The Worst Bar In N. Cyprus

cyprusharv


Joined: 16/12/2008
Posts: 423

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 10:21

What do you think is the worst bar in N. Cyprus? Please take into account, atmosphere, prices, service, entertainment, music and of course the number of fights!



Try to bear in mind "Bangladesh standards, Swiss prices".

PIPIE


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 10:37

Never ever been to a bad bar in TRNC , some not to my taste , but all in all bars & staff try there best .

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 10:41

Very well said Pipie. Usually it is a matter of personal taste so it would be very unfair to start slagging off businesses that are simply trying to make a living.

Hippo


Joined: 02/02/2007
Posts: 2070

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 11:15

One that is shut- there are no bad bars only ones that the Hippo has not visited yet

janjin



Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 488

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 11:19

Paradise Sports bar.

That wasn't a pleasent night, all my family were hacked off by the experience.

But that was covered in an old posting.

jj

biglugs


Joined: 02/10/2008
Posts: 157

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 11:23

cyprusharv















********** PS , can i bring your attention to rule 3 . Personal remarks are against board rules . i am deleting your post ,as you cannot post defamatory remarks about a person . --------- Simbas

cyprusharv


Joined: 16/12/2008
Posts: 423

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 11:41

Msg 5, My friend went there (to Paradise) to watch the football last year and was charged 9tl for a shandy! Good job trading standards aren't here as they'd be done for missrepresentaion with such a name



Msg 6, ha ha.

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 14:49

I to went to the Paradise Sports Bar needed a bandage for my backside well slapped. I asked the barmaid for a kiss, why she replied! Because i like being kissed when i have been F**ked i said........... Very expensive

Mercury


Joined: 27/01/2009
Posts: 7

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 17:59

The Old Mill Ozankoy. Smells of stale smoke and they have a horrible big screen playing music very loud.

Strong


Joined: 29/12/2008
Posts: 24

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 18:23

The Fez in Catalkoy. Me and My friends kept this Bar running through out 2008, but will not use it anymore, as they started taking the piss out of us in the Summer by charging us Entrance Fee just to use the Bar. Gazza the biggest rip of Merchant of them all.

Strong

Happy Hussar


Joined: 01/10/2008
Posts: 318

Message Posted:
09/03/2009 22:58

I like the Paradise Bar and dont mind paying 5 tl for a btl of Effes. Comfortable chairs, Big Screens showing all the games and NO disco music in the background ( The Fez ).

Tony

SueEllen


Joined: 27/08/2008
Posts: 11

Message Posted:
10/03/2009

I am a regular of the PARADISE and their prices are reasonable, and a lot cheaper then the Harbour,all i can say is do not listen to false allegations on this Forum, this sounds like anouther Bar in Ozankoy / Catalkoy who have got No Customers and are trying to win Customers by making false allegations about the Paradise. So do yourself a favour, vist the Paradise and don't be fooled by the idiots on this Forum.

SueEllen

Dixie Normus


Joined: 22/02/2008
Posts: 820

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 07:51

Think Ive seen you about SueEllen, your the bird with the dark glasses and white stick.



D.N

Oilman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 14:38

I'll go along with the Pardise bit. Miserable owner who short changes you, brandy sours with no brandy and treats he you like he's doing you a favour. Used to watch the Rugby there but never again.

Bowman


Joined: 02/05/2007
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 15:24

Strong, re message 11. I have only ever had a good time at the Fez when I am over there. Never had the feeling I had been ripped off, in fact quite the opposite, all of the prices are on full view and the staff are very friendly. I seem to remember in the summer that they actually advertised that there would be a 5YTL (£2) cover charge to watch the cabaret on a Saturday nite if you did not have a meal. Your posting is misleading if that is what you are referring to, or are you saying that they just charged you a fee to drink at the bar with no entertainment?

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 15:40

Message 14,

Out of order i take exception to being called an idiot as i only gave my personal opinion. As it turns out the reports on here suggest that the Paradise is expensive as i found out to my cost. Try to more tactfull otherwise it will be you that looks like an IDIOT................

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 15:48

It seems that most of these 'bad bars' are in the same area!

scotsguy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 249

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 16:05

Has got to be where negative nick drinks, imagine having to listen to that guy's constant moaning & groaning in real life.

turkan


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 954

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 16:42

i must say, have any of you anything better to do than run down people trying to make a living, i add, such people who are working hard to entertain you . why dont you all just stay at home instead of picking holes, looking at the subject, you really pick for the sake of picking i see.Really try and be positive people for the rest of us, we have to live with you!

janjin



Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 488

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 20:57

Sue Ellen

You say : "I am a regular of the PARADISE and their prices are reasonable, and a lot cheaper then the Harbour,all i can say is do not listen to false allegations on this Forum" So who's to say your opinion is false?



I'm speaking from my experience of the Paeadise and you cannot excuse that as it is not your experience.



My brother in law, his wife, my very polite husband and four friends were also disgusted. We are not promoting another bar.

I was stating my experience and take offence to being suggested that it is idiotic to do so. Our family have 1st hand experience of managing bars so this experience was in excusable.

jakki



Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 865

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 22:39

Why do people have to be so rude?? It's usually those who hide behind a computer and chose not to reveal their true identities!!!!

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
10/03/2009 22:53

turkan



'i must say, have any of you anything better to do than run down people trying to make a living, i add, such people who are working hard to entertain you . why dont you all just stay at home instead of picking holes, looking at the subject, you really pick for the sake of picking i see.Really try and be positive people for the rest of us, we have to live with you!'



Unfortunately 'running people down' has become a hobby with Brit Expats. They would much rather destroy what they have in the TRNC rather than support the TC economy. Brit expats make a rod for their own backs and I have no time for the majority that want to bring 'Little Britain' to the TRNC.

AJ

scotsguy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 249

Message Posted:
11/03/2009 07:43

message 27



agree in full, said it many times, some people need to find a life, I certainly did not move here to live in little britain. If so I would have purchased in Southern Cyprus or Spain.



Get out and smell the roses, or even better leave if your that unhappy, give the rest of us peace to actually enjoy our time here.

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
11/03/2009 08:32

mess 27 - AJ wake up and smell the coffee ! - a typical establishment over here wants to offer lemonade service with champagne prices.

chatterbox04


Joined: 13/11/2008
Posts: 92

Message Posted:
11/03/2009 12:14

Re: Paradise Bar I have been going to this bar for several years and have always been pleased with the service. The food is excellent. All customers are made very welcome. Nothing has ever been too much trouble.



If you enjoy football, grand prix racing, in fact any sport at all this is the place to go, they will always to try to show any sport if they able to. A bonus is of course you have comfortable chairs and no cooking, and friendly people to banter with, a great place no doubts at all. Keep smiling Muz love ya lots

RugbyGirl


Joined: 23/01/2009
Posts: 3

Message Posted:
11/03/2009 12:19

I have just come back from a 2 week holiday in Cyprus, stayed at the Oscar Resort and Enjoyed My Stay. Me and My friends were looking for a Nice place were we can have a Meal and watch the Rugby. The Paradise was highly recommended by a lot of People that we spoke too. So I decided to have a Go.This what I saw. When I walked in the place was fairly busy as their were a couple of football Games on. A mixture of Locals and Tourists. Some of Customers were watching the Game some were Dining and it was a mixture of Couples and Familes all enjoying themselves. Once the Six Nations Rugby started the place started to get bussier. The Atmosphere was Great what Else can you ask for a Nice Log fire, comfy Seats and a Giant Screen and Service with a Smile.

Mess 29 – To me it was Champagne Service with Lemon Prices. I have a receipt of what we had this is the Prices. Soup of the Day and Fillett Steak 24 ytl and Glass of Wine 5ytl.and Large Efes Bottled Beer 5ytl. I will Definetly be Back !

turkan


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 954

Message Posted:
11/03/2009 14:45

Really, mosr people commenting on here, are not looking for a guide their looking for gossip and head hunting! Clear example is who started this! Yes i agree where someone said easy to say hidden behind a computer, maybe it would be wise for you to visit the bar and tell the owners, they could then do something about it. Children is what i hear here, adults that have not met their age! I am turkish cypriot london born, it embarasses me that the people i lived all my life with have come here to a small island with nothing but breaking down news, go home, see if your life would be better in the uk. Also i add, if your getting on the forum to hear, so called honest opinions of places, why dont you just use your own judgement and have your own experience! Jesus if i was to live by the forum i would be living in a forum prison! Ex pats, get on with it! Brush down your negativity, we can feel your prickly energy its not welcome.

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
11/03/2009 17:26

Turkan,

You are right in a lot of what you say, people on here moan and moan slag off the TRNC but are still there, why is that? These people obviously bother you so ignore them and don't take the bait, because you are playing into there hands and adding fuel to there fire.

I live in Blackpool the u.k.'s top resort so they say, there are 2 structures a price for locals and a price for tourists which is dearer and is a rip off. The TRNC has prices for locals and for tourists/foreigners in respect of property i.e. utilities/ connections etc which is a rip off it goes on and on. I ran night clubs in the u.k. if i set my drinks prices to high or the food was crap people wouldn't come back and they would tell others they wouldn't tell the bar owner because if he was any good at running a business he would realise what was happening unless of course he was justing trying to take people for a ride. At the end of the day people have a right to complain or compliment wether you agree or not..

simon


Joined: 08/06/2007
Posts: 19

Message Posted:
11/03/2009 17:47

NN

Yep, You were right. I am back, but just to say the way this thread has gone was the reason I left in the first place.

It is a fantastic place and this site should be/is actually one of the best places to find information but getting kicked in the B*lls for voicing an opinion is not quite correct. Take it for what it is and dont try to change it. That is why it it so great, both the site and the place.

In your home country, wherever, you dont slag anything and everything off cos it doesnt fit your wants exactly, you just go somewhere else.



Bonjour



Sir Skogs

geeze


Joined: 11/03/2009
Posts: 1

Message Posted:
11/03/2009 17:59

peple moan and slag off the gaff but they cant go home cos too many people are looking for em. old bill, tax man, vat man. they have all done a runner from blighty and cant go back if they wanted to

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
11/03/2009 21:59

Last time i went to paradise bar a pint cost me 8ytl, the day before it was 6ytl i told the bar man and he just looked at me like i was a bit of sh*t on his shoe so i kept on about it and i ended up telling the other customers to be careful and made sure the staff could see me telling them they didnt like it but the staff can shove it i knew they could not throw me out because they would of been showing they were guilty of something, why should we be ripped off by some little sh*ts behind the jump. BEWARE

janjin



Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 488

Message Posted:
12/03/2009 01:00

Our family experience of the Paradise was bad, on quite a few levels.

If you wish to look up my posts I don't slag businesses or individuals off.

As I said this is OUR experience of the place.

Message 35; as you say simon vote with your feet.

united4ever


Joined: 20/07/2008
Posts: 18

Message Posted:
12/03/2009 01:31

Wow wow wow. Just back from the PARADISE. It was Packed, UNBELIEAVABLE.About 100 People turned up to watch the Champions League Games between Man Utd and Arsenal Tonight I Could Not believe. It looks like Message 1 – Cyprusharv put the wrong headline and i am asking the Moderators to change it to THE MOST POPULAR BAR IN N.CYPRUS.

United 4 Ever

ladylittle


Joined: 09/03/2008
Posts: 498

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 16:48

why do we have such negative postings on here???? What a topic, worst bar in cyprus??? come on is this a joke, or are people trying to sabotage other peoples business's????



Come on guys, if you havent got something nice to say, then dont say it.......thought this board was here to be informative, not used as a forum to slag people off, maybe i was wrong?????

skybluesam


Joined: 24/12/2008
Posts: 447

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 17:00

Sarah, small minded people with to much time on their hands, they need to get out more.

ignore the comments, you are doing a fine job lass!

Nick

Bowman


Joined: 02/05/2007
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 17:02

Seems that some people have an axe to grind Sarah. The Old Mill (your pub I believe) and the Fez were both mentioned in this thread. Having visited both from time to time on my visits, I am amazed that people would say bad things about both these places. IMHO you are both offering an excellent venue for your punters. I wish you both all the best of luck. Im sure you need it in these troubled times....

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 17:33

All the bars on the harbour-side at Girne. Rip off merchants.

ladylittle


Joined: 09/03/2008
Posts: 498

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 17:34

Thanks skyblue and bowman, luckily enough both the old mill and the fez, I am pleased to say are doing very well. it just amazes me that people have nothing but negetive things to say......

spud1


Joined: 22/05/2007
Posts: 544

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 18:15

the old mill and the fez are both great places for food and drinks spud1

CJtill


Joined: 02/05/2008
Posts: 836

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 20:07

Had a couple of afternoons this week watching the Cheltenham Festival down at the Paradise Bar and apart from actually being at the races it was a brilliant place to watch my money go down the drain. Sitting in comfort watching the big screen, and the prices in my opinion perfectly acceptable for the entertainment on offer, and you could not meet more friendly people anywhere in Cyprus.

Whether its Champions League, 6 Nations or any sport for that matter, it really is the best place to be.

Michael

Nastynipper


Joined: 08/06/2008
Posts: 171

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 20:48

B Bar THREAD ................. TUT TUT



http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/12250.asp

rcroton


Joined: 05/06/2008
Posts: 192

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 21:11

People like to slag off places and each other as many times as the wind changes direction. I remember a few months ago maybe longer the Fez took a battering. I must say personally i think it is great.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 21:15

People will make their own minds up, they won't listen to the gossiping on Internet forums. If I were the owner I wouldn't be worried.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 21:30

Absolutely No1

I think most members of this board are capable of finding out for themselves and making their own minds up.

You know what they say 'all publicity is good publicity'

AJ

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 21:39

H No 1 and AJ I couldnt agree more. I like both the Fez and The Old Mill and they do a great job as do all the other bars against all the odds. I always recommend them and the paradise for the sporting events.. I think we should get together and form a cartel and decide who we keep out. If only they could live in our shoes for a couple of days and see what we take from the moaners. You know when our cypriot customers from both sides come in they never ask how much is a beer etc, they enjoy the experience because that is thier way.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
13/03/2009 21:50

Give it a rest Nige.

Angel


Joined: 05/12/2007
Posts: 35

Message Posted:
14/03/2009 02:58

Re: PARADISE. Delicious Food, Fantastic Restaurant - Bar, Lovely Pool, Great Entertainment, very kind and helpful staff. We Luv u Mus

Angel

P.S. Hows charlie the Owl doing, we be back in September, working very hard at the Moment.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
14/03/2009 19:10

i think you should just tell it how it is.

i also think you should find out for yourself,not everyone likes the same thing.

everyone bigged up a restaurant a few weeks ago in esentepe.

i commented that we weren't impressed when we went their.

a totally different view from most on the forum.

fair comment is always valid but personal slagging off is out of order.

why not tell the owner of the establishment if your not happy at the time.

we would and have done and will continue to do so.

how can they improve if you don't say something at the time?

Carbotec


Joined: 28/02/2009
Posts: 98

Message Posted:
14/03/2009 19:22

All you people out there maligning these bars which includes Paradise sports bar and the Old Mill, I have always supported them and still do. no one forces you to use them, so if you don't like them don't go. I probably wouldn't enjoy where you frequent - Thank God we are all different!

RozziK



Joined: 06/12/2008
Posts: 20

Message Posted:
14/03/2009 19:22

I shouldn't say anything............but..................due to the fact that I tell the owners of the estblishment..........I'm barred from most places ................

tiger


Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 245

Message Posted:
15/03/2009 10:02

Isn`t it about time this thread was closed. There can never be a concensus of opinion .The only way this would happen is if we were all clones. This however would be very boring. Would you like to meet yourself all the time.Might suit the self opinionated minority one this forum but I prefer a world where there are different strokes for different folks

fatboy



Joined: 05/11/2008
Posts: 244

Message Posted:
15/03/2009 12:56

any 1 who hasn't been to N/C.Reading this thread would think only 2 bars exist in TRNC.Get out more.In favour msg. 59..

laptapines


Joined: 20/04/2009
Posts: 26

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 18:36

where is PARADISE bar bay the way....anybody....

Dixie Normus


Joined: 22/02/2008
Posts: 820

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 19:31

Think its in Limasol by the old harbour not to be confused with Parasites which is behind the new Lemar on the Catalkoy Rd.



D.N

snakes



Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 1512

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 19:34

mine cos its empty !!

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 19:52

any where katie b is singing

AnthonySmith


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
14/05/2009 13:49

Not too keen on the Five Fingers at Ozankoy. Not very welcoming. Citrus Tree in Alsancak has always been that. Still finding other bars to try out.