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4 years ago

The best pub in the whole of kildare brilliant times brilliant staff and the beer flows like water

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12 years ago

Great pub! Great craic, friendly staff and most of all a great pint any day of the week! Five stars!!!!

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Charlie Brown Sports Bar

Charlie Brown Sports Bar

(3 reviews)

Once known ads Brendan's bar, now Charlie Browns - Students and unfriendly locals…read more The bar is well up to standard but the staff are the most ignorant I have ever met anywhere, it must be from dealing with students all the time. It is more or less a campus bar beside the Athlone College. IF YOU ARE YOUNG, you will meet other young mad people there, so it may be fun for you as you will be too drunk to notice the staff, in that case go there!

I visited this pub three times and have had three different experiences whilst there, the only…read moreconsistent things were the amazing drink prices (Pitcher of fosters, 3 pints, 8 euro / 2 shots of Jager and energy drink, 6 euro) and the flock of crazy young people throughout the pub. Luckily the cheap drink outweighs the company as the drunker I get, the less I care. Seeing as the pub is right by AIT I was already expecting it to mostly be serving young students, what I was not expecting was to see multiple people dancing on the tables (and bar staff blatantly ignoring this) on a Tuesday night followed by a significantly older gentleman creeping up beside them for a feel. Smoking area is lovely and big, they have a big screen showing sports, a jukebox which had a great selection of songs including metal/rock and two pool tables. They seem to have a number of DJs on various nights, when visiting on Wednesday night the music was Techno and very enjoyable. Overall, pretty laid back pub, would enjoy more if I was younger (I'm 25) and possibly really really drunk.

Jim Doyle & Sons - Backyard

Jim Doyle & Sons

(6 reviews)

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Christmas holidays and off with the kids to Bray. A friend of mine and her daughter, and my 2 sons…read moreand I had a great time in Sealife and decided to treat the kids to lunch out. Not knowing Bray well at all, we strolled down the seafront and came across Jim Doyle's. It was warm and welcoming and a friendly waitress greeted the 3 kiddies with a smile - always promising!! The kids shared 2 portions of homemade chicken goujons and fries and my friend and I had a bowl of really tasty and delicious homemade vegetable soup, and a chicken Caesar salad. The salad was nice but not the best I've had. Raw peppers have no place in a Caesar salad in my opinion, but the bacon was crisp, the chicken marinated and delicious and the dressing (on the side of course) was fresh and flavoursome. The kids goujons were absolutely gorgeous, clearly freshly made, crisp breadcrumb coating and nothing but chicken fillet inside. I'd visit again when I am in the area, they had quite an extensive menu.

Encountered very rude bartender and waitress . I decided to pop in after a nice stroll along the…read morepromenade. Leinster were playing in the Champions cup . I had the temerity to request that the volume on the commentary be turned on ( this was in the back of the bar). After waiting for 5 mins I asked the bartender. He snapped back in a very ungracious manner that " he was busy " .This sentiment was also echoed by a waitress who was behind the bar. Her tone was as rude as the bartender. Keep in mind that the bar was not even half full at the time. Anyway , another few minutes elapsed before finally getting some commentary on the game. I finished my pint and departed. Won't be coming back anytime soon ...certainly if those very ignorant members of staff are behind the bar. I doubt by their conduct and attitude that either member of staff would care about that but possibly the people who put up the capital for this business might. The price of alcohol in pubs has gotten so expensive . It might behove those people employed in the bar trade keep that in mind. Customers don't need to be treated in such a rude and ignorant manner( as I was today) and pay 7.30 for a pint.

The Old Stand

The Old Stand

(3 reviews)

Of all the pubs in Mullingar, this one has always been my favourite because of the homely feel…read more They also used to have some good beer, namely bottled English ales available but I believe this is no longer the case coming from someone who was in more recently. The bar itself seems like an old man's bar, in fact it is full of old men usually. I fell in love with The Old Stand when I popped in there one wet and cold winters day while I was waiting for my wife to come in on the train. The fire was roaring and there was a cat wandering around. Myself being a cat person meant that the cat wandered over to me and jumped up on to my lap for a cuddle. When my wife got in I had her come meet me and we stayed for a drink. Next door is the off license where they have a wonderful collection of Whiskey and some good world beers. The heated and covered beer garden outside is quite big and attracts the younger crowd. There is one of those punching machines in there if you fancy a test of strength. I must try and get back some time and see what it's like these days. Unfortunately even though I only live 10 minutes drive away, it is over €20 each way in a taxi making it much cheaper to get the bus to Dublin for a night out.

Finished Mullingar Cycle Loop #3 and arrived to the train station 1.5 hours before the next Dublin…read moretrain departure. The Yelp info said that the pub is closed on Sundays but I didn't believe it and I was right. Nice pub with large selection of mainstream beers (I had a pint of Beamish), plenty of rooms at two bars. I didn't explore whether the beer garden was open. No cats this time.

McDonnells - sportsbars - Updated May 2026

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