The Porterhouse Temple Bar

A Wednesday night in the Porterhouse temple bar. As my good companions mentioned the porterhouse welcomes quite the diverse crowd. On this particular visit we chose seats – I say chose but in reality you take what you can get in this popular place- so we “chose” a little table nestled under an old world-y looking staircase. It was a perfect spot for the evening of drink and chat we had planned.


I had the good fortune of locating this spot and quickly sent out word to “come find me I have seats”. So for those few minutes I was a lone girl sitting under the stairs. This obviously sent out signals to the 2 late middle aged (I’m being generous) men (again-generous) perched at the nearest bar. Luckily they decided to keep their creepiness toned down to staring. Although this required them to keep looking over their shoulders- and if they happen to be reading this I would like to say I appreciate the effort you put in there lads.
The atmosphere is great in the Porterhouse whenever you’re there- at different times for different reasons. The staff are also quite friendly and the cocktails potent. We grabbed a waitress and quickly had a nice large bowl of perfectly cooked chips in front of us. For more substantial meals I would say the food is fairly moderate in standard. Won’t impress a date but good for soakage and about average in price. Drinkwise I’m not a beer or stout girl so I made do with the selection of cocktails. They have a specials board and on Thursday nights all cocktails are a fiver. In general you would be looking at between 7 and 9 euro for one. The bar staff are unusually proactive - suggesting drinks that would suit my preferences. A nice touch when you have an extensive drinks list.

My party and I stayed until past closing and got thrown out onto the cruel Southside streets. We took our remaining bottle of kwak (yes it’s a beer) and passed it around in true bohemian fashion as we sauntered down the river, reflecting on our enjoyable night and the strong likelihood of a return visit to this fine establishment.



http://www.porterhousebrewco.com/templebar.html