We elected to sit at the bar and ordered two of the local Mythos lager beers, which were served in ice-cold glasses from the freezer. The price was 3€ per beer, a bit pricey compared to most of the other bars, but the music and ambience of the place made up for the expense.

We struck up a conversation with our barman, Olly, a young guy from the UK who failed as a holiday rep but decided to stay on and take life as it came. He was the only Brit here although there was a young lady from San Fransisco who was serving too, apparently she was on a round-the-world tour, got to Rhodes, and decided to stay. Everyone else was local, a collection of decent guys who had time to make us feel welcome and were eager to practise their English.

The bar was certainly busy, with the early evening cocktail crowd who gradually sauntered away after a couple to leave the beer heads at the bar. The "background" music was courtesy of an incredible computerised system with no decks or CD players and was geared towards the adult rock scene with Led Zeppelin, Bob Seger, Richard Marx, Ry Cooder, and Guns ‘n Roses assaulting us aurally at a decibel level that was, in all honesty, a bit too loud to enjoy the drinks and conversation.

The puppies kept us amused, particularly when one young fellow decided to pee all over my camera bag, much to the amusement of all, including myself, who, by now, was on my third beer and feeling no pain at all.

As the evening wore on, the decibel level increased until we reached the point of saying enough was enough. We paid the bill and wandered out into the square, wondering if we would ever regain our sense of hearing.

The Eclipse is a great bar with an entertaining staff and superb music, but unless you have what we call in the UK "cloth ears," don’t stay later than 10pm.