What would you look for in a Good pub?

Temptamperu · 01-12-2011 10:15PM

mattjack wrote: »

I want a bar with cowboys , injuns , a sherrif and somewhere to tie up my horse

Ahh leitrim.. tis a good oul town :pac:

rodrob111 · 01-12-2011 10:16PM

I like a craft beer in a bar but find as a barman any more than 1 or 2 don't sell, unless in the porter house or Mulligans where there is no Mainstream beers. I love a fire in a bar aswell, think it is really cosy.

LadyGardener · 01-12-2011 10:16PM

Aodan83 wrote: »

Don't turn the music up so loud I can't hear the person next to me talking. What point is there going to the pub if you can't talk to anyone because you have no idea what anyone is saying?

This.

Gordon wrote: »

No TVs.

And this.

mattjack · 01-12-2011 10:17PM

and a bed if I fancy a snooze.

stoneill · 01-12-2011 10:18PM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Women. Scantily clad, adventurous, friendly, tipsy, emotionally stable women.

I look for this everywhere, not just the pub - Restaurants, cinema, supermarket, bus stops, counselling centres, post offices, etc.

rodrob111 · 01-12-2011 10:30PM

stoneill wrote: »

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Duffy
Women. Scantily clad, adventurous, friendly, tipsy, emotionally stable women.

I look for this everywhere, not just the pub - Restaurants, cinema, supermarket, bus stops, counselling centres, post offices, etc.

Dammit I should have started a thread about where to find the above

mackg · 01-12-2011 10:30PM

In no particular order

Chilli Nuts
Pool
Darts
Good Guinness
Variety of shots
Jukebox
Bit of leeway when it comes to horseplay
T.V.s, sensibly placed
Good heated smoking area with a bar and plenty seats with T.V's
Variety of different seats, sometimes I feel like a stool others a couch
Board games

All these are huge pluses for a bar IMO.

EDIT: how the fcuk did I forget bacon fries

orourkeda · 01-12-2011 10:32PM

Guinness and Bacon Fries.

Everything else is a bonus or a nuisance

livinsane · 01-12-2011 10:36PM

I don't think there are rules across the board. I have a few favourite pubs and they are very different to each other. But they earn a few bonus points for the following:

Have a fire lighting the winter. Real preferably but fake electric one will do.

Definitely have to have crisps on sale (AT LEAST TWO FLAVOURS!), salted AND dry roasted nuts at least.

Live music few times a week, doesnt have to be anything special. Low key trad group is good.

Lounge area with pool table, dart board and jukebox (if pub is large)

Newspapers and books around the place. Handy if having a quiet on by yourself.

I like when they do pichers of beer/deals on bottles of beer

Im not into sport but I don't mind tvs. Id watch away golf or darts if it was a quiet evening.

If I owned a pub, Id do classic movie nights!

Reamer Fanny · 01-12-2011 10:37PM

rodrob111 wrote: »

i'm a barman and working (bored) in a bar with 2 customers at the moment.
just wondering wat Irish people look for in a bar
i.e decor, price etc...
For me I like a bar not too modern but not shabby.
Clean toilets are important.
As long as the price of the pint (I drink lager) is under a fiver i won't be too worried.
A nice simple food menu including a selection of Bar snacks (Wings, Gougons etc..).
Plenty of Tv's for sport (its so quiet in here I have Crocodile Dundee II on the big screen).
Would use any tips that'd suit the bar but in general just lookin to see wat other people think

A pub with class no riff raff or scumbags in track suits.

rodrob111 · 01-12-2011 10:41PM

If I owned a pub, Id do classic movie nights!

Not sure about movie nights cause you have to have a very general movie on. think I'd walk out if a pub had a Rom Com on and girls prob would aswell for an action flic.
Even "Classics" aren't to everybodies tastes

Although if it was a movie I liked i'd probably stay in the pub till at least the end.

oldyouth · 01-12-2011 10:42PM

Plenty of stools at the bar
Bar staff who know their trade
Telly for sport only and only on at the right time
No Musack, EVER
Regulars slipped the odd free scoop.
Totty

nlgbbbblth · 01-12-2011 10:44PM

Turntables
Small selection of craft beers
Locks on the toilet doors
No blacks in the jacks (or any toilet attendants)
No television sets

black_ray · 01-12-2011 10:48PM

rodrob111 wrote: »

i'm a barman and working (bored) in a bar with 2 customers at the moment.
just wondering wat Irish people look for in a bar
i.e decor, price etc...
For me I like a bar not too modern but not shabby.
Clean toilets are important.
As long as the price of the pint (I drink lager) is under a fiver i won't be too worried.
A nice simple food menu including a selection of Bar snacks (Wings, Gougons etc..).
Plenty of Tv's for sport (its so quiet in here I have Crocodile Dundee II on the big screen).
Would use any tips that'd suit the bar but in general just lookin to see wat other people think

Flock wallpaper. The sign of a good sturdy honest pub is flock wallpaper...

livinsane · 01-12-2011 10:49PM

rodrob111 wrote: »

Not sure about movie nights cause you have to have a very general movie on. think I'd walk out if a pub had a Rom Com on and girls prob would aswell for an action flic.
Even "Classics" aren't to everybodies tastes

Although if it was a movie I liked i'd probably stay in the pub till at least the end.

Movies would be in the lounge, bar would be separate for my other cliental.

Id also do toasted sandwiches all day. But only ham and/or cheese. I wouldn't messing around chopping onions and tomatoes.

mackg · 01-12-2011 10:54PM

Lets not forget the odd pub quiz!

cosanostra · 01-12-2011 11:01PM

1. Good beer its amazing the amount of pubs that sell slops serve your customers something decent.

2. A pub should have an atmosphere even when its empty dim the lights ambient music playing and gradually increase it as people come in, people will talk louder making it seem busier but never have it too loud that its over powering.

3. Find a market! figure out who your regulars are what brings them in and what would bring more of them in, if its young people consider getting a pool table, juke box and drink promos, older men culchie farmer types have some deals on for them 1/2 pint of smithwicks and a powers for a €5 something like that

4. Make your customers feel important give them the odd free pint get to know their names! Chat to them listen to their problems no matter how board you get.

5. Big roaring fire on these cold nights

6. If you do food keep it simple and cheap

John Doe1 · 01-12-2011 11:05PM

Drunk sluts

Eroticfishcake · 01-12-2011 11:08PM

A lot of the things already mentioned, as long as there's no karaoke, clean glass (no lipstick), good beer, heated smoking area, I'm happy out

2k9cian2k9 · 01-12-2011 11:08PM

Cheap pint, Nice atmosphere , Good food..What more could you want :P

Herb Powell · 01-12-2011 11:11PM

Good beer. Draught Grolsch for example.
Decent live music is always welcome.
Good prices. i.e as cheap as possible

LordSutch · 01-12-2011 11:20PM

A pint or three of Real Ale & a few packets of crisps (or dry roasted nuts), while listening to my fave ten song selection on the Juke box in the corner, while also having the choice to wander over to the pool table & pot a few balls before closing time at 11pm.

Bowl of chips, cocktail sausages & a smile from the polish bar maid, if needed

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jackie1974 · 01-12-2011 11:28PM

My favourite pub makes more money after hours and the ashtrays come out when the doors close alehulia rural Ireland and you're gold if you know the words of a few songs

SEPT 23 1989 · 01-12-2011 11:30PM

No windows

RichieC · 01-12-2011 11:37PM

Decent stout and a kick about on the telly.

Missmiddleton · 01-12-2011 11:54PM

atmosphere

Ally Dick · 01-12-2011 11:56PM

My favourite pub would have NO stools anywhere near the bar so that EVERYONE could get served without having to push past ignoramuses who have left no space at the bar.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-12-2011 12:06AM

Quick and proficient Bar staff.

A nice clientele, no undesirables.

Decent smoking facilities, preferably heated.

Good Guinness.

Live music.

A snug for the regulars.

Ghost Buster · 02-12-2011 12:15PM

Im a real 'auld fella' in terms of what i look for in a pub and always have been.
I wont go into a pub with door staff. I wont go into a pub which wants to be a night club. My ideal pub is one with no telly, no radio or music (other than the odd acoustic band / trad sessiun on a week end.), your dog is welcome so long as it behaves and so long as its clean and the pint is good and fairly priced Im happy

Cú Giobach · 02-12-2011 12:40PM

No telly, no food, no very loud music, comfy heated smoking area where you still feel like you're in the bar, and the kind of place that is relaxed enough for the staff to post on the internet when it's quiet and who turn a blind eye to the occasional herbal smell emanating from the toilet or blowing in the door. That would be my second home.

What would you look for in a Good pub?

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