This is one of the best Guru chats. Just a good conversation. It flows. This is the niche right there.

Best one of these pubcasts yet. Loved hearing about opening the bar and the differences in cultures. Would love to see more of the Guru talking to bar/pub owners in their own bars. Excellent stuff

So, I start watching your videos sat on my sofa at home, all cosied up. Then *POOOF!* As if by magic, I end up sat in my local with a Guinness in hand! 😂👌🏻

Bar in Naas was Fletchers, great spot for a Guinness

Johnny seems like an absolute gent with no ego, you'd never believe he owned two pubs in the middle of NYC. Any chance he'd go up to Buffalo and do something similar there? 🤪👏

love this interview, Johnny was class. being in America 20 years fucking hell, must have some cracking stories.

Really enjoyed this seeing the different pub culture over in New York seems a lot different than back home

Great to see New York showing here, hopefully will hit high viewing figures for you

Another great video, really interesting to hear the differences in bar culture in Ireland and New York. Some great tips there too for anyone heading over.

Great conversation. As an American, it was fascinating to hear Johnny's story. My uncle owned a few bars in restaurants throughout the Atlanta area, specifically Buckhead. Hope to see you get out there more, Guru!

Superb. Learnt a lot from this chat. As someone who's moved over from London to the US a couple of years back, everything Johnny said made so much sense in terms of the differences in bar/pub culture.

Great listen - actually learned a lot from the gentleman.

Went to the long hall yesterday for some Guinness at your Rec. A fantastic spot and $8 for a HQ pint is great

Interesting interview. The whole tip/gratuity thing is mental. As a Scottish skinflint we think that good service is what we pay for. If the service is good, we might come back.

From the time you poured it, and it began to settle, and when he said, “I would finish it off now @ 5:15 in the video, it was a total of 2:20 seconds, just over the 1:59.5 you referenced. Great video buddy!

Loved this, great interview 👍

One of the most enjoyable videos yet, loved it!🤝

Great episode, really interesting guy!

You should have gone to McSorleys whilst you were there. It was opened by an Irishman in the 19th century and it sells its "own" beer, one of thems a dark beer. It looks like it has a lot of antiques, looks like a very characterful bar.

Great video. Would definitely pop in to Johnny’s spot for a pint if I was around. I think the pub in Naas he meant is Fletchers. Incredible pint of Guinness and a really cool pub you should definitely venture down to Naas soon Guru some great G.

This was brilliant. Come to Baltimore, Guru!

Excellent material. Fair play Johnny for doing this.

That was a great watch! Johnny is sound as a pound!

Why don't the bar owners pay their staff a minimum wage instead of the public having to help bar staff pay their rent? I'm already paying enough for a drink as it is. Makes zero sense.

Jaysus the Christmas drink! I remember it well. You got one off each barman (and it was nearly 100% men back then (90s). If you had a beef with a barman and he gave you a Christmas drink you knew it was time to bury the hatchet too. It was a peace offering. Also on the card taking in America, my first experience of it was in San Francisco, me and the missus rocked into an Irish bar, which we weren't even looking for but it was right beside the hotel. Went up to the bar and the barman was serving a Yank who was with a group of other loud mouthed types, and he had to fork over his card. It was my turn to order then and the barman it turned out was from Tipp and he recognised my Dublin accent, i ordered my pints and offered him my card and he laughed and said 'No you're sound, thats only for them!'

Great feckin interview BTW, fair play!

One of the best I've seen Guru...more of this please! More of Irish entrepreneurs' around the world...deadly!

Some great points there always decent tip on the first round when in there awhile you’ll get it and more back with the service any where in the world

Enjoyed this!

Great video!! Highlight for me is the way you stick your little pinky finger out when you take a swig.

When your hair grows back ill sign up to your advertiser

Good chat

I lived in Dublin for a year and i have to say you are a bit harsh on your own people😜, is there anything I miss here in Sweden it's how social Irish people are. If an 18yo girl walks into a bar and the only person sitting there is a 70 yo man they will talk. If it's only the bartender then they will have a chat. This never ever happens at home and probably not in any other country I have been to. If it does it's never on that genuine level where people talk to each other just for the pure enjoyment of a conversation and more about being polite.

Good man Johnny, made it in NY and remained humble, respect!

Great interview. Johnny looks like the Irish Jagr! 68

Great craic 💚

Great conversation.

Loved this chat

im drinking a guinness with good shtick while watching mate

Great interview to The Long Hall I'll be going when i visit New York. Score 9.3 ☘

Got to say I've almost always had great service in bars in NYC & Boston. There's none of this "who's next", they always know the order to serve people in & are always cleaning the bar top. The only bar where I've been in twice and got shite service was The Green Dragon in Boston. Same barman both times. Just kept talking to his mates while you're waiting to be served.

LOVE

I had issues when I didn’t pay a tip for bad food and service at a cafe in NY, the systems a joke. Really enjoying these videos from the big apple, hopefully more to come

Cafe Insane - hilarious.

Horse’in that tea back like it’s a pint

I could sit and drink/talk to him all day, its an education. oh and how was the Guinness?

If you were to come back stateside would you consider doing boston?

A good Rathcoole man is Jonny!

Rathcoole inn, what a watering hole.

your best video

That Bar in Naas is Fletcher's and the Kieth Richards story is true!

Love New York but the tipping business does my head in. Tipping is for people who go out of their way in a service, shouldn’t be expected

Christmas drink is alive and well where I am from thank god,

Good vid good chat just getting going on your podcast journey from afar only improvement I think u could make is leave the guest talk away if their talking not cut in so much but johnny was very good tks

Hwy what's up Guru. I'm from US. I been watching ur videos very enjoyable. When u going to come back to US and where I would like to have a pint with u

Christmas drink comes every year Cherry tree walkinstown

What pub is this?

Barry's tea in a pint glass without milk? Am I missing something?

Great video. The landlord has great knowledge and perspective. Respect 💪

Can you try and get the 2 johnnies and Tommy tiernan

How original

A tablet, a vitamin, a spray and a shampoo.

Enough about you two, how’s Debbie hi.

Excellent fucking video but now I feel like a dipshit for going and sitting down at the bar when I was visiting Ireland

Great video. NY and US pub culture in general is awkward. Much prefer in Ireland and UK. I don’t want to give a stuff about the bar staff’s salary when getting a pint.

$2 per drink

If I was paying close to $10 for a pint I'd be looking for a tip back. Rip off

This tipping business in NY is a joke, I have never nor will ever tip a barman in a pub in Ireland, I am paying enough for a pint. Saying that was in o donoghues recently and tipped loungeboy 1 euro...no probs tipping loungeboy/girl

Bloody clueless "guru" 😂

😅😅😅 The tk story

Either the guru is 7ft tall or your man is touching 5ft