Oscar wilde

Some rooms can seem threatening to the uninitiated. Others can be inviting. Once you negotiate the well-sized and nicely appointed terrace, Oscar Wilde’s Irish Pub greets patrons with warm, dark green walls, homely and weighty grey curtains and those posters and portraits of Irish writers that are a hibernophile cliché from Temple Bar to Taipei. Perhaps such adornment is unavoidable given the theme of the place (and the name, obviously), but the overall feeling is like that of a library, or possibly the living room of an old-school unmarried uncle which has been rearranged for a civilised soiree.

This is no bad thing, illustrating the establishment’s strength: it is comfortable and laid back and as such represents a chilled out alternative to other places. Furthermore, they serve food beyond bar snacks: the Sunday Roast is notable and only adds to the domestic feel and smoking is not permitted during kitchen hours. Although Irish by nature, Oscar’s attracts a multinational crowd, who are perhaps more interested in a few quieter drinks than a wild night out. If that is what you are seeking, you’d be better to look elsewhere, and there are other places with an atmosphere more conducive to watching sporting events. But to meet friends and talk, Oscar’s is a good place to start a night out. A caveat: once installed, it can be difficult to leave the couches at the back of the bar on the ground floor!

Oscar’s boasts an upstairs room which is available for events and also plays host to twice-monthly concerts.

Oscar Wilde’s Irish Pub. 9, bisserwee, Grund, Luxembourg City

Tel: 26 20 30 15