists and live band with a recap of 80s and 90s.

Sabrina’s Pub

This is also along Bombo road close to Club Obligato. It has a range of pool tables, bars and a big stage for performances including Karaoke. Ugandan musicians always do some shows there during the weekend.

Rhino Bar

This is at Sheraton Kampala Hotel. It is always crowded and booming on Fridays and Saturdays as the revelers try to gain momentum to hit night long clubs of Silk and Angenoir.

As earlier mentioned, Kampala also has Super clubs whose primary product is dancing. These include;

Club Silk

This is Kampala’a number one dance spot containing two dance floors and fantastic music played by in-house Djs, fine bars and theme nights. Silk Royale section caters for VIPs and contains exclusive facilities for high end clientele. Uganda’s Musicians always check in for a dance.

Guvnor

Formerly Angenoir, it is so far the best night club in Kampala with VIP section and members section (Ange Mystique). It has world class lights, floor and great architecture. Customized nights are also available. It is located in the industrial area.

Club Rouge

This is a re-known night spot and interesting in the early hours of the night. The atmosphere is warm and classy. Despite the small dancing space, the lounge is always packed and is reputable for hosting international artists like Brick n lace, Shaggy, Sean Kingston is a famous spot and club to visit during the early hours of the night.
Other night clubs include; Amnesia and 9 degrees in Kampala; T1 in Ntinda, Casablanca in Kololo among others.

Comedy nights

There is great standup comedy in Uganda and Kampala in particular. Comedy shows always take place at National theatre every Thursday, theatre factory Hotel Africana, Pablo at Open House Bombo Road on Wednesday and other famous happening places in Kampala.

Prominent comedians in Uganda