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Perfectly decent Irish boozer, good for sport, good for Irish/American type food, not so good if you actually want a Belgian experience. Enjoy the Guinness.
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O'Reillys, is a handy place to meet up if you are on a night out in Brussels being right in the heart of town and easy to get to with Bourse tube station just outside the door. There are enough big screens here to keep any sports fan happy. Try and get a seat out on the balcony if you're having a meal here. Its a nice place to watch the World go by below and overlooks the impressive Bourse (stock exchange)building across the street. I was here on the evening Spain beat Sweden to top their group in Euro 2008 and after the match hundreds of flag waving Spaniards converged on the steps of the Bourse opposite while a similar number drove up and down the street below in a noisy motorcade of fans leaning out of car windows and sunroofs. It was an incredible atmosphere and although the celebrations had nothing to do with the pub, O'Reillys, was the perfect location to witness it. A pint of Guinness was �5 and it was pretty good, a pint of Hoegaarten cost about the same and it was faultless. The staff are good and table service cuts out the queue at the bar. Irish theme pubs in Europe are not my favourite places. I normally adapt a "when in Rome" attitude and prefer to sample local brews where locals drink. But the Irish and British style pubs do serve as handy focal points and places to meet in most cities before going further afield. In Brussels, O'Reillys, fits the bill. A good well run pub.
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O'reillys is a great pub with good friendly staff. If you are looking for good food go to O'reillys. This serves one of the best breakfast you can in town. If you are looking for Cheap drink go to The Celtica pub around the corner. Happy hour is from 1pm to midnight. 2 euro a bottle.
Deirdre Ryan - 6 Oct 2004 02:02 |
Used to start the crawl here when I lived in Brussels 99-2001 and from the comments people have added it doesn't seem to have changed a lot.
Simon - 7 Sep 2004 12:54 |
Fantastic pub, great craic and fabulous staff.
annie - 6 Jul 2004 15:35 |
superb,pub,great atmosphere plus you can smoke,which is against the law in ireland now!!!
gavin - 2 Apr 2004 15:41 |
lots of lovely fixtures and fittings such as the candles and toilet brushes.we were a permanent fixture here for 5days in feb 2004.had some good dancers on the bar.balcony view was very good at times, u no what im talkin about.
jose - 24 Mar 2004 10:11 |
Best pub on week days! And, who the hell wants to have breakfast?
Simon - 1 Feb 2004 19:49 |
waited over an hour for my breakfast, enough said
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Good pub...pity about the service...some staff were obnoxious.
anonymous - 14 Oct 2003 13:07 |
best balcony ever! watch the pikes below fightin
Jack - 7 Oct 2003 13:10 |
Went to this pub in April 03' sat on the balcony watching the world go by, then saw man utd lose at night on the big screen! oh and the barman sounded like Brad Pitt in the film "Snatch" which was a plus.. My favourite pub in the world! ill be back asap.
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The pub's very good...little on the pricey side but then with big screen tv you can't complain. recommend two doors down to NUA (owned by the same people) for more lively atmosphere. based on two floors, one is a bar, one's a dancefloor at weekends from 00 30 to 7 am.
steve - 9 Sep 2003 00:30 |
very expensive guiness - 4.70E per pint!!
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goor breakfast
james condon - 9 May 2003 16:10 |
Full of expats. Has Sky Sports, waiter service & good beer.
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Hogarden good!
Michael - 28 Jun 2002 11:33 |
