"Residents Only" said the sign on the entrance to the bar, as I was ushered past it by the front desk staff. Unlike a previous time where I just ignored a similar sign, the fact that I couldn't see where the bar was from the front door meant I had to ask at reception.
The response I got seemed to suggest that the bar was residents only "tonight", and with there being a Leinster match on, and me wearing a blue jacket (by mistake), I suspect I was initially being bundled up with a crowd they weren't interested in having in.
However, after asking if the bar was open on other days and explaining why, I was brought in. A return trip saved by staff who understood I was there for a very different reason than the potential hoards of Leinster fans! The same hotel chain operates a rugby themed bar directly across the road from here, so there would be logic in centralising that trade; trade that they certainly don't mind having in The Mont instead.
The bar itself isn't particularly interesting - the building itself holds the real interest even if the bulk of the fabric was destroyed by fire in the 90s - with the bars in the same chains Mont and Alexander nearby being more open to the public than here.
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