Why only one star despite the food is actually quite good? This place has only one very serious flaw the acoustic. The place is very noisy and it is almost impossible to have a conversation with your friends at the table. But what finally broke the camel's back last night, was the live music session. For some unexplainable reason, the owners decided that adding a guitar solo singer, mumbling some depressing irish folk songs over a few reptitives guitar chords, would add charm and appeal to the joint. It only added more noise to the already unbearable level produced by the customers. If you add to all this the extremely poor quality and depressing tone of the "artist's" repertoire, only euthanasia or suicide comes to mind. Last Friday's unpleasant and excruciating experience at the DIP was bad enough to decide never again to return to this pub, at least not for dinner and certainly not when they have live music sessions. I wonder how they are even permitted to hold such events, with above 80 Decibels constant noise levels, without first correcting the appalling acoustic of the room, to bring it up to code. If the noise problem is corrected, this would be a perfectly fine venue to...
Read moreI regularly go to the Dubliners for a Guinness and aperitif with my family (and dog). It is one of the few pubs in Piacenza that makes me feel like I'm back in the UK. An added bonus is that if you ask, they will prepare you a vegan aperitif to go with your pint. Do make sure you book on busy days as tables are often reserved in advanced and you may be turned away. Staff will usually do their best to try to...
Read moreI tried the vegan burger and I really liked it, it was my first time trying a vegan burger so I have nothing to compare it to but I enjoyed it. And this wasn’t my first time there… It has a pretty good and active environment. Good beers and the staff really nice :) one of the best places to hang out in the city. Just remember to make a reservation, because it can get crowded specially...
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