Favourite pub, and why

RuthC

I know this is a bit like my 'where will I go for my birthday' query but just in the name of getting a chat going (and so I can also rediscover Dublin)...what do you all think?

I was in Kehoes the other Saturday and man, I really like that pub, it's like being in someones front room.

Oh and I HATE those new 'superpubs' like Sansara and that sort of a thing. BORING and no atmosphere, you could be in any city in the world.

scarfacemj

Superpub? does it have super powers?

RuthC

It can hear from at least 1.2 miles away. That's pretty super, no?

Half-Bicycle

Kehoe's, without a doubt. Great staff, great pints, great mood. Even if you lost yer marbles and went and banned the old tobacco.

Stag's Head and Grogan's are pretty up there, too.

RuthC

I haven't been in the Stags Head in years, it's going up for sale today don'tcha know?

Grogans is pretty good too, full of auwl book readers and paper scribblers though..at least that what they think..

I have to say for a fancy drink I do like The Mandarin Bar in The Westbury. Yum.

Half-Bicycle

Stag's up for sale??? Hope they don't mess around with the place. Grogan's was a haunt of mine for aeons, I used to do a bit of the old writing/reading/romancing on the premises

RuthC

See I can understand the reading and the romancing bit, but could you not have done the like um writing at home?

Half-Bicycle

ah well I write when the muse takes me, on the bus, in the pub, under the stars (needs torch) or in transit... all sounds very pretentious mais c'est moi

RuthC

I hope you don't write and drive at the same time, there's laws agin that you know...

Half-Bicycle

Not a chance, I've seen the results of reckless on the road writing

Ah what I wouldn't give for a kind pint in Kehoe's right about now

RuthC

Mmmm, me too. And I'm just about ten minutes walk away too.
Oh and then onto Cafe Bar Deli for something to eat....I'll just have to contend with a walk on Sandymount strand and some pasta (no alcohol included...)

Half-Bicycle

10 mins? Lucky, lucky, lucky. Be a while before I'm that close again

Amz

I don't really have a favourite pub any more. It used to be the Oak, but then that lost it's appeal.

Now I like a pub where I can sit and chat to friends over a decent pint without being subjected to aural sodomy of any kind. I prefer old man type bars like O'Neills where there's no music and you can sit there comfortably. It's more relaxed and not as pretentious as some spots around town.

memaeve

RuthC wrote:

I was in Kehoes the other Saturday and man, I really like that pub, it's like being in someones front room.

The one on Mount St.?
xm

RuthC

No Kehoes is just off Grafton St, South Anne st I think. You should check it out.

Actually I ended up going out by accident last night, checked out Gleesons in Irishtown, Hogans, Whelans and Carnival...all very cool. Same as someone else was saying, at the moment I'm into old man pubs.

Half bicycle - where are you? do you not live in Dublin anymore then?

Half-Bicycle

Where am I? City of lost souls and broken dreams or whatever you want to call it. One thing for sure, I'm not in Kansas anymore!

(London)

RuthC

Hmm, just got back from London after spending 5 years there. Don't envy you much mate...

Half-Bicycle

Been here 6 years, doing ok but it's not Dublin. Like any big city it's got its good and bad points...

RuthC

Yeah I loved and hated London in equal measures but just had to come home at the end of the day. Am so much happy here now.

Half-Bicycle

I'll prob give it a wee while longer, see how it goes. I'm not sure about the curent Dublin vibe but I guess that's me being old and farty about it

scarfacemj

Would I be gay if I said The George?

RuthC

Where are you living there? How old are you then?

RuthC

Well SF - I don't know if we could question your sexuality if you said The George, but we could certainly question your taste

scarfacemj

i like the cut of your jib young lady

Half-Bicycle

RuthC wrote:

Where are you living there? How old are you then?

Do you mean me? I live in Sarf London out Tooting way and I am (ahem) thirtysomething

RuthC

Why thank you, I got the pattern from womans own.

RuthC

Half-Bicycle wrote:

Do you mean me? I live in Sarf London out Tooting way and I am (ahem) thirtysomething

I see I see, yes I know Tooting a bit, I'm was South London lady myself, Rotherhithe and all that carry on, Canary Wharf and the Thames...

Now by thirtysomething do you mean forty?

Half-Bicycle

RuthC wrote:

Now by thirtysomething do you mean forty?

:eek: Not quite. I'll be hitting my mid-thirties very soon (he said, cagily)

aligator_am

God I hope u dont write and drive cos if u crashed ur car would be a write off gwahahaha (i know it was bad, sorry lol)

i gotta say sin e down on the quays (ormond quay i think) is really good, and for all you wine drinkers out there ye can get a half bottle for bout €6.70 or so, the only drawback is that they dont sell bulmers but the place itself is good and the music is usually a good live act. I also like the legal eagle, they do a kickass open mic night and in my experience the acts on are usually pretty good. Isaac Butts was brilliant but sadly i think its still closed, i just hope they dont mess with the venue downstairs, i really thought that the dinginess sorta added to the whole atmosphere.

scarfacemj

The dank Moe, not the dank!

MoeJay

*on topic*

Doyle's at the top end of D'Olier St.

Quality pub.

*off topic*

Creature

Like Amz, I prefer a place where there's no horrible music pounding away at my ear drums for the whole night forcing me to communicate with other people in a form of makeshift sign language.
I'm fond of the Bloody Stream in Howth. It's easy enough to get to, doesn't really get too busy and everyone I know goes there. There's also the frying-pan full of drink too, good fun that.

scarfacemj

Creature wrote:

Like Amz, I prefer a place where there's no horrible music pounding away at my ear drums for the whole night forcing me to communicate with other people in a form of makeshift sign language.
I'm fond of the Bloody Stream in Howth. It's easy enough to get to, doesn't really get too busy and everyone I know goes there. There's also the frying-pan full of drink too, good fun that.

One does agree, quite a slendid establishment

Jolene

the Donaghmede inn is my favourite

not that ive ever been there you understand, but i once read on this very board that its a retched hive of scum and villainy

all the way

RuthC

I hear what you're saying about loud crap music in pubs but man I do like some sounds when I'm out, as long as they're 1) good and 2) not ear bleedingly noisy.

Peters pub is pretty good too.

scarfacemj

Bruxelles (the metal part) is probably THE loudest place ive ever been. Its so loud that it nulls the stink in there, no mean feat I tell thee

RuthC

Oh my god, it so is. Anseo is crazy loud too. I refuse to pay a fiver for a pint and then have to sit there eyeballing the person I'm with....
And the indie part used to be SO good when I was a wee lass, it just mings now though

dr strangelove

Half-Bicycle - you should check out a pub called the Nell Gwyn in central London, just off the Strand.
It's pretty small, but very nice, relaxed atmosphere, it's up a dark alley between two theatres so none of the tourists and very few suits know where it is.

DublinWriter

dr strangelove wrote:

Half-Bicycle - you should check out a pub called the Nell Gwyn in central London, just off the Strand.
It's pretty small, but very nice, relaxed atmosphere, it's up a dark alley between two theatres so none of the tourists and very few suits know where it is.

I used to go there a lot when I lived in London. It's frequented by 'luvvies' and owned by the Irish 'Dirty Nellies' lotto syndacate.

DublinWriter

scarfacemj wrote:

Would I be gay if I said The George?

Only if you're gay.

The George is great fun, myself and the gf (honestly!) used to go there a lot. The slave auctions are gas. I love most gay pubs/clubs because there's never a hint of violence or trouble and everyone is focused on having a good time.

DublinWriter

Jolene wrote:

the Donaghmede inn is my favourite

not that ive ever been there you understand, but i once read on this very board that its a retched hive of scum and villainy

I only twigged last week what it is that bothers me about the Donaghmede Inn....it has no Windows! Check it out!

DublinWriter

Half-Bicycle wrote:

I'll prob give it a wee while longer, see how it goes. I'm not sure about the curent Dublin vibe but I guess that's me being old and farty about it

Me neither, I hope to be relocating to the South East of the UK sometime early next year. Without going into rant mode, I find Ireland, especially Dublin, has very little going for it at all levels.

scarfacemj

most places are like that(not the gay part)

Half-Bicycle

dr strangelove wrote:

Half-Bicycle - you should check out a pub called the Nell Gwyn in central London, just off the Strand.
It's pretty small, but very nice, relaxed atmosphere, it's up a dark alley between two theatres so none of the tourists and very few suits know where it is.

You know what? That rings a bell, does that. Always on the look out for a decent small boozer. Prefferably free of sky sports, fruit machines, 80s cheese, suits and mobiles. Impossible, isn't it?