Playwrights - Miami Beach

A good place to watch Champions League games. We came here today for the Tottenham vs Bayern game and had a nice time. We ordered the chicken tenders with fries from the kids menu first to feed the hungry child ; and it came out in no time. The fries were just OK since they were not crispy at all, but the chicken tenders were great! Once their HH started, we also ordered the buffalo wings $8 instead of $11 which were quite yummy: 8 wings with some carrot and celery sticks plus blue cheese dip. I also ordered a Sauvignon Blanc 2 for 1 during HH and really enjoyed both glasses. :

We enjoy going to Irish pubs up north. It is a great way to get a night cap after dinner before calling it a night. They normally have great music, some games you can play and awesome bartenders. We came in after dinner and the place was dead. There was a bartender, someone in training and sometime after being there another lady came in for her shift. We got a round of drinks and saw the pool table. We went over to try to play it and it only accepted coins. We asked if we could add money on our tab and get some coins from the cash register, the bartender said no. [Which I don't get, like don't you also make money from people playing the pool table? So why wouldn't you just add a dollar to their tab and give them 4 quarters!? They had mix of music (not Irish or even European but like top 50 pop hits or something) playing and a movie playing above the pool table (with volume on movie yes). The bartender kept flirting with the girl that was to the left of us (I think she was even there with her bf). She kept getting louder and he would just refill her drink without her asking (not the drink wasn't water). She kept laughing and asking the bartender if he was trying to get her drunk or something. The whole vibe was off for us. Then I decided to use the bathroom before heading back to the hotel. Gross... There were live flies in there, I was able to get a photo of one on the mirror but not of the ones flying around me as I tried to tinkle. There was paper on the floor, scratches into the mirror on the wall...

Stopped into Playwright Irish Pub to avoid getting soaking wet in the rain. My friend and I had never watched a rugby match and every TV has a game on do, we stayed and watched. My friend ordered an Irish Coffee, I asked for a Black Tan. We saw people devouring their pub food. Everyone always to be having a good time. The only negative was when we had to use the rest rooms, both Men's and Women's had no toilet paper or towels.

I spent a little time here and upon first impression I thought the place was gonna get real busy. There was a live band playing while I entered at 8 PM. I chose a table to sit at. Absolutely uncomfortable and upright chairs. Waited a few for a server but never saw one. So, I went and stood at the bar for my drink while the bartender proceeds to put his finger up as a hold on while on the phone. Ok. I ask for one drink, can 't make it. So I get a $14 vodka soda. I eventually move to a booth with my friend. He gets bartenders attention but tells my friend to order at bar from across the bar. So yeah my hospitality impression of this place is kind of not great. My friend orders a Moscow mule. It 's tasty. The band stops eventually. It 's 10:30 and still very dead inside.

I stopped by Playwright Irish Pub with some friends for a quick snack and a Harp lager. Playwright looks like it's been around a while as the interior décor, though dated, is rather classic sort of reeking of days gone by. But, as such lends itself nicely as being a classic Irish bar with its heavy wood and dark toned colors. For food they have an exceptionally large and well varied menu. For appetizers everything from Buffalo Wings to Denver Lamb Ribs and for burgers their standards are 8 ounces briskets plus the Irish stands of Bangers Mash, Shepard's Pie, Fish Chips, etc. For my meal I simply went with a burger which I ordered rare. When served it was more medium rare than rare but of no concern to me as it was close enough and any shortcomings on that point were more than overcome by the general rich meaty taste and texture preparation of the burger. I might also add that this is one of the few places along Washington Avenue that has clean decent restrooms and has never at least complained to me about using them even when I haven't placed a food or drink order.