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Should an English pub be opened in Dublin?

  • 03-05-2012 9:43am
    #1
    Lionel Messy
    Site Banned Posts: 612 ✭✭✭


    There's Irish pubs in every major, and alot of non major English cities and towns but not vice versa. I'm talking ROI here. Alot of english come here just to get locked. I wouldn't have a problem with one, you might even get a pint of John Smith's but I think they would be intimidated and forced out by local gurriers.


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  • #2
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    NO

    Go away


  • #3
    FoxT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,204 ✭✭✭FoxT


    They should open one at Beal na Blath...


  • #4
    Fart
    Registered Users Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭Fart


    Of course they should be allowed.

    We need more ale on tap in Ireland.


  • #5
    who the fug
    Registered Users Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Define and English pub


  • #6
    frag420
    Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    Only if we can adorn it with Union Jacks, have bull dogs guarding the door and rangers jerseyes inside on the walls............................just to really piss of the small minded Celtic wannabe nationalist brigade. That is the only reason one should open an English bar in Dublin.................................and hot pot!!













    I know not all celtic fans are like that but the majority I have met sure are!!


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  • #7
    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Lionel Messy wrote: »
    There's Irish pubs in every major, and alot of non major English cities and towns but not vice versa. I'm talking ROI here. Alot of english come here just to get locked. I wouldn't have a problem with one, you might even get a pint of John Smith's but I think they would be intimidated and forced out by local gurriers.

    John Smith's is the Devils piss, why on earth would we want that manky stuff served over here? :confused:


  • #8
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    An English pub is just a shit attempt at an Irish pub. No question about that :cool:


  • #9
    WesternZulu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭WesternZulu


    Well most of the British pubs I have come across are soulless dumps lacking any character, or a chain of super-pubs, so I think we are ok how we are.


  • #10
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    frag420 wrote: »
    Only if we can adorn it with Union Jacks, have bull dogs guarding the door and rangers jerseyes inside on the walls............................just to really piss of the small minded Celtic wannabe nationalist brigade. That is the only reason one should open an English bar in Dublin.................................and hot pot!!













    I know not all celtic fans are like that but the majority I have met sure are!!

    Why would an English bar have a Scottish team's jerseys on its walls?

    My experience of English bars is warm beer. We can do without that


  • #11
    Sergeant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Sergeant


    We need more ales served in Irish pubs.


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  • #12
    Lionel Messy
    Site Banned Posts: 612 ✭✭✭Lionel Messy


    Fart wrote: »
    Of course they should be allowed.

    We need more ale on tap in Ireland.
    Exactly, but the knackers love their Bud.


  • #13
    Fart
    Registered Users Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭Fart


    Lionel Messy wrote: »
    Exactly, but the knackers love their Bud.

    Unfortunately. :mad:


  • #14
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,317 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    What, like a Whetherspoons? English pubs are pretty crap to be honest - it's why there's so many Irish pubs there.


  • #15
    Dr.Strange
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 181 ✭✭Dr.Strange


    Only on the condition that they sell Pork Scratchings.


  • #16
    ScouseMouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,070 ✭✭✭ScouseMouse


    Of course they should.

    Particularly if they charge UK prices. Wetherspoons pubs over there are superb, and I love them.


  • #17
    Davyhal
    Registered Users Posts: 455 ✭✭Davyhal


    FoxT wrote: »
    They should open one at Beal na Blath...

    Surely the site of an Anglo-Irish skirmish would be more controversial instead of the site of an Irish Civil War skirmish?!


  • #18
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    There are some pubs that I love in Dublin. But here in merry England I have to say the range of old and new pubs, cheap pubs, fancy gastro ones etc is just amazing. Also the range of beers on tap is fantastic. The opening hours are much better too. Altogether a much better drinking experience, we should take on board some of their practices in Ireland for sure.


  • #19
    WesternZulu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭WesternZulu


    superscouse wrote: »
    Of course they should.

    Particularly if they charge UK prices. Wetherspoons pubs over there are superb, and I love them.

    They are terrible!
    They all are the same...I would hate for them to be in Ireland!!


  • #20
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    A lot of what we think of as being classic Dublin pubs are in a British style anyway.


  • #21
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    I have no arguments with people opening english pubs here as long as they're free houses. Most Irish pubs are basically just Diageo franchises. The alcohol equivalent of akebrakebabra.


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  • #22
    Dr.Strange
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 181 ✭✭Dr.Strange


    WesternZulu wrote: »
    They are terrible!
    They all are the same...I would hate for them to be in Ireland!!

    But no one would force you to go in to them.


  • #23
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    WesternZulu wrote: »
    They are terrible!
    They all are the same...I would hate for them to be in Ireland!!

    Wetherspoons are depressing, the only people who go to them where I live are old people and rough looking down and outs. No music or sport either and horrible carpets, eugh makes me shudder.


  • #24
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    No.

    For the simple reasons of crap old carpets, crap wooden, outdated furniture and sh!tty paintings on the walls.


  • #25
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    No music or sport either .

    My ideal pub


  • #26
    CardBordWindow
    Registered Users Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭CardBordWindow


    Bambi wrote: »
    I have no arguments with people opening english pubs here as long as they're free houses. Most Irish pubs are basically just Diageo franchises. The alcohol equivalent of akebrakebabra.
    Abrakebabra should open a pub!! You could get a pint with your taco chips! :D


  • #27
    Davidth88
    Registered Users Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    If you could have a pub here that served decent beer , ie not the chilled flavourless gassy substance on sale in 99% of Irish pubs then great

    ( I know there are 1 or 2 notable exceptions to that ie The Porterhouse and the Bull and Castle )

    The real typical country pub as featured in programmes like Midsumer Murders are pretty few and far between now a days. ( although perhaps too many dead bodies turn up in that one :) )

    Most pubs in the urban sprawls such as London are places like Wetherspoons and as some other posters have pointed out pretty soulless . This is because they are managed pubs rather than owned , so the staff can change often and don;t really care it's like a branch of a supermarket. However the price is often very good.

    On reflection , the answer to the OP is no , however I think it would have done the market some good to break the cartel the LVA has , so perhaps a couple of Wetherspoons charging 2.50 a pint , or a pint and a meal for a fiver would shake them a bit I think.


  • #28
    neil_hosey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭neil_hosey


    frag420 wrote: »
    Only if we can adorn it with Union Jacks, have bull dogs guarding the door and rangers jerseyes inside on the walls............................just to really piss of the small minded Celtic wannabe nationalist brigade. That is the only reason one should open an English bar in Dublin.................................and hot pot!!



    whats more likely to happen is it will be packed to the rafters with lads on a saturday and sunday watching some premier league game shouting about how great "we" are and how "we" are going to win the league...........

    oh and putting on english accents cheering, CITSAY!! and U -NOITE -TSED!!!

    no thanks..


  • #29
    Lionel Messy
    Site Banned Posts: 612 ✭✭✭Lionel Messy


    CardBordWindow wrote: »
    Abrakebabra should open a pub!! You could get a pint with your taco chips! :D

    Abrakebabra should be showered with pepper spray. It would improve the smell of the kip.


  • #30
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    i dont really see what difference opening an english pub would be than the countless british stores that we have here already???


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  • #31
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    Davidth88 wrote: »
    Most pubs in the urban sprawls such as London are places like Wetherspoons and as some other posters have pointed out pretty soulless

    You couldn't be more incorrect about London


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