Campions, now The Balgriffin Inn: The continuing saga thereof...

wills185

Ariana Salmon Grindstone wrote: »

I'm wondering if anyone knows the situation with Campions at Balgriffin.

I went there for a pint on Wednesday night only to discover it locked up, and it hasn't been open since.

Anyone know what the situation is with it?.

It’s back open in April this year the beachcomber bought it can’t wait

Bird123

wills185 wrote: »

It’s back open in April this year the beachcomber bought it can’t wait

The Beachcomer?? Now you’re really confusing us! Lol
Either way, I don’t care who owns it as long as it’s decent!

Greentree_uk

anyone know what kind of pub they are opening? will they do food?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Passed it by a few times this week and there's defo some construction (and not demolition) work being done on the rear of the building.

monicafussy

Any updates on when new pub will be opening?

Buckfast W

Maybe when they have the houses finished, pass by it a lot and although the front still needs some work there's a newly built extension at the back so hopefully soon

monicafussy

Drove by today , The new builds are quite close to the Pub , I am wondering if it will ever actually open now

chinwag

monicafussy wrote: »

Drove by today , The new builds are quite close to the Pub , I am wondering if it will ever actually open now

As a pub, somehow I doubt it.

Buckfast W

chinwag wrote:

As a pub, somehow I doubt it.

The original plans that were drawn up were for the houses at the back and the redevelopment of Campions as a pub

monicafussy

I really hope the Pub goes ahead as the area needs a decent one , The Hotel bar is not great

Bird123

I see that there’s a planning permission sign on the ext wall of the pub but I haven’t had a chance to go over and read it yet. It might answer all our questions. I’m hoping it will be a pub, can’t see what else it could be and if they wanted rid, they could have demolished the whole lot when the houses were going up.

monicafussy wrote: »

I really hope the Pub goes ahead as the area needs a decent one , The Hotel bar is not great

arybvtcw0eolkf

monicafussy wrote: »

The Hotel bar is not great

Under statement of the century. The Hotel bar is sh*t.

site_owner

https://i.imgur.com/xpW1g6X.jpg


alll the info from the 5th July update is on the council website

imme

Another bookies just what the world needs!

Very 2005

arybvtcw0eolkf

imme wrote: »

Another bookies just what the world needs!

Very 2005

Campions ran a bookies from the bar

Gaz

This has now gone on appeal

http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/301639.htm

arybvtcw0eolkf

Gaz wrote: »

This has now gone on appeal

http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/301639.htm

I don't fully understand what that's about, but I do know that Campions car park used to flood in the winter.

The wall between the car park and college were often sandbagged during wet spells.

Maybe this has something to do with the new houses to the rear of the pub?.

Gaz

https://theoldethatch.ie/

Opening very soon apparently

Gaz

More pics here: https://mobile.twitter.com/johnpoole3?lang=en

arybvtcw0eolkf

Great, the area needs a new pub but it'll never be the old Campions (disgruntled old regular here).

Bird123

Gaz wrote: »

More pics here: https://mobile.twitter.com/johnpoole3?lang=en

Opening in a week apparently ðŸ‘

Greentree_uk

I do hope the beer selection is better than whats currently on those Taps...

L1011

Those look like the old tap heads, the current ones for most of those brands look different and not many places do Bass anymore! Also the Guinness tap is missing its handle.

site_owner

Going by that twitter account, its a sister pub to the http://theoldspot.ie/

If you have a look at their drinks menu, it looks like all tastes will be well catered for

L1011

Hopefully with sightly more bar seating than the Old Spot has.

humberklog

Noticed a lot of work going on in last couple of weeks. Looking forward to having a local that's local.

arybvtcw0eolkf

I'd a Christmas party in Nobel House last night, we'd hoped Campions would be opened this weekend (its not).

Went into The Hilton for a bar, they've done a seriously good revamp. I've previously hated The Hilton but this new makeover is really nice.

Gaz

I find sitting at the bar in the Hilton is nice but anywhere else feels like a hotel, if you know what I mean.

Facebook page for Campions, ehh, The Olde Thatch is here
https://m.facebook.com/oldethatch/

humberklog

So by the looks of it they've retained the narrow bar but have knocked through on either end. From what was the small grocer shop to the right and the partition into the lounge all opened up now?
Makes sense. Looks smart.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Gaz wrote: »

I find sitting at the bar in the Hilton is nice but anywhere else feels like a hotel, if you know what I mean.

Facebook page for Campions, ehh, The Olde Thatch is here
https://m.facebook.com/oldethatch/

Its only opening up onto a FB cover photo and nothing else for me

arybvtcw0eolkf

Gaz wrote: »

I find sitting at the bar in the Hilton is nice but anywhere else feels like a hotel, if you know what I mean.

I get you.

I called in because I was still hungry after eating in The Noble House and sent the food back. Nice bar, but if they can't get something simple like chips and chicken wings right I wouldn't chance anything else ~ how do you send out half cooked chips and chicken, they try hide it under a tsunami of Franks hot sauce!.

But I liked their selection of beers, and as stated earlier the bar revamp is really nice.

humberklog

Bit off topic Mak but what's Noble House like for a sit in meal?

I've had the take out and found it only average in quality but high on price.

arybvtcw0eolkf

humberklog wrote: »

Bit off topic Mak but what's Noble House like for a sit in meal?

I've had the take out and found it only average in quality but high on price.

Apart from last night I hadn't eaten there in a few years, and I get my take away's from Park Lane in Clongriffin.

Its hard to answer your question because we were a party of 35 (or more) runners, so we've big appetites lol.

The meal was tasty. I had beef in black bean sauce with fried rice, and like I said when we left I went into the Hilton for food because I was still hungry. I'd been training earlier and still burning energy.

330ml bottles of Tiger beer were €6, so I got a bottle of wine but iirc the cheapest bottle of red was €23.

All that said no one had anything negative to say about their meals.

If I'm eating anywhere in the area its The White House in Baldoyle, if you like chowder there's no where comes close.

Greentree_uk

went once felt ripped off, never set foot again, food was poor. imo

Gaz

Nice food but I find it very over priced if sitting in.
Myself and the missus went a few months ago with the kids (5 & 2, so you can imagine how much they ate).
Couple of starters, mains and sides and I had a few beers.
Bill came to over €100.

The Italian restaurant in Clongriffin is lovely and great value. But if it needs to be Asian food, head somewhere else like the Jazz in Coolock.

arybvtcw0eolkf

I see 'The Old Thatch' signage has gone up, only my opinion but it looks cheap & tatty but I'm still looking forward to sampling what the new pub has to offer.

My regular since the closure of Campions has been TWH in Baldoyal, great selection of beers, wines and spirits and SUPER food. The bar at The Hilton surprised me but the food was dire so The Old Thatch has some competition in the area.

site_owner

Did you get a photo of the sign? Interested to see what they have the place like.

White house is nice, but i find the atmosphere a little too quiet in it for having a pint. Have spent a few evenings at the bar but i like a bit more going on around me

Greentree_uk

Old thatch still waiting on ESB latest I heard.

Bird123

Ariana Salmon Grindstone wrote: »

I see 'The Old Thatch' signage has gone up, only my opinion but it looks cheap & tatty but I'm still looking forward to sampling what the new pub has to offer.

My regular since the closure of Campions has been TWH in Baldoyal, great selection of beers, wines and spirits and SUPER food. The bar at The Hilton surprised me but the food was dire so The Old Thatch has some competition in the area.

Passed by it yesterday. I hope they’ve put some money into the refurb. Still looks a bit tatty from the outside, only half the roof replaced with new tiles, color of building isn’t great, they should have kept the white to make it stand out. Also the old eternal lighting seems to be still up. I don’t want to be negative before it gets off its feet but first impressions are lasting impressions and it needs to attract the right crowd from the get go or else it won’t work.
Other than that I am looking forward to seeing what they’ve done with the place and I hope it all works out for the new owners.

arybvtcw0eolkf

site_owner wrote: »

Did you get a photo of the sign? Interested to see what they have the place like.

White house is nice, but i find the atmosphere a little too quiet in it for having a pint. Have spent a few evenings at the bar but i like a bit more going on around me

I didn't get a photo, had I seen this earlier I'd have taken one on my way home from work.

I like TWH because its quiet, I usually take a book in for a read at the bar over a bowl of chicken wings and some fries. I drank in the bar once and didn't like it.

humberklog

The Olde Thatch.

Kinda annoying that extra E. No photos.

Buckfast W

I don't think anyone local will be using the E, sure we'll still be calling it Campions anyway :-) looking forward to trying it out when it opens

Greentree_uk

https://ibb.co/FWLbW7f pic this morning

Suzyq

It’s opening early next week according to Facebook

highdef

humberklog wrote: »

The Olde Thatch.

Kinda annoying that extra E. No photos.

That's just to give it an olde English touch, to try make it sound old and authentic.

odyssey06

highdef wrote: »

That's just to give it an olde English touch, to try make it sound old and authentic.

Pity bona fide travellers from dublin city wont be entitled to a drink out of hours as you could in the rare oul times... or so my old dad tells me.

Greentree_uk

old thatch on facebook... https://www.facebook.com/oldethatch/

well not consistent...

site_owner

Bar is open tonight

arybvtcw0eolkf

Shame there's no parking (yet?).

Completely rules it out for me at the moment.

Bird123

Ariana Salmon Grindstone wrote: »

Shame there's no parking (yet?).

Completely rules it out for me at the moment.

The Manager said on the Facebook page that there was parking around the back. I don’t know if there is or not or if it’s blocked off by the construction work going on at the moment