O’Donoghues, Dublin

Location: 15 Merrion Row, Dublin, Ireland

Venue Type: City Tavern / Traditional Irish Pub / Live Music Venue

Year of Inscription: 2021

EBG Rating:
8.7/10
Choice/
Quality of Drinks
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The usual poor quality array of corporate beer on offer, with perhaps 1 craft option on rotation. A decent back bar with whiskies.
Style/
Décor
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Traditional preserved Irish pub with its wood fittings, upturned barrels, leaning posts, and snug backroom. Expanded outdoor seating too.
Atmosphere/
Character
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Cosy and characterful with a mixture of local life and tourists. Depending on the tourist crowd that can drag it down, but it’s of the more superior city centre options.
Amenities/
Events
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Occasional live music, outdoor seating, accommodation, snacks
Value For Money
⭐⭐
Relatively poor value for money for drinks
Description
While not in the Temple Bar area of pure tourism, this is a very well-known city centre pub with a mixture of locals and tourists which gets very busy on weekends and evenings. It’s easy to see why, with a beautifully preserved traditional interior, a narrow bar leading to a very snug backroom with framed photographs and history almost sweating off the walls.