Best Pub You've Ever Been in?

Mint Sauce

'Zacks', donegal town, now closed.

not sure if you can call it a pub, 'cafe del mar' in ibiza, only for the mojotos and the sunset.

and 'irish daisy', zell am see, austria

Sergeant

Bukowski's Tavern in Boston. About 30 craft beers on tap, sufficiently dingy, fantastic buffalo wings, and a lock-in in a city where they are fundamentalist about closing on time.

Celly Smunt

Sergeant wrote: »

Bukowski's Tavern in Boston. About 30 craft beers on tap, sufficiently dingy, fantastic buffalo wings, and a lock-in in a city where they are fundamentalist about closing on time.

i agree with this statement

Gone Drinking

Gone Drinking wrote: »

I've been in lots of good bars/clubs, but after a quick thought, i really loved the krazy kanguruh, St Anton, Austria..

That place is just demented. Not only the best pub for apres ski but the best one overall

HoPpiE

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

Salt house is overrrated. it just seems like a really expensive sauna!

In galway, its gotta be O'Connels for sure. Nicest pint of stout around!

A pub in vienna, forget the name of it, stayed open till dawn, beer and music all night. Great place.... prob the best pub ive been in so far!

Edit: I remembered! It was Cactus bar!!

+1 on the points made about the Salt House and O'Connells.

sealgaire

candy-gal1 wrote: »

Fibbers!! both old and new!

Fibbers? In Galway? Ha, you must be from Mervue!

Sergeant

sealgaire wrote: »

Fibbers? In Galway? Ha, you must be from Mervue!

I'd imagine it is Fibbers in Dublin, a pub on Parnell street that smells like a can of cat piss.

problemchimp

kevthecelt wrote: »

A sportsbar in Vancouver. Flatscreens on every square inch of the walls AND a mini golf course going round the entire bar. Awesome

Jesus, how could multiple flat screens and a crazy golf course make a pub good. Sounds like a nightmare to me. Each to their own I suppose. Grogans, South William st. Dublin for me!

Celly Smunt

Sergeant wrote: »

I'd imagine it is Fibbers in Dublin, a pub on Parnell street that smells like a can of cat piss.

and where the women hang like a wizards sleeve

Turnstyle

Cafe Mambo in Ibiza

TPD

There was one in Wales, I can't remember it's name. Did a mean Indian curry, great to tuck into with a few pints of their local ale.

Took a trip down to Galway recently, was in a bar called the Salthouse. Great selection of beer, and drunken jenga. Hard to beat.

kfallon

Brendog wrote: »

Quinns Drumcondra.....but that was 2 years ago....now its ****!!

Yeah the students have it ruined.....

prinz

Have all been in Germany and Belgium. Not really able to separate a lot at the very top. Dax BierBoerse in Hannover being a particular highlight, couple of bars in Leuven, Belgium.

Sergeant

problemchimp wrote: »

J Each to their own I suppose. Grogans, South William st. Dublin for me!

Now I love an authentic Dublin pub, but Grogan's would put the temper on me. Lots of self-styled arty types, too much tweed and leather patches, and disgraceful toilets. I hate how pubs think they are keeping it real by having the jacks as a public health hazard.

problemchimp

Sergeant wrote: »

Now I love an authentic Dublin pub, but Grogan's would put the temper on me. Lots of self-styled arty types, too much tweed and leather patches, and disgraceful toilets. I hate how pubs think they are keeping it real by having the jacks as a public health hazard.

I suppose you're right about the jacks but the pints are massive and the atmosphere is spot on despite your fear of tweed.

CoDy1

Sam Jacks in Newcastle.

HoPpiE

problemchimp wrote: »

I suppose you're right about the jacks but the pints are massive and the atmosphere is spot on despite your fear of tweed.

How can a pint be massive?

monkeyfudge

problemchimp wrote: »

Jesus, how could multiple flat screens and a crazy golf course make a pub good. Sounds like a nightmare to me. Each to their own I suppose. Grogans, South William st. Dublin for me!

Yep. No music, no TVs. A toasted cheese sandwich with plenty of mustard and a pint of Guinness at lunch time... wonderful stuff.

And personally I wear a corduroy jacket.

AskMyChocolate

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Yep. No music, no TVs. A toasted cheese sandwich with plenty of mustard and a pint of Guinness at lunch time... wonderful stuff.

And personally I wear a corduroy jacket.

Haven't been there for a while but you used to be able to get a large bottle of McArdle's there which is always a treat. Usually, it's just Smithwick's that's available for ale-drinkers.

TPD

HoPpiE wrote: »

How can a pint be massive?

It could be really really fizzy and require more space for the extra bubbles.

rocky raccoon

the sky bar on the 33rd floor of traders hotel, kuala lumpur. look out over KL and the petronas towers. cool location, cool music, great cocktails

Jaxxy

A bar in Hannover, Germany. Can't for the life of me remember what it was called, but on the wall they had this huge board with a list of the drinks they served and their prices and every couple of minutes the prices would change. Cue us falling to the bar to order multiple glasses of the cheapest booze on the list. Great fun, great beer but not so great hangover the next day.

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There's a revolving bar on top of the Marriot in Times Square. It's a bit posh, and all seated with a buffet type deal but it's worth a mention for the excellent 360 view of the manhattan skyline

neveah

The Irish Rover in Madrid

Jev/N

The Garden, Zadar, Croatia. :cool:

bluto63

Shunt, underneath London Bridge station. Long spacious tunnels under the railway with perfomances hidden in little alcoves as you walk in. Then the end opens up to reveal a large bar and seating everywhere. Fantastic place, people at their strangest in there

Dionysus

irish_goat wrote: »

To be a bit more upbeat than the "dodgiest pub" thread, what's the best pub you've ever been in?

Mines was in a pub called Zum Uerige in Dusseldorf, we walked in, sat down and within about 3 seconds we all had a glass of Alt beer (the local brew) in front of us with one having asked for it. Everyone else was drinking the stuff so we couldn't figure out if the waiter just likes to take the piss out of tourists or if he decides that everyone has to drink beer. Aside from that the place was class, really clean, had seemingly taken over half the street outside with beer garden space and had a pub grub menu that was full of manly dishes consisting solely of meat, bread and cheese.

The Gravediggers in Glasnevin, Dublin. Yankee O Connell's on the Hill of Skreen, Meath, is also superb, although the absence of a TV in The Gravediggers gives it the edge.

joewicklow

Saturday Morning with a newspaper and a pint of stout its got to be Mulligans in Poolbeg Street, then on to the Palace Bar, up to the Long Hall and then over to Cassidys for a deadly one. Mosey down to the Dawson Lounge and hide in the darkness for a while.
If your still up for it head over to O'Donoghues on Merrion Row and then get some dancing in.

Degag

Brendog wrote: »

Quinns Drumcondra.....but that was 2 years ago....now its ****!!

I was in there after the All Ireland last year. To say it resembled a cattle mart would be kind...

bytey

Tom Collins

Limerick

*sigh *

and the Blue Light Dublin