From Dusk Till Dawn: Pub's Guide

Reported by Manuel & Pol (Manuti & "El Català" )

Café Roc:
1, College Terrace

Very fashionable pub that is divided into two parts. The best of these two parts is the ground floor with good music like pop or rock. There is a dance floor and also seats and tables.
Although it is not one of the cheapest places in Derry, some days it is too busy and it is difficult to move around inside. Anyway, it is a good place to get drunk.

Pint price: 2.20 pounds ( except special offers)

Anecdotes:
The DJ is so nice, that you are allowed to choose the music if there are just a few people. People in the toilet are very nice too, the best place in Derry to learn english.

Pepe`s Bar:
64, Strand Road

It is a gay bar with a gay atmosphere. During the week there are not a lot of people. Sunday is the busiest day. Anyway, it is a good place to get drunk.

Opening hours: 20:00 - 00:30
Cocktail price: Unknown

Anecdotes:
The seats are carpeted in leopard's skin. The waiter also seems to be gay Everything seems to be gay. Everyone is welcome, even if you are heterosexual.

Sandino's:
Water Street

It is more similar to a typical Irish pub at least on the ground floor. It is a suitable place to have your drink and talk without hearing loud music.
The first floor is like a disco, where the music is louder. This floor is better for dancing. Anyway, it is a good place to get drunk.

Pint price: 2.20 pounds

Anecdotes:
This pub is full of photos of Che Guevara, Sandino,…

The Ice Wharf:
22, Strand Road

It is not a dancing venue, but it is a comfortable place to have a drink and to talk. During the day you can also have meals.
It is cheap, and also, every night, there are different promotions. The Ice Wharf is a big place and it has comfortable seats. Anyway, it is a good place to get drunk.

Opening hours: open during all day

Anecdotes:
It has the best toilets in Derry. They are better than the bar itself.

Sugar Niteclub
( Downeys Bar) :
33, Shipquay Street

Opposite the River Inn, Sugar Niteclub, is a nice place playing all types of music to suit all tastes. It has two floors, but there is no difference between these ones. Like most of the places in Derry, there is a dance floor and places to sit. Anyway, it is a good place to get drunk.

Anecdotes:
One night they played songs by Bob Dylan, Shakira and Barry White in this order.

The River Inn:
Shipquay Street

It is the oldest pub in Derry. Good place, good atmosphere, good people, good offers, and not such good music. It has two floors. One of them is the typical Irish pub (the ground floor), the other one is like a club (the subterranean floor). Anyway, it is a good place to get drunk.

Pint prices: 2.20 pounds
1.00 pounds on Sundays and Thursdays

Anecdotes:
Once we saw the city mayor getting drunk in this barl. One of the waiters has no idea about serving drinks. In the ground floor there are only old people.

Strand Bar:
35, Strand Road

A place open all day until late at night. It is connected with Cosmopolitan (for this you have to pay). Strand Bar has a lot of promotions during the week. Sometimes there is live music, but you have to pay for it. Anyway, it is a good place to get drunk.

Pint prices: 2.20 pounds

Anecdotes:
The first place we visited in Derry. We saw a beautiful dog there, and we are saying this because we don't know what the fuck to say about this place.

Jackie Mullans:
13, Little James Street

Club with three floors with no difference between them. You only can hear disco, dance, techno music, and it is a really expensive place. The pint price is the most expensive one in Derry. It is really strangely decorated, and it is very hot. Anyway, it is a good place to get drunk.

Pint price: 2.20 pounds

Anecdotes:
The seats remind one of the TV programme (with Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox, hummmmmmm…) "Friends". There was a horrible lamp decorated with dead fish. One of the waiters, apart from being really ugly, is really unfriendly and unpleasant.

Becketts:
26-28 Foyle Street

It is an expensive pub without any interest. We have spent lots of nights there, and we are very ashamed about this. Becketts is the place where the biggest Spanish parties took place. The music is awful. Although, the DJ is a very good guy. Anyway, it is a good place to give up drinking and start studying English!

Pint price: 2.20 pounds

Anecdotes:
The bouncers are really rude and they shout a lot. It is something very unpleasant for us.