Davy Byrnes

Category: Pub


Davy Byrnes
21 Duke Street Dublin 2 Dublin City
Tel:+353 (0)1 677 5217

1 euro Best Of The Best

Please mention ireland-guide.com when enquiring.

Davy Byrnes


Just off Grafton Street, Davy Byrnes is one of Dublin's most famous pubs - references in Joyce's Ulysses mean it is very much on the tourist circuit.


Despite all this fame it remains a genuine, well-run place and is equally popular with Dubliners, who find it a handy meeting place.


But, although there are some concessions to food fashion these days (pasta and panini, a plate sharing menu - and, more promisingly, Frank Hederman's organic Irish smoked salmon), a modern gastro-pub this is not: the bar food offered is mainly traditional, providing 'a good feed' at reasonable prices.


Irish stew is the house speciality and oysters with brown bread & butter, beef & Guinness pie and deep-fried plaice with tartare sauce are all typical; and there's always a list of daily specials like sautéed lambs liver with bacon & mushroom sauce, pheasant in season - and, in deference to the Joycean connections, there's also a Bloomsday Special (gorgonzola and burgundy).


Not just a tourist pub, this is a popular meeting place for Dubliners shopping in nearby Grafton Street - and you can read a fascinating history of Davy Byrnes if you are kept waiting.


Half a dozen wines are available by the glass, and about twice that number by the bottle.



Not suitable for children under 7. Outside eating area. Bar food served daily, 12-9 (winter to 5). House wine €19.35. Eoin Scott - Irish roots, trad and contemporary songs 9-11pm Sun-Tue. Closed 25 Dec & Good Fri. MasterCard, Visa, Laser.

Directions:

100 yards from Grafton Street,
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Davy Byrnes Pub

Facilities / Features

  • Location - Town Centre
  • Smoking Area Covered
  • Smoking Area Seated

Restaurant / Dining / Pub

  • Café Bar
  • Character Pub
  • Daytime/Coffee
  • Informal
  • Pub Grub
  • Sunday Dining
  • Traditional Irish

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