From the moment you enter, you are warmly greeted by a friendly beaming member of staff, with a cheeky wink and flirtatious smile, and sometimes the female staff do the same too.

As it's a themed bar, there is a heavy emphasis on all things Irish, i.e. they sell Guinness and the staff ask everything twice, to be sure to be sure. The Irish ambience is so authentic that I was offered to have my drive tarmaced by the duty manager.

They have a vast range of beers, wines and spirits and also a couple of guest ales, with alluring names like Vicars Trumpet or Nuns Nectar, some of the regulars drink these religiously.

The food on offer is of excellent quality, and every day there are special deals and offers on certain food items. Burger Day & Pie Day are fine, but when Grill Day is on Fryday it gets a little confusing.

There are live bands which perform every Friday night, generally rock/pop cover bands of decent quality, although some are slightly sarcastic. I asked the singer if they were going to play anything by the Doors but he replied that they were only performing onstage.

Saturday night is also music night, with some great DJs spinning the erm, MP3s with style. I went up to ask for a song from a sad looking DJ who said he was thinking of quitting, but when he heard my request he soon changed his tune.

There are multiple screens around the bar screening all day sports events, live football, boxing, hurling, curling and riverdancing. Although when I asked them to turn off the riverdancing, they Flatley refused.

There is a cashpoint and also two fruit machines if that's your thing. I used to enjoy it when they had a quiz machine though, I spent all night on it, it was good practice for when I had to go home and face the wife.

I couldn't recommend this bar highly enough, even if I inhaled helium for a week and wrote this review from the top of the Eiffel Tower instead of the confines of my padded cell in Rampton.

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Verdict: A gold bar on Silver St.