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Best foreigner bar in Korea?
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Best foreigner bar in Korea?
"O'Brien's" Changwon
37%
 37%  [ 3 ]
"Gecko's" Seoul
62%
 62%  [ 5 ]
Total Votes : 8

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Avram Iancu



Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: Changwon

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:14 am    Post subject: Best foreigner bar in Korea? Reply with quote

Which one is clearly the best in terms of great management, good selection of 'patrons', and the scene of various Westerner/Korean or Westerner/Westerner friendly 'interaction'.

I'm living in Changwon, so my vote is definitely "O'Brien's" here in town. Great owner, wonderful 'characters', and the food looks great too.

I used to spend some quality time in "Gecko's", but "O'Brien's" beats it.
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trubadour



Joined: 03 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

it's none od te above and so its a secret!
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Ethan Allen Hawley



Joined: 04 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 10:00 am    Post subject: Mike and Dave's ... Reply with quote

Mike and Dave's Speakeasy in Gwangju, Jeollanamdo, have a really good, sociable vibe, a great house band, and make a great - and effective! - effort to get good bands and DJs in from around the country.

They have a good selection of beers, good pub food, and a great locale in central down-town, on a second floor;

but the thing that's different that I like best about the place is that as a non-smoker, there's a whole wall-full of large windows that open up wide, so the place is never too damn smokey!
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 11:09 am    Post subject: Re: Mike and Dave's ... Reply with quote

Ethan Allen Hawley wrote:
damn smokey!


10-4 Good Buddy!! I got the spelling police coming up on my back door!! We better pull a convoy!!

Sounds painful? Yes. It is. Read a freakin' book and learn how to use the language you are paid to teach.
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the1andonly



Joined: 08 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 11:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never been to O'brians. But I am a gecko's girl. I love going in the early afternoon, sitting at the bar, drinking a pint, with the option of pool, darts, great food and interesting characters to chat up.

Best bar in Korea? Doubt it. But I like it.
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kimchi story



Joined: 23 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 2:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Mike and Dave's ... Reply with quote

caniff wrote:

10-4 Good Buddy!! I got the spelling police coming up on my back door!! We better pull a convoy!!

Sounds painful? Yes. It is. Read a freakin' book and learn how to use the language you are paid to teach.


Oops - I think you posted on the wrong thread. The above clearly belongs here.


Gecko's has location going for it - but I'll take the RMT over either of the poll choices.
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jaganath69



Joined: 17 Jul 2003

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 2:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd rather eat my own face than drink at either RMT or Geckos. I'm casting my vote for Three Alleys.
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mashuu



Joined: 22 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Dublin in Bundang gets my vote. Free darts, free pool, friendly staff, unpretentious atmosphere, and complete lack of any hassle. Not always the most raging place, but worth avoiding the trip into Seoul.
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fruitcake



Joined: 18 Apr 2004
Location: shinchon

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

none of the above, for I can't play music there....

of course, not a concern for the average (not degrading you) Dave's post-er
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just because



Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since i am living in changwon i have to vote O'briens...i am there usually 2 times a week, sometimes 3.

Some good times and great people i have met there......
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cangel



Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So you've already narrowed it down to those 2, huh? Not much of a poll.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been to Gecko's. It seemed more like a family restaurant than a bar. Decent enough burger but I'd never go there to drink.
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The Great Toad



Joined: 12 Jun 2004

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

... mmm how about world famous Blue Agave in Jeju


http://www.blueagavejeju.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=176






Also change the sig not work safe for a kid skool

the1andonly

the flash thing and the fast motion tends to make more than it is but it looks bad to a teacher who thinks the worse...
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Ethan Allen Hawley



Joined: 04 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:

Read a freakin' book and learn how to use the language you are paid to teach.


Haa ha; methinks thou overreactith a bit too mucheth.

Besides - I'm not an English teacher.

No, I'm a bored bar owner who spends too much time online haunting this site, practising my troll-baiting skills while waiting for Korean businessmen to come ogle the waitresses and suck on their little phallic-symbols in my smokeey, badly ventilated bar.

You should come visit me sometime, and I'll give you a lesson in my great, wonderful, peak-of-civilization, height-of-Arayan development language, and we can share a couple of packs of menthols. Come look for me in Moon bar in Ilsan, Dae-wha-dong, near Dae-Jin high school. You can't miss it. It has a reversed swastika on the corner everyone has to salute when they use the door.
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wo buxihuan hanguoren



Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Location: Suyuskis

PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've never been to O'Brien's but any bar with two apostrophes in the name sounds like my kind of place.
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