I always find it amusing when I wander into a bar claiming to be Australian yet located in another…read morecountry only to discovered that other than a couple of kangaroo pictures, and maybe a desert scene, there is nothing about it that makes it feel remotely like an Australian pub. Okay, they might have Fosters on tap but the thing is that no Australian in their right mind would ever dream of drinking Fosters, and you certainly can't get it on tap over here. Anyway, this is that sort of bar - pretty grungy and certainly not Australian. No doubt it is named as such due to the Australians fighting in the region, but then again they fought all along the Commonwealth lines. It's an okay bar, a little grungy, but not bad. However, certainly not one I would hurrying back to any time soon.

From the owner: God bless My Goodness Pub irlandais au coeur du quartier étudiant , My Goodness est un subtil…read moremélange de convivialité et musique rock. Anglo-saxons et Amiénois s'y retrouvent pour déguster la fameuse Guinness ou assister au tournoi des 6 nations sur écran géant. Les soirées à thème, comme la Saint Patrick, rassemblent tous les amateurs de l'Irish Spirit.

Great place, loads of seats for diners - restaurant goes deep inside. Large meals, good variety of…read morefood and good value. It has a bit of a novelty theme which is done nicely. Our food was really good and it was open on a Sunday until late which is quite rare in Lille so it definitely gets a recommended!

This is my home away from home…read more O'Pub and it's staff can be considered the heart of the Mons expat community. It's comfortable. It has good beers. I could not recommend a better place for a drink on a typical Belgian rainy day.

Really the only place in town to go and catch a Premiership game. They call it an Irish pub but it…read moreis the most un-Irish pub that I have ever been to and I have been to many. Saying that, It is nice, comfortable and there are some decent beers on offer. They tend to keep it very dark though for some reason. I also heard that it gets pretty crazy later in the night and there have been the occasional fights. Nice during the day and early evening hours but I wouldn't go there when all the drunks are out!

The Delirium Cafe is a great central Pub right next to Le Gros-Horloge and near the Cathedrale…read more About 250 beers, at least 2 dozen on tap in a cozy wood and stone hued locale.

I mentioned that I had a pretty bad run of bars when I simply wandered into random ones, well this…read morewas one I wondered into and it was nothing short of awesome. Well, it wasn't actually random because I saw it previously as I walked past and I though the carvings above the door were pretty cool and decided to come back and check it out later. Well, it turns out that this bar happens to be on the top of the list of beer bars on Yelp, and I am not at all surprised (judging by the number of people that had crammed into this place). Delirium goes beyond being a beer bar to being a beer extravaganza - there are a huge number of beers on tap, and if none of them interest you, there are even more bottled behind the bar. In fact there are so many choices that it will literally make your mind spin. I'm not entirely sure if it is actually connected with the Delirium in Belgium (I suspect that it is since I saw another Delerium elsewhere), but it is definitely a pretty decent bar to check out, especially since there didn't seem to be all that much else on offer in the city.

The first night in Amiens I really didn't have much of an agenda so I simply randomly wandered…read moreabout the place visiting whatever pub I stumbled upon, and this place happened to be one of them. Okay, not strictly a pub, at least not in the sense that we have them here in Australia, but you could call it a bar, or even a cafe. It was okay, and the staff quite friendly. Also, being near one of the open squares, gave it a rather nice location as well. However, while it wasn't a great as some of them I visited, and also a little tacky, it still did its job well.

A little daytrip to Amiens, north of Paris, and we ascertain that the local specialty is La Ficelle…read morePicarde. Wikipedia (should we trust Wikipedia?) says 'its origins appear based in Amiens' l'hôtel du Commerce where a chef developed it in 1950, notwithstanding some legends stating the dish originated in the era of Louis XIV.' I kind of love that you can go to different towns and cities in France and they all claim local specialties which may not be that different than other types of food. On the other hand, we'd never tried this local delicacy. We went to the humble Square Cafe, with a lovely view onto the Place with a gorgeous flowering cherry blossom tree. Spring cometh! They played contemporary music videos, reminding how terrible some of today's music is, and the service was cheery amusing. We asked for a lunch menu, and the waiter said, 'I'm the menu' before he told us what we could order. So, the local specialty is a crêpe, rolled up, with ham and mushrooms, a lovely bit of cheese melted crisply on top, and swimming in cream. What's not to love? It looks like the bar devolves into a raucous drinking hole in the evenings, as there was a Jagermeister dispensing machine, numerous beer specials posted behind the bar, and in front, possibly, patrons from the night before? It was 1pm. They were really drunk. Local food, local flavour, we enjoyed it! In fact, my better half was particularly taken my the Ficelle Picarde. OH MY GOD... was his compliment.