Crooked Jack wrote: » Belfast, Coleraine, Enniskillen, two in Derry. There might be a few others that I havent been in, but these are all great. Yes they're samey and you could argue in some sense soulless, but great beer, great prices and (varying between establishments) great food. Nice and big so there is usually no bother getting a seat and no blaring music or TVs. Big bar and lots of staff so no long queues. It may not have the charm of a little independent place but in all honesty it's hard to fault it.
LordSutch wrote: » Oh I know JD Wetherspoon pubs very well indeed, I have been in the Belfast one several times, and several in England too (The Regent in Walton on Thames comes to mind), but I thought from your post #127 that they had actually arrived here, sadly not
Crooked Jack wrote: » What do you mean by here? Dublin? Please tell me you mean Dublin and you're not actually going to try and make this thread into a "the north isnt really Ireland," type thing.
LordSutch wrote: » This thread is about Dublin, greater Dublin at a push, but Northern Ireland has chains that we dont have 'here' take JD Wetherspoons, or Sainsbury for example. I would love a good quality English pub in, or close to Dublin, reason: (Real Cask Ale on tap) at a sensible price with good food too!
Sergeant wrote: » In Dublin, there are 4 pubs off the top of my head that serve cask ale on tap; while L Mulligan's serves delicious food alongside that cask ale. No TV either.
LordSutch wrote: » with a nice variety of cask ales on tap with good food (at a good price). PS By the way, nothing wrong with Irish pubs, but there is a difference.
LordSutch wrote: » I suspect you are refering to Northern Ireland, which of course already has them, and there was me thinking that JD had arrived here in the Republic Bugger.
reprazant wrote: » From a bar, it would generally be between €4-€6, depending on the ale. From off license, it would be anywhere between €1 - €4 or so. Really, the craft bars do tend to be more expensive than the average pub, possibly due to craft beers being more expensive to produce than the mass produced fare and also due to it being a much smaller market.
ScumLord wrote: » It's not like that in the UK, craft beers are the same price or cheaper from what I could see.
Ouchette wrote: » So those who wouldn't want an English pub are saying no to pubs like my local, where you can get about 6 different ales for about £3 each, you can get a good fresh fish and chips or sausage and mash (but there's almost nothing else on the menu) for a reasonable price,
reprazant wrote: » Possibly more of a market but then also, beer tends to be cheaper in the UK, though it does depend on which part of the UK it is. Pints in central London can be bloody expensive.
ScumLord wrote: » Yeah they're at Irish prices. I'm from a small town in the west of Ireland and I thought London was fairly reasonably priced all things considered, it was more expensive but not by a huge amount, I'd say Dublin is worse which goes to show how over priced Ireland is.
old hippy wrote: » I'm lucky to have several decent locals and a wider range of decent pubs in the London area to chose from. I can be picky but I've had 13 years or so to indulge. I find these sites can be helpful for the discerning drinkerhttp://www.fancyapint.com/http://www.beerintheevening.com/
Beefy78 wrote: » There are very expensive parts of London where pints are up to £5 (Canary Wharf, Leicester Square). The average price of a pint in Dublin will be higher though.
Beefy78 wrote: » beerintheevening.com is an invaluable resource for anyone planning any sort of night out/piss-up in London.
MMAIRELANDFAN wrote: » English Pubs are like Irish pubs with no character and gank drink.
ScumLord wrote: » Just about every pub I've ever gone into in England is a chain pub by wetherspoons or some other chain. Those chains have no incentive to operate in Ireland as they wouldn't be allowed free enterprise to sell drink cheaply. I can see the Vintners association and the rest of the Irish alcohol pushers cartel keeping them out to protect their monopoly too. Overall though English pubs are horrible places.
Paparazzo wrote: » Pubs in england have a way better selection of drink. I'm talking in general here, but 99% of pubs in ireland have the exact same products. In england you have way better variation. I got a bottle of Duvel in a pub in the centre of newcastle for £2.50, and we left that bar because it was too expensive. You only get that in specialised pubs in ireland and it's about 3 times that price. Ah come on, that's like saying you hate meat because you had a mcdonalds burger a few times and it was manky. English country pubs are pretty much the same as Irish country pubs, but generally better kept, nicer beers and better food.
Paparazzo wrote: » Pubs in england have a way better selection of drink. I'm talking in general here, but 99% of pubs in ireland have the exact same products. In england you have way better variation. I got a bottle of Duvel in a pub in the centre of newcastle for £2.50, and we left that bar because it was too expensive. You only get that in specialised pubs in ireland and it's about 3 times that price.
Ouchette wrote: » So those who wouldn't want an English pub are saying no to pubs like my local, where you can get about 6 different ales for about £3 each, you can get a good fresh fish and chips or sausage and mash (but there's almost nothing else on the menu) for a reasonable price, no bouncers or paying in - even on New Year's, no tv except for the occasional big event, no music unless it's live but it's never too quiet either, and where there's still a proper pub atmosphere and people chat to people they don't already know? You might need to skip the Morris dancing we all ended up trying to join in with last Friday night though.
