O'Neills Irish Bar

Since writing my review of the font I found this 4 year old pub crawl review of 5 pubs and I’ve decided to update the reviews for how the pub has changed. I’ve lived in Brighton all my life and I think this would be a great service. O’Neil’s has also changed management since the last review however I think it got a way with it. It’s an O’Neil’s and the fore theirs not much else to say about it. Like all O’Neil pubs it has slightly cheaper beer never tastes quite right but gets away with it through the use of fake Guinness memorabilia. The staff change every five seconds (I don’t know what Michel and Buttler do to their staff to drive them out of O’Neil’s pubs ...  Read the complete review

This is the second pub in a series opinions telling of my short pub crawl around 5 Brighton pubs / bars. If you wish to read the whole series please read my opinion on the Font and Firkin first. ******************************************** After leaving the Font and Firkin we saw O'Neils. It was playing loud Ricky Martin when we entered and all of the time we were in there the music was either Modern Spanish, 70's Spanish (La Bamba etc.) or Irish music. It sounds like a strange selection but they went well together. This pub is quite large, with the bar spanning 2/3 of the pub. There are various classic Guinness ads decorating ...  Read the complete review

A pub with an irish theme and decor to match. located just on the outskirts of the lanes near the post-office in ship street. Fairly lively place with good mix of people, with music of a general party type mix and not forgetting the odd irish song thrown in for good measure. Sometimes a bit hard to get served, and watch out for the names on the toilet doors or you could find yourself going into the wrong one on your first visit. Open till 12pm but get there at before 10pm or you will have to start queueing. Top end of the bar slowly becomes a dance floor the closer to 12pm you get. A definate must for a later than ...  Read the complete review