The final of the Charlie Chawke group of pubs for me to visit - well, in Dublin. I'm no great fan of big pub chains, but I've never had an issue with a Chawke premises; and when I still worked in radio they were great hosts when doing outside broadcasts - for them or more general ones located at their premises.
This premises offers you two quite different options - the main Old Orchard pub, which is quite food focused; and the Paddy Scallys bar; an "old man pub" type setup. This, however, is quite new - having been the pubs off-licence and a wine bar in recent years.
This is where I went first. It's quite well done and had I not heard the barman telling other customers that it was quite new, I may not have landed on this info. The pubs website pushes "kegs directly below the bar" as a selling point here - something that those who apply a more analytical approach to their seeking out pints of Guinness on quality basis may want to check.
I did also head in to the main section as I wanted dinner; and food is not brought in to Paddy Scallys. This met my expectations of food from other Chawke venues, never been disappointed by the quality, although the prices might have been a tad high.
There's also two further restaurants out the back, connected by a covered walkway at the other end of a massive car park; but I'm not sure if these have any connection to the pub.
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