McNeills is a little odd. It looks, and feels, a bit like drinking in someones grandmothers house. However, it hasn't been a pub for all that long at all.
Branded as "McNeills Music Select Bar and Music Shop", the music shop was the original business here and indeed manufactured some very famous instruments, but relocated in 2004. There was a more recent music shop on the premises but this, too, has closed. I believe the pub may have opened in 2008 but I'm open to correction on this as there's very little to suggest a firm date.
It's a nice pub. Has an auld lads bar feel even if it hasn't been there as long as others. TV was turned down to a low enough level when the match on ended, leaving it easy enough to have a conversation. It smelled somewhat like a Catholic church at Easter on the evening I went in - something smelled like incense, but I doubt that's a regular feature.
No comments:
Post a Comment