What a great meal and experience…read more Service was phenomenal, by multiple servers. Kept us well hydrated, lubricated, educated. Food was awesome and abundant. Seafood chowder was out of this world. So binging a serving. Couldn't eat for hours... Mushroom soup was pretty awesome as well. The place was humming with people, noise, talking, great vibe. The small secluded booths (for the ladies) was a great touch! All of us (guys included) really enjoyed them. Thank you for a great experience.

Might be my favorite pub in Ireland after exhaustive research. Cozy. Live music early in the…read moreevening. And most important: local crowd. Definitely some tourists too, but a lot of Irish accents. No food. Music at 6 and 9.

Had lunch here on day trip while holidaying at Westport with my friend Anne. Beautiful sunny day…read morewatching world go by. Chatting to locals. Good crack. Enjoyed so much we walked off without paying, and then we realised we couldn't go back as our coach to Westport was due. Managed to source photo of pub on Google Maps I think. Only today clicked on link to guy who took photo and cd see the pub name then website. Can you message me back and I will arrange to pay for our lunch which was 2 bowls of chips a lager and a Guiness. Apologies Isabel.

Lorcan is the best barman I've ever seen in my life, he was so nice and helpful great guy glad he's…read moreworking in such an establishment

Great bar in downtown Galway! They have traditional Trad music around 5ish, then music later as…read morewell. Can get crowded but def has some of the best music around. We didn't ever eat here more just got drinks. But we went two nights in a row! One of my favorites!

We only went for drinks so unfortunately I can't speak to the food, but we had a great time. Fair…read morewarning, it gets packed to the gills but everyone is having a great time and happy, what more could you ask for? The bartenders are working hard so wait time for drinks was minimal. Despite how wild the crowd gets, the staff is working hard to keep it clean. Bartenders and security were very friendly throughout the night. We went on a Friday night and they had a great band playing from 10- close. Will absolutely visit again next time we're in town.

My big sister who married an Irishman raved about this restaurant and so we knew we had to have…read moredinner here at least once while in the area. We happened to be here the first time on a Sunday, which is the evening when they have an open mic night of sorts - what a delight! There was a continuous stream of local fanfare and traditional Irish music playing for hours on end. We didn't want to leave after our meal so we stayed on in the lounge area up front next to the musicians to enjoy the scene up close and personal. The food was phenomenal - a bit on the pricey end but of the highest quality imaginable. We loved every bite from the soups to the salad, to the seafood. I'm so glad we were able to enjoy this restaurant a couple of times while we were staying in the area. It really is the best food around here! And the folks who work here and run the place were really friendly - Ireland is already one of the most hospitable places I've ever been to but this place really does well by its patrons, too!

Such a lovely place to bring your family and enjoy an Irish meal with a pint or two. Very friendly…read moreservice and live music in the evenings. Highly recommended!

Stopped in for a pint of ice cold carlsberg a Jameson&ginger. Service was instant and the bar is…read morecozy.

Every city in every country I visit has one bar that sticks with me; not sure if it's nostalgia (or…read morea slight drinking problem) but the good spots end up defining the city for me, ingraining what the culture and locals are like forever into my (sometimes drunk) psyche . Is it always accurate? No. Do I sometimes aggrandize a city to such a degree, that it will never again meet my expectations? Yes absolutely; some places are never again as amazing (and yet some are; I'll have a drink on Rue Saint-Denis in Paris any day). My personal experience is this; you can tell a lot about a city from the bar-stool of a local pub, and Galway is no exception. Bunch of Grapes was the perfect litmus test of Galway, the spot in this city that was the truest measure of what it meant to be there. Walking in, we found a Pub that was not overly crowed, and yet everyone who was there seemed to know one another (always a good sign); we grabbed a seat at the cozy bar that looked like it had been around for a long time (yet another good sign). The bartender was quick to notice us, and before we knew it we had a couple of pints and guy who was happy to fill us in on the inner workings of not just Galway, but of Ireland as a whole. We happened be in town during the Hurling final (if you don't know hurling, look into it - amazing sport) and he was happy to explain all the rules to two clueless Americans, before we knew it we were rooting and cheering along with the locals at the bar - good stuff. They had a great selection of local and imported beer on tap; I had a Peroni to start which was nice as you don't normally see it as a draught choice. Aside from the Italian beer, I was able to get a Beamish, and a few pints of Guinness in before it was time to go back to the hotel and grab some food (no food here mind you, or we would have stayed). After eating we went to a few other pubs, which were all OK (some better than others, but we will get to them in a later review), but could not hit a spot a sweet as Bunch of Grapes - lo and behold we found ourselves here again to close out their night. They are not a late night club (what the Irish call a bar open past 11), and so when we showed back up around 10:30 we were pushing the end. They had a great gin special on (two of the house special for 11 euro), so we had a few rounds of them. At around 10:45 we were told that it was closing time.....but as it turns out it wasn't really, they simply closed one of the double doors of the main entrance and didn't let any new customers in. All the while we continued to chat with our bartending friend and order more rounds of the gin special. The place didn't close until everyone was ready to go; MAJOR cool factor, and one of the most enjoyable "closing out the bar' experiences I've had anywhere I have had the pleasure to visit. This is the kind of place everyone should be looking for when abroad, a place where you find out what a city is truly like and a place you will yearn to get back to as soon as possible.

A fun place in the middle of the city. It has live trad music. It was very lively with the music…read moreand dancing. It can be crowded, but that just added to the fun. It has good selection of beer, cider and cocktails. The porn star cocktail was delicious. The staff work hard to keep up with getting drinks and keeping things clean. They do not have food upstairs, where the music was. There was a restaurant on the lower level where you could get something to eat. The space is pretty big with bar seating and tables. It has the whole world pub vibe.

We stopped in for dinner but there were no tables available. We said we'd go to another restaurant…read moreand we started to return to our hotel. We're just about there when the manager comes up behind us and said he found a table. Pretty impressive service. The table was in a medium sized room away from the music which was great as you could hold a conversation. Our server came over quickly to take our drink orders and once we had the drinks be places our order, cottage pie and fish and chips. The cottage pie was served in a small, but not too small oval baking dish with a nicely browned top on the potatoes. It also came with a side of gravy which was a nice touch. Digging in there was a good amount of pulled well seasoned brisket with carrots mixed. Very tasty dish. The fish and chips arrived with a good portion chips and a moderately sized piece of well fried fish. The fish was very fresh and flaky and the breading was very light so it didn't over power the fish. We had a pleasant meal with two great servers, a manager that wouldn't give up on finding us a table and great music (acoustic guitar) to keep us enter. Definitely a great place for drinks and a good meal and one that we will gone back to.

This place was interesting. During the day it is a local hang out. Great service, drinks were…read morewell prepared and the setting is fantastic. Fun decorations stuck all over the walls. A great fireplace that heats the entire pub (it was cold outside). Fun to just grab a drink, warm up, hang out and people watch. This place is the perfect old school pub, locals posted up all around. LOVED it. BUT, at night it's a complete different beast! We wanted to come back thinking it would be more of the same, locals and Irish music, folks with their instruments playing old Irish music. NOPE. We were actually warned by a local not to go back if that's what we were looking for. IT turns into a college hang out! Seriously. DJ plays, tons of drunk college kids, everywhere. Still a few local guys at the bar, which I thought an odd mix then thought oh wait, old dudes love to look at cute scantly clad college girls (in this weather, ha). So loud, crowded, DJ, beer being spilled as you walk by. Highly recommend if you are young and want a fun place party on the weekend. At night time, its not your typical Irish pub at all. College kids take over! And I'm guessing this is just a weekend thing? Would highly recommend checking this awesome pub out during the day.

We stopped in on a Sunday for some drinks and to hear some music. It was crowded but the music was…read moregood and the bartenders were really nice. Two drinks cost us about 9-10€. It was a bit further from some of the touristy-er areas which made it chill and enjoyable. Definitely will be back when we return to Galway.

As the sign said out front.... Voted BEST Irish coffee spot . Delicious and we've tried several…read morearound Ireland. Great pub too. Come check it out

This place is a complete dirty, dump. If this is the authentic Irish pub you are looking for.. I'm…read morenot sure it has been cleaned in years. Everything was disgustingly covered in a sticky film. Those that smoked were immediately outside of the pub so with the doors wide open you felt as if you smoked a pack of cigarettes.. and hello? Why are we still smoking and if you don't smoke, allowing others to smoke right outside the pub doors!?!? The Irish coffee and chocolate served with the coffee earned both stars.