Druid's Den, Via San Martino Ai Monti, 28

Hi there! This is my first post and it is to tell you about an Irish Pub called "Druid's Den", in Via San Martino Ai Monti, 28, near Santa Maria Maggiore.

I've been there a few times now, some to see football matches and others to participate in one of my favourite Roman night activities: Pub Quizzes!!!

I love the ever-international atmosphere and especially the friendliness of the management and waiters. You can't eat anything substantial there, but drinking is another story altogether. They have a wide array of choices, with emphasis on beer, especially of course, Guiness and Kilkenny.

The Pub Quizzes held there are usually so thanks to Julius and Richard, two Irishmen living in Rome, and the sponsorship by the Irish embassy in Rome and/or the Irish Club of Rome (incidentally, the Irish Club was my entrance door to this world, via an Irish friend at work). There are spot prizes (e.g. for best team name, for best dressed team)and prizes for the first few placed teams (and also for those coming in last :)). If you like trivia, spending time drinking and having fun with friends or people you've just known, understand English and like widely international crowds, Pub Quizzes are definitely your thing. Questions vary somewhat, but you can usually count on 8 to 10 rounds, each with a theme. They go from sports, history, geography, science, technology, nature or stuff currently in the news to special rounds like the music or movie round where you have to identify a work by listening, watching or reading a small part of it. Sometimes you will have to identify somebody through their picture, other times you will even have wine tasting or cheese tasting rounds!

Pub Quizzes are played in teams of 5 and you pay 15 Euros per team. At the Druid's Den, they usually hold them in the back part of the pub, leaving the main entrance to the "normal" pub activity. In this area they have two TV screens always in one or another sports channel. On Champions League night you can always catch two matches while having a pint!

They have a webpage at http://www.druidspubrome.com/druids_den_rome_welcome.htm