Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

donaghs · 03-10-2019 10:25AM

any news on Camden St? rough opening date?

BeerNut · 03-10-2019 11:04AM

donaghs wrote: »

any news on Camden St? rough opening date?

The publicity during the summer for the newest two said January 2020 for Camden Street. I don't think there's been any update since.

Blut2 · 03-10-2019 01:29PM

The sooner the better. With a bit of luck we might actually start seeing some price competition in pubs in Dublin, if we get a few more Wetherspoons.

BeerNut · 03-10-2019 01:40PM

I doubt it. The offer is sufficiently different for the pubs and their suppliers to see it as not a competitor.

machaseh · 03-10-2019 02:07PM

I'd have thought whetherspoons in abbey street would be packed all of the time but it didn't seem to be too bad last Saturday, to be fair I was there quite early though.

I think that the chilly atmosphere of many spoons is what would chase away the higher-end crowd, though I have to say I find the silver penny abbey street quite cozy for a Whetherspoons if you compare it, for example, to the ones in dun laoghaire or belfast.

In the past I often went all the way to swords just for the whetherspoons there (old borough), I am happy that there is now one in walking distance from my home.

Reputable Rog · 03-10-2019 07:56PM

machaseh wrote: »

I'd have thought whetherspoons in abbey street would be packed all of the time but it didn't seem to be too bad last Saturday, to be fair I was there quite early though.

I think that the chilly atmosphere of many spoons is what would chase away the higher-end crowd, though I have to say I find the silver penny abbey street quite cozy for a Whetherspoons if you compare it, for example, to the ones in dun laoghaire or belfast.

In the past I often went all the way to swords just for the whetherspoons there (old borough), I am happy that there is now one in walking distance from my home.

Where is this ‘Whetherspoons’ you keep referring to? Is this a rival chain?

machaseh · 04-10-2019 07:12AM

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Where is this ‘Whetherspoons’ you keep referring to? Is this a rival chain?

Stop being pedantic about spelling to non native English speakers like myself. You probably don't have a word of your own language (Irish ) nor any other language for that matter while I'm fluent in 3 so hush.

Reputable Rog · 04-10-2019 10:54AM

machaseh wrote: »

Stop being pedantic about spelling to non native English speakers like myself. You probably don't have a word of your own language (Irish ) nor any other language for that matter while I'm fluent in 3 so hush.

Not being pedantic. The correct spelling is in the title of the thread.
I speak fluent English, which I consider to be my native language, therefore it is not really necessary to speak another language, I am also fluent in Gaelic and I can get by in Vlaams and Afrikaans.

machaseh · 04-10-2019 11:10AM

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Not being pedantic. The correct spelling is in the title of the thread.
I speak fluent English, which I consider to be my native language, therefore it is not really necessary to speak another language, I am also fluent in Gaelic and I can get by in Vlaams and Afrikaans.

Geloof er geen ene hol van dat je fatsoenlijk Vlaams kan spreken, lezen en schrijven, omdat de meeste Ieren niet eens een woord Iers spreken laat staan een andere taal.

Aside from that, nobody asked you to correct anybody's spelling as it is completely outside the scope of the thread, and Gaelic is not a language. You have Irish (sometimes called Irish Gaelic) and Scottish Gaelic.

irish_goat · 04-10-2019 11:20AM

Alright lads, back on topic please.

Reputable Rog · 05-10-2019 05:54PM

In the Linen Weaver this morning. Had a cask ale from some Orkney brewery, fin3. Followed by a John Smiths which was atrocious gave it back and it turns out the wrong nozzle was on.
Finished up with a Beamish, way too col, no taste off it.
Service absolutely diabolical, total spend €7.65.

BeerNut · 09-10-2019 04:02PM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Guest ales listed on the app too now.

This doesn't seem to have lasted long. When did anyone last see an accurate listing of the cask beers on the app for an Irish pub?

Losty Dublin · 11-10-2019 12:53AM

BeerNut wrote: »

This doesn't seem to have lasted long. When did anyone last see an accurate listing of the cask beers on the app for an Irish pub?

They'd want to get their act together the next few weeks; they've a cask ale festival going on over the next 2 weeks.

Baron Kurtz · 11-10-2019 01:13AM

Reputable Rog wrote: »

In the Linen Weaver this morning. Had a cask ale from some Orkney brewery, fin3. Followed by a John Smiths which was atrocious gave it back and it turns out the wrong nozzle was on.
Finished up with a Beamish, way too col, no taste off it.
Service absolutely diabolical, total spend €7.65.

Dunno if it's the Cork side of things, but most of their brews are rank, in particular the cask stuff. Always hesitant now. Maybe a Punk on draught or bottled/canned stuff is the only way here. That's just me, so can't make that a statement for someone to avoid. As I said earlier in the thread, they don't do proper cask.

poitinstill · 11-10-2019 09:11AM

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

Dunno if it's the Cork side of things, but most of their brews are rank, in particular the cask stuff. Always hesitant now. Maybe a Punk on draught or bottled/canned stuff is the only way here. That's just me, so can't make that a statement for someone to avoid. As I said earlier in the thread, they don't do proper cask.

tend to agree. had Jaipur on cask a few weeks back. nothing like it should have been. maybe they keep it on too long / dont get thru it fast enough.

BeerNut · 11-10-2019 09:16AM

Cork definitely has the weakest game as regards cask, and possibly in general. I've had perfect pints of Jaipur in Blanchardstown and Blackrock, one of them costing me all of €2.

poitinstill · 11-10-2019 11:15PM

yea i've been less than impressed. not in there much but it doesn't do any favours promoting cask ale like that. twas 2.75 a pint and if it was in good condition its a class pint ( Jaipur )

Baron Kurtz · 11-10-2019 11:42PM

BeerNut wrote: »

Cork definitely has the weakest game as regards cask, and possibly in general. I've had perfect pints of Jaipur in Blanchardstown and Blackrock, one of them costing me all of €2.

Seems to be the case so. Used to live in Dublin and the Blackrock outfit was perfectly fine iirc.

Reputable Rog · 12-10-2019 12:06PM

BeerNut wrote: »

Cork definitely has the weakest game as regards cask, and possibly in general. I've had perfect pints of Jaipur in Blanchardstown and Blackrock, one of them costing me all of €2.

The Cork outlet is very badly run. Never enough staff, food poor, beers in poor condition, always out of something.

MonkstownHoop · 12-10-2019 04:29PM

Noticed they have Sky Sports in blackrock now, do the others have it too?

Quackster · 12-10-2019 06:52PM

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Noticed they have Sky Sports in blackrock now, do the others have it too?

Yep, in the Forty Foot too.

Uncle Charlie · 20-10-2019 12:31AM

Any word when the Camden Street Branch is going to open ?

BeerNut · 20-10-2019 12:42AM

Uncle Charlie wrote: »

Any word when the Camden Street Branch is going to open ?

Last they said was January, but from looking at it today I can see it being longer.

Technocentral · 24-10-2019 01:44PM

Mate was wondering do they show football in Silver Penny?

L1011 · 24-10-2019 02:24PM

Only if on RTE currently I think. Some suburban pubs have Sky but it is not the norm chain-wide

hynesie08 · 03-11-2019 03:22PM

They've gone app only on the upstairs, bit weird sitting 6 feet from the bar and watching your drink sit on the counter and you can't take it......

Barna77 · 03-11-2019 09:09PM

Been to the one in Abbey St twice.

First for food, no alcoholic drink. Food was pretty bad. I'm never eating there again.

Went back a week later for a pint while waiting for the bus. Dear god...

Nope, never ever again. Don't care how cheap it is

EDIT:
The beer was pretty bad

n97 mini · 04-11-2019 01:12AM

Barna77 wrote: »

Been to the one in Abbey St twice.

First for food, no alcoholic drink. Food was pretty bad. I'm never eating there again.

Went back a week later for a pint while waiting for the bus. Dear god...

Nope, never ever again. Don't care how cheap it is

Going on how busy it is, I don't think you'll be missed.

listermint · 04-11-2019 03:41PM

n97 mini wrote: »

Going on how busy it is, I don't think you'll be missed.

Rather snide remark. you working for spoons marketing team or something.. :rolleyes:

scotchy · 04-11-2019 03:53PM

hynesie08 wrote: »

They've gone app only on the upstairs, bit weird sitting 6 feet from the bar and watching your drink sit on the counter and you can't take it......

Which Wetherspoons?

Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

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