Where's the best guinness in the City

brian2me

What pub has the best creamy pint in Limerick and it has to be regular Guinness. Don't like the xtra cold and this ****e about chilling the glass that should only be for Lagers.

My top 3
O Driscoll's - Corbally
Ardhú - Ennis Rd
Kennedy O Briens - Hartstonge St

And outside Limerick county
oh and Durty Nelly's - Bunratty pricey but good

amiable

brian2me wrote: »

What pub has the best creamy pint in Limerick and it has to be regular Guinness. Don't like the xtra cold and this ****e about chilling the glass that should only be for Lagers.

My top 3
O Driscoll's - Corbally
Ardhú - Ennis Rd
Kennedy O Briens - Hartstonge St

oh and Durty Nelly's - Bunratty pricey but good

I'm pretty sure this has been done before:)

My favourite is Fennessy's on New Street

Ps, I'm sure Clare people will be delighted to know Bunratty is now part of Limerick:D

brian2me

amiable wrote: »

I'm pretty sure this has been done before:)

My favourite is Fennessy's on New Street

Ps, I'm sure Clare people will be delighted to know Bunratty is now part of Limerick:D

Yea nice pint there too

Daithi07

brian2me wrote: »

What pub has the best creamy pint in Limerick and it has to be regular Guinness. Don't like the xtra cold and this ****e about chilling the glass that should only be for Lagers.

My top 3
O Driscoll's - Corbally
Ardhú - Ennis Rd
Kennedy O Briens - Hartstonge St

And outside Limerick county
oh and Durty Nelly's - Bunratty pricey but good

Ardu.... you must be joking. Their guinness is muck. Flannery's in shannon street is cream!!

Figerty

Friend of mine has done up a site called www.perfectpints.com , I don't drink so I don't know how accurate it is!

Might be worth a look

Simon Adebisi

Souths
Rashers

brian2me

Daithi07 wrote: »

Ardu.... you must be joking. Their guinness is muck. Flannery's in shannon street is cream!!

Munster bar in the Ardhú, guinness is good

seachto7

westward ho used to known to have a great pint years ago, as did the windmill and souths...

brian2me

seachto7 wrote: »

westward ho used to known to have a great pint years ago, as did the windmill and souths...

Westward Ho still has a good pint. Agree with Souths and the Windmill, although find a bit of thang sometimes in Souths

Rocky_Dennis

The Windmill on Henry St has a great pint of guinness.
As someone has said already, Flannerys on Shannon St has good guinness too.

zuroph

Tom Collins. as i say every time this thread rolls around.

Berty

Simon Adebisi wrote: »

Souths
Rashers

Souths because a family member is the head barman.

Rashers because it was my families pub and the art has therefore being handed down from generation to generation.

wingnut

Back when I was a Guinness drinker I used to relish the pints at Fennessey's. I worked behind the bar in two of the other places so can't remember what it taste like there.

crazygeryy

Beer Baron wrote: »

Simon Adebisi wrote: »

Souths
Rashers

Souths because a family member is the head barman.

What difference does that make? Does he piss the guinness or what?

bazz26

Miles Breens Bar on Shannon Street
Curragower Bar on Clancy's Strand
Windmill Bar, Upper Henry Street
Fennessy's Pub, New Street

The Snipe

Anywhere where it is constantly on flow!

Insect Overlord

Best Guinness I've had in Limerick was in the Woodfield House on the Ennis Road, easily.

Na Piarsaigh GAA club do a fantastic pint as well.

banie01

Figerty wrote: »

Friend of mine has done up a site called www.perfectpints.com , I don't drink so I don't know how accurate it is!

Might be worth a look

Worth a look......my hole
Its at least 6years out of date,
It gives the Davin, The DogHouse, Rubens, Club Havana, McGregors, Finns, The Cornmarket, Rubyannes, The Bard Hogans...
It even lists Schooners which must be gone 10yrs at this stage
Its more of an RIP to the Limerick Pub trade than a useful website

Comhrá

Originally posted by Insect Overlord
Best Guinness I've had in Limerick was in the Woodfield House on the Ennis Road, easily.

Agree with IO.... Woodfield Hse. is my local and the pint, both Guinness and Beamish, to which I'm partial, is consistently excellent.

J.

Terrymac

The westward ho has a great pt also tom collins is v good

gaf1983

I'd have to go for Fennessy's of New Street, it's like silk!

um7y1h83ge06nx

Fennessy's for me too. Serious stuff!

Insect Overlord

Can't believe I forgot Fennessy's! Good shout.

shawnee

Fennessy's is the only place that I visit that has a consistently good pint of guinness. It has little to do with the volume sold as I go to one of the bigger pubs in Raheen area and the Guinness is generally awful.

um7y1h83ge06nx

shawnee wrote: »

Fennessy's is the only place that I visit that has a consistently good pint of guinness. It has little to do with the volume sold as I go to one of the bigger pubs in Raheen area and the Guinness is generally awful.

Myself and a few lads live out in Raheen and being honest Fennesy's is our first choice above all the closer pubs for quiet pints. If it was closer to me it could be dangerous!

overthebridge

Daithi07 wrote: »

Flannery's in shannon street is cream!!

+1 deadly pint in there.

Red Silurian

tippman1 wrote: »

Originally posted by Insect Overlord
Best Guinness I've had in Limerick was in the Woodfield House on the Ennis Road, easily.

Agree with IO.... Woodfield Hse. is my local and the pint, both Guinness and Beamish, to which I'm partial, is consistently excellent.

J.

There's a barman in there called colm... He pours the finest guinness in limerick! Though I may be biased!

seachto7

a good Guinness should be measured by the time spent on the porcelain pony the next day....

Comhrá

Originally posted by colmtheperson

There's a barman in there called colm... He pours the finest guinness in limerick! Though I may be biased!

True.... he's pretty nifty but Ross is no slouch at pourin' the black stuff either!!

SnoopyGunner

Definitely the Woodfield!

Insect Overlord

Honourable mention for Bobby Byrne's as well.

brian2me

shawnee wrote: »

Fennessy's is the only place that I visit that has a consistently good pint of guinness. It has little to do with the volume sold as I go to one of the bigger pubs in Raheen area and the Guinness is generally awful.

Very true, Russell's is so inconsistent and that's when you eventually get served. Horny horse was never good. Highway not great. Collins soso aswell.

Nancy Blakes in the bar can be alright, it's the best of the super pubs in town although have only being in Cobblestone Joe's and the pint I must admit was very nice well def try it again.

europa11

- Consistently good:

Fenneseys
Flannerys, Shannon St
Souths

- Hon. mention:

Tom Collins (sentimental reasons alone, but still a decent pint in a treasure of a bar)
Bobby Byrnes (unless pulled by one of the former mayors, sorry B, but you have a sour paw)
Bourkes, Catherine St.
Willie Sextons (on rugby match-days)
Austin Quinlivans (ditto & esp. Young Munster gatherings)
Windmill

Could do better:

The White House (price is outrageous)
Squire McGuires (what happened! used be great!)


Must try more before deciding:

Leddins )fmr.-KO'B's
Foleys nr. Sars. Bridge


.........this is thirsty work !

champo

O'Connells on Ellen Street, Black Swan Annacotty, and Tom Collins

verticalbones

banie01 wrote: »

Worth a look......my hole
Its at least 6years out of date,
It gives the Davin, The DogHouse, Rubens, Club Havana, McGregors, Finns, The Cornmarket, Rubyannes, The Bard Hogans...
It even lists Schooners which must be gone 10yrs at this stage
Its more of an RIP to the Limerick Pub trade than a useful website

Thanks for the feedback. We originally seeded the database from existing directories to avoid having no listings. This is why we have old data.

However, it's obvious we need to allow users to mark pubs as closed for deletion. We'll get that in place. In the meantime, we'll delete the old listings you mentioned and it would be cool if you entered in and rated the current best spots.

To make this easier there is an iPhone app and a mobile site for other smartphones.

Any other feedback you have would be great to hear. Cheers.

xsiborg

O' Connells actually had a nice pint of Guinness in there the Monday night i was there for Quiz Night, and in fairness, at €3 a pint aswel for the night that was in it, you can't really argue with that!

other than that, the clarion hotel always does a nice pint, but it's a bit out of the way for most people who wouldn't think of it...

Limerick Sovereigns

I would agree with Fennessys, the Windmill etc. and also add in Anthony O'Dwyers on Wolfe Tone Street

banie01

verticalbones wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback. We originally seeded the database from existing directories to avoid having no listings. This is why we have old data.

However, it's obvious we need to allow users to mark pubs as closed for deletion. We'll get that in place. In the meantime, we'll delete the old listings you mentioned and it would be cool if you entered in and rated the current best spots.

To make this easier there is an iPhone app and a mobile site for other smartphones.

Any other feedback you have would be great to hear. Cheers.

Nice to see some feedback from the website developer
As for feedback regarding the pints in Limerick this thread would be a good place to start populating your updated DB from.

PS, I can understand the reasoning behind using old directories to get some info up there....
But its better to have no data, than it is to populate a DB with listings 10yrs out of date!
Inaccurate data that old makes your site(Which is a nice idea) look like some kind of shill/fraud advertiser...
But if you want to use a current database....
There is always the good old phone book They tend not to list premises who haven't paid a bill in 6+yrs.

Good luck with the site though I like the idea

verticalbones

banie01 wrote: »

Nice to see some feedback from the website developer
As for feedback regarding the pints in Limerick this thread would be a good place to start populating your updated DB from.

PS, I can understand the reasoning behind using old directories to get some info up there....
But its better to have no data, than it is to populate a DB with listings 10yrs out of date!
Inaccurate data that old makes your site(Which is a nice idea) look like some kind of shill/fraud advertiser...
But if you want to use a current database....
There is always the good old phone book They tend not to list premises who haven't paid a bill in 6+yrs.

Good luck with the site though I like the idea

Cheers.

We bet an empty page would be a bigger turn off. Perhaps it was the wrong call.

Pubs (unfortunately) close all the time, so we'll need to rely on the community to keep the data accurate. Also, the trick was getting GPS data so we could map the pub, as opposed to just a phone book listing. The pins are adjustable as well.

Anyone with local knowledge fancy a free t-shirt to help clean up the Limerick pub listings?

kenoconnell

verticalbones wrote: »

Cheers.

We bet an empty page would be a bigger turn off. Perhaps it was the wrong call.

Pubs (unfortunately) close all the time, so we'll need to rely on the community to keep the data accurate. Also, the trick was getting GPS data so we could map the pub, as opposed to just a phone book listing. The pins are adjustable as well.

Anyone with local knowledge fancy a free t-shirt to help clean up the Limerick pub listings?

Will second the T Shirt so they'll get 2!!!!!!

Insect Overlord

Hmmm, 2 free t-shirts would be nice! :pac:

I'll help out a bit if I can.

verticalbones

Good stuff!

I'm looking for a list of pubs to delete and to have the pubs mentioned in this thread added to the map. Some exist. I'd just like to be sure they are placed correctly.

Cheers.

PS - I imagine a pint might be in order at your favourite spot as well.

Insect Overlord

verticalbones wrote: »

Good stuff!

I'm looking for a list of pubs to delete and to have the pubs mentioned in this thread added to the map. Some exist. I'd just like to be sure they are placed correctly.

Cheers.

PS - I imagine a pint might be in order at your favourite spot as well.

Tried sending a report there and got a notification to set up a Get Satisfaction account. It might be easier to just post stuff here about which pubs need to be removed. I'll add one or two others that are missing.

verticalbones

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Tried sending a report there and got a notification to set up a Get Satisfaction account. It might be easier to just post stuff here about which pubs need to be removed. I'll add one or two others that are missing.

Just send me a private message. I can give you my email address.

Note: The feedback button on the site is tied into the Get Satisfaction system.

Insect Overlord

Woodfield, O'Dwyer's, The Curragower and Fennessy's added.

Rumyans - now 31 Thomas Street
Old Quarter - now O'Connell's
The Market Night Club - now Angel Lane (but do terrible pints!)
Nevada Smiths - now Foxy's
Still House - now Flannagan's

Nestor's and Opus - gone altogether.

Hopefully there won't be too many others closing down any time soon!

verticalbones

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Woodfield, O'Dwyer's, The Curragower and Fennessy's added.

Rumyans - now 31 Thomas Street
Old Quarter - now O'Connell's
The Market Night Club - now Angel Lane (but do terrible pints!)
Nevada Smiths - now Foxy's
Still House - now Flannagan's

Nestor's and Opus - gone altogether.

Hopefully there won't be too many others closing down any time soon!

Excellent. I also added Westward Ho, Ardhú Bar and Rasher's. Hope the pins are in the right place. (But you can move them if they aren't.)

T-shirt is in the post.

It would be great if everyone could put their ratings and comments on the site! I'd be curious to see who comes out on top ...
http://www.perfectpints.com/pubs/search/location/?q=limerick

Simon Adebisi

I had a gorgeous pint of plain outside Clohessy's a few weeks back. Maybe it was the nice weather and the swans on the river but it was one of the nicest ive had in a while.

Limerick Sovereigns

Some missing pubs I've noticed in my area according to your map.

Clem Smith's - Dock road (Also theres another one next door, Ma Somthing?)
Charlie Malone's - Wolfe Tone Street
Austin's - Bothar Bui
The old Stand - Clontarf Place
The Corner Flag - Henry Street
Willie Sextons - Henry Street

Also the location of a lot of the pubs is out by a bit. Some of the bigger errors (100 metres or so) would be O'Dwyers and Kennedy O'Briens.

Insect Overlord

Limerick Sovereigns wrote: »

Clem Smith's - Dock road (Also theres another one next door, Ma Somthing?)
Charlie Malone's - Wolfe Tone Street
Austin's - Bothar Bui
The old Stand - Clontarf Place
The Corner Flag - Henry Street
Willie Sextons - Henry Street

I've added all of these, apart from Austin's. I'm not familiar with the pub itself, and I can't find its location on Google.

Limerick Sovereigns wrote: »

Also the location of a lot of the pubs is out by a bit. Some of the bigger errors (100 metres or so) would be O'Dwyers and Kennedy O'Briens.

O'Dwyer's was my fault! I had it where Charlie Malone's was supposed to be. Fixed it and fixed Kennedy O'Brien's as well there.

Limerick Sovereigns

I've moved some of the pins in the henry st/dock road /oconnellave area so that they are inch perfect. No excuses if someone can't get a pint:).

@InsectOverlord Austin's is right beside the Train Station where the buses exit from the depot. You'd never spot it unless you knew it. All thats over the door is the Young Munster crest!

Also will someone add in Charlie St George's

Simon Adebisi

Is that place an actual pub? Christ ive been going past there for almost 14 years and never knew that.