Great place but now it's closed permanently, probably due to COVID and lost income ...read more

The interiour is very stilish and invites you to play a game of pool even if you're not a big fan…read more You'll find mixed clientel here, but overall it is a very laid-back environment. The prices are good, and they have special offers for students. I haven't tried any of the food yet, but i heard it is pretty decent for a place like this. They also offer snooker, darts and airhockey. Five plasma screens above the bar let you follow different sport events. Alternatively you can look out the banks of windows where you can see half of Darmstadt. Or you go out to the atrium, which is also the smoking area, and watch the stars on a mild summer night. They even paid attention to details in the rest rooms, and therefore everything just feels right to me here. I just wish the stairs wouldn't have this horrible smell of varnish, but this surely wasn't their fault.

We went to the "An Sibin" (Gaelic for "illegal drinking place" and pronounced "an shebeen") for the…read morefirst time during the 2007 Rugby World Cup for the live TV coverage. In spite of enough fans and two screens it wasn't really a successful evening. It's not just the size of the place (one large room, not several smaller, more cozy areas as I've seen in other Irish pub/sports' bars), but mainly the fact that there was a live band at the other end of the room. For neither party - sports or music interested - was this arrangment in any way satisifying. The sound of the sports' commentator was drowned out by listlessly played life music. The Guinness draught was delicious (what else?!) but the burger was pretty tasteless accompanied by homemade, uneven chips. Well, we didn't go there for the food anyway, nevertheless...

I spent 75 percent of my money there and made so many memories that I will never remember as a…read moreyoung soldier in the late 90s and early 2000's. I had a shameful record for going there every night for 3 months straight, and helped out at the door on busy weekends and stayed late after hours. I probably dont know any of the bartenders or cooks there anymore, but you still get 5 stars for letting me go there when all other US soldiers were banned due to fighting. Great bands, great drinks and great people. Thanks for the memories. BTW, I dont blame you for me meeting my ex wife there that fateful Wednesday night.