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[Stephen Ireland]

Went there a few weeks back cause I was homesick. I figured since the Irish Association of Korea often holds events there that it was sure sign of being an Authentic Irish pub.

First off, I expected it to be expensive (it's in Gangnam after all). So seeing Guinness for 15,000 won a pint didn't really surprise me. What did surprise me was the layout, the clientele and the food menu.

The interior of the bar is set up like a beer hall with uncomfortable seating. It was very open but at the same time very closed. No mingling - exactly like a Korean bar. The lightling was also poor.

The atmosphere had alot to do with the Koreans in attendance. I couldn't see another foreigner there - unusual for an Irish bar. I think this was the single biggest problem. When I searched for the location of the bar on naver some Koreans confidently described the bar as an English Pub!

Finally, the biggest problem was the food - Mexican, Korean and a sprinkling of English but not a hint of Irish. I came expecting an improvement over the Wolfhound but now I'm greatful that we even have a wolfhound to go to!

Worst Irish Pub Ever!

[edwardcatflap]

Yes I remember the old Queen's Head in Hongdae before it became a micro brewery. English name but it called itself an Irish pub on the sign outside and when you got inside the staff were all wearing tartan.

[Steelrails]

I think I accidentally stumbled into this place. Did it have some like, giant projector TV playing crappy foreign pop music? At least the bottles of Jameson were reasonably priced as I recall. But yeah, it was one of those places where good looking, hip, wealthy, young people go. I don't go to Irish bars for that riff-raff.

I could get a better experience by getting something from "Irish" Potato and cracking open a Guinness from the local GS25 while listening to the Clancy Brothers on my iPod.

[Zyzyfer]

I went to one of those Gagnam Dublin bars once. Felt the same way. Just one more reason I don't like Gagnam.

[Quack Addict]

They should import drunk limey's to fill the seats so Irish expats can feel at home. "You take the high road and I'll take the low road...meh"

[wishfullthinkng]

yeah dublin terrace is an absolute joke. the prices are astronomical even for gangnam, there's nothing remotely irish about the place, and there's really no bar even to speak of. avoid.

[JustinC]

This is just like Chinese food anywhere but China; it's made for the local tastes, not the one or two Chinese people that can't cook at home.

[dairyairy]

[orosee]

Be aware that within 5 years, all pubs in Itaewon will be replaced by Korean copies. There's plenty of faux Western style bars and lounges there already. This is just how the money flows.

That "Irish" pub, I went there 2-3 years ago with a friend, we had 2 beers and ordered a "German Sausage Platter" which put our bill already to over 50k Won. The platter came and on it were: green and orange meat tubes (the sausages), pineapple, corn and 5g of Sauerkraut.

My friend (who speaks Korean quite well) got the owner to come and held a lecture about what is "German" and what not (that'd be pineapple and corn). In the end, we had to pay nothing even though we had the beer (Erdinger).

A year or so later, I passed there with a Korean friend who told me that this was his favourite Irish pub because of its "authenticity".

It's so easy to make lots of money here if you were raised without style and conscience...

[FDNY]

I don't understand why anyone would drink in Gangnam when Itaewon is in the same city?

[Benjamino]

[liveinkorea316]

I think I went there too for a date about a year ago. Got fish and chips and drinks and it was pretty expensive and horrible tasting.

Atmosphere was crap.

I remember thinking as I walked out that I got ripped off even though I had checked the place out beforehand and it looked ok...

[toby99]

This place sucks. Went in there once a while back in hopes of showing my Korean friend what a real Irish pub looks like - ha! Set up just like a Korean hof with triple the prices. Some Mariah Carey concert playing on the big projection screen, same dog crap anju as every other hof- mayo/ketchup shredded cabbage, cheap 'sausages' sliced up into pieces, crappy tap pull on my beer. I was the only waygook in the place; was packed to the gills with Korean broads snapping pictures of themselves drinking Guinness while their boyfriends foot the tab.The only good thing about the place is that the women didn't look like 2am beauty queens. What a joke.

[dairyairy]

In Korea you can never tell by the name, eh? Like "Phillies"?

[Stan Rogers]