Bull & Bush Pub

About this place Bull & Bush Pub

The Bull & Bush is Gaborone's most enduring expat institution — a pub-style bar that has been operating for decades and that draws the city's international community: aid workers, mining professionals, diplomats, and NGO staff alongside Batswana regulars. In a city without dedicated gay venues, it functions as the most reliably LGBTQ+-welcoming social space precisely because its clientele is international and its culture is expat-tolerant rather than locally conservative. The beer garden is the main attraction — a large outdoor space that fills up in the evenings with a cross-section of Gaborone's professional class. Food is pub-style and solid. No dress code, no attitude. For LGBTQ+ visitors to Gaborone, this is the most comfortable starting point for an evening out.