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Whats your least Favourite pub in Ireland?

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  • #32
    bealbocht
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭bealbocht


    Flannerys.. could well be added,

    what is wierd it that, if people move around a lot, how come , pubs still have the same kind of people in them every time you go there.. , mmm but they do..

    used to like Bruxelles, never really the same after the smoking ban, and got charged 5.50 for a guinness tonight.. nngh.. f that..

    and hate to say it.. well on this thread , but , its not where you are but who you are with.. ( as long as they are not charging over a fiver for a guinness, and the bar staff are good, and it isnt full of pushy rude c**ts , slim pickings these days.. oh why oh why oh why)


  • #33
    Jesus Wept
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    Yore Ma's
    Not really of course! I'll be in for a drink soon. :).


  • #34
    Popinjay
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    Used to know a girl who worked in 4 Dame Lane.

    Warned me that if I was ever in there ordering spirits & a mixer to specify my brand of spirit too because as the night wears on some of the staff may or may not (disclaimer :D) have poured the expensive vodkas etc. instead of your smirnoff or what have you, basically doubling the price of your drink if you looked drunk enough to not notice.

    Fortunately, it was never my kind of place anyway.


  • #35
    Blisterman
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    Popinjay wrote: »
    Used to know a girl who worked in 4 Dame Lane.

    Warned me that if I was ever in there ordering spirits & a mixer to specify my brand of spirit too because as the night wears on some of the staff may or may not (disclaimer :D) have poured the expensive vodkas etc. instead of your smirnoff or what have you, basically doubling the price of your drink if you looked drunk enough to not notice.

    Fortunately, it was never my kind of place anyway.

    That's good practice anywhere.

    A lot of bars fill the bottles with the optic measures, which say "Smirnoff, Gordons etc, with generic spirits, so whereas, when you order a "Vodka and Coke", you think you're getting Smirnoff and Coke, whereas, it's actually Tesco vodka.

    And they're not, I believe technically breaking any laws, unless you ask for "Smirnoff and Coke".


  • #36
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Right today I'm going to start my boards posting on a positive note.

    The best in Dublin is my local - Campions on the Malahide Rd (Balgriffin), but apart from maybe Degsy I doubt any boardies have ventured in.

    They've local (ie - Dublin) bar staff, no doorstaff to fvck up your night. And they serve everyone from locals, to farm labourers, to travellers and all in one big happy mix.

    Worse, well for me (I'm keeping away from the city centre since its pretty much covered) goes to The Beaumont House (surly barstaff but the pint is grand). Next is 'The Golf Links' in Portmarnock for the same reason as The Beaumonth house.

    An absolutely woeful pint, most pretentious shower of **** stains has to go to Gibneys of Malahide.

    Worse pubs I've ever seen for trouble has been almost anywhere in Leixlip, but that was a long time ago, when the garda station was closed from something like 10pm.


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  • #37
    Xavi6
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    Mairt wrote: »
    The best in Dublin is my local - Campions on the Malahide Rd (Balgriffin), but apart from maybe Degsy I doubt any boardies have ventured in.

    Been there a good ten times, all after funerals.

    Seemed nice but I can't help associate it with bad experiences.


  • #38
    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    "RedXIV
    Wax in dublin. Most unfriendly place in the world, 3 hours in there and only one person would talk to me. Place was full of pricks"

    Used to love that place on wednesdays, went a little downhill with the croud it attracted changed. Haven't been there in months. Very reliable for great music though!

    Can't really think of any pubs/clubs I don't like tbh... Once theres beer, some sort of music and a few mates a good night can be had.


  • #39
    Aspiration
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    CPT. SURF wrote: »
    The Bodega in Cork. So gay
    k99_64 wrote: »
    Isn't that a restaurant?

    Nope, the Bodega is also a bar. I liked the place before it closed and re-opened recently. Apparently the "clientele" is gone to sh*t and it's €10 to get in the front door now!! :eek:

    My most recent least favourite pub is Murray's in Lusk. Went there last week with 2 Italian friends I hadn't seen in a while and we got the dirtiest looks I've ever had in my life. It was like we weren't welcome as we weren't locals or something... :(


  • #40
    John Mason
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    Jim Doyles in Bray

    i would rather chop my leg off then step over the threshold of that hovel


  • #41
    eoinmaclove
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    the Bailey is a fairly horrendous spot.

    Grogans would be grand if not for the clientele.

    More out of town, the Bell in Blanchardstown isn't very nice at all. either is the Barbican in Castleknock.

    There are probably 000's of crap bars in Ireland, but we're blessed with some great ones as well.


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  • #42
    Aspiration
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    irishbird, is that the place next to the Porterhouse on the seafront?


  • #43
    Steve_o
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    "Ten" in Waterford City, Sh*te Music, sh*te beer, ignorant bar staff and its full of scumbags!!!


  • #44
    captainzapp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭captainzapp


    citi bar easily.

    they entice you in with their 2 euro drinks but charge you a tenner at the door. which means you have to but at least 6 drinks to just break even. and you have to buy beer or shots all night. i mean youd think a vodka and lime would be 2 euro but they charge 2 euro for the dash as well. its evil.

    you might not mind all that if it was a decent bar, but its not. its awful.


  • #45
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    Aspiration wrote: »
    irishbird, is that the place next to the Porterhouse on the seafront?

    it is indeed


  • #46
    John Mason
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    Mairt wrote: »
    The best in Dublin is my local - Campions on the Malahide Rd (Balgriffin), but apart from maybe Degsy I doubt any boardies have ventured in.


    i am going to answer for Des "no F" seeing as he is banned.

    He goes to Campions too


  • #47
    Aspiration
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    irishbird wrote: »
    it is indeed

    Myself and MIN and a bunch of her friends were there last Sunday and had a glorious time! ...I can see what you mean though but we spent our time in the beer garden and I think I only liked it because of all the food stalls around :D


  • #48
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    irishbird wrote: »
    i am going to answer for Des "no F" seeing as he is banned.

    He goes to Campions too

    He told me that before, but I drink there all the time and I've never seen him.

    He's banned?.


  • #49
    Krsnik87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Krsnik87


    Ah yes citi bar I remember that place, definately a crap spot. Ok so 1 pub in the world I hate!


  • #50
    rowlandbrowner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭rowlandbrowner


    fibbers.... bloody elitist metalers and any club frequented by next brand shirt wearing middle management types.


  • #51
    JaneyMc
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    Q bar, Citi bar, Reds, Break for the Border, Barcode, Panama....


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  • #52
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Guys at this stage your hardly being original mentioning city centre bars and clubs as bad.

    How about bars outside of the city centre's?.


  • #53
    stovelid
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    Whelans (when I'm ever dragged there) always does my head in.


  • #54
    captainzapp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭captainzapp


    Mairt wrote: »
    Guys at this stage your hardly being original mentioning city centre bars and clubs as bad.

    How about bars outside of the city centre's?.

    does tramco count as outside the city centre? its also dire. but im definitely not being original pointing that one out...


  • #55
    Ciaran B
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    The Belvedere opposite Barrys Hotel.

    Poisonous booze (It’s easily the worst Guinness I’ve ever had in Ireland.
    ), idiot staff, terrible seats and the worse acoustics in any pub I’ve ever been in. It’s deafeningly loud even when it’s empty and if there’s a match on the televisions you’re treated to a barrage of feedback.


  • #56
    Whyner
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    stovelid wrote: »
    Whelans (when I'm ever dragged there) always does my head in.

    At this rate, every single pub will be hated by someone...


  • #57
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    Mairt wrote: »
    He told me that before, but I drink there all the time and I've never seen him.

    He's banned?.

    Yeah, he is banned from AH until August sometime


  • #58
    Nalz
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    Scraggs on Tullow st Carlow
    D2 on Harcourt St Dublin
    Tramcos Rathmines Dublin
    Fibbers on Parnell st Dublin
    Langtons Killkenny


  • #59
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
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    The matchmaker in Lisdoonvarna during the matchmaking festival. Stinks of fertiliser, cheap perfume, randiness and guinness :(


  • #60
    SuperGrover
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    Worst - Sheaf O' Wheat in Coolock. Skangers.

    Best - Kyle's next door to it. Locals. Great pints.


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  • #61
    FunkZ
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    I don't know why but I have a deep hate for Break For The Border and The Woolshed.


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