Great Bars of the World

[Idris2002]

A thread for great bars of the world that you have encountered in your travels.

They don't need to be legendary, just places you were happy to find when you happened to find yourself in foreign parts.

I'll start with Julio's - a hole in the wall pub in central Düsseldorf, which has had the same pool of regulars (including my boss) since the early 1970s, where the local beer ("Alt") flows freely, as does the Bamburger spirit - and the music policy is strictly 60s and 70s classics.

http://www.julios.de/

 

[JimW]

My mate's place Amilal in Beijing, even Time Out have found it now: http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/venue/Bars__Clubs-Lounges/10306/Amilal.html

I was there before it was cool, man (and its predecessor Sandglass round the corner). On reflection, perhaps me being there was what was stopping it being cool.

 

[The Octagon]

Meserani Snake Park near Arusha, Tanzania - http://www.meseranisnakepark.com/snake-park-bar.html

Loads of beers, spirits, cheesy pop music, massive phone charging point and a dartboard, all within 10ft of cobras, mambas and crocodiles, nutty but fun.

 

[JTG]

Vesuvio Cafe, Jack Kerouac Alley, San Francisco.

Probs usually full of posy arses but when I went it was just a nice pub to spend an afternoon doing nothing in particular

 

[Fez909]

Cafe Am Neuen See, Tiergarten, Berlin

Go on a hot, sunny day. Take a bike for a ride through the park and then stop off at the best beer garden ever. Sit by the lake with a surprisingly cheap Dunkel. Relax on the deck chairs or take out a row boat. So nice. I would be in there all the time if I lived in Berlin.

 

[not-bono-ever]

hotel ingleterra in havana - no air con, jus big fans, cheap mojhitos, a cigar counter and a big terrace overlooking the street...everyone says the Nacional, but its too corporate and sleek for me

 

[N_igma]

I'm going to Berlin in June have duly noted this place cheers.

 

[wiskey]

Cafe de France Marracech... Overpriced, over rated and bland... But it overlooks Jemaa El Fna and that makes a visit wondrous.

 

[Enviro]

Gollem in Amsterdam has a vast selection of beers, and their own IPA which is good.

 

[krtek a houby]

Tadg's Irish Bar in Kyoto. Not the usual "Irish" bar abroad but a relaxing dim lit minimalist place with local beers and craft beers. Or at least it was, when I was last there.

 

[krtek a houby]

Cafe De Dokter in Amsterdam. Tiny place belting out jazz standards on a hot summer's day. Brilliant.

 

[Pickman's model]

i'm quite fond of kennedy's, by the little bridge over the tolka on the main road up through drumcondra in dublin

 

[gaijingirl]

i'm quite fond of kennedy's, by the little bridge over the tolka on the main road up through drumcondra in dublin

oh really?. I've walked past this numerous times on the way in from my Aunt's to town. I'll be there in 2 weeks time - maybe I should give it a go (as long as there's nothing on at Croke Park).

 

[Enviro]

Cafe De Dokter in Amsterdam. Tiny place belting out jazz standards on a hot summer's day. Brilliant.

Hmmm I wonder if that's the little place that my GF and I went into that we can't remember the name of but was a very nice traditional feeling small pub? ... Meduza

 

[krtek a houby]

Hmmm I wonder if that's the little place that my GF and I went into that we can't remember the name of but was a very nice traditional feeling small pub? ... Meduza

There's cobwebs on the lighting fixtures/chandeliers that have been there for decades. The day we were there it was sweltering but no fans on for fear of webs flying all over the shop! There's a spiral staircase at the back to visit the loo which can be difficult to navigate after a few

 

[Enviro]

I fear that my memory of the evening (though it was only in January) is too hazy to compare with your excellent description! The cobwebs and stuff sound right but I don't remember a spiral staircase...

 

[Pickman's model]

I fear that my memory of the evening (though it was only in January) is too hazy to compare with your excellent description! The cobwebs and stuff sound right but I don't remember a spiral staircase...

nor do i

 

[not-bono-ever]

Bar of the Foreign Correspondents Club In Pnomh Penh- proper ole skool expat gaff, overlooking the river, big drinks, long drinks whatever

The rooms are excellent too- the mini bar has 750cl bottles of Stoli, not those shitty one hit "trotsky" ones you get in other places

ETA, recent trip advisor reviews now say its a tourist trap, not like the old days. then again, everyone wants to say they were there when it was great .

 

[miss direct]

I really like the Red Red wine bar in Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey. So cosy, in an underground cave, with an open fire and decorated in old Anatolian style with the same old man there every time you go, even if your visits are years apart.

 

[miss direct]

Oh and the Sikh Club in Moshi, Tanzania. So nice to have a Kilimanjaro beer and a curry, overlooking a cricket ground in East Africa

 

[rekil]

oh really?. I've walked past this numerous times on the way in from my Aunt's to town. I'll be there in 2 weeks time - maybe I should give it a go (as long as there's nothing on at Croke Park).

Bertie Ahern drinks in Fagans just round the corner. (not a recommendation)

 

[Pickman's model]

Bertie Ahern drinks in Fagans just round the corner.

never liked fagans.

 

[krtek a houby]

Fonda Pepe's in Formentera; good vibes, music, old school hippys. Blissful.

 

[gaijingirl]

Bertie Ahern drinks in Fagans just round the corner. (not a recommendation)

yeah.. I hear that one every single bleeding time we go past from some family member or other...

 

[chilango]

Woody's Tavern. Moab, Urah. Ed Abbey's old local.

Secrets Bar. Amecameca, Mexico. 50p piña coladas, tequila drinking competitions with the locals and free lap dances from the owners daughter.

 

[chilango]

My Mercedes is bigger than your Mercedes, Porto.

 

[chilango]

Casa Loca squat bar, Milan.

 

[chilango]

Walkers Bar in the Old Dungeon Ghyll, Cumbria.

 

[krtek a houby]

Woodstock Bar, Seoul. Great collection of vinyl and good atmosphere.

 

[rekil]

yeah.. I hear that one every single bleeding time we go past from some family member or other...

Well you're hearing it again from a boring man on the internet.