Friday, June 17, 2011

O'Reilly: What A Nice Pub

Tonight some people from my internship program and I went out to O'Reilly's pub in south Dublin. The recommendation to go there was from Ryan, a person from the program who lives in city center.

O'Reilly's is in a great location. It is really easy to get to by public transportation. It is right under the DART stop Tara. DART being Dublin's tram system. It is also easy to get to by the public buses. It is just over the river, so if one gets off at O'Connell Street, it would be a good 15-20 minute walk. Again, not bad.

To get in there is no cover charge, which is always nice. There are, however, security personnel who do have the right to refuse entry to anyone.

The pub is going for a medieval theme. The pub is very dark, so one can not see this theme being displayed. However, if you go into the bathrooms, you get this Alice in Wonderland sort of medieval theme.

There are many places at O'Reilly's to enjoy a drink. Outside, they have a heated beer garden. My group got to the pub later in the evening and at this time the beer garden was full. On a nice evening, that would be the place to sit!

Inside, I only saw two fairly, decent rooms to find a seat. One room has just seating and the other room has the bar. My friends and I hung out in the bar area for the evening. We got our drinks, which were decently priced.

We spent the whole evening hanging out at the bar and talking. I would say that O'Reilly is the place to go if you want to grab a couple of drinks and hang out. They do have music, but I didn't see any real dance floor. People mostly just dance where they could. So I would not go here if you want to dance. Again, it is the perfect place if you are looking just to grab some drinks and hang out with your friends.

Though O'Reilly is a great pub to enjoy some drinks with your friends, don't think that the atmosphere is very chill and relaxing. The pub was very busy and very lively. The atmosphere definitely made you want to stay for a long time.

Overall, I really enjoyed my experience there and would recommend it to others!

Go to http://oreillys.ie/images/Virtualshow/index.html to see pictures of the pub!

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