Boilermaker is a Siolim bar co-founded by Pankaj Balachandran and Nakul Bhonsle. Tatler describes cocktails alongside craft beer and regional bar bites.
Description source · Checked 2026-10-08
Tatler’s description of the Siolim bar; publication date is not stated.
Plan Your Visit
Church, Vaddi Siolim . Enroute Thalassa from, opposite Vailanka Wine store, Siolim, Goa 403517, IndiaSiolim
Check before visiting. Sources disagree about hours; confirm the latest details with the venue.
- Style
- Relaxed, open-air Goa cocktail and craft-beer bar.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Menu
- Tatler describes draught beer, ales, cocktails and regional bar bites.Checked 2026-10-02 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
41.7 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 70.8
- World's 50 Best
- 44.0
- Top 500 Bars
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 95.4
- Serious press
- 12.2
- Social Vibes
- 60.9
Guest-shift adjustment · −15%
Our annual audit records 8 hosted guest-shift dates. The published rule reduces the composite above seven dates to favor a consistent core bar experience.
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
87/ 100
The existing 87/100 remains the historical proprietary read. This check qualifies cited sources without recalculating the score.
Score context
Alvira DSouza’s professional account praises the drinks, hospitality and food at Boilermaker in Siolim and includes comments from a founder. The excerpt concerns a prawn-and-chorizo dish paired with cocktails; it is not a broad guest consensus.
Guest sources checked:
Publication and posting dates are distinct from visit dates. The original score, confidence and stored evidence remain unchanged.
Guest score details
What the cited sources say
- The reviewer praises drinks, hospitality and food.
Source excerpt
“the kind of dish that locks itself into your memory forever. Paired with the cocktails, it was unbeatable.”
The source excerpt is professional review prose by Alvira DSouza about a dish paired with cocktails.
Source: thegourmetedit.com (linked below)
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- thegourmetedit.comAlvira DSouza — The Gourmet Edit · 19 September 2025; exact visit date unknown
First-person professional review and founder interview at Boilermaker in Siolim. The preserved excerpt specifically praises the prawn-and-chorizo dish paired with cocktails; it is not broad customer consensus.
Crowd signal
Google 4.6★ across 402 reviews.
View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
World’s 50 Best
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.