Your 3 Fav Limerick Pubs And Why?

sarah lk

Whats Yor Fav 3 Pubs In The City ????

Inge Binge

Tom Collin's - no TV screens
Locke Bar - perfect location outside
Whitehouse - no TV screens

IB

ricey

Mojos - Cuz the staff are cool.
Dick the Vans - Cuz you can smoke...heh
BARRED FROM ALL THE REST!

The Whitehouse - Thats a GAY bar right?

Inge Binge

The Whitehouse a gay bar? People there would not be amused about this. Except the gays there. I suppose gays are in the Mojo as well. Is it a gay bar then?
No offence!

IB

billy the squid

If the white house is a gay bar then it is the first I have heard of it.

as for three favorite pubs

Dolans. good music and you can bring your own instrument along if you like, or you can go in to see a gig in the warehouse if the mood takes you

the locke - great in the summer sitting outside with friends having a jar.

Unicorn - Not in the city centre and away from alot of the ****e that goes with saturday night in town.

Inge Binge

probably we can call it "gay friendly"

billy the squid

Inge Binge wrote:

probably we can call it "gay friendly"

but all pubs are supposed to be gay friendly. equality and all that.

Litcagral

McDermott's - Ballylanders

hobie

well I never .... I just read a post on this thread asking for the location of the Davin Arms ..... I answered .... and guess what .... my answer disapeared:( .... and so did the original question :eek:

now that's magic

Amazotheamazing

White House isn't a gay bar, though to be honest I've no idea what pubs in town are gay bars.

Curragower is a great bar, as is Dolans, Locke, Players, Nancy's and Flannery's on Catherine street is great for a quiet pint.

Litcagral

hobie wrote:

well I never .... I just read a post on this thread asking for the location of the Davin Arms ..... I answered .... and guess what .... my answer disapeared:( .... and so did the original question :eek:

now that's magic

you are on the wrong thread - go to "most hated pubs"!!!!

billy the squid

hobie wrote:

well I never .... I just read a post on this thread asking for the location of the Davin Arms ..... I answered .... and guess what .... my answer disapeared:( .... and so did the original question :eek:

now that's magic

you posted them in the other thread.

hobie

Oh B$$$$$ ...... I'm getting the 'Fav's Pubs' thread mixed up with the 'Hated Pubs' thread ....

ricey

ok im SORRY i jus was told it was, ye know<snip>

billy the squid Please don ban me from the forum its jus been
one hell of a night...lol

& there is plenty of gays in mojos all workin next dorr in the
hairdressers(bare with me) and <snip> he gay 2.

<snip>

mod edit: I won't ban you but you will get a lengthy ban if you do such a thing again.

Also I will have no homophobic posts here. If you have evidence that a certain group of people are barred from a pub because of their sexual preferences, then it is a matter for the equality tribunals.

Amazotheamazing

Ricey, what do you have against drinking in the same pub as a gay person? I don't see how anyone could be bothered by that. Sure I wouldn't be too keen on going to an out-and-out (boom boom) gay bar, but I've no problem sharing a regular bar with a gay person.

BTW, the above named person may well be gay, I don't know (I always thought he was just eccentric) but unless you're sure, don't say it, it could be libelous.

radioman

Quins was always the gay bar in town. Not sure where is now, maybe the bar in Termites because that's where Bubblicious is (gay club)

Is Ricey homophobic then?

Back on topic of fave pubs, I like Mickey Martins off Thomas Street for a good night out with some good music playing. Also Dolan's for the gigs. For a good old local it has to be the Glen tavern, nice pub for a quiet couple of pints and the staff are sound.

billy the squid

giving the fact that "gays are barred" from a pub as the reason one likes that pub would fall under homophobia in my books.

besides, the post was reported.

Amazotheamazing

Micky Martins is a great bar, pity they couldn't buy up the Central make Martins bigger.

looperman1000

Mojo's is probably the top spot there imho.

Arathorn

3 favourites are

Wicked Chicken tiny place next to the precinct good atmosphere

Mollys except on sat nites they had good free bbq's during the summer and not overcrowded

Costellos which I agree is a dump but they play some decent music,everywhere else seems to be pop or dance crap!!

keevita

the chicken,dolans (its great to see tourists taking pictures of pints being poured!) and i havent been to mojos yet, but i intend to check it out. quins was my favourite pub tho...

sarah lk

ricey where u from in limerick?

Amazotheamazing

Ended up celebrating the New Year in Daffy's on Catherine Street, now there is a unique pub. Great night though.

vkid

happy ny all ..good to see somewhere for a bit of limerick banter:D
chicken every now and again..music can be v.good.best of a bad lot imo for music
Tom Collins's for the olde worlde pint
dolans..great gigs from time to time
Can;t understand peoples fascination with Costelloes..don;t feel comfortable there at all..could be cool if they spent a few quid on it cos lets face it, tis a kip
Mickeys is ok but have heard some dj's playing some awful music in there amd tis a bit kippy as well..Mojos is nice place but its the same ol same ol when it comes to music and crowd..i wish a few pubs would break away from the charty safe stuff and be a bit more adventurous..but thats just me

sioda

Glad someone metioned Mickey Martins even better since they put in the new fire place.

Slatterys on edward street nowhere better to get away from it all and have a quiet arthurs

Bobby Byrnes good food great screens and one of the best beer gardens in town

Also gotta mention Sexton and Flannerys on Shannon street best hot whiskey in limerick

Amazotheamazing

Sexton on Shannon Street? Thought that was Myles Breen's? Or am I misreading the post and you mean Sexton's up on Henry Street?

The Corner Flag is the best spot to watch rugby matches.

phonemonkey

Wicked chicken and nestors and anywere theres good craic .Why Nestors you may ask, well the reason is that all drinks are €3, even bottles of your usual smrinoff etc., that are €5 elsewhere. Was in there for new years and it wasnt too packed and the music was grand.

sioda

Sorry meant sextons on henry st and flannerys on shannon st

bullets

Over the Christmas the one thing my girlfriend complained about
was that we never went out anymore. When we thought about
it there was no place in Limerick that had any interest to us.
We mainly stay at home and I get my drink from the off licence.
Whily I am happy with this herself hates it.

Quinns was the one place we used to go but its closed down now.
Costellos was another favourite even if it is a dump the place is relaxed.
Wicked Chicken was also a sweet spot but a bit quite.

For those of us that hate chart and mainstream music and that dont
want to conform to pubs "neat dress essential" policys theres
feck all alternative places left in Limerick.

Termights has gone to the dogs and for someone thats heading into
their 30's you would feel like a dirty old man going there with all
the 15 years olds in there and besides they are still playing the exact same songs
they were playing 15 years ago before the current customers were even born.


With the Whole Quinns debate heres my 2 cents/views:

I would call Quinns an Alternative bar not a gay bar
as myself and all my friends and the majority of
people I know from drinking in Quinns
are not gay and drank there for years.

Quinns Was always an alternative bar where people could go dressed
whatever way they liked and listen to music that was not Chart music or
main stream music. When I use the word alternative I do not mean Gay.
Quinns was branded a Gay bar originally in writing by one years
edition of UL's student handbook when in fact (at the time)
it mainly consisted of Bikers/Metalers/Goths/Indi-heads/Muppets/old fellas
while it always was known to be a place that may have been
gay friendly it was frequented by people of all sexual preferences
but none of which was a majority. Leading upto a few years before it closed
there was lot more gay customers than in the past and they did have music in the
back room like a kind of mini club orientated towards gay people rather
than straight people which is probably due to poeple being more openminded and more people coming out and could also have somthing to do with most of the bikers and metalers moving to the high stool bar.

~B
http://bullets.gothic.ie

gaf1983

bullets.ie wrote:

Termights has gone to the dogs and for someone thats heading into
their 30's you would feel like a dirty old man going there with all
the 15 years olds in there and besides they are still playing the exact same songs
they were playing 15 years ago before the current customers were even born.
http://bullets.gothic.ie

Touché. Haven't been to Termights since it moved up to The Globe. I remember The Globe was mental a few years back, on Sunday nights it was a pound a pint.

Regarding pubs, I was in Tom Collins' for the first time just before Christmas and I have to say I liked it. One of my friends remarked on the smell of farts in the place, but this, you see, is a good thing, because it shows that the Guinness must be good if people are drinking so much of it to form such a cloud.

It's hard to list three favourites, there are so many to choose from, it depends on the occassion and the company. I suppose I'd go for Mickey's, Player's and maybe the wine bar in the basement of Brown Thomas, although I've never ever drunken there, it's just the idea of having a whore of a session down there appeals to me.

Inge Binge

There is a Wine Bar in the Brown Thomas basement? Where? Would really love to have a decent real Wine Bar in Limierick! Or do you mean the Café in the Men's Department?

IB

gaf1983

I suppose it's just a café, but it calls itself a wine bar because it's allowed sell wine. Try the Wine Buff near the People's Park, on Mallow St I think, or maybe that's just a shop, I'm not sure.

rmacm

I like Costelloes - nice relaxed atmosphere and good music aswell. Granted I haven't been there in a while.

Nancy Blakes is pretty good aswell.

Then Molly's

Other than that I'm pretty easy going. Haven't been to any real dives yet but then again there's a first time for everything.

Cheers
Rory

pleuraXeraphim

Has to be Nancys for the music and generally the great crowd.
Curragower for the Guinnnes, views and real pub atmosphere
Dolans for the Trad and craic.

kyp_durron

Micky Martin's.

O'Dywer's - Wolfe tone st.

Dolans.

I should mention the Curragower as well, haven't been there in yonks though.

R.I.P High stool.

Skottoman

Hi, I'm american, and I just spent part of December in Limerick for the first time. I loved it! The people of Limerick are awesome!!! My Fav 3 pubs were...

#1) O'Riadas because the owner (Tom) and barmaid (Sophia) were so nice to me, and were my friends for the week I was there. I hope to see them again! Say 'Hi' for me if you're in there! They will know who I am... I hope.

#2) Nancy's because I liked the outdoor patio and when I went there during the day it wasn't that crowded.

#3) The pub across the street from Condells office center on Roches street. Because I had a lot of fun with Michelle! (works there on weekend). If you see her ask about my story with the drunk guy speaking gaelic.

Cheers,
Scott in Santa Cruz, Ca.

direbadger

Bullets, Quinns was a gay bar back in the day as well. Before it would have been cool to openly call a bar a gay bar like. But other alternative folks as you call em, drank in there too. When my parents were teenagers they were hippy/bikers and they drank there and they tell me there was a big gay clientelle back then.

My fave pubs in Limerick are Portley's (though it's not as good a Frawley's (RIP) it's nearly as close to me). I'm also going to jump on the Tom Collin's bandwagon too. Love that place.

Ohh, speaking of Cecil Street and gay bars, Bubblicious has a very fancy, foreign beers menu now. They're quite expensive but worth it if you fancy an unusual beer. Only thing is some of them have very high percentages which caused me to hit my forehead off the bar the last time I was in there (sorry Paul the bar man!)

I don't understand the grá for Mickey's that going on around here. I always find that place way too loud. Plus the don't have Beamish and their Smithwicks is often dodgy. Shame!

sioda

I think the main reason Mickeys is so popular is that there is no sh!t in there everyone is taken at face value and the arthurs is generally good and with the new fire its cosy in there not forgeting the golf machine

Airblazer

Nancy's: Great crowd atmosphere..good drink (front bar) plus the outback where smokers and non-smokers can mix..
KOB's- Great drink..haven't been there in a while
Pier one- Very short walk when I'm feeling lazy plus I can get a nice steak there...

trap4

Great to see your comments pouring in. I'm currently building a Google Map of Limerick[1] using the brilliant MapBuilder[2] service. I've got about a dozen pub and hotels done so far. I'm not familiar with some of the ones mentioned here though so if you can name the streets they're on please, I'll add them too.


[1] http://eirepreneur.blogs.com/eirepreneur/maptest2.htm
[2] http://www.mapbuilder.net/index.php

ninty9er

My fave's would have to be

McDaids (opposite St. Michael's Church or Left out of the main Entrance of Arthurs Quay) - though it does get really crowded after a while, It's good for a quiet drink durin the week, but if ya don't like loud music, they crank up the music round 9.30 at the weekends

Mollys - Normally end up in the smoking area even though very few of my friends smoke, always buzzin, except last Friday, cos evry1 woz still at UCC rag week, or recoving their wallets after it. Middle floor is good 4 a dance, top floor is great relaxed area (when its open). But ya can never go straight to the bar after 9.30 on a saturday

Cornmarket - I'm only just 19, so the crowd's a bit old by my usual standard, but in fairness, there is a good mix of ages in there, under 25s can be a bit marginalised though (not in terms of fairness - just feelin outta place after a while)

Why oh why did they turn PJs into a Knock Shrine Shop. It's a massive loss, loved it in there, good fun, great crowd and never too packed.