Oscar Wilde - Berlin

Visit characterized by an overwhelming stench of brass polish that sweeps over you when you enter the premises and sadly doesn't leave. The waitressing staff were scruffily dressed, appeared bored and disinterested in their work and the service was extremely slow. I would expect someone to make eye contact when serving a drink and especially when being thanked for said service. Apart from a small area next to the front door and the bar itself, this pub is still a smoking venue despite the ban.

Don't bother asking the owner for any favors either - no matter how big or small. I asked for the TV to be turned up a little while watching a football match that everyone else was watching when 20 more people came in. He said the volume hasn't been touched since the beginning of the game and therfore would not touch it again. I said I understand but the volume of the crowd has increased. He didn't give a crap. The other night I asked if there might be football on... ok I admit I was looking for college American football... but the reaction was, without blinking an eye, no. I asked if they had a schedule or a guide I could look at and he barely responded with a no. And to paraphrase he said it's people like you, one person, who comes in and wants American football and then you don't come back for two weeks. Maybe if you were in a group of 15 I might do it but not for you. I guess he hadn't noticed the other 20 times I'd been in his pub. So we left. Too bad, there were actually three of us, soon to be four and we would have sat in his pub, that had a total of 10 people in it, including us, eating and drinking for the next 4 hours. The guys's just a grump in general. Not a good way to get people to come back. Guess he can afford to have a bad attitude.

Well was that an angry post I made. Never email when you are mad. I have to say that I reluctantly returned there and was greeted with a much friendlier owner who went out of his way to serve our party a snack even after the kitchen was closed. What gives? Guess everyone deserves a second chance. Now, if it were just non-smoking...

I love the Oscars!! Best Irish pub in Berlin by far!!!!!!!

I hate the oscars.I hate the owner,I hate the people that drink there.I hate the fact thhat you can go there and buy drugs.I will tell the police and I will see that the evil doers are bought to justice.

I haven't been there, but now I know that "evil doers" are there, I certainly want to go!!!!

its overrated, a tourist trap. Real Berliners and local expats don't even pay mind to it. The Irish Harp and the Old Emerald Isle (voted by Guiness as Germany's top Irish Pub) are much better. Oscar Wilde is for dweeby tourist.

I like the oscar wilde. The first time that i was there was in 2001 and decided that would like to move to Berlin, and so i did and i am living here 7 years.

the oscar wilde is hilarious! on my first night in berlin in 1998 i witnessed a fist-fight between a dwarf and an octogenerian Irish-dance teacher. It was like Celebrity Deathmatch meets Riverdance. And ask the staff about the secret tunnel....

The Oscar Wilde is both a pub I love and hate! My Berliner girlfriend loves it and has been going there on and off for 12 years now. That means I am there lots too. The fact that the staff can change moods at the flick of a button only adds to the great atmosphere. Having said that I am a regular and I go there as much to see certain people and the Liverpool football matches.

I don't get the negative comments about the OW - whenever we've been the staff have been really chirpy and helpful. We've asked for them to put the football on my husband and his mate (not a premier league team) and they've always obliged. Sure, it might not have the atmosphere of the Kilkenny, but it's not the pits!!!

The only thing wrong with The Oscar Wilde is the manager with the bald head. He can be asoundingly flippant with both tourists and regulars alike. One has to experience first had the way he treats the customers in order to believe it! But that's not to say that my experience of the OW hasn't been generally positive. I've met some nice people in there and even made a few friends too.

I have to say that whilst i recognise some of the comments being made about the manager, my sense is that he's just got a pretty dry sense of humour. Sometimes his N Irish accent can make him sound a bit more belligerent than he actually is. I would conclude that he's basically a nice guy, but you've got to approach him in the right way.

I went there with my husband who is British and a regular customer, and over the years has put alot of money into his pub via pints. The owner Mr. Clean not only ignored me completely, but didn't even offer his hand when introduced to me. Needless today I've told my husband we can spend our money elsewhere and Mr. Clean can go fuck himself.

Oh and one more thing ... Mr. Clean had the fucking audacity to ask why my husband hadn't been coming in. My husband told him, I'm married now and we've been getting our house together. He seemed a bit asshurt because his personal life was more important than coming into his bar and spending money. Also when our waitress was no where to be seen I approached the bar in the back (where we were sitting and was open due to a live band in that night) and I was ignored when I tried to order a drink and I was the only one standing at the bar. My husband had to go over and wake the dude up.

the owner is a first class a-hole.

"I have to say that whilst i recognise some of the comments being made about the manager, my sense is that he's just got a pretty dry sense of humour. Sometimes his N Irish accent can make him sound a bit more belligerent than he actually is. I would conclude that he's basically a nice guy, but you've got to approach him in the right way." Spot on.

Can I just say that if you are hanging out here you are a first class loser, because let's face it, you're in Berlin and if this is the best you can do for somewhere to drink, it's really time for a serious re-evauation of what sort of person you are and why you're in Berlin in the first place. This is a bar to watch football in when you can't see it anywhere else and you want some cool footy atmosphere, otherwise, walk around the corner and enjoy cheap drinks and the real Berlin atmosphere.

a bit harsh, but I don't like the place either