Thirsty Thursdays: Murdering A Poirot Beer🥸༻࿓🍺 In The Agatha Christie Themed “Puaro” Bar, Vilnius, Lithuania🇱🇹

“Those little grey cells” – Hercule Poirot.

In 2015 for the first time in my life, I backpacked through Lithuania, visiting Kaunas, Pažaislis Monastery, Vilnius, Siauliai, Kryziu Kalnas and even the Republic of Uzupis (“the sink is full of fishes, she’s got dirty dishes on the brain” – Noel Gallagher) It was my first time in the Baltics since Latvia away in 2007, and I particularly enjoyed the bars of Vilnius and Kaunas, my bus tour of Vilnius, and doing the Iain “Iain Dowie” Dowie, reminiscing my days of 1993 Teletext or Ceefax watching for Iain Dowie goals…the football in you don’t wane.

I also loved the wacaday Republic of Uzupis, so much so that I wrote some of my books there…it inspired me. Backpacking Centurion Volume 3 – Taints And Honours owes a great deal of its output to the bars of Uzupis.

On that trip I sauntered on into Latvia, then Estonia before swallowing Sweden, Denmark, Christiania and my 99th country was Norway…because at the time I was on route to my 100th country, which would fall on Tunisia. Those were wild and easy times. All my tours and accommodation were sponsored, the blog had passed the gaining traction era, I was engaged to Panny and I was working hard as a professional travel blogger. Who wants to be a Professional Travel Blogger anyway? It made me then ruined me. Depression was a mere chimney corner, away, but I wouldn’t have known that then…

“I followed the stars and I sailed to the sun, I held it in my fingers” – Noel Gallagher.

By the time I returned to Lithuania in 2021, life had changed dramtically. I wasn’t engaged any more, I had relocated to Poland, backpacked a further 70 countries by now, up to 170, and it was my first trip abroad for 19 months. Coronavirus had kept me in Poland all that time, where I typed up my book series Backpacking Centurion, the bonus book I Went To Gdańsk With Somebody and my GAWA publication “Champian Stewartnova“. I got a Polish PESEL and NIP and started teaching English again, both online and face to face.

“Dreams of loneliness like a heartbeat drives you mad” – Fleetwood Mac.

In 2021 in Lithuania I was here to enjoy freedom again, outside Poland, join the GAWA for the World Cup qualifier v Lithuania away. I delved back into the realms of wacaday Uzupis that time, as well as debuting Trakai Castle.

However, something had been missed. I hadn’t done my detective work, I hadn’t used my grey cells… As a kid growing up, I both read and watched numerous Agatha Christie books and thrillers. Including, of course, Poirot. That moustached Belgian Detective. I’d watch him, Agatha Christies, Jonathan Creek and Columbo as a teenager.

I once backpacked Poirot’s flat at Barbican in London as well as the Agatha Christie statue in Covent Garden. I even went to Hastings in Barbados!

But I had missed the incredible Poirot Bar at Lithuania Away. Somehow I didn’t even know it existed, and in the end, like many a mystery, I found it by accident, not by Google or Facebook, but by taking the wrong turn when backpacking through Vilnius. Wow! My 2025 birthday trip was when it happened. Time was ticking, of the essence, here I was at Poirot, Puaro!

Located on a textbook poky side street in Vilnius, you might not even notice the Poirot Bar. It’s quaint. It’s everything the Belgian detective would have dreamt up. A pink seat hangs above the door, the logo has a moustache and this is a mysterious thrilligator.

For this timeshell, I’ve spared myself only an hour here. I have a train to Kaunas to catch but I order up a “Poirot Beer” and become emorsed in the beauty of this venue, a fine bar and restaurant! Time to murder it!

The walls are full of Christie quotes, books and images. The menu conjures up curiosities in the head. I myself nicknamed Poirot as “Pernald” for some reason, probably a mispronunciation from my youth or the first time I drank Pernod at Belgium away.

I get my pen out and pen a poem here. I didn’t have time for a book chapter. My poetry will see the light of day sometime, I do have some of it on Jonny Blair.com and Jonny Blair Poetry…

There are Agatha Christie books everywhere. I had my own book with me too, Starogard Girl, my latest book which was released in 2024.

More on “The Poirot Bar”

The “Poirot bar” as I moniker it, is actually called Puaro, and it is located in the heart of Vilnius Old Town, Lithuania. It’s a charming Belgian-French restaurant and beer house crafted around the theme of Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot, with décor and atmosphere inspired by his world .

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🕵️ What makes The Poirot Bar “Puaro” special?

• Agatha Christie ambiance: Every corner nods to Poirot — from vintage posters and subtle detective motifs to a cozy, old-fashioned feel that evokes a 1930s continental café .

• Cuisine & drinks: They serve Belgian and French dishes—mussels, escargot, mussels in various sauces, ribs and steak frites—and a strong selection of beers, all at a fair price for such a central spot

• Highly rated: Visitors praise its “soft atmosphere…like in Hercule Poirot time” (Cosmos S.) and call it a “corner of excellent cuisine,” with top marks for food quality and attentive service.

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✅ Quick details

• Address: M. Antokolskio g. 13, Vilnius Old Town

• Cuisine: Belgian-French, mussels are a highlight

• Atmosphere: Cozy, nostalgic, detective-themed

• Reviews say:

  “Poirot would have approved of Puaro… Puaro ribs with Belgian fries were very tasty. 10 out of 10” theaustralian.com.au+15tripadvisor.com+15tripadvisor.com+15top-rated.online

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🌟 Should you try it?

If you enjoy classic European dining in a setting full of literary flair, Puaro is a fantastic pick. It’s great for a relaxing meal, a beer with atmosphere, or even just poking around as a Poirot-themed curiosity. And of course for writers. I could have sat for hours in here were it not for my pre booked train to Kaunas away.

While here, I find myself drifting in and out of Agatha Christie’s marvellous world. But this is a fast one. I myself aim to catch the 4:17 to Paddington. Well, actually the 18:47 to Kaunas!!

Soon, my mind bell rings and I’ve no time to dwell. I murdered by beer without any witnesses present. And then I’d be on the Kaunas Express, dreaming up wild travel all again. A super bar, and one I felt sad I didn’t dine in, nor dwell longer.

“Don’t have nightmares, do sleep well” – Jill Dando.

Here’s a chronological list of all 70 episodes of Agatha Christie’s Poirot (starring David Suchet):

1. The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (1989)

2. Murder in the Mews (1989)

3. The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly (1989)

4. Four and Twenty Blackbirds (1989)

5. The Third Floor Flat (1989)

6. Triangle at Rhodes (1989)

7. Problem at Sea (1989)

8. The Incredible Theft (1989)

9. The King of Clubs (1989)

10. The Dream (1989)

11. Peril at End House (1990)

12. The Veiled Lady (1990)

13. The Lost Mine (1990)

14. The Cornish Mystery (1990)

15. The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim (1990)

16. Double Sin (1990)

17. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (1990)

18. The Kidnapped Prime Minister (1990)

19. The Adventure of the Western Star (1990)

20. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1990)

21. How Does Your Garden Grow? (1991)

22. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (1991)

23. The Plymouth Express (1991)

24. Wasps’ Nest (1991)

25. The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (1991)

26. The Double Clue (1991)

27. The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (1991)

28. The Theft of the Royal Ruby (1991)

29. The Affair at the Victory Ball (1991)

30. The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge (1991)

31. The ABC Murders (1992)

32. Death in the Clouds (1992)

33. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1992)

34. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (1993)

35. The Underdog (1993)

36. The Yellow Iris (1993)

37. The Case of the Missing Will (1993)

38. The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (1993)

39. The Chocolate Box (1993)

40. Dead Man’s Mirror (1993)

41. The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (1993)

42. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (1995)

43. Hickory Dickory Dock (1995)

44. Murder on the Links (1996)

45. Dumb Witness (1996)

46. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2000)

47. Lord Edgware Dies (2000)

48. Evil Under the Sun (2001)

49. Murder in Mesopotamia (2002)

50. Five Little Pigs (2003)

51. Sad Cypress (2003)

52. Death on the Nile (2004)

53. The Hollow (2004)

54. The Mystery of the Blue Train (2006)

55. Cards on the Table (2006)

56. After the Funeral (2006)

57. Taken at the Flood (2006)

58. Mrs McGinty’s Dead (2008)

59. Cat Among the Pigeons (2008)

60. Third Girl (2008)

61. Appointment with Death (2009)

62. Three Act Tragedy (2010)

63. Hallowe’en Party (2010)

64. Murder on the Orient Express (2010)

65. The Clocks (2011)

66. Elephants Can Remember (2013)

67. The Big Four (2013)

68. Dead Man’s Folly (2013)

69. The Labours of Hercules (2013)

70. Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case (2013)

Here are the details of the Poirot Bar in Vilnius, Lithuania:

Page · Restaurant

M. Antokolskio g. 13, Vilnius, Lithuania

+370 620 23444

[email protected]

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/puarovilnius

Here is a video I made in the Poirot Bar in Vilnius, Lithuania: