The pub has a large, umbrella-covered outdoor area with enough plastic chairs and tables for about 100 people. There’s no need to go up to the small outside bar to order. The table service is not the speediest, even by regional standards, but they’ll get to you eventually. The outdoor bar seems to be just for the preparation of more complex drinks and to function as a stage for Trencin’s answer to Tom Cruise to display his skills with expensive liquids in fragile containers.

Inside, it’s all bare timber, bar stools, and tables made from wine barrels. There’s probably enough space for about another 80 to 100 people to sit and another 50 or so for nights when it’s busy enough to stand up. They have Guinness on tap for 69Sk (0.5 litre) and Kilkenny for the same price, but in a slightly smaller glass (0.4 litre).There were also seven varieties of scotch whiskey, three from Ireland and four from America. I chose a large glass of mineral water for 30Sk and came back the next morning for a large coffee with milk for 22Sk, which I thought was an excellent value for the money.

The wait staff was quite pleasant and effortlessly switched to English as soon as they heard me mangle a drink order in the local language. Again, you don’t need to go up to the bar to order; they’ll come around to your table. Payment is also taken care of at the table: they’ll disappear for a few seconds and be back with a docket detailing your purchases. Tipping consists of adding 5% to 10% to the bill to take it up to the nearest round number.

Steps Pub is open weekdays from 10am to 1am, except on Friday, when it stays open until 4am. On weekends, it opens at 4pm and closes at 4am on Saturday and at 1am on Sunday.