Myself and my brother went up there to put it to the test today. it can be found at Ballycureen on the main airport road. He had been there before and said that he found it to be a very decent pub. It has a very interesting name. Anybody familiar with John B. Keane will remember the charcter in his play ‘The Field’. The pub is named after him. We arrived there at about half four. There is parking available at the side of the pub. There are two entrances and we used the one near the car park. You walk down a few steps and go inside. As you walk in you will notice a food counter on your right. There are some fine seating areas on the left. As you walk down further the bar is on the right and again there is seating on the left. There was a few lads sitting at the bar and at the curve at the end. If you walk down further there are seats and tables on the left and straight ahead lies another area to sit. We ordered a Murphy’s and a pint bottle of Bulmers. The first two girls we ordered the drinks off couldn’t really understand what we were saying so another lady took our order. In fairness to her she was quite witty and chatty. I noticed some interesting memorabilia as i looked up. There is a balcony above with some nice stuff. The pint of Murphy’s was actually very good and it went down well. My brother had no complaints about the cider eithier.
The toilets are located across from where we were sitting and were very clean and well maintained. A good point was made that you can’t judge pubs at all different times and come up with fair reviews for all of them. No pub is likely to be full at 4:30 in the day. They do carvery lunches and even though i didn’t have any food i have heard that it is very good. I would like to come back at night sometime and see what is on offer. From talking to people you will catch live music in there sometimes. A good pub overall that appeared very geared towards its food trade. I would imagine that a lot of custom comes from passing motorists.
Toilet rating: 8/10
Pint rating: 7 and a half/10
Overall rating: 7 and a half/10
Final comment: Bull McCabes also has meeting rooms on offer and i would think that lunch time is very busy inside. You might need to take the car but it is a nice spot.
Went to this bar the other night and I have to say the pub has gone very down hill. We ordered food off the bistro menu and the waiter was very grumpy. The food was tasteless, which surprised me as I heard good reviews about the lunch menu. My wife got steak and she left it behind her as it was awful, overcooked and her chips never arrived.
Then we had a pint at the bar and the owner, baldy guy, I saw him top up a stale pint that was sitting under the tap. Very sneeky thing to do after all the money we spent on the meal. Won’t be going here again, petty as it was a lovely bar once.