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Katie O'Brien's Irish Tavern, Harrogate

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The Ginnel
Harrogate
HG1 2RB

Phone: 01423565668

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Harrogate Central

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Old Boots left this review about Katie O'Brien's Irish Tavern

Housed in the basement of a modern building some attempt has been made at making it look more Irish than others in this unfortunately revived genre. It’s still not particularly like anywhere on the Emerald Isle, a few cask ends, a few signs and a selection of casks as tables. The booth seating remains from earlier incarnations, there’s a selection of wall coverings ranging from brick to wallpaper and fake windows. Disabled access remains good as well. The bar area is largely for vertical drinking. Although beer choice is limited it does have Murphy’s as well as the expected and overdone Guinness plus a small range of lagers on three horseshoes and a solo or four, mostly Heineken brands. It stocks a better than average range of Irish Whiskeys. There’s a fair few screens showing either open fires or corporate ads on my visit.

On 25^th December 2024 - no rating submitted
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ROB Camra left this review about The Pit

A cellar bar under Jamie's Italian that is themed as an American bar. Seating on multiple level makes you feel as if you're in a lecture theatre. No real ale, but a decent selection of more unusual kegs. We were considering eating here, but decided not to bother as it was dead as a post at 8:30 on a Thursday. It's only been open 4 years or so, but it's already beginning to look a bit frayed around the edges. There are too many good pubs in Harrogate for me to ever venture in here again.

On 2^nd November 2017 - rating: 4
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Old Boots left this review about The Pit

Mainly a basement bar under Jamie's Italian, serving a range of highly regarded US and British keg beers, there are no UK national keg brands or cask beers on sale.
The bottles are equally high quality from UK, USA, Germany and Belgium. Quite a few cocktails are also listed in the drinks menu. I was surprised to be given an ice encrusted glass to drink my Goose Island IPA from, still when in Rome. One large room with counter and kitchen hatch down one side, raised areas on two other sides and stairs to the entrance and a mezzanine floor on the other. Decor is modern and elegant in an industrial way, plenty of exposed concrete and brickwork, pipes and cable tray complemented by old fashioned light bulbs hanging on wires or mounted light fittings made from old gas pipes or trapped in cages. Seating is relentlessly high, be it booth like or stools, there's a few bits of lower bench seating for elderly. US style food majoring on burgers, ribs, chicken and steak. The gents has cut down beer kegs to pea and wash in.

There is free wifi but it seems erratic you might pick it up better from Jamie's, it also seems family friendly in the afternoons and wheelchair access is pretty good. There's a sports screen and a couple of music screens behind the bar.

On 21^st December 2014 - no rating submitted
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