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Cocktail Reviews of Bobby’s Bar

As someone who never liked beer and had at best a complicated relationship with wine (I consider white wine to be drinkable, if the goal is to get tipsy or drunk, but I assert that it is better before fermentation), I relatively early on became a fan of cocktails. As such it didn’t take me long to discover Bobby’s Bar when I moved to Eindhoven, though I only started going there on a more regular basis once I found a really cute girlfriend that was willing to join me.

“Cocktails” are of course a very wide variety of drinks and very heavily dependent on the individual one, so I decided to start this review page, in part also to keep track for myself of what I liked and how much money I wasted. 😊

50 Shades of Velvet

Menu
Dessert and Nightcap @ Bobby’s Kleine Berg
Price
12.50 €
Ingredients
Licor 43, Averna amaro, chocolate syrup, beetroot juice, lemon, egg white
Number ordered (since )
1

Has a fruity and sweet taste that is not as pointed as on many other sweet cocktails, but rather rounded and soft, almost creamy.

a velvet colored cocktail in a cone-shaped glass.
Velvet it is, even if 50 shades might be an overstatement…

Black Orchid

Menu
Sweet & Fruity @ Bobby’s Kleine Berg
Price
14.50 €
Ingredients
Black rice infused Bloom Jasmine & Rose gin, lychee liqueur, pandan liqueur, almond syrup, plum bitters, lemon bitters
Number ordered (since )
1

This was recommended to us as being a bit “funky”, after Senna expressed her desire for the unusual at an order.

Both of us agreed though that it was a lot less crazy that for example the older “Fire in my Seoul”, or even the “Kimchi Cure” and instead is quite a bit more down to earth.

Both of us associated its taste with black berries, which is especially interesting, given that it doesn’t contain them.

Senna: It’s just nice and fruity. I think I’m drinking some fruit juices.

A dark red cocktail with an ice ball and flower pieces in it.
Some people seem to be concerned about the black rice infusion, but we didn’t really notice it.

Bourbon Butter

Menu
Spiced and Smokey @ Bobby’s Stratumseind
Price
13.50 €
Ingredients
Bulleit bourbon, chai syrup, vanilla syrup, maple syrup, lemon
Number ordered (since )
1

A cocktail in the smokey and spicey section of the menu that I was hoping to be less so than the others, based on the ingredients, though I have to report that it definitely is on the smokey side of things. No shade to people who like that, but I’m not one of them, so I don’t intent to order another one.

Cake in the Hut

Menu
Specials Winter 2025/2026 @ Bobby’s Kleine Berg
Price
13.00 €
Ingredients
Coffee infused Eristoff vodka, frangelico, banana liqueur, kahlua, chocolate bitters, whipped cream
Number ordered (since )
1

Comes with a firm “kick” of strong alcohol that hides under a cover of chocolate cream.

Maybe best thought of as a white Ukrainian with plenty of chocolate and mouse added to it. The banana taste is not very strong, which I like, since I’m not a fan of bananas.

A dark brown cocktail covered by a thick layer of white cream.
An even more unhealthy White Ukrainian…

Call me Rafaello

Menu
Desert and Nightcap @ Bobby’s Stratumseind
Price
13.50 €
Ingredients
Disaronno amaretto, Malibu coconut rum-liqueur, white chocolate syrup, coconut cream, cream
Number ordered (since )
1

A nice sweat and creamy cocktail. Not the most exciting thing ever, but certainly worth a try.

Let’s Go Nuts

Menu
Specials Winter 2025/2026
Price
12.50 €
Ingredients
Pistachio infused Eristoff vodka, Disaronno, licor 43, honey syrup, coconut cream, pistachio aroma
Number ordered (since )
2

A very solid creamy and sweat cocktail that is part of the Winter 2025/2026 signature cocktails. I like it, but I can’t help the feeling that there are even better alternatives at a similar price point.

A white creamy cocktail.
If you like nuts and cream, this one is for you.

Madame Brulée

Menu
Dessert and Nightcap @ Bobby’s Kleine Berg
Ingredients
Licor 43, vanilla liqueur, vanilla syrup, cream, egg yolk
Price
13.00 €
Number ordered (since )
1 (But quite a few before)

The taste is very vanilla heavy, approaching pudding, but with a clear note of alcohol that causes more of a change to the mouth feel than to the actual taste.

Overall a clear favorite of mine and one of my most common orders at Kleine Berg.

Senna: Pretty basic sweet and creamy cocktail with a little bit of that crème brûlée taste.

A yellow cocktail with three raspberries.
If you don’t know what else to order, this one is always an option…

Mango Nr. 5

Menu
Specials Summer 2025
Dessert and Nightcap @ Bobby’s Kleine Berg
Price
12.50 €
Ingredients
Eristoff vodka, Malibu coconut rum-liqueur , mango puree, white chocolate syrup, cream
Number ordered (since )
0 (But countless before)

This is a very delicious, sweet and creamy cocktail that was introduced as a signature Cocktail in Summer 2025.

My personal take is that replacing the Eristrov Vodka with Havana 3 does further improve the taste, adding a bit more “depth”.

Still, in either variation, this is an outstanding cocktail!

Milk & Whiskey

Menu
Specials Winter 2025/2026
Price
15.50 €
Ingredients
Oreo infused Dewar’s whiskey, chocolate syrup, chocolate bitters, whipped cream
Number ordered (since )
4

As someone who doesn’t like Whiskey: This one is outstanding and a firm recommendation. When I ordered it the first time, I ended up ordering a second one on the same evening, which is something I normally really try to avoid!

That said, I did find it to differ between Stratumseind and Kleine Berg, and came to the conclusion that I like it better at Stratumseind.

A dark cocktail with a thick layer of white cream and a small oreo on top of it.
I am not a big fan of whiskey. But this is something else!

Pump up the Jam

Menu
Specials Winter 2025/2026
Price
13.50 €
Ingredients
Mezcal, cherry syrup, hibiscus syrup, fig puree, fig jam, lime
Number ordered (since )
2

As the ingredient list may already suggest, this one is rather fruity and pretty good.

A red cocktail
A solid choice for something fruity

Scroll’s of the Nile

Menu
Specials Winter 2025/2026
Price
14.00 €
Ingredients
Date infused Bacardi Carta Oro, fig liqueur, galliano, sandalwood bitters
Number ordered (since )
1

Overall a good cocktail and something I might order again, but not outstanding.

Smoky S’More

Menu
Spiced & Smokey @ Bobby’s Kleine Berg
Price
15.50 €
Ingredients:
Marshmallow infused whiskey, smokehead whiskey, averna, maple syrup, cocoa bitters
Number ordered (since )
1

Given that I don’t like smokey tastes in my cocktails, this one was a very pleasant surprise: While the smoke is definitely there, it is accompanied by a pointed sweetness that is only exacerbated, if one takes a bite of the Marshmallow that it is served with and lets it and the cocktail mix in one’s mouth.

Overall a clear recommendation for anyone who wants to tip their toes into smokey cocktails.

Senna: I like it, it is not overly smokey, but nice and balanced.

A glass bottle containing a yellow/brownish cocktail and a glass containing an large ice cube and a partially burned marshmallow on top of it.
Delivered in two pieces…
The cocktail in the glass, with the soaked marshmallow on top.
…so that you finalize it yourself.

Summer de La Muerte

Menu
Dessert and Nightcap @ Bobby’s Stratumseind
Price
13.00 €
Ingredients
Chili infused Jose Cuervo tequila, coffee liqueur, chocolate syrup, fresh espresso, cream
Number ordered (since )
1

Despite the “Chili infused”, this really wasn’t spicey, but rather tasted like a very sweet coffee. Overall a really nice one.

The Kimchi Cure

Menu
Specials Winter 2025/2026
Price
14.00 €
Ingredients
Bombay Sapphire gin, tomato juice, lemongrass syrup, lime, maggi aroma, kimchi, orange cream, saline solution
Number ordered (since )
2

A quite unusual cocktail, maybe leaning a bit towards the savory side? In any case it definitely has a firm note of tomato juice, which shouldn’t be surprising given the ingredients.

I definitely prefer it over the “Fire in my Seoul” that was part of the previous “Specials”.

A red cocktail with a green plant part and a black straw in it.
For those who want “weird”. 😊