Pubs for quiet people?

Shtanto · 30-06-2012 10:31pm #1

Greetings Boardsies,

Is there any such thing as a pub that's basically a library? No noisy TV, implausibly massive audio system, 100^16" TV screen (see what I did there?), plenty books, and an affordable pint? And there'd be the odd night in the week when they'd play prog rock. The kind of pub you'd find riddled with civil servants on the prowl for like minded civil servants/people.

Any such thing? Do I have to open the place for myself? Or would it simply be quicker to pop a few sleeping pills and dream of it? :pac:

Mr.Crinklewood · 30-06-2012 10:32pm

Would moist turtles be welcome in said pub?

Jen Pigs Fly · 30-06-2012 10:33pm

You mean a pub for boring people

:pac:

El Guapo! · 30-06-2012 10:33pm

Get a few cans and stay at home.

frozenfrozen · 30-06-2012 10:34pm

Have you considered heroin?

I hope you haven't because that would be wrong

Toby Take a Bow · 30-06-2012 10:36pm

Well, there is the library bar.

It fits your description nearly perfectly, bar the prog rock, but to be honest, the prog rock bit sounds horrible.

Littlehorny · 30-06-2012 10:36pm

Theres a name for a pub like that with no craic and no atmosphere-
Bankrupt

Ficheall · 30-06-2012 10:37pm

Muddy Maher's in Woodquay might have suited you, OP. It was a lovely spot.
Unfortunately they closed down due to the lack of business.

Joe10000 · 30-06-2012 10:37pm

Like a library most nights and plays prog. rock the odd night....mmm.. now why isn't there somewhere like this....

Thatnastyboy · 30-06-2012 10:43pm

My local :pac:

There was 5 people in it last night, and 4 last friday night,

But there's 8 people there tonight, WAAY to busy so I came home

DEFTLEFTHAND · 30-06-2012 10:50pm

Most small country towns will have at least one "auld fella" pub where there's no distractions and hard drinking and good banter and debate is encouraged. I love these places.

fasttalkerchat · 30-06-2012 10:53pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Most small country towns will have at least one "auld fella" pub where there's no distractions and hard drinking and good banter and debate is encouraged. I love these places.

Aul' man pubs are brilliant!

We used to head to a place that was buzzing between 9 and 11 then people moved on to clubs and it was nice and relaxed. That's what you want sometimes.

ejmaztec · 30-06-2012 10:53pm

People looking for a quiet pub usually end up in the local park drinking from a bottle wrapped in a brown paper bag.

Thatnastyboy · 30-06-2012 10:55pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

People looking for a quiet pub usually end up in the local park drinking from a bottle wrapped in a brown paper bag.

OOOH a park eh, nothing like that around here :pac:

Diego Maradona · 30-06-2012 10:58pm

Bring a few cans to a library

mikemac1 · 30-06-2012 11:09pm

You are looking for an old mans pub

There is one in every town in Ireland

Where are you OP?

Shtanto wrote: »

And there'd be the odd night in the week when they'd play prog rock.

And now I feel old as I don't know what prog rock is

Chuck Stone · 30-06-2012 11:10pm

In Cork City centre there's a bar like a big living room in the Victoria Hotel - I/we used to go there to get away from the bangin' music and pretentiousness - sometimes I'd go by myself after ghosting*

*ghosting is when you don't tell anyone and just head off.

KeithM89_old · 30-06-2012 11:12pm

Someone should open one and call it the 'Library-Inn'.
Geddit??

/crickets

gara · 30-06-2012 11:18pm

I just ate the nicest sandwich

Fulton Crown · 01-07-2012 12:21am

gara wrote: »

I just ate the nicest sandwich

Kookumber / Hang / Dill Pickles.....I'm fcukin right arn't I.

(Hang cut off the bone)

Dribbling on the Keyboard........:D

Shtanto · 01-07-2012 12:26am

All helpful suggestions there. Based on what I'm reading, it sounds like I ought to be in a hotel type setting of some sort. There are a lot of old man pubs nearby too.

@mikemac: This is prog rock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfVD8n2yK5Y

Firegaurd · 01-07-2012 12:39am

Chuck Stone wrote: »

In Cork City centre there's a bar like a big living room in the Victoria Hotel .

Think thats closed about 5 years.

I can understand the OP though. Went to my local tonight and there was a 21st on with close on about 200 people in a pub that should only have 50 in it. To make matters worse the partys oul ones were trying to walk through the crowd carrying trays of ham sandwiches that nobody wants.

So few cans of bulmers at home instead.

Richard Hillman · 01-07-2012 1:08am

The leeson lounge

Mickey H · 01-07-2012 1:13am

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

OOOH a park eh, nothing like that around here :pac:

Try a field...

Mushy · 01-07-2012 1:29am

Ive just had pints and now started listening to Cygnus X-1....they would work a dream together. All that is needed would be some fine ales.

Im only 23 and want that type of night...blissful.

Spacedog · 01-07-2012 1:35am

I know a great bar, no loud music, loads of laid back chatty hot women, ratio female to male has gotta 2 to 1, drink is cheap, surrounds are warm and comfortable, lively atmosphere, friendly staff, comfortable couches and chairs around big tables that small groups are happy to share a drink and a chat over. hidden in plain view in the heart of Dublin city. The place is heaven and I plan on keeping it that way by not telling AH where it is.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 01-07-2012 1:41am

Spacedog wrote: »

I know a great bar, no loud music, loads of laid back chatty hot women, ratio female to male has gotta 2 to 1, drink is cheap, surrounds are warm and comfortable, lively atmosphere, friendly staff, comfortable couches and chairs around big tables that small groups are happy to share a drink and a chat over. hidden in plain view in the heart of Dublin city. The place is heaven and I plan on keeping it that way by not telling AH where it is.

Reveal this Mecca God Dammit! You can't tease us like this.

hayser · 01-07-2012 2:32am

Neary's on Clarendon Street is a nice and quiet bar. There's no music played as far as I can remember.

Local-womanizer · 01-07-2012 2:38am

I work in a pub like that.

the_syco · 01-07-2012 2:44am

Shtanto wrote: »

Any such thing?

Are ye in Cork, Galway, Belfast, or the other wee town, Dublin?

MultiUmm · 01-07-2012 3:03am

Spacedog wrote: »

I know a great bar, no loud music, loads of laid back chatty hot women, ratio female to male has gotta 2 to 1, drink is cheap, surrounds are warm and comfortable, lively atmosphere, friendly staff, comfortable couches and chairs around big tables that small groups are happy to share a drink and a chat over. hidden in plain view in the heart of Dublin city. The place is heaven and I plan on keeping it that way by not telling AH where it is.

Because it sounds like it doesn't exist? :P

pushkii · 01-07-2012 3:07am

+1 for fields or ditches

WoollyRedHat · 01-07-2012 5:55am

Shtanto wrote: »

Greetings Boardsies,

Is there any such thing as a pub that's basically a library? No noisy TV, implausibly massive audio system, 100^16" TV screen (see what I did there?), plenty books, and an affordable pint? And there'd be the odd night in the week when they'd play prog rock. The kind of pub you'd find riddled with civil servants on the prowl for like minded civil servants/people.

Any such thing? Do I have to open the place for myself? Or would it simply be quicker to pop a few sleeping pills and dream of it? :pac:

Howyra yeah no bother, just find a late night library, sure there is one somewhere, might be a french one, sneak in a bottle of wine or a shoulder, bring a stereo to blast a bit of explosions in the sky, while reading The Complete Works of Chaucer... in Latin.

Shenshen · 01-07-2012 10:34am

Shtanto wrote: »

Greetings Boardsies,

Is there any such thing as a pub that's basically a library? No noisy TV, implausibly massive audio system, 100^16" TV screen (see what I did there?), plenty books, and an affordable pint? And there'd be the odd night in the week when they'd play prog rock. The kind of pub you'd find riddled with civil servants on the prowl for like minded civil servants/people.

Any such thing? Do I have to open the place for myself? Or would it simply be quicker to pop a few sleeping pills and dream of it? :pac:

Where are you looking?
I know a handful of places like this down in Cork, and I love them to bits.

Tellies and painfully loud music =/= atmosphere, no matter what some Irish will tell you.
That's just an excuse for them not having to talk to people.

CodyJarrett · 01-07-2012 10:47am

Peter's Pub, South William Street.

Grogan's, South William Street.

The Long Hall, George's St.

Teyla Emmagan · 01-07-2012 10:58am

It's the requirement to meet like minded civil servants I find most odd here.

There's a brilliant little pub on George's Quay in town called Kennedy's. No tv, kinda retro looking in a 'hasn't actually been redecorated in 50 years way', barman has great taste in music and doesn't play any of it too loud, nice mix of people, from auld fellas to IFSC heads to college students. And they do a great pint. It's a gem of a pub.

Toby Take a Bow · 01-07-2012 11:05am

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

It's the requirement to meet like minded civil servants I find most odd here.

There's a brilliant little pub on George's Quay in town called Kennedy's. No tv, kinda retro looking in a 'hasn't actually been redecorated in 50 years way', barman has great taste in music and doesn't play any of it too loud, nice mix of people, from auld fellas to IFSC heads to college students. And they do a great pint. It's a gem of a pub.

Kennedys is great. There is a tv though (they were showing one of the football matches recently) but it's not on/hidden at night.

CodyJarrett · 01-07-2012 11:11am

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

It's the requirement to meet like minded civil servants I find most odd here.

There's a brilliant little pub on George's Quay in town called Kennedy's. No tv, kinda retro looking in a 'hasn't actually been redecorated in 50 years way', barman has great taste in music and doesn't play any of it too loud, nice mix of people, from auld fellas to IFSC heads to college students. And they do a great pint. It's a gem of a pub.

Used to be a haven of underage drinking in my younger days of trekking to the capital in search of pubs that would serve us. That whole area was in fact: Liffey Bar (now The Pint), The White Horse (now The Dark Horse).

01-07-2012 11:15am

Spacedog wrote: »

I know a great bar, no loud music, loads of laid back chatty hot women, ratio female to male has gotta 2 to 1, drink is cheap, surrounds are warm and comfortable, lively atmosphere, friendly staff, comfortable couches and chairs around big tables that small groups are happy to share a drink and a chat over. hidden in plain view in the heart of Dublin city. The place is heaven and I plan on keeping it that way by not telling AH where it is.

I'm pretty certain I know this place. "Drink is cheap" is a slight exaggeration though. I'd say it's normally priced, €4.60 for a Guinness.

Shtanto · 01-07-2012 11:23am

Aye, I've been to the Pint of Eden Quay a few times. Handily close to the luas stop. My friends are in bands that play there.

Now that the thread is well established, is it safe to tell ye that I don't drink on the grounds of a medical condition?

delad · 01-07-2012 12:41pm

Spacedog wrote: »

I know a great bar, no loud music, loads of laid back chatty hot women, ratio female to male has gotta 2 to 1, drink is cheap, surrounds are warm and comfortable, lively atmosphere, friendly staff, comfortable couches and chairs around big tables that small groups are happy to share a drink and a chat over. hidden in plain view in the heart of Dublin city. The place is heaven and I plan on keeping it that way by not telling AH where it is.

I know a place like this too in the city centre. Lovely comfortable leather sofa's, nice carpet, its like having a drink in your living room. No blaring music so you can have good banter, and excellant toilet facilities, no having to wade through pools of diarrhea and vomit to get to the urinal.

The place should be packed every night but never is, there's usually only about 7 or 8 other people in the place, its like having my own private bar in the city centre.

el diablo · 01-07-2012 1:22pm

delad wrote: »

I know a place like this too in the city centre. Lovely comfortable leather sofa's, nice carpet, its like having a drink in your living room. No blaring music so you can have good banter, and excellant toilet facilities, no having to wade through pools of diarrhea and vomit to get to the urinal.

Wow, where do you usually drink? :eek:

Lyaiera · 01-07-2012 2:01pm

There was a place like this in Cork. Unfortunately it was so good everyone told their friends now the place is packed pretty much every night.

1ZRed · 01-07-2012 2:02pm

Boring quiet people shouldn't go out. It kind of defeats the purpose of going out. You know to have a good time, get a little wasted and lively.

My best bet for you is to start drinking at your book club (which I presume you're already in)

holystungun9 · 01-07-2012 2:09pm

KeithM89 wrote: »

Someone should open one and call it the 'Library-Inn'.
Geddit??

/crickets

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz/crickets snoozing

:pac:

1ZRed · 01-07-2012 2:27pm

holystungun9 wrote: »

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz/crickets snoozing

:pac:

I thought it was more of a tumble weed moment myself

gara · 01-07-2012 5:25pm

Fulton Crown wrote: »

Kookumber / Hang / Dill Pickles.....I'm fcukin right arn't I.

(Hang cut off the bone)

Dribbling on the Keyboard........:D

Close, but no cigar! :pac: Also, cucumber in a sandwich, wtf? Dude you need to start taking your sandwiches seriously!

John Doe1 · 01-07-2012 6:03pm

One word: coppers

biko · 01-07-2012 6:21pm

There's a few around in Galway, nice to be able to enjoy pints and chat without drunk dickheads and loud pop blaring on the sound system.

Spacedog · 02-07-2012 2:41am

delad wrote: »

I know a place like this too in the city centre. Lovely comfortable leather sofa's, nice carpet, its like having a drink in your living room. No blaring music so you can have good banter, and excellant toilet facilities, no having to wade through pools of diarrhea and vomit to get to the urinal.

The place should be packed every night but never is, there's usually only about 7 or 8 other people in the place, its like having my own private bar in the city centre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf5FRPfGiC8

frank reynolds · 05-07-2012 11:02am

Shtanto wrote: »

Greetings Boardsies,

Is there any such thing as a pub that's basically a library? No noisy TV, implausibly massive audio system, 100^16" TV screen (see what I did there?), plenty books, and an affordable pint? And there'd be the odd night in the week when they'd play prog rock. The kind of pub you'd find riddled with civil servants on the prowl for like minded civil servants/people.

Any such thing? Do I have to open the place for myself? Or would it simply be quicker to pop a few sleeping pills and dream of it? :pac:

that sounds like absolute hell

Pubs for quiet people?

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