Myos Castleknock

Gemma1982

Just heard new owners have taken over myos in Castleknock. Anyone know anything about it? Can only be a good thing!

Remind me

Gemma1982 wrote: »

Just heard new owners have taken over myos in Castleknock. Anyone know anything about it? Can only be a good thing!

New owners or the owners giving someone control?

I had heard the owners wanted someone to come in and run it but the T&C's were not great.

Hopefully it gets going again, really has gone to the dogs and De Bruins just not a nice place to go for a drink.

ChannelNo5

Couldn't agree more. Myos is wasted. Prime location in the village and could be a great spot for drinking and eating because as said there is no other decent place in the village. De Bruins is awful and myos has no atmosphere.

annfield1978

Myos in 10 yrs wil probably be apartments

If the black wolf was in the village, it would be fantastic

ongarboy

I'm surprised a historic village like Castleknock doesn't have more traditional style pubs - or more night time choices in general when you consider it's a largely affluent demographic that live there and in the surrounding catchment area. When you compare it to Lucan, Blanchardstown, Chapelizod villages, it's definitely lacking evening time drinking/socializing options other than to eat.

beauf

Myos back in the day was Jammed. Haven't been in it for years. For some reason it has always been a place where it takes ages to get served even when quiet. It's hardly changed in 20yrs.

Larbre34

Many's a Dublin suburban pub being run like a prison canteen the last 20 years, owners who aren't experienced in hospitality, staff untrained and huge turnover, crap ambience, tatty lounges. Very few people eejit enough to return to a hostelry where you're made feel someone is doing you a favour to serve you.

Its a pity, given the high income area, it could be an absolute goldmine if treated right

Hurrache

beauf wrote: »

Myos back in the day was Jammed. Haven't been in it for years. For some reason it has always been a place where it takes ages to get served even when quiet. It's hardly changed in 20yrs.

Used to be heaving alright, with the younger crowd emptying around 11 to hit the clubs. I've been in it a few times over the last year or two on a Saturday. Very quiet with most of the taps empty. I liked it back in the day.

I don't understand why it changed so dramatically.

beauf

People just skipped the local and went straight into town.

Larbre34

Prinking.

MayoSalmon

ChannelNo5 wrote:

De Bruins is awful and myos has no atmosphere.

Steak in the stone is quality and the Guinness is grand..

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MayoSalmon wrote: »

Steak in the stone is quality and the Guinness is grand..

De Bruins is an awful layout and the blind eye that is turned to the goings on is a joke and has and will continue to cost them business.

MayoSalmon

Remind me wrote: »

De Bruins is an awful layout and the blind eye that is turned to the goings on is a joke and has and will continue to cost them business.

Not too bothered by that..like i said steak/Guinness is good...also beer garden is very good fro matches and the like.

The place is better than most around albeit that not saying much.

Hurrache

Steak on a stone is the biggest scam in the history of dining. You're charged a premium to have to cook the food yourself and you come out stinking as a result. If anything you should be getting a discount on it for saving kitchen time and labour.

threein99

Hurrache wrote: »

Steak on a stone is the biggest scam in the history of dining. You're charged a premium have to cook the food yourself and you come out stinking as a result. If anything you should be getting a discount on it for saving kitchen time and labour.

I think this as well

wildlifeboy

Remind me wrote: »

De Bruins is an awful layout and the blind eye that is turned to the goings on is a joke and has and will continue to cost them business.

what do you mean blind eye?

ongarboy

Larbre34 wrote: »

Many's a Dublin suburban pub being run like a prison canteen the last 20 years, owners who aren't experienced in hospitality, staff untrained and huge turnover, crap ambience, tatty lounges. Very few people eejit enough to return to a hostelry where you're made feel someone is doing you a favour to serve you.

Its a pity, given the high income area, it could be an absolute goldmine if treated right

Agreed about suburban pubs and you do not have to look further than D15. Pub grub offering is very poor in the area. The Paddocks in Little Pace springs to mind. The staff are friendly but the pub is stuck in a 1990s tatty, sticky, patterned carpet timewarp! The menu has over 100 main courses on offer - how can one kitchen offer so much choice and maintain superior quality in every single dish at every hour of the serving day? We went there once at 9pm and as well as the infinite main course options, they had 5 roasts available at that hour - beef, lamb, turkey, corned beef and ham! :eek::eek: Surely something has to give quality wise..and it does - The Clonsilla in is another sprawling dark dated pub. There is only so much one man band singing Snow Patrol or Oasis you can take.

The Greyhound and renamed Vineyard in Blanch and Half Way house in Ashtown all have left me disappointed food wise. One place that is actually decent for food and shows effort in choice, quality, service and presentation is Cu Chulain's in Ongar which is great for me as it's only walking distance.

Any stand out restaurant will have a max of 8 main course dishes usually, all of which will be of a generally high standard as the quality focus is on that select choice of dishes Anything more and the law of diminishing returns kicks in.

That is why I always socialize in the city centre (and absorb taxi or Nitelink as necessary as it's worth it for a better night). There is a decent choice of restaurants outside the pubs in D15 that are good for food however.

Gerlad

Cu Chulainns has gone downhill in recent months. It was brilliant when it first started serving food but the quality of some of the dishes (eg the Pil Pil prawns) has dropped dramatically. The Black Wolf is probably the best of a bad bunch at the moment.

DvB

Whilst not a fan of the place I actually find the standard of food in the Paddocks as being quite good. I've yet to be disappointed with any of the food we've ordered & my wife who's a vegetarian loves the range options available to her in comparison to most places who offer pasta in a bland tomato sauce as the only veggie option.

beauf

Anything changed in Myos then? I've only passed through it in recent years looked like a time had stopped somewhere in the 90s.

Remind me

wildlifeboy wrote: »

what do you mean blind eye?

Spend a few minutes in the toilets....

Best food around is Bradys but atmosphere is woeful.

Mayos is back on the right track, new tenants certainly making a good effort with customers

wildlifeboy

Remind me wrote: »

Spend a few minutes in the toilets....

Best food around is Bradys but atmosphere is woeful.

Mayos is back on the right track, new tenants certainly making a good effort with customers

every pub in dublin has people doing coke in the jacks, its hardly exclusive to that pub

Remind me

wildlifeboy wrote: »

every pub in dublin has people doing coke in the jacks, its hardly exclusive to that pub

Never said it’s exclusive to that pub but it’s not for me and it being so openly done and nothing being done about it is certainly not for me.

Prisoner6409

One positive thing about Myos recently is they got rid of the car parking charges, what a joke. If you went into Myos during the day for lunch you had to fill one of those car parking meters, I think it was to put off lidl customers using Myos car park, however this never materialised and they got rid of the parking machine although several people did get clamped in the time it was there. However there is still a parking machine in operation over the road in De Bruins car park. I don't suppose you can blame the people running De Bruins on this as this would be down to whomever owns the carpark but it would not entice me to frequent the place, lets face it both pubs are not up to much. We now take a cab over to Kavs(the Gravediggers) over in Prospect Sq, Glasnevin, great pub, great pint but man it can get busy. Our other spot is the Strawberry Hall down in the Strawberry Beds, well worth a visit.

TheValeyard

I never knew about the parking charge and clamping. That's one way to loose friends alright.

Keyzer

Was in Myo's for the match on Sat night, was meh to be honest. Same old same old.

All the cantenkerous old castleknock gits demanding table service even though they are no more that 6 ft from the bar.

TV's are sh1te and need to be replaced.

Hurrache

In fairness you're always offered table service there, barman will offer to drop your drink over or one of the floors staff will catch you.

NufcNavan

They have to do something with that front bar.

Was sat there a few weeks ago in the corner beside the door and it was infested with moths. I swatted about 8 of them while I was there!

Force Carrier

NufcNavan wrote: »

They have to do something with that front bar.

Was sat there a few weeks ago in the corner beside the door and it was infested with moths. I swatted about 8 of them while I was there!

Some people go to the pub, specifically, to meet moths.

JupiterKid

Sounds like Myos hasn’t changed one iota since I lived in Castleknock 20 years ago.

Suburban bars are generally soulless drinking dens.

Nijmegen

I think the Black Wolf in Blanch is an example of how to turn a staid old suburban pub into something more interesting. Might not be to everyone's tastes, but it sure is differentiated from the Vineyard vs Bell vs Roselawn etc.

chucknorris

Nijmegen wrote: »

I think the Black Wolf in Blanch is an example of how to turn a staid old suburban pub into something more interesting. Might not be to everyone's tastes, but it sure is differentiated from the Vineyard vs Bell vs Roselawn etc.

They've never let me in. On the one occasion i got in the front door, another doorman escorted me out the back door for a chat and said 'not tonight'.

:eek:

Remind me

chucknorris wrote: »

They've never let me in. On the one occasion i got in the front door, another doorman escorted me out the back door for a chat and said 'not tonight'.

:eek:

Haha!

Not the first person I’ve heard that happen to. I went to go in 1 evening with my wife, about 6 in the evening and we weren’t allowed in because she had runners on.

wildlifeboy

Remind me wrote: »

Haha!

Not the first person I’ve heard that happen to. I went to go in 1 evening with my wife, about 6 in the evening and we weren’t allowed in because she had runners on.

thats all stopped now and there arent bouncers anymore

chucknorris

wildlifeboy wrote: »

thats all stopped now and there arent bouncers anymore

May give it a go on fathers day

Nijmegen

I suspect that at the very beginning they wanted to ensure it didn't get the wrong crowd in. I've lived in Blanch long enough to remember what an undiscerning door policy resulted in in various places (anyone remember the Buddha Bar?). My biggest fear for the black wolf was that it would have folks in from trying to burn one another's houses down elsewhere for a not so quiet pint. I still see a load of the aul lads who propped up the bar in the Vineyard for years in meanwhile, so its not like they cleared out the regulars with any great violence. It's a nice mixed crowd and a good venue too for parties, been to a few upstairs in it now.

But we digress from Myos, which is basically stuck in the early 2000s.

Jaster Rogue

wildlifeboy wrote: »

thats all stopped now and there arent bouncers anymore

Too little too late, they refused a lot of people in their first months for silly reasons who will never set foot in the place.

chucknorris

Nijmegen wrote: »

I suspect that at the very beginning they wanted to ensure it didn't get the wrong crowd in. I've lived in Blanch long enough to remember what an undiscerning door policy resulted in in various places (anyone remember the Buddha Bar?). My biggest fear for the black wolf was that it would have folks in from trying to burn one another's houses down elsewhere for a not so quiet pint. I still see a load of the aul lads who propped up the bar in the Vineyard for years in meanwhile, so its not like they cleared out the regulars with any great violence. It's a nice mixed crowd and a good venue too for parties, been to a few upstairs in it now.

But we digress from Myos, which is basically stuck in the early 2000s.

Of the five times I’ve ever been in Myos I got the sense that they had their arms tied by the clientele that drank there. If they were to have a, I don’t' know, 80s nice or live entertainment, either the regulars would give out or the home owners would sue them

Their priority should always be to stay relevant in fairness to The Bell, whatever your preference is, they stay very relevant and cater for all, young and old and seem to pull it off well.

beauf

Myos used to have live bands, a long time ago.

jippo nolan

Prisoner6409 wrote: »

One positive thing about Myos recently is they got rid of the car parking charges, what a joke. If you went into Myos during the day for lunch you had to fill one of those car parking meters, I think it was to put off lidl customers using Myos car park, however this never materialised and they got rid of the parking machine although several people did get clamped in the time it was there. However there is still a parking machine in operation over the road in De Bruins car park. I don't suppose you can blame the people running De Bruins on this as this would be down to whomever owns the carpark but it would not entice me to frequent the place, lets face it both pubs are not up to much. We now take a cab over to Kavs(the Gravediggers) over in Prospect Sq, Glasnevin, great pub, great pint but man it can get busy. Our other spot is the Strawberry Hall down in the Strawberry Beds, well worth a visit.

The Strawberry Hall will collect you from Castleknock village!

septictank

It's a County Meath publican that has leased Myo's, small time group, just 1 or 2 pubs.

L1011

Remind me wrote: »

and we weren’t allowed in because she had runners on.

Nijmegen wrote: »

But we digress from Myos, which is basically stuck in the early 2000s.

As is the Black Wolf it'd seem!

"No runners" pubs would basically get about five auld lads and a few scrotes who still have the school shoes and the Fred Perry jumper they used to need to get in to the nightclub in Mulhuddart knocking around. That died as a dresscode thing about 2005.

NufcNavan

It seems that Myos won't be doing food anymore. I asked the new management months ago and he said his plan was to focus on getting the crowds in first (it is a lot busier than it was in fairness) then offer a food menu again. However I asked bar staff the other day about this and I got a sarcastic reply of "yeah, crisps and peanuts".

It's a shame because their menu in the past was quite good.