What would you look for in a Good pub?

No TVs and a clean toilets. Oh and a pushbike hanging from the ceiling.

Richard Hillman wrote: »

A 3.50 pint of either Tuborg, Bavaria, Olm, Fosters, Carling or any other lager
fast service
plenty of seats
No riff raff

Physical impossibility

comfortable seats, "homely" i suppose- I hate the cold chrome plastic ikea pubs that opened up in the last few years.

barstaff as friendly as i was when i worked behind the counter

decent pints, some places the taps spew poison. the variance of quality of guinness pub to pub is shameful.

decent toilets

pool tables are important

smoking/beer garden

decent music library on the jukebox

decent special offers

and a good selection of beer on tap. back home none of the pubs have bulmers on tap which is why i stopped drinking cider.

good bands regulary at the weekend.

Gordon wrote: »

No TVs.

This, so so soooooooooooooooooo much. Many, many people want to go to the pub for a conversation, not to have British soccer (the usual offender) blaring on TV screens across the entire pub night after night. Talk about colonising space, peace and destroying the quality of life of so many people. Peace, quiet, a great chat with friends and a decent drink. Is that really too much to ask? Apparently it is.

I look forward to the demise of all the offending pubs, and the rise of tv-free pubs like The Gravediggers.

Darkglasses wrote: »

No dogs, no horseplay. Big TV for the match. Kilkenny on tap. Back of the net..

What did I do this time ???????? Ffs

Ghost Buster wrote: »

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

You just half described my father's local, which i love.

I'd describe it like this:
-TV in the corner for Sport.
-Open Fire in the other corner
-Lovely Pints of Guinness
-Old style, hasn't been changed since the 80's at least
-Crisps and Peanuts
-A few late pints if you're lucky
-Barmen that you can have a bit of craic with.
-Pool table, dart board and juke box in the pool room (separate from bar)
-Always a few characters in, day or night.
-Smell of cigarettes from the pool room strangely enough...;)

Perfect except for the Jacks, they could be better...

lighting in a pub is so important and lights need to be carefully monitored, tweaked and dimmed up and down depending on time of the day to help create the right atmosphere. Candles in pubs in evenings make place really cozy too.

irish-stew wrote: »

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A nice pot of the above :P

The option of toasted sandwiches. 3-4 options in fine. No other food. (Apart from the stew.!)

Good Smithwichs. Good beer on tap. Any pub with bad pints should be shut down. No excuse for bad pints.

The option of a Local brew/Craft beer is nice too.

Papers (Decent mix of tabloids & Broadsheets)

Clean Toilets. Clean behind bar. Clean everywhere in fact. Within reason.

Max 2 tv's. Preferabbly smallish. 21" max.

Interesting photos/Art on the walls. To be summed up as plenty of character. Preferably through many years of collecting and gathering rather then Celtic Tiger Pub decor.
Photos of local events, local sports teams, national figures, recent history, past history etc..

A nice mix of passing trade and locals. Always makes for good conversation and atmosphere.

Friendly & efficient bar staff.

Free TK lemonade splashes.

John Doe1 wrote: »

Drunk sluts

drunk slut thong night and good quality arse roll in the bog.