Should an English pub be opened in Dublin?

Define and English pub

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?

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.

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!!

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.

WesternZulu wrote: »

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

no they are not all the same at all, ive been in maybe 8 or 9 different wethers and a lot of them were very nice and different, particularly the one in llandudno converted from an old theatre, the worst was in chorlton in manchester.

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

You couldn't be more incorrect about London

Well the part of London I am from ( NW ) , most of the real pubs have been knocked down to re-develop . Then the only pubs left are the Wetherspoons or similar on the high street ( usually in old Woolworths )

of course I am generalising

I was thinking about the Union Flag last week, how many of them are there around Dublin does anyone know? I know there's a hostel near Connolly that has one (Isaacs I think?) but I don't ever recall seeing too many around the place.

Anyone know of any more?

(PS - I mean actual flags, not t-shirts or handbags )

jack presley wrote: »

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

The same reason that a lot of Irish pubs have a Scottish team's jerseys on the walls?

Lionel Messy wrote: »

A scottish pub aswell, I forgot to say that in my OP. They could do haggis and have the best selection of scotch whisky's around.

Jaysus I know it's expensive but The Temple Bar has 109 different Scotch's in it, don't know how much more of a selection you'd want!

Why should there be one opened?.....to provide another english chainstore to send any profit back to England whilst edging in and taking business from Irish publicans and bringing our pubs more in line with the English pubculture?
I don't think there should be any. This would have a negitive impact on what our country is famous for, its homely pubs. Wouldn't be ideal from a tourisim point of view and it would be opening us to lose a little more of whats left of the Irish culture.
It would be a pity to see weatherspoons taking over and offering cheaper pint and putting age-old pubs/publicans out of business to be replaced by the branded pubs.
I for one don't think we need one. If somebody wants an English pub in Dublin, ye should hop on the boat!

Of course they should, there are **** paddy pubs all over the world... can't go anywhere without seeing the fcuking dumps..

Open one up and call it the British Bulldog..