The Royal Pier Bar

Knightstown is where this bar is located. There are two towns on the island the forementioned and Chapeltown. We stopped in Knightstown to have a look around and a local man thought he recognised me as ‘Robert’. He was very friendly and began chatting about life and current events. He informed us that it was very quiet around and the pubs weren’t due to open until 5:00pm. It was only lunch time and he then told us that the hotel might be open. He then followed two bewildered people up the road. We went off down by the marina and spotted the ‘Royal Pier Bar’. It is truly a beautiful scenic place and is great for a walk. The place is quite big but looks like it could use some investment from the outside. As you walk in there is seating on the right and left. There is a lot of seating to the left. Part of the bar is in front of you and if you walk past the main area of the pub is on the left. There is a games room directly on the right as you walk in and thats where we decided to go. In here there are two pool tables, a Juke box and some video games. Myself and Jen decided to have a few games of pool. I had a pint of Guinness and Jen had a mineral. The Guinness tasted very sour when i started to drink it but it got better the more of the pint i had. The bar is big overall and there was a few people coming and going.

Above is the beautiful scene from on Valentia Island looking over at Portmagee across the linking bridge. The toilets are off the games room and are small and there was a bad smell in them. I don’t know how to describe it but the urinal wasn’t that obvious. There was one cubicle and that was it. There is a few benches out at the side for smokers to relax on. The games of pool are 1 euro a game amd that was fun. We enjoyed our trip to Valentia and this pub was a good laugh.

Toilet rating: 4/10
Pint rating: 6/10
Overall rating: 6/10

Final comment: The Royal Pier Bar is an old style pub but has many nice features. As i said it in Knightstown so if your over that way have a look.