Best pub in limerick ?

IrishMike

Although technically not in the city i have 2 say the mill in annacotty
place is always full at the weekend, normally have good music and nice
scenery if u know what i mean

Haket

Have you tried that new place where Macs used to be ?. Mojo I think its called ?.

Other than that, I'd go with Smyths/Nevadas/Nancys but all have plenty of flaws.

Maximilian

Whichever one hands out free kevlar

Haket

Oh ho ho

<wipes tears from eyes>

Ahhh, never heard that one before :-)

Mr E

Mojo is OK, but its too bloody noisy (sh*te music)... can't have a decent conversation without shouting your head off.

Dave

The mill doesn't count though. The Locke is by far the best pub in the city. The place is lovely, they've great music and the staff are the friendliest i've come across, regardless of the state you're in

IrishMike

yeah locke is nice allrite
clements smiths on the dock road aint bad either
its ciaran careys old place with a facelift

ReefBreak

Ciaran Carey's is now Clement Smith's? I assume it's the same Clem Smith of Limerick-hurler-corner-back-that-will-eat-your-children fame?

I'm a big fan of Costelloes (upstairs) when I'm home. I'm not exactly crusty, but I always have a great laugh in there - great music, very relaxed atmosphere.

billy the squid

The locke bar is the best place I have been to in Limerick to date. Smyths on denmark street is pretty crap, and the bouncers on the door are assholes.

I would go to Dolans on occasion but its not as good as the locke.

Punches on Punches Cross used to be good until they stopped bringing bands in.

Dave

ReefBreak wrote:

I'm a big fan of Costelloes (upstairs) when I'm home. I'm not exactly crusty, but I always have a great laugh in there - great music, very relaxed atmosphere.

That's a club though. THe music is good though, except on saturday nights.

Haket

Yeah Costellos is a bit of a mad place, decor from 1940, crowd from 1980 :-) dont get me wrong thats all good in my book. Plus it has the only club in town that plays daaaaacent music like.

Russells in Raheen is nice, better then the Unicorn, but really only for a few quiet ones before heading into town.

hostyle

The Mill is nice during the day, but when it fills up its a PITA. If the bouncers are out, better off going to the 'Swan. As for town itself: Quinns (gay pub, whatever, yadda yadda), The 'Stool and Costelloes. Kennedy O'Briens used to be good fun, but its been a couple of years since I ventured there. And if you're ever out by the hospital, the Unicorn is a nice watering hole.

spoon

i really like the high stool, its kind of like my cheers, (where everybody knows your name, etcetc)
but it depends on what youre into. molly's isnt too bad either.

Tiriel

what about Charlies is that still there? used to be a lovely barman...

billy the squid

Charlie Chaplins on Cruises Street or Charley Saint George near the railway station, Both are still there

Tiriel

Cruises St. that's the one I think! used to go out in Limerick for rag week bout 5 yrs ago.. think Docs was the nite club we went to..

billy the squid

Chaplins is a grand pub. Docs is gone though, now a rockers bar called the High Stool and is a complete kip now.

Tiriel

oh! haven't been out in Limerick in years, suppose all the lads are finished college now so no point in going! was good old spot alright!

moshpit77

docs is now called trinity rooms. theyve put a stage in there for gigs, saw Ash there last week... deadly

thie high stool is a different place entirely. thats in catherine street

moby2101

Aye,
the Locke is a great bar, The White House on O'Connell St and Clohessys, Nancys are all up there ...
So many Pubs so little time!!

puntosporting

Limerick has the most arrogant and ignorant doorstaff in ireland!
Im a limerick city man born and bred and im fed up of the same old rubbish every weekend!
I would recommend the unicorn in raheen,russels is ok too.
City center id recommend the "new" molly malones or pier 1 for a quiet pint.

billy the squid

your right about the bouncers. The ones at smyths and Trinity rooms are the worst

echomadman

The Wicked Chicken was the best pub in limerick when it was open, great drunken days. Its re-opened now as "the slammer", pretty much the same decor, and still no TV, which is a huge thumbs up in my book, TVs in pubs piss me off. Its up in Baker Place.
Mickey Martins is a nice pub too, but they tend to blast music at unneccessarily high volume in the evenings for such a small place*, making conversation impossible, it does tend to be excellent music though.



[edit] The new upstairs room in costelloes is crazy, very "two man enter one man leave" , nice to be able to have a smoke without standing out in the rain like a pariah.













*this may be a sign i'm getting too old.

PlasseyMinstrel

Molly's is my favourite, usually go there before heading to Trinity Rooms or The Icon / Mór Disco. Charlie Chaplins is cool too.

For the students, you won't go far wrong with The Stables or (my spiritual home) The Scholars. But technically they're not pubs, they're members' clubs.

billy the squid

Do they still have the electronic toilet roll dispencers in the Schollars?

Boro

Another vote for the Locke.
Although, whenever im back in limerick i like going to Racks (beside Highstool - another good spot) and chilling out playing pool while boozing. Cant beat that.

blindasfcuk

IM gonna have to go with the wicked chicken! A friend of mine has taken the lease and hes hoping to turn it into an alterative student pub. Im sick of all the same stuff all over limerick. Hes planning on opening up the nightclub down stairs soon so Im looking forward to that and also if anyone is around tonight hes holding a mud wrestling competition 1 fella vs 2 girls and all competitors get 5 free drinks. Kicks off around 9 of anyones intrested!

eagerbeaver

Well I think the Bank is nice especially if you want a chat and a relaxed atmosphere - music missing though, prob why its best to chat in. The Ole Quarter is good also plenty of talent as well as good tunes to listen, only drawback is the crowd sizes tend to make you resemble that of a sardine in a tin type scenario. The final shout would be for the new Shibins (prob fxxked up the spelling but hey) downstairs in Nestors. They have gr8 Irish Rebel type bands - best being the Boatmen, again the downside is it gets a bit on the crowded side plus the bar staff are fairly crappy service-wise as well.

Overall Im not a gr8 fan of Lmk bars or Lmk in general even though Im a West Limerick Man myself - Bouncers are all A-holes, bars are full of loud-mouthed arrogant w**nkers - all in all avoid the place if you can - only go cos its the best of a bad choice of going out venues within a 40 to 60mile radius.

billy the squid

I would agree about the bouncers they can be tossers, specially the ones at smyths and trinity rooms. what harm smyths is a crap bar.

The boatmen are a laugh when they do gigs and they're great for getting drunk and singing along, the still don't know luke kelly's song for ireland though.

sioda

How about Torloughs bar on the top of William Street good atmosphere fine porter and good trad gigs and Peter O Malley one of Limericks most underrated entertainers. Only place i know you can get burger chip and a pint for round a tenner

TheLoc

Starting to fill up with knacks. The mill was nice when it first opened but there have been a lot of cases of people getting thumped around the place outside it. Also the youngfellas from monaleen....

TheLoc

Cery small too. I think Nancy's is probably the best even though similar. All these pubs are jammed packed to the brim. I prefer to go to a hotel and have about 4 pints and then head into Nancy's or smyths. Drinkin LEFFE at home is the way to go for me at the moment though. then headin into town. that stuff blows your mind and its the nicest beer goin

TheLoc

Charlies is a complete dive of a place. the old quarter is not bad. pity about the bouncers. if they don't like ur hair, they dont let u in.

hunter164

The Haven, just down the road opposite the train station.

TheLoc

Yea I meant the one on cruises street haha. the one opposite the trainstation isn't too bad. full of old people though and way out of my way so i don't bother with it.

hunter164

It's great for a song if you catch a good man called Joe in it.

bazz26

Holy crap, this thread is 4 years old. :eek:

1huge1

still relevant though (especially for me who has only just started going out in Limerick).


Not really a pub but mollys is always good fun.

froodie

Best pub in Limerick is Tom Collinses.
Also, reading back over this thread... I bloody miss quin's and the high stool

fatgav

froodie wrote: »

Best pub in Limerick is Tom Collinses.
Also, reading back over this thread... I bloody miss quin's and the high stool

you would say that!! you gonna bring me there sometime soon froodie??

zuroph

froodie wrote: »

Best pub in Limerick is Tom Collinses.
Also, reading back over this thread... I bloody miss quin's and the high stool

froodie knows the score.

froodie

fatgav wrote: »

you would say that!! you gonna bring me there sometime soon froodie??

Gav, darlin, last time I brought you there was deliciously disastrous! I may have to bring you again, and show that I'm capable of behaving

fatgav

froodie wrote: »

Gav, darlin, last time I brought you there was deliciously disastrous! I may have to bring you again, and show that I'm capable of behaving

ha as if! i'll take that bet...

froodie

fatgav wrote: »

ha as if! i'll take that bet...

You're on, kiddo... you may regret that.

Actually, I know it's not technically in Limerick, but The Lame Duck in Gillogue is good for a quiet pint. It's a bit of an adventure to get there as well... a nice stroll from the University on a sunny Sunday. It's a quiet local bar, so not exactly a party pub, but pulls a very good pint.

zuroph

shhh!!!!! ul ruin it!

The Analyst

Haven't read through the thread fully but my shout is for the Glen Tavern on Lower Glentworth St.

Where everything for lunch comes with chips (probably the second nicest in Limerick after Enzo's) and they haven't heard of writing orders down. Every order is shouted down the stairs at the back of the bar!!

My favourites are the non standard orders like " Nugget and chip, curry over the chips no salad", the ould gut usually runs out of breath before he finishes the sentence!!

Can't say what it's like at night, i'd say it's a local older crowd.

p.s The pints aren't bad either!

Aidric

Nancy's remains my favourite pub in town, albeit the crowds and cues there on weekends can be very annoying. The Locke bar is great in the summer and South's do a mean pint of Guinness.

goth_detective

the locke bar is pretty nice in the summer....the cuckoo box is my next fave.

bakers and wicked chicken for live entertainment

godfrey

yeah, I'm making a point of going to TC's more often. anything I can do to keep it open!! was my only spot as a younger man

YFlyer

godfrey wrote: »

yeah, I'm making a point of going to TC's more often. anything I can do to keep it open!! was my only spot as a younger man

A pint of plain there now be wonderful.

bazz26

It would be fairly manky after 12 years when this thread was started though.