Best pub

farmerjj

Just wondering what is your favourite pub in the city..

minidazzler

Preachers for good night time drinking.

An Bodhran for Day time and early evening.

MrFrisp

The Silver Goblet on Quaker Road, or BDSM on North Main Street.
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Balmed Out

If its not a very busy night the mutton lane inn is I reckon hands down the best though I prefer to mix it up.

RoyMcC

Dan Lowrey's for a quiet pint, Idle Hour for music, South County in Douglas when staying out that way.

Bacchus

The Oval if you can get a seat

Balmed Out

Bacchus wrote: »

The Oval if you can get a seat

Used to love the oval but not too fond of it since they did it up

run_Forrest_run

gotta agree with RoyMcC with Dan Lowrey's, lovely spot for a quiet one.
I also like BDSM for something different and a pint of craft beer.

murphym7

An Bodhran for Day time and early evening as said above, anything later would be Counihans. anything later than that would be the Old Oak:o:o

CHealy

During the summer I love going out the back of the Flying Enterprise during the day. There was times last summer I spent 5/6 hours out in the huge courtyard just happily sipping away in the scalding heat, great days.

brevity

Bacchus wrote: »

The Oval if you can get a seat

Second this...they play excellent music there as well.

FTA69

Fionbarras - Unreal beer garden, sound staff, good music, a choice of craft beers and absurdly cheap food.

Moks - Old school working-class Cork pub with arguably the best pint of stout in the city.

Sin É - Great spot for afternoon pints, often with great music.

Corner House - As above but even better for music

HiB - an institution, albeit one run by a bloody lunatic

The Castle - absolute gem of a place. Great pint and always the best of craic to be had, although it can get a tad yuppified.

who_me

Oval & Mutton Lane, though both are small and can get quite busy. Coughlans good too. Tom Barry's has one of the best beer gardens in Cork, but gets crazily busy any time it's sunny and warm. If it ever gets sunny and warm again.

Balmed Out

FTA69 wrote: »

Fionbarras - Unreal beer garden, sound staff, good music, a choice of craft beers and absurdly cheap food.

Moks - Old school working-class Cork pub with arguably the best pint of stout in the city.

Sin É - Great spot for afternoon pints, often with great music.

Corner House - As above but even better for music

HiB - an institution, albeit one run by a bloody lunatic

The Castle - absolute gem of a place. Great pint and always the best of craic to be had, although it can get a tad yuppified.

Id frequent all but Moks, where is it & for non stout ppl is it worth checking out?

FTA69

Balmed Out wrote: »

Id frequent all but Moks, where is it & for non stout ppl is it worth checking out?

Moks is on the junction where the Bandon Road meets Barrack Street. It sells all the usual p*ss but is as old school as they come really, more so in clientele and atmosphere than décor. It's Jimmy Barry Murphy's local.

Honourable mention for pubs must also go to Coughlan's on Douglas Street. Bradley's used to be fantastic until Tom Barry took it over and ruined it with his hipster b*llocks.

nerwen

FTA69 wrote: »

Fionbarras - Unreal beer garden, sound staff, good music, a choice of craft beers and absurdly cheap food.

Not been to this one, sounds right up my street. Thanks for the tip!

Bacchus

FTA69 wrote: »

Fionbarras - Unreal beer garden, sound staff, good music, a choice of craft beers and absurdly cheap food.

Moks - Old school working-class Cork pub with arguably the best pint of stout in the city.

Sin É - Great spot for afternoon pints, often with great music.

Corner House - As above but even better for music

HiB - an institution, albeit one run by a bloody lunatic

The Castle - absolute gem of a place. Great pint and always the best of craic to be had, although it can get a tad yuppified.

Great beergarden in Fionbarras alright. Good spot though I've only been a handful of times. Sin E is a great place too, great atmosphere in the place especially around Christmas.

Moks though :eek: Seriously? The 12 pubs challenge was the only time I was in there. The place is bare and had an atmosphere of fear about it. It looks like a boarded up house from the outside.

CHealy

who_me wrote: »

Tom Barry's has one of the best beer gardens in Cork, but gets crazily busy any time it's sunny and warm. If it ever gets sunny and warm again.

I've went in there about 5 times and not once have I had a good experience, the staff are some of the worst I've encountered anywhere i've been in the world. I kept going back in to give it a chance cause the beer garden is nice but I remember the last time I went in the girl behind the bar basically said to me to f**k off while filling my pint. I walked out straight away wont be going back ever again.

Besides from that horrible place, anyone in and around the Turners Cross area should head to the Beer Garden, definitely my favourite spot at the moment. Its a perfect size and theres always a great atmosphere in there. I was in there last Monday evening to meet a friend for an hour and it was busier than most city centre pubs on a Saturday.

Dbu

Staff surely cant be worse than counihans??

saw the owner smiling outside the door the other day, thought he was ill or something:cool:

FTA69

Moks though Seriously? The 12 pubs challenge was the only time I was in there. The place is bare and had an atmosphere of fear about it. It looks like a boarded up house from the outside.

Moks is a local bar for local people, they lads probably aren't too enamoured with the 12 pubs brigade. I've been in there many a time and I love the place. It's the epitome of a Cork pub; a representation of the character that makes Town the great place it is, it's an unbroken link to the streak of originality that permeates Cork...

(rabble rabble, you get the idea. Great GAA tradition there too)

FTA69

Also I actually like Tom Barry's. Obviously the staff there are a bit too cool for school but plenty of dacent pubs the world over have hipster bar-staff. I never had any hassle with any of them in there to be honest. Barry himself is a bit up his own hole but there are plenty of worse venues in town. The picnic set up outside is also the berries because you get to meet new people and have the craic. The stout in there is also top notch. The crossword on the table is also a great touch.

Anyway, this is a sh*t thread because now I'm homesick and want to stomp around town drinking Murphys.



A few other ones:

The Silk Road of Benny - Basically all of McCabe's spots are good for a booze up really. I'm not a fan of the Bodega scene at all (used to do the door there) but Crane Lane, Mutton and the Oval are all undeniably fantastic spots. I really liked BDSM the last time I was home for Christmas, ended up getting manked all evening on expensive gin.

The Rock Bar - Used to be a bit of an institution, the former manager of the Classic has taken that over and is making a good fist of it. Convenient location for UCC heads with a spot of maturity.

The Fob and Gill - AKA the Rob and Kill. Me being a Mayfield head this place occupies a space in my heart. I did see someone getting their face striped outside there when I was 14 though.

The Cotton Ball - Mayfield pub. All the character of the Fob with less of the savage violence and criminal element.

Annie Macs - Another loveably decrepit sh*thole. Great beer garden (one of the best of any pub out that way). There's some saucy short-haired b*tch working there who's hilariously rude also.

An Spáilpín Fanach - Surprised nobody mentioned this. Fantastic music scene and can get ribald at the weekends. Patrick's Day is the best day for it, they stick a boiled pigs head up on the bar, delightful. For those of a creepy persuasion the gaff can also get full of young foreigners searching for the fabled "craic". Obviously you'll elect to show them the premier nightspots around town.

Long Island - House, kid.

Dbu

FTA69 wrote: »

Also I actually like Tom Barry's. Obviously the staff there are a bit too cool for school but plenty of dacent pubs the world over have hipster bar-staff. I never had any hassle with any of them in there to be honest. Barry himself is a bit up his own hole but there are plenty of worse venues in town. The picnic set up outside is also the berries because you get to meet new people and have the craic. The stout in there is also top notch. The crossword on the table is also a great touch.

Anyway, this is a sh*t thread because now I'm homesick and want to stomp around town drinking Murphys.



A few other ones:

The Silk Road of Benny - Basically all of McCabe's spots are good for a booze up really. I'm not a fan of the Bodega scene at all (used to do the door there) but Crane Lane, Mutton and the Oval are all undeniably fantastic spots. I really liked BDSM the last time I was home for Christmas, ended up getting manked all evening on expensive gin.

The Rock Bar - Used to be a bit of an institution, the former manager of the Classic has taken that over and is making a good fist of it. Convenient location for UCC heads with a spot of maturity.

The Fob and Gill - AKA the Rob and Kill. Me being a Mayfield head this place occupies a space in my heart. I did see someone getting their face striped outside there when I was 14 though.

The Cotton Ball - Mayfield pub. All the character of the Fob with less of the savage violence and criminal element.

Annie Macs - Another loveably decrepit sh*thole. Great beer garden (one of the best of any pub out that way). There's some saucy short-haired b*tch working there who's hilariously rude also.

An Spáilpín Fanach - Surprised nobody mentioned this. Fantastic music scene and can get ribald at the weekends. Patrick's Day is the best day for it, they stick a boiled pigs head up on the bar, delightful. For those of a creepy persuasion the gaff can also get full of young foreigners searching for the fabled "craic". Obviously you'll elect to show them the premier nightspots around town.

Long Island - House, kid.

:eek: Is that what i think it is? as in stanley knife?:(

hufpc8w3adnk65

CHealy wrote: »

Besides from that horrible place, anyone in and around the Turners Cross area should head to the Beer Garden, definitely my favourite spot at the moment. Its a perfect size and theres always a great atmosphere in there. I was in there last Monday evening to meet a friend for an hour and it was busier than most city centre pubs on a Saturday.

Beer Garden is booming a long time. Monday nights they have darts & rings also have pool teams etc, a lot of live matchs baskets and baskets of free food for punters also

FTA69

Is that what i think it is? as in stanley knife?

It was some variety of knife anyway. In fairness, I think Mayfield used to be worse for that sort of street violence in the 1990s than it is now.

FTA69

Can't believe I also forgot Henchey's in St Luke's Cross. A fierce popular community pub frequented by a lot of artists and writers etc. You get a great mix of people in there; a good spot to wile away an evening.

Ludo

FTA69 wrote: »

Tom Barry's.......SNIP...hipster bar-staff.

hmmm...seriously? Didnt realise hipster == ignorant.

Never had a problem with them myself but seen them be downright rude for no reason.

minidazzler

Ludo wrote: »

hmmm...seriously? Didnt realise hipster == ignorant.

Never had a problem with them myself but seen them be downright rude for no reason.

I'll never understand how bar staff can get away with being rude to customers anywhere. It's one thing for banter with regulars and just not putting up with sh1t new customers. But the things you hear about Tom Barrys just make me sad. :pac:

Herb Powell

FTA69 wrote: »

Moks is on the junction where the Bandon Road meets Barrack Street. It sells all the usual p*ss but is as old school as they come really, more so in clientele and atmosphere than décor. It's Jimmy Barry Murphy's local.

Honourable mention for pubs must also go to Coughlan's on Douglas Street. Bradley's used to be fantastic until Tom Barry took it over and ruined it with his hipster b*llocks.

Bradley's isn't really hipster-loads of metal in there now. Love it. Gorgeous Beamish.

Fionnbarra's is another favourite, and of course the Franciscan Well.

gimmick

Got to agree re Tom Barrys staff. I've never had an issue, but seen them be so ridiculously rude to people and refusing to serve fellas for no reason.

Most recently 2 fellas came in the door and they were laughing about something. Both late 30s Id say, and certainly to me didnt look drunk - your one just looks up "another time ya lads" and that was that.

FTA69

Herb Powell wrote: »

Bradley's isn't really hipster-loads of metal in there now. Love it. Gorgeous Beamish.

Errah, it was better when you could 4 pints of p*ssy lager for €10, he sold naggins you could drink in the pub and there was a dying dog in the corner.

The_Kew_Tour

FTA69 wrote: »

HiB - an institution, albeit one run by a bloody lunatic

I heard this from lad who was deadly serious. Apparently he be watching punters in a camera and anyone who acts eejit gets thrown out.

Now never seen this man in action but can only go on what been told.

minidazzler

gimmick wrote: »

Most recently 2 fellas came in the door and they were laughing about something. Both late 30s Id say, and certainly to me didnt look drunk - your one just looks up "another time ya lads" and that was that.

When you are over 20 and have to check yourself before you go upto or in the door of an establishment, you're going to the wrong place.

Balmed Out

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

I heard this from lad who was deadly serious. Apparently he be watching punters in a camera and anyone who acts eejit gets thrown out.

Now never seen this man in action but can only go on what been told.

As far as I know he retired a good few years ago and his daughter runs it now. I go maybe three times a year and havent seen anything weird in a long time. Perhaps people are better trained though, you wouldnt see many using mobile's.

run_Forrest_run

Balmed Out wrote: »

As far as I know he retired a good few years ago and his daughter runs it now. I go maybe three times a year and havent seen anything weird in a long time. Perhaps people are better trained though, you wouldnt see many using mobile's.

I've often gone in there if I arrive early into town and before I'm due to meet friends I'll pop in for a pint on my own. I often sit at the bar and listen to the goings on. I've even managed a sneaky look at my phone for texts but certainly not making calls.

The_Kew_Tour

Balmed Out wrote: »

As far as I know he retired a good few years ago and his daughter runs it now. I go maybe three times a year and havent seen anything weird in a long time. Perhaps people are better trained though, you wouldnt see many using mobile's.

Ah yes Mobiles another thing the guy who knew him was talking about.

Another mate had his phone texting when other guy told him to put it away or we get chucked out.

We both thought he was out of his mind.

So it is true

jimgoose

FTA69 wrote: »

...HiB - an institution, albeit one run by a bloody lunatic...

Formerly, yes. Possibly the coolest bar in the City. :cool:

gimmick

Re the Hi B. I hate the place for what its worth. hate the whole "legend" of the place. Anyway, was going in there a few years ago with a buddy on a Sunday afternoon. The buddy went before me and the door was slightly stiff so he had to give it a bit of a shoulder to open it. There was no-one there apart from Brian (the owner. Think that's his name anyway). The buddy asked "sorry, are you open?" to which Brian replied - "The door is open isn't it, do you think I am standing here for fun? Do you have any more ASSININE questions for me or do you want to leave?". As young 23 year olds we took the abuse and went in for a few. Kind of amused by it in truth. Not sure id find the funny side now though..

FTA69

Brian is actually a nutcase like. The two occasions I've witnessed him go cracked were absolutely surreal. The first involved him showing a world cup game and then turning it off half way through because he didn't like it. The second involved him refusing to serve someone as he didn't like the book he was reading the week before.

Only a few weeks ago he was in there holding court when some drunk tried to attack him and my buddy had to physically intervene. I would have paid to see it. Have a look at the reviews of the place on TripAdvisor, it's gas.

An example:

“a horrible place that should be shut down”


1 of 5 stars
Reviewed 4 February 2012

i and my friends had a most awful night in this place. the owner, who is some sort of local character is in my opinion completly unsuitable to be in the company of people. without any reason 2 of my friends were told to leave the pub and never to come back. he muttered abusive remarks about us and built up an unprovoked anger. suddenly without warning he grabbed me by my hair and shock my head. thank god for the stranger at the bar who took the owner off me. this incedent was and is very traumatic for me. i was in the company of 2 pharmacists and 2 doctors, not that it should matter. we were sober, respectful. my friends were also horrified by the attack. on speaking to the guards afterwards i was told that this was not the first incident of assault to have occur in the premises. i am still quite shaken from my ordeal.

Visited January 2012

Also while we're on the topic of boozers,

Costigans - one of the best places in town to watch a match, grand pint and generally a choice venue.

FTA69

Also the Long Valley. Have ye ever had a spiced beef sandwich out of there? I've often ducked in for a swift stout and sandwich after building up a hunger inside in the HiB. Another institution.

Milly33

never got the Hib was in there a few times and just thought they were rude and it stank

evilivor

gimmick wrote: »

Re the Hi B. I hate the place for what its worth. hate the whole "legend" of the place. Anyway, was going in there a few years ago with a buddy on a Sunday afternoon. The buddy went before me and the door was slightly stiff so he had to give it a bit of a shoulder to open it. There was no-one there apart from Brian (the owner. Think that's his name anyway). The buddy asked "sorry, are you open?" to which Brian replied - "The door is open isn't it, do you think I am standing here for fun? Do you have any more ASSININE questions for me or do you want to leave?". As young 23 year olds we took the abuse and went in for a few. Kind of amused by it in truth. Not sure id find the funny side now though..

It's a hole of a bar and the toilets are disgusting.

Crann na Beatha

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FTA69

It's a hole of a bar and the toilets are disgusting.

The Hi-B is dacent. I never understood why people crib about toilets in bars. Sure some of the best boozers in the world have jacks that look like Khmer Rouge death camps.

gimmick

Phoenix wrote: »

No love for the Sober Lane?

I go there quite regularly, but the place has gotten insanely popular. So unless you are there early not a hope of a seat or a ledge.

Great spot though.

Triangla

I was down in Cork with a few lads from Dublin a few years ago, the weekend Ireland played England in Croke Park for the first time.

Someone had gone for a poo behind the toilet and who I can only guess was a regular brought the barmaid down to take a look.

She was offering him a free pint to clean it up. He took it and 5 mins later came back up to the bar with a pair of marigolds on and a plastic bag full of sh!te.

The barmaid was screaming at him to chuck it into a bin outside.

No one was watching the game, one of the best rugby matches ever. They were all glued to the goings on.

It's not my favourite pub and I've only been there a few times in the last few years. It's a bit of an experience though.

byronbay2

Milly33 wrote: »

never got the Hib was in there a few times and just thought they were rude and it stank

+1 Zero attraction whatsoever. Brian should have got a few slaps years ago - might have softened his cough.

Regarding Tom Barrys: I've been in there loads of times and have never seen the staff being rude to anyone. If anything, I find them overly familiar and cloyingly "nice". Great spot though (music, ambience, clientele) and handy that everyone (smokers and non-smokers) can sit together in the beer garden and chat without the never-ending traffic in and out of the smoking room. The beer is too expensive there though ....

kcb

How's The Abbey Bar (near St Finbarrs Cathedral) doing since it re-opened?

Faith

Another non-fan of the HiB here. I'd rather enjoy my pint in peace without worrying about being thrown out by some unpredictable gob****e.

Tom Barry's I have no particular grá towards, but there was a really lovely woman working behind the bar the last time i was there.

I keep meaning to try Coughlans.

Fionnbarras does have a great beer garden.

Sober lane is fun, but really, really busy.

MrFrisp

kcb wrote: »

How's The Abbey Bar (near St Finbarrs Cathedral) doing since it re-opened?

I think that's doing ok.

As far as I know, the guy has a few quid in his pocket, so isn't pushed about getting the place packed or anything.

He only opens for a few hours in the evenings, and a bit longer on the weekends.

Hasn't been done up in years though.
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Lyaiera

The HiB is a joke. It's a tourist spot at this point. Most people are only there to see what a crazy guy gets up to. It's indulging an elderly, mentally ill man.

farmerjj

OK we got it people either love or hate HI-B, but back 2 the question,what do you think is the best pub?