S0144 Becky Morgans

A traditional pub in an area that has lost much of its old population base to redevelopment but now has daytime and evening business from tech and finance firms (S0153 The Ferryman nearby been similarly affected). It has managed to keep its charm and feel, however.

During the day on weekdays, you may see the occasional couple in wedding attire pop in for a 'first married pint' due to being the closest pub to the registry office in Patrick Duns

S3603 Maldron Hotel (Pearse Street)

An exceptionally generic hotel bar.

N0089 The Temple

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.

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.

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.

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...