One of Dublin's oldest and best-loved pubs, Mulligan's 'wine & spirit merchant' is mercifully un-renovated and likely to stay that way - dark, with no decor (as such) and no music, it's just the way so many pubs used to be.
The only difference is that it's now so fashionable that it gets very crowded (and noisy) after 6pm - better to drop in during the day and see what it's really like.
Closed 25 Dec & Good Fri.
Ely Bar & Brasserie IFSC (Customs House Quay) is a younger sister - in this small chain of Dublin restaurants - of the original Ely off St Stephen's Green and older one to Ely Gastropub on the south quay (see entries); the style reflects the dashing contemporary ...
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 me ...
Oleysa’s is a bright and modern wine bar that’s a cosy spot for a casual meal or drinks. Pleasantly styled with bare wood tables, wall-mounted wine racks, exposed brick and tangled lampshades that throw pretty patterns on the walls, it’s a relaxed and i ...
Easily spotted opposite Christchurch cathedral by its colourful facade, the Bull and Castle is a medieval style timber-beamed and stone-floored ‘gastro pub’ with various ground floor seating areas, and a more open plan ‘Beer Hall’ - complete with ...
This, the third and most recent of Erik and Michelle Robson's wine bar/cafés, is south of the river in the relatively new Hanover Quay area of the city. On a corner site, it's an angular premises with huge windows and, with hard lines, drum lamp shades, canteen s ...
