The pub would also be on the larger side if upstairs was pub floor space - I am assuming it once was, but it is currently a Nepalese restaurant. This restaurant (Vayga) actually has very good reviews and I should probably drop back, as I've had good experiences with Dublin's other Nepalese restaurants.
What is on the downstairs is still a decent size, and had the oddity of a Veltins tap - a passable, and usually dirt cheap, independently brewed, German lager. This came in at a fiver a pint - rare for stout or Smithwicks and really unheard of for lager in Dublin outside of Wetherspoons in the past few years. This is a tad odd to pop up here, as its more often seen in craft beer heavy pubs that want a draught lager, but this pub isn't really that far from Grand Cru (the Irish distributor)'s base which might explain things. I forgot to look at the fridges to see if they had various Grand Cru cans or bottles.
The pub was relatively quiet - it was a Sunday with minimal sports on - and I was able to sit in the window area with natural light to read the paper for a bit. Something of limited interest except to pub, and possibly broadcasting, nerds was that the pub still has a functional CRT television, although it isn't the primary one by any means. It is located near the bar and I am assuming is a secondary TV for showing the news or similar on to the bar seating crowd.
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