The Drayton Pub deserves to do more business than it does. It is dimly lit, (as any good pub should be), it has a wide selection of alcoholic beverages, tv screens showing sporting events at an unobtrusive volume, and a couple of pool tables. Okay, so the pool cues are basically sticks with a veneer of chalk on the end, but still.
Yet if you are in the Paceville area and searching for a place to have a beer where you will be absolutely guaranteed to get a seat, then the Drayton is that venue. I think the location is the main reason for it’s lack of popularity, being as it’s along the street where people based in Swieqi march off towards Paceville, and then stumble back from Paceville many hours later. It is not a “Destination” drinking spot, just somewhere you notice out of the corner of your eye when you’re going somewhere else. And the fact that it doesn’t open it’s shutters until quite late in the day means it’s not going to get the sun-beaten afternoon crowd either.
Having said all that, and for the reasons expressed above, I like it. And if you are not going to be stopping by, well, that just means there are all the more seats for me.
(Find it on Triq Elija Zammit).
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The drayton is best bar ever in st julians..its a real pub should be and not as other bars just the name.. pool tabels and table soccer makes it more super..no troubles no kids no rubbish just a great place to be around …try it you will like it as its a proper PUB..no competition the drayton is a proper pub..in elija zammit street in malta