Every Pub in Dublin
Friday 26 April 2024
1002618 Taylors Three Rock
Wednesday 24 April 2024
S0369 Step Inn
What were we thinking, doing a drive (I was not the driver, the driver was not drinking) around the pubs of a stereotypically wealthier part of South Dublin during a rugby match?
It wasn't easy to get in to the Step Inn - its carpark was rammed, and from the carpark it isn't obvious how to actually walk in to the pub - and it wasn't easy to get a seat either; or get an order in at the bar for that matter - however, once sat, there was sufficient floor service that this wasn't a real issue.
Despite the Step Inn being incredibly busy, Stepaside doesn't seem to quite have the numbers to support two pubs - the second one (Morgan and Macs, Fern & Co, Wild Boar at various times) across the road is currently closed; and remains unticked (and untickable) as I'm not entirely confident that I did actually visit there for lunch when kitting out the medical centre in a previous job. The area has grown significantly, and continues to grow, but changing patterns in pub attendance may be cancelling this out.
The pub it does have is a decent suburban pub regardless, assuming you can get in.
Monday 22 April 2024
1001184 Farmer Browns Kilternan
As I usually don't get to write a pub up immediately, there is always a risk that something significant will happen before I get to do the writeup. And in this case, the pub has closed down.
The Golden Ball pub, as was, was bought by Greg Kavanagh for the land around it; and with this redeveloped - looking nothing like the original proposal - he sold it on in November 2023. During his ownership, the pub was leased out to the restaurant-and-occasional-pub chain Farmer Browns, and I visited during the latter days of their operation.
This pub was the 750th on a rolling register basis, albeit I've visited two other new pubs that are not yet on the register before this, so it is only 750th by default really.
Under the Farmer Browns operation, there was a restaurant area and a bar area, with my visit being constrained to the bar as I'd already had lunch; but this may not be the same once the new owners take over.
Saturday 20 April 2024
(no number yet) Krewe South
This post may end up being pointless for ticking purposes; as I don't yet know if this is going to have a pub licence; but as its sister premises (N2805 Krewe North - since visited but not written up yet) has a pub licence, and this one has a similar setup, I'm assuming it does.
By not being on the register, it has been robbed of being Pub #750 on a rolling register basis - it can't be marked as such, as its not there to mark. But maybe it isn't even a pub anyway.
From the off, things didn't look good here. Their booking system told me there were no seats available for a single diner; possibly ever - but when I looked for a table for two, I was offered any and every 15 minute slot I wanted that evening. I didn't book one lest I had to make up a story about a missing date; but just turned up in person.
As expected, there were plenty of seats available. The next issue is that the tap list here is bloody awful.
However, the food is the main draw here; and is fantastic - this is going to be subjective, but they manage to hit exactly what I want, taste wise.
Fix the booking system and get one, just one, Irish independent product on the taps and I'll give it 5/5 every day.
Something I noticed on my visits to the toilets - the food is quite messy, and that's where the sinks are - was that the music playout appeared to be stuck there, with a single track repeating. This is apparently deliberate.
Friday 19 April 2024
S0971 Leopardstown Inn
The rotating bar is gone.
I only came here for the rotating bar (and to tick it off the list). Bah.
My main takeaway from the now entirely stationary pub is that its a lot, lot smaller than I imagined. The extensive radio advertising (for the rotating bar) made me assume this was an absolutely massive complex. Its not small, but its probably half the size I'd assumed in my mind.
My static pint was fine, but I wanted to get marginally dizzy.