Best pub in Dublin ?

mightymouse11

what would you say best pub in dublin is for a rainy saturday afternoon session...looking for best pub experience with great craic...heard Mulligans in stoneybatter is good

ntlbell

for me it would be mulligans without question.

mightymouse11

never been to it has it music

ntlbell

mightymouse11 wrote: »

never been to it has it music

No tv, i can't remember hearing music, if there is it's so low you can hear the person beside you talking.

This is a real pub.

BeerNut

Yep, low-level music. Great pub.

Cazale

Grogans is another one worth a mention :cool:

Degsy

Gypsy Rose by a mile...pity about the doorman though

I am pie

Gleesons in booterstown won pub of the year, for what it's worth. I know a few lads in work who made the trek out and raved about it.

accountant101

Love the Palace Bar !!! Fleet Street

jcrowbar

Mother Reillys in Rathmines would be my personal favourite. They have a lot more live music lately too.

accountant101

Sean O'Casey's is another great Bar....they have elvis impersonator in there as well..his great craic...can't remember name of street...but just off the sony centre on O'connell street

not yet

Degsy wrote: »

Gypsy Rose by a mile...pity about the doorman though

Yeah heard some shocking stories about him, he's meant t o be a big mutton headed cabbage.........

frag420

Love the gypsy and never had any trouble from bouncers there. What happened?

kevohmsford

Flannery's on Camden Street or Messrs Maguire's are my favourites

I am pie

ah here, flannerys ! To be considered a great oub surely you have to be open in the afternoon ??

Flannery's is a kip, we've all been there for ill advised late night mid week pints, but it's far from a great pub

admiralofthefleet

not yet wrote: »

Yeah heard some shocking stories about him, he's meant t o be a big mutton headed cabbage.........

leave degsy out of it:pac:

saintsaltynuts

Hairy Lemon,Stephen St.

newbie2

Is everyone just saying their local?

Degsy

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

Hairy Lemon,Stephen St.

Too expensive.

stimpson

Gingerman. Pitchers of Rebel Red for 13 bills. Decent food. Great staff.

And Enda doesn't seem to drink there anymore since he got his new job.

admiralofthefleet

pier house in howth

Lapin

Palace Bar, Fleet St.

BeerNut

The Palace, while wonderful, can be a bit sporty of a Saturday afternoon, which might distract from the drinking and that.

And I don't see how any pub that requires bouncers could be considered the best in Dublin. Clearly something has gone wrong with it or they wouldn't be there

McChubbin

Messrs Maguires is a favorite of mine.

madman9

liz delaneys pub and lounge

Lapin

BeerNut wrote: »

The Palace, while wonderful, can be a bit sporty of a Saturday afternoon, which might distract from the drinking and that.

And I don't see how any pub that requires bouncers could be considered the best in Dublin. Clearly something has gone wrong with it or they wouldn't be there

Do they have bouncers now?

Hadn't noticed, though its a while since I was in it.

Shame.

Davidth88

Never seen bouncers at the Palace , but it's been a while.... what about the gravediggers ( Kavanaghs )? ( bit further out ) .

Maybe the Stags Head ?


Ohhhhhh sneaky Sat afternoon pints ....love it.

petethebrick

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

Hairy Lemon,Stephen St.

It loses any charm it might have otherwise had when charging €5.40 a pint. Complete tourist trap that I won't set foot in again as long as they remain rip off merchants

BeerNut

Lapin wrote: »

Do they have bouncers now?

At The Palace? No. I was responding to different posts there.

reprazant

The Dice bar is a grand place for pints, as is Ryans across the road from it.

Mr Whirly

The Thomas House, if you're in to that sort of thing.

arybvtcw0eolkf

frag420 wrote: »

Love the gypsy and never had any trouble from bouncers there. What happened?

You probably have big boobs so

arybvtcw0eolkf

My favourite pub is Campions on the Malahide Rd.

No door staff, local lads serving behind the bar who know how to pull a pint.

Plus the old school bar & snug where you can still buy your groceries.

This type of pub is a dying breed.

Paparazzo

Haven't been in The Long Hall in years, but it used to be a great pub.

Kevski

+1 for the gingerman. There's nothing like and evening there with a few pitchers of red!

admiralofthefleet

Paparazzo wrote: »

Haven't been in The Long Hall in years, but it used to be a great pub.

it was done up over the last couple of years and its still a fine pub

A Disgrace

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

it was done up over the last couple of years and its still a fine pub

It wasn't done up was it? I was only in it about 2 months ago and it was certainly the same as always. - tell me it hasn't had a modern makeover since, please!

ntlbell

Maia Scary Shoeshine wrote: »

This type of pub is a dying breed.

Because pulling a pint is such a difficult task?

arybvtcw0eolkf

ntlbell wrote: »

Because pulling a pint is such a difficult task?

/Mod hat on.

This is NOT After Hours.

If you want to go nit picking and taking things out of context this isn't the forum to start.

ntlbell

Maia Scary Shoeshine wrote: »

/Mod hat on.

This is NOT After Hours.

If you want to go nit picking and taking things out of context this isn't the forum to start.

It was a genuine question, if the op is looking for the "best" pub in Dublin and has been given plenty of them, if being capable of pulling a tap and tilting a glass is going to get them in there we're hardly going to get to the right pub.

It's very much in context. Your hat is gorgeous.

dan1895

ntlbell wrote: »

Because pulling a pint is such a difficult task?

Then why do so many make a balls of it?

On topic, Gravediggers, Ryans on Parkgate Street, Mulligan Grocer and Long Hall some of my favourites.

ntlbell

dan1895 wrote: »

Then why do so many make a balls of it?

On topic, Gravediggers, Ryans on Parkgate Street, Mulligan Grocer and Long Hall some of my favourites.

I don't think they do and it's really difficult these days to do it badly.

If we're talking about Guinness if it doesn't taste as "nice" as another pub it's probably more to do with the distance from the cold room to the tap.

I don't know anyone that goes to a pub because the guy behind the bar pulls a great carlsberg or a Heineken and that "they go a great Guinness in there" hasn't been relevant for years.

I was watching what I consider to be a very good bar man recently pouring Guinness from a height with no tilt in one pour and looked and tastes as nice as any other.

I think it's mostly a psychology thing I can't remember the last time i asked a bar man to knock the vicars collar off a pint.

Degsy

ntlbell wrote: »

I don't know anyone that goes to a pub because the guy behind the bar pulls a great carlsberg or a Heineken and that "they go a great Guinness in there" hasn't been relevant for years.

Well i can think of a handfull of places offhand that i wont go to because they pour a lousy pint of Heinekan..dirty glasses,flat beer,warm,soapy taste etc etc.

dan1895

Its not just the pulling of the pint though. Its the cleaniless of the glasses, amount of detergent used in dishwashers, keeping the lines clean and making sure your bar staff know not to put a keg of Bulmers onto a Heineken pump. That last one happened in my old local where me and a mate ordered two pints of Heineken and got two pints of cider out of the Heineken tap!

emigrate2012

Not the best but pretty good all the same,Kealy's beside the airport,lovely guinness(without fail)the lagers good aswell friendly staff, handy for pre-flight flights or return celebratory ones(and occasinal celeb-spotting) and a bookies right next door. Food is ok but let's be honest,the point of a pub ain't food.

Jimmy Two Times

emigrate2012 wrote: »

let's be honest,the point of a pub ain't food.

Correct, nothing worse than going out for a few beers and getting the smell of someone else's left over nosebag.

No food, no bouncers, no children, good friendly staff, quality drinks at reasonable prices, convienent to where you live and a bit of atmosphere etc are the criteria for me when judging what makes a good pub.

In town, I like the International, The Stags Head and the Foggy Dew.

Personal favourite though , has to be Harry Byrne's on the Howth Road.

Degsy

dan1895 wrote: »

Its not just the pulling of the pint though. Its the cleaniless of the glasses, amount of detergent used in dishwashers, keeping the lines clean and making sure your bar staff know not to put a keg of Bulmers onto a Heineken pump. That last one happened in my old local where me and a mate ordered two pints of Heineken and got two pints of cider out of the Heineken tap!

I was once s4erved a pint in Kennedy's of drumcondra that had a lump of what looked like snot floating around in it.

When i brought the pint back i was informed it was "Probably just a hop".

The expression "Dont piss in my pocket and tell me it's raining" was used as was a bit of friendly advice about cleaning thier lines proeprly.

dan1895

Degsy wrote: »

dan1895 wrote: »

Its not just the pulling of the pint though. Its the cleaniless of the glasses, amount of detergent used in dishwashers, keeping the lines clean and making sure your bar staff know not to put a keg of Bulmers onto a Heineken pump. That last one happened in my old local where me and a mate ordered two pints of Heineken and got two pints of cider out of the Heineken tap!

I was once s4erved a pint in Kennedy's of drumcondra that had a lump of what looked like snot floating around in it.

When i brought the pint back i was informed it was "Probably just a hop".

The expression "Dont piss in my pocket and tell me it's raining" was used as was a bit of friendly advice about cleaning thier lines proeprly.

Wasnt that establishment that it happened in but got more than one dodgy pint in that kip. Friend of the auld lad accused the barman of trying to poison him in there once. No wonder there's never anyone in there.

Degsy

dan1895 wrote: »

Wasnt that establishment that it happened in but got more than one dodgy pint in that kip. Friend of the auld lad accused the barman of trying to poison him in there once. No wonder there's never anyone in there.

Well i saw the former owner fishing used lemons out of glasses,rinsing them and putting them in a bowl to re-use!

wicklowwonder

Personally in the city centre I think Kehoes on South Anne Street is a great boozer.

Ryan's on Queen St. Walshs stoneybatter and the Cobblestone are great in the Smithfield area. Also love the Hole in the Wall on Blackhorse Avenue.

Degsy

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Also love the Hole in the Wall on Blackhorse Avenue.

I think that place is getting ideas above its station..went in for a bite recently and they're charging 15 euro for a hamburger.