Botanics Bar Phibsboro

Mrs.Babalady · 06-01-2005 5:13pm #1

I hope i've got the name of the place correct !

Has anyone ever been there, what's the age group/vibe in the place?
Is it full of "yun wans" & "yun fellits"?

Am heading there friday night, what can I expect?

Thanks in advance

Mrs.Babalady · 07-01-2005 10:09am

Sh*ite ! It must be a right dump if even no-one from boards has been in it .

garthv · 07-01-2005 10:17am

never even heard of it.....
its in phibsboro so dont expect champagne and cocktails

landser · 07-01-2005 10:19am

i think you mean the botanic house?? used to ok, sort of an auld fellas pub. it's pretty foul now. not only will you find yung wans there, but their bumpkin equivalent also!

go round the corner to the gravediggers... rapid pub!

Canis Lupus · 07-01-2005 10:35am

Can a person who describes a pub as "rapid" be trusted?

Mrs.Babalady · 07-01-2005 10:55am

Friends I'm going with said it was great spot with late bar (they are neither aul lads or from the country !)
Wonder if it's been done up - i feckin well hope so.

Canis Lupus · 07-01-2005 10:59am

I think I've been in the botanics house before and it was alright if memory serves

Nuttzz · 07-01-2005 11:00am

at what age do you become an aul lad?

Canis Lupus · 07-01-2005 11:08am

Nuttzz wrote:

at what age do you become an aul lad?

When yur given a "diamond" jumper for xmas/birthday

landser · 07-01-2005 12:02pm

Canis Lupus wrote:

Can a person who describes a pub as "rapid" be trusted?

here, are youse callin me a scumbag? i'll bleedin burst ya!!!!

rapid, is now de rigeur, all of D4 use it, don't ya know

Keyzer · 07-01-2005 12:10pm

Lovely opinions lads, really nice...

The pub in question has recently been refurbished and is not a bad aul watering hole, if you don't like it then go to porterhouse north just down the road from it, and with mcgowans down the road you can go and pick up a fat 30 something later in the evening....

Question - Why are you asking what a pub is like before you go to it? Are you afraid of the area?

Canis Lupus · 07-01-2005 12:49pm

landser wrote:

here, are youse callin me a scumbag? i'll bleedin burst ya!!!!

rapid, is now de rigeur, all of D4 use it, don't ya know

I would never like to infer that u are a knacker

Mrs.Babalady · 07-01-2005 1:26pm

Thanks for the info.

To answer you Keyzer, i'm not afraid of the area, just don't know it & didn't want to end up somewhere full of 16 year olds getting locked on 1 pint of cider.

As i am an overweight 30 something myself perhaps i should persuade my friends to go straight to Mc Gowans & cut out the middle man !!!

Is Mc Gowans still full of Gardai & nurses though? (it's been a while since was there)

Jesus, i'm starting to feel old & decrepid myself- I do go out - I swear , just not in Phibsboro

Keyzer · 07-01-2005 6:27pm

no offence intended....

Still full of garda and nurses, not that I go their often, I despise the place....

yamo · 07-01-2005 7:06pm

they've done the place up. it's fairly nice now, and there's a pretty decent crowd there. if it's ****e, there's always the new porterhouse across the road...

Ro: maaan! · 07-01-2005 7:11pm

The only reason I'd go there is because it's a late bar and close to where I live. There are some much better pubs around the area, but none of them have a late licence. Although I heard Porterhouse does now... Anyone know if that's true?

steveland? · 07-01-2005 7:29pm

I assume you all mean the Botanic House in Glasnevin/Phibsboro?

It's a nice place. There's a late bar in one side and it's more aimed at younger people like students and the like. I live two minutes away so it's handy to get to. Wasn't too big a fan of the Porterhouse North tbh...

Evilution · 08-01-2005 12:25am

Mrs.Babalady wrote:

I hope i've got the name of the place correct !

Has anyone ever been there, what's the age group/vibe in the place?
Is it full of "yun wans" & "yun fellits"?

Am heading there friday night, what can I expect?

Thanks in advance

Friend of mine went there about 3 years ago. Scored some mid-30's teacher and went back to her place. Spent the night there, did the do and then left in the morning. He got paranoid after that for some reason and went and got an STD checkup 2 days later.
Is this a good enough recommendation for you?

steveland? · 08-01-2005 1:05am

Evilution wrote:

Friend of mine went there about 3 years ago. Scored some mid-30's teacher and went back to her place. Spent the night there, did the do and then left in the morning. He got paranoid after that for some reason and went and got an STD checkup 2 days later.
Is this a good enough recommendation for you?

Sounds like a moron tbh

Evilution · 08-01-2005 2:21am

SteveD wrote:

Sounds like a moron tbh

:rolleyes:

MojoMaker · 08-01-2005 2:48am

In fairness he does sound like a moron.

Evilution · 08-01-2005 2:53am

MojoMaker wrote:

In fairness he does sound like a moron.

Why? Because he went out? Went to a bar? Scored a woman? Slept with her?
Or is it because even though he used a condom he still got an STD checkup because something didn't feel right? It came back negative by the way.
Some judgemental mofo's on boards tonight

Mrs.Babalady · 10-01-2005 11:22am

Thought The Botanic House was quite nice.
Decent crowd & music. Yeh late bar very handy as the weather was so bad , we didn't move from there all night
Would recommend it - oh yeh,got drink sent to me from man along the bar , hasn't happened in ages so was very flattered. Do you think that may colour my opinion of the place??

Thanks for all the posts guys...

Botanics Bar Phibsboro

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