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Originally Posted by Gizmo  One point: if LKF isn't your favourite place, please keep to the forum rules in your reply (e.g. no slagging off individual bars etc by name). |
Er, I think you're confusing Geoexpat with another expat site which has this rule (and which is therefore useless as a place to go for recommendations).
Here on Geo it is perfectly OK to make coherent but negative reports of personal experience in specific establishments. The site owner's philosophy seems to be that in these cases he contacts the establishment and offers them the opportunity to respond online.
There's no problem at all with me saying that I find Bar George to be an appalling place - too loud and, late at night, too full of people who have had too much to drink (and others trying to use that to their advantage). Many others obviously like it - you can't build one place that suits all. Personally I prefer Bulldogs (not least because it is non-smoking, but also because it's a good friendly pub), and I'm looking forward to July 2009 when all the others have to be non-smoking as well so that I can enjoy other places that I find otherwise excellent (such as the Dublin Jack). The seats outside the HK Brew House are great if you fancy just doing a bit of people-watching.
I do tend avoid LKF on "big" nights (New Year, etc) because to me it is then generally just too much hard work and full of people determined to get drunk.
One amusing recent development in LKF is the arrival of the Chinese coach parties. I do find it rather bizarre to have quite so many people parading through taking pictures of random people (normally gweilos) just having a drink.
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