A large inner city pub which has a significant daytime trade from the staff and patients of the hospitals on Eccles Street - including a lunch special which includes a bar of chocolate, an odder choice of desert option but certainly one with low serving costs!
During my visit, I was moved by staff due to a large area having been reserved without notices on the tables - however, there were plenty of other seats so it wasn't like being moved on with nowhere to go.
Thursday 28 June 2018
N0091 Tom Mayes
Another traditional inner city Dublin pub, this one could do with a layout change to let people know it's open.
Situated on a larger corner site, the main bar entrance is to one far extreme with the off-licence entrance (which it seems you can still enter the bar via) is to the other. There is no door on the corner; and the various advertising signs in the windows of the bar are all for the off-licence.
Once you do realise it is actually open and go inside, you're welcomed with a large bar, multiple screens showing sports (horse racing and the World Cup on my visit) and all the usual stuff for a pub of this type. Definitely worth realising that it's not just an off-licence, anyway.
Situated on a larger corner site, the main bar entrance is to one far extreme with the off-licence entrance (which it seems you can still enter the bar via) is to the other. There is no door on the corner; and the various advertising signs in the windows of the bar are all for the off-licence.
Once you do realise it is actually open and go inside, you're welcomed with a large bar, multiple screens showing sports (horse racing and the World Cup on my visit) and all the usual stuff for a pub of this type. Definitely worth realising that it's not just an off-licence, anyway.
N0067 Delahuntys
Traditional inner city Dublin pub. Relatively small and situated in a fairly densely pubbed area, it has probably the best exterior of any of the pubs nearby - solid wood paneling painted in muted colours - but there isn't a huge amount of difference between them to the outsider.
1013039 Robertas
This is upstairs from my previous 'pub', Dollard & Co. But it has its own full pub licence, and like Dollard, isn't really a pub. It is a restaurant with a large central bar and a very small amount of seating for it.
On a quiet enough early Saturday visit, the only open seating was outdoors - which is split in to a small smoking area and a larger no smoking area. The drinks range is vastly larger than the limited drinks-with-food option offered downstairs and it's a much more conducive atmosphere to stay in for a few, but you'll probably find better elsewhere for just drinks.
On a quiet enough early Saturday visit, the only open seating was outdoors - which is split in to a small smoking area and a larger no smoking area. The drinks range is vastly larger than the limited drinks-with-food option offered downstairs and it's a much more conducive atmosphere to stay in for a few, but you'll probably find better elsewhere for just drinks.
Monday 25 June 2018
1013229 Dollard & Co
This is basically an upmarket supermarket with a sit down deli / cafe - it has a pub licence as this is the easiest way to do the licencing for both off sales and wine with food.
This means you can have some rather expensive pints or wine here, but you are drinking in a (posh) deli. There are plenty of proper bars (most owned by the same company as this, Press Up) nearby to visit instead.
One overpriced pint of Peroni consumed, entry on spreadsheet marked off and off somewhere else...
This means you can have some rather expensive pints or wine here, but you are drinking in a (posh) deli. There are plenty of proper bars (most owned by the same company as this, Press Up) nearby to visit instead.
One overpriced pint of Peroni consumed, entry on spreadsheet marked off and off somewhere else...
N2375 Sin É
This pub had escaped me for ages just by not being somewhere I'd pass on foot - so a deliberate trip to get it and close off an area of the city was undertaken.
A music venue and indie late bar, with a primarily craft beer line-up; it is one of the older of its type in Dublin, having been around for quite some time at this stage.
It's a nice pub and the location is actually decent enough for me for a pre-bus pint on the way home so it'll be added to the list of places I use for that.
A music venue and indie late bar, with a primarily craft beer line-up; it is one of the older of its type in Dublin, having been around for quite some time at this stage.
It's a nice pub and the location is actually decent enough for me for a pre-bus pint on the way home so it'll be added to the list of places I use for that.
1006717 Marker Hotel
Due to arriving earlier in the day, I didn't get to go to the famed rooftop bar here, as it hadn't opened yet. There is another bar in the lobby, but it is basically the same as any other hotel lobby going - except for the bar snacks provided for no additional charge, which is a continental touch rarely seen in Ireland.
I'll need to return to see the rooftop bar, before it gets changed by the planned extension to the hotel.
I'll need to return to see the rooftop bar, before it gets changed by the planned extension to the hotel.
S4345 HQ Gastro Bar
This is more of a restaurant than anything else, and I suspect you were meant to wait to be seated - but as both staff on the reception desk were on the phone and made no attempts to stop me I headed straight to the bar; only noticing the requests to wait to be seated afterwards.
There's a good range of beers on offer but it does really feel like you're slightly in the way if just there for drinks. The premises used to be a branch of Ely and still carries quite a resemblance to the Ely in CHQ internally - just without the 18th Century architecture to match
There's a good range of beers on offer but it does really feel like you're slightly in the way if just there for drinks. The premises used to be a branch of Ely and still carries quite a resemblance to the Ely in CHQ internally - just without the 18th Century architecture to match
Sunday 24 June 2018
S4256 Clayton Hotel
This is the Clayton on Cardiff Lane in the South Docklands.
The bar of this hotel is vast, certainly one of the biggest single bars in a hotel in the city. The proximity to the Bord Gais Theatre providing plenty of pre- and post-show custom is probably the biggest driver for this, but also the continually growing number of staff in nearby tech firms probably helps.
Its a fairly generic hotel bar otherwise, and not something worth going out of your way for - but perfectly fine if you're nearby.
The bar of this hotel is vast, certainly one of the biggest single bars in a hotel in the city. The proximity to the Bord Gais Theatre providing plenty of pre- and post-show custom is probably the biggest driver for this, but also the continually growing number of staff in nearby tech firms probably helps.
Its a fairly generic hotel bar otherwise, and not something worth going out of your way for - but perfectly fine if you're nearby.
S0042 The Windjammer
I'm slightly backlogged with pubs that have been visited but not written up - if I get all 10 posted tonight, it isn't to be seen as one days worth!
This is one of the remaining early houses in the city, but it was mid afternoon before I finished digging in the DCLA on Pearse Street and headed up.
A cheap and traditional city centre pub that was once a tied house for Beamish & Crawford. Was once one of a cluster of pubs at this junction but is now the only remaining open, with the others either demolished or empty shells (Number 24 on this list)
This is one of the remaining early houses in the city, but it was mid afternoon before I finished digging in the DCLA on Pearse Street and headed up.
A cheap and traditional city centre pub that was once a tied house for Beamish & Crawford. Was once one of a cluster of pubs at this junction but is now the only remaining open, with the others either demolished or empty shells (Number 24 on this list)
Thursday 7 June 2018
June 2018 licence update
Can't do the full diffs as I don't have the May file with me, but comparing against my master list, there appears to be only one substantive change
New
1014208 Clontarf Baths, Clontarf Road
There is a data change of minor interest otherwise - the licence formerly attached to Baron Johns in Crumlin, which had been used for the Molloys off-licence which was on the ground floor (I would assume effectively the stair well) is now allocated to Dunnes Stores. I would expect this licenced to be sold and transferred as Dunnes already have an off-licence on-site.
New
1014208 Clontarf Baths, Clontarf Road
There is a data change of minor interest otherwise - the licence formerly attached to Baron Johns in Crumlin, which had been used for the Molloys off-licence which was on the ground floor (I would assume effectively the stair well) is now allocated to Dunnes Stores. I would expect this licenced to be sold and transferred as Dunnes already have an off-licence on-site.
Saturday 2 June 2018
1013568 South Boarding Area, Dublin Airport
Identikit setup as in the two bus gate areas - a coffee bar with prepacked sandwiches and bottled beer. This just has its own licence as it is in its own building (Aerodrome licences appear to be issued per operator, per terminal)
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