The Pavillion

I remember the wild nights and the keggers.
Guys wearing make up and gals’ clothing.
Bimbos with marmalade thighs and scrambled yellow hair.
Truly these were the best times of our lives

Cheap beers, cheap food, great view and great memories. The Pav is just as it was 16 years ago, with appropriate updates to the bar and interior. Always nice to run into students, faculty, and former students. A must ‘re-​visit’ if you’ve ever spent time at Trinity.

One of the best places in Dublin on a sunny day as it gets the sun late into the evening. Also as a student bar it’s a bit cheaper than other places in the city centre.
Not the most extensive bar menu, but it does the job. Also food available, though I haven’t eaten here since I was in college!
Definitely worth a visit at weekends when it is quieter (and sunny).

Cheap cans for poor students! To my limited knowledge this is the only public establishment where you can drink while sitting on grass, provided that it doesn’t rain, of course. They usually have nice brews from Messrs Maguire as well.

I remember «The Pav» as a pokey little sports bar mainly used by the rugby/​hockey/​cricket folks and occasionally frequented by the rest of the school when it was sunny and warm.
The refurbishment has made it far larger, meaning it is a valid destination for the colder/​wetter weather, though its status as the only bar on campus (following the shameful conversion of the Buttery into a café) means that it will be very crowded. As some have mentioned, the drink is cheap (especially the canned variety), though I believe the college has stopped subsidizing the beer these days it is still far more reasonable than some of the close by bars of Dawson street and Temple Bar.
My most recent reason for attending was an Ireland match following some evening lectures and the atmosphere was great, it was packed and there were plenty of vantage points to watch the match from. A complete departure from the «old days» but enjoyable nonetheless.
As always, on a nice day you can buy a beer, sit outside and watch some random college sports — how can you fault that? My favourite used to be the Women’s Hockey B team Vs. the Men’s Rugby B team for sheer entertainment… I wonder when that is being played next…

A great place to go, and it’s very very popular. Not for anyone claustrophobic. Someone told me it had the cheapest beer in Dublin, I’ll have to explore that.
Great view, great people, and great prices. It’s the right place to go!

The best place to go when the sun is shining in Dublin. Grab a can from inside, or the nearest offy if your feeling really cheap, and flake out on the grass, so choice!

I was not a trinners head, i was a UCD girl through and through. there was always the banter between the two camps about where the better place to go was (obviously UCD!) and one of the frequent ways of telling was by describing the pubs, UCD had more, especially after the Buttery closed but the trinners people (and i will only admit this now) had the Pav and that could not be beaten.
you can sit on the grass outside in the sunshine drinking a few cans laughing at the lads in the stupid white clothes playing cricket. there is no better way to skip a lecture.

Wow, there’s nothing like the end of term at The Pavillion. On warm spring days this sturdy bar and the field in front of it is veritably draped in student bodies (and their friends!). If the lawn is too crowded, the seats inside are taken and you can’t bear the thought of walking grab a rickety picnic table outside and be lifted by the swell of hundreds of student conversations buzzing away under the stars.
Skip the shorts and take your beer as God intended it to be drunk on days like this: cold and in cans. I can’t even begin to tell you about prices, as one is so filled with bonhomie there’s always enough for one more round.
Once the glamour has worn off, this place loses its charm pretty fast. You’ll see the ratty plantings, the worn walls and the sagging seats. However, catch it on those magical days that somehow become the best evenings of the season and you’ll love this pub like no other.

The Pav has been refurbished, hooray! The Pav has always held a very special place in any Trinity student’s heart. A Pavillion bar situated at the far end of the cricket playing field, it was recurrently the place to visit in between class, after class, Friday nights if not Thursday nights, Wednesday nights, oh and Tuesday nights… you get the idea.
The Pav possesses assured fortitude and a certain spirit that students found so endearing. Sitting in the Pav with a hearty pint of Guinness on a midsummer’s early evening, with the sun descending past the back of the university’s Ussher library is one of the most striking views in Dublin.
However, as a punter it was difficult to contend with the limited seating inside and the undersized toilets that were often unclean and thus unpleasant to use. On a busy Friday evening you could be potentially queuing for anything up to half an hour for the toilet, which meant that you would be missing out on a big chunk of the evening’s banter with your friends owing to the ludicrous bathroom set-​up.
Thankfully these crooked times are over and I am happy to report that the Pav now boasts two extended seating areas both under glass roofs akin to a conservatory set-​up.
As well as the obvious newfound convenience that this extended area proffers, aesthetically it too is a hit with beech wood aligned with Perspex glass working beautifully to create a contemporary setting. The toilets too are not so much enhanced as they are totally revamped, an unrecognizable larger space with Dyson air blade hand-​dryers and modern interior.
Thanks to this new, smartened-​up interior the staff of the Pav are making a much more concerted effort to maintain cleanliness and sanitation within the toilets so as to advance your drinking experience even further.

It’s cheap. You can sit outside (but not on the lawn, where thou shalt only play cricket). That’s about it.
This place is more fun for us Yanks, because we get to very innocently ask Irish students about the rules of cricket. Hilarity inevitably ensues.

The Pav is something of a Trinity institution but that’s not saying much, almost everything in Trinity is something of an institution.
However, it is true that while studying for exams, generations of Trinity students have dreamed longingly of the evenings they would soon spend basking in the dying sun while sipping beer in front of the Pav. Located at the head of Trinity’s cricket pitch, the Pav’s student patrons spill out onto the grass in the summer and spend the evenings sitting on the banks, drinking, flirting and playing frisbee (until the security guards come to chase them away thus beginning a game of cat and mouse).
The Pav began as a clubhouse I assume and it still retains the meagre and uncomfortable furniture and bare surroundings of its origins. However, the drink is cheap and when the weather is fine, it is nothing short of a treat to sit in the centre of Dublin surrounded by greenery and trees (if you don’t mind the students!).

Easily the best pub in Dublin on a sunny day. Without question, undisputed, amazing, fantastic, «insert plamás here», etc…
Pity they had to go and ruin it by tacking on that college.
I’m not being cheaky, the added security and hassle generated by being part of Trinity College has taken away from the Pav in recent years. Especially this year, they were coming down so hard on people for minor infractions that the crowds shrank. Worse, because of tightened security, you don’t get the same fun open atmosphere that was there before.
Good, but a great no more

You can’t not like the Pav — it’s everything a student bar should be… badly laid out, scuzzy toilets (both of which are to be revolutionised over the summer we are assured), short on space and easy on the pocket. It also has the presidential lists of some of the more ‘illustrious’ sports clubs on the walls, such as GAA, rugby, soccer and cricket, as well as an assortment of photos and memorabilia. It is, obviously, also the sports bar. If you time it right ladies, the guys’ changing rooms are underneath so you just may catch a glimpse.
The Pav really comes into its own in summer… just in time for exams, when the sun comes out. ‘Pav Friday’ is a sight to behold, as the entire cricket pitch is black with people of varying shades… from pasty white (those who were smart) to blood red (those that weren’t). Aside from that special time, of which every Trinity student fosters fond, if blurry, memories, grab a can (remember, it’s a student bar… student’s don’t need glasses, nor do they deserve them!) and pretend to watch the cricket. The winter is not the Pav’s favourite season it must be admitted, as indoors is cramped and sweaty. That’s when the tourists aren’t there though… in summer we behave-ish…watch out for the occasional streaker to add to the mayhem!

I spent half my student days in the Pav and I must say I still love it. Four cans of Bavaria will set you back € 8 and you can soak up the atmosphere — that is if you are a student in TCD or in the company of one, otherwise you may be checked for student ID and kicked out if you fail to produce one. The Pav is at its best in the summer when you can sit outside, maybe even on the grass, enjoy the sun and your drinks. You also get food there, not great quality, but cheap. I only ever had Bavaria there, at least in recent times, so I can only recommend that but they have beers on tap too, some wine and ciders too.

One of the very best things about being in Dublin in summer. Just get some drinks and sit on the grass until you’re kicked out. If you don’t like the people you can move to another patch. It’s probably the only legal open-​air drinking in Dublin; just like drinking in a park.
Be sure to laugh at the cricket.
Beware the wasps. They sting. Unlike bees, they don’t have the decency to go and die in shame.

The pav is Trinity College’s Official Bar. Prices are good being a student haunt and the location is as central as it gets. The crowd is mainly trinity students, but also anyone in general. The pav has recently took to insisting atleast one person in your group have trinity ID to be served unfortunately, so make sure someone is a trinner and is carrying ID. Drinking cider on one of Dublins few sunny days on the cricket lawns just outside makes for a good afternoon. Just be cautious of the toilets — they’re unbelievably small!

It’s cheap. You can sit outside (but not on the lawn, where thou shalt only play cricket). That’s about it.
This place is more fun for us Yanks, because we get to very innocently ask Irish students about the rules of cricket. Hilarity will inevitably ensue.

Officially reserved for members of something or other, the Pav is Trinity’s official sports bar, but generally becomes the haunt of rowdy UCD students in from the suburbs for a day. Plastic cups, nasty beer and masculinity starved boys throwing rugby balls accross peoples heads are the order of the day. Security gaurds will come, hassle you and make sure you sit within the confines of an iron gate that seperates revellers from the ever-​holier-​than-​thou cricket players yonder. This place is only popular because there isn’t one half decent place to drink beer on a sunny day in central Dublin.