Monday 26 August 2019

S0210 Portobello Hotel

I really liked this place - to the point that I was seriously considering a vaguely Hobbit like 'second lunch' (it works better as a reference when it's breakfast) to lengthen the time spent there, but I'd already had a large lunch in S4500 Brickyard not particularly long beforehand and had promised to be home for a normal dinner time for once.

This is the large bar of a small hotel on the corner of Charlemont Mall and South Richmond Street. South Richmond Street has three good pubs in a row more or less, each with their own qualities and own reasons for why you might want to be there - although there are some similarities to S0209 O'Connells here.

A wood-heavy traditional bar fitout contributes heavily to the atmosphere here; although some of the reason for finding it quite so cosy was the weather outside - occasional blasts of sideways rain and severe gusts really making it feel like another season entirely.

Drink prices here are bordering on cheap for the location, although the range wasn't fantastic. Acquiring a table looking over the canal and under the shelves of books that I presume aren't solely for decoration is probably your target here if its busier; but it is a fairly expansive space with multiple areas.

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