We left it a bit late, and only arrived at 21h15, and the place was packed. Not a seat in the house.
The Wallace have a system common to many Oirish pubs in Lyon (though the Wallace is supposed to be Scottish) where a human clot of patrons stand or sit shoulder to shoulder at the bar, making it bloody awkward to get served. You then have to carefully extract your beers from between them. Any physical contact will earn you a dirty look for having the temerity to buy drinks at the bar, when everyone knows that bars are for sitting at.
Drinks purchased, we hovered near a table which had a little bit of space at the corner where we could put our drinks down, and the quiz started.
The English quizmaster and his French assistante have a zany, zoo-radio style. I started off liking it, but it did get a bit wearing after a while. Who would have known that the hilarity of amplified burps quickly palls? Marie hated it from the start. If you like that sort of thing, well, they do that sort of thing very well.
The questions were well organised, with good sound and video (for the picture and 'observation' rounds), but the pace was fast, almost frenetic. Tobacco top-ups had to be completed with celerity.
I've had some issues with The Wallace in the past (maybe I'll blog about it some time), but had no problems this evening.
I enjoyed it, and would recommend it, but Marie didn't, and wouldn't.
I had a quick chat with the quizmaster as we were leaving and he told me that he also does a quiz at Flanagan's on Monday nights.
I would strongly recommend getting there by 20h30 so you can bag a table.
Decor: 4/5
Service: 3/5
Price: 3/5
Toilets: 3.5/5
The Wallace, 2 Rue Octavio Mey, 69005 Lyon (google map)
+33 4 72 00 23 91
Dreadful, truly appalling website: http://www.wallacebarlyon.com/
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Sorry about the belching! Been doing it for 8 years now and habits are hard to change ;-) Did you miss the card games on your fag breaks? The feedback from most people - which I value as the quiz is always evolving even after so many years is almost always really positive. I think Marie came determined not to enjoy it. I remember telling someone I did the quiz at Flanigans too but I can't put a face to you. Anyway, come again without Marie and I'll stand you a pint! Quizmaster.
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ReplyDeleteI think Marie not enjoying it was partly down to style, and partly down to us not getting there early enough to get somewhere comfortable to perch. Maybe she'll elaborate in a comment.
We were planning to go tomorrow with a crowd: I'm sure they'll like it. May have to cry out though because I'm sick. /sniff
We did miss the card games! Gotta quit smoking...
Keep sharing such good stuff. It was nice reading the post. Really worth to read.
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