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    Murphy's Irish Pub

    3.0 (119 reviews)
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    Closed 11:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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    Juke Box
    Divey
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating

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    Half and Half and a Jameson's shot.
    Jennifer G.

    So many reminders of a cold day in Boston drinking in a local Irish bar. Service was initially good and you can't go wrong with Guinness and Jameson's. You don't actually get a check, just a total. Wasn't a fan of that when my credit card seemed to get "misplaced"...

    Stacy M.

    Great little spot on "The Strand" Great Irish Pub with authentic decor and it even has that cool musty smell like you are in Ireland. Bartender is a great conversationalist. Two rooms full of typical cubbies, high tops and booths to congregate with friends. Pool table and ol skeet ball. A real gem.

    Malibu and pineapple
    Melissa C.

    December 4, 2021 Came in from Dickens on the Strand. Same male bartender we had a few months back, which we love. Gawd, it's soo smokey in there that it's just not pleasant to be there if you're a non smoker (in my opinion) but my friends wanted to go in. We played shuffleboard. Free. We had pizza, carnivore/pepperoni and a white. I had the white, which they're known for but, tonight it was basic. Friends liked theirs though.

    $10.00 A PACK?! I've never been so happy that I don't smoke cigarettes!
    Bruce B.

    After driving through flooded streets to get to the 2018 Galveston Island Wild Texas Shrimp Festival, we discovered something really, really weird when we arrived on The Strand. There were only a handful of people milling around, all the stores and restaurants seemed closed, and it certainly did not appear that any festival was occurring. The whole scene was so surreal! Here we were on The Strand at noon on a Saturday expecting to fill our bellies full of gumbo at Galveston's annual shrimpfest, yet no one is here, nothing is going on, and most obvious - a total lack of shrimp and beer! Turns out, the entire event was canceled due to the streets being flooded by the earlier torrential rain. It's times like these that make me realize that the rest of the world doesn't drive around in a Jeep Wrangler like I do. Nevertheless, we were all still hungry and thirsty, so we waded through the floodwaters surrounding The Strand until we splashed into this incredible Irish Pub. Murphy's was the ONLY place with their doors open shortly after noon on this particular Saturday, and as such, it was here that we drowned our disappointments away with stiff drinks and cold draft brew. And the service? Amy our bartender was nothing short of AWESOME! Nothing but pleasant five star service through and through. Who knew a canceled shrimpfest could turn into a great experience after all?!

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    Murphy's used to be a reliable and comfortable place for my informal business meetings, with a good reputation for service and quality as a nice neighborhood bar. They have become an overpriced tourist trap, gouging all customers with nine dollar shots. - nine dollars, for bourbon.. I was one of their most loyal customers. They have gone full mercenary. I am sadly astonished at the loss of this good place for me and my company. Bugee the bartender remains the best thing about the place, but their inveterate tourist profiteering has robbed them of their status as any sort of a local or neighborhood bar. Sad for Galveston..

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    Houston S.

    If your cool with the bartender smoking cigarettes behind the bar, or cross contamination from using the same glassware for a customer. This place is for you. Pizza was okay, drinks were okay. Fruit flies were a big indicator that someone's not cleaning There bar out thoroughly. Wings were okay if you like baked oven wings. Food was decent but probably won't be back,bartender was super rude by burping multiple times behind the bar in front of her guest. Sorry but that's not cute , nor does it make me wanna come back to a bar if this is the standard y'all have. Nice location and open late till 2. We got recommended this place by a local tourist from another bar that was closing early. Probably won't be back due to a women bartender not knowing proper workplace manners, & getting sick from the pizza the next day.

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    Nice vibe and bartender Janice is the absolute best. Because this review needs to be 85 words or more, let me say Janice...Janice....

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    Cannot come to the island and not visit Murphy's. We love the food and the managers.

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    This is a comedic bar. It's not a place that I would recommend going to unless you're hungry and…read moreit's past 10:30 p.m. in Galveston, Texas. Otherwise, I'd stay the hell away from here. If you want to see an empty pool table, maybe play around. That's a reason to go. If you want some decent late-night food, it's not a chain. It's your only option. That's a reason to go. Again, outside of that, I highly recommend finding something better. But it is Texas, and there's jack shit for food. But this place is one of the few places left that still lets you smoke inside. So you know, different strokes for different folks.

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    March 17,2022 Came…read morein for St Patty's day; nothing reflects that here Bartender Mike is awesome and so were the other 2 bartenders; they all were so friendly. They let us taste different versions of Jameson's because we were trying to stick with the Irish theme We met some nice people too.

    I'm adding 5 stars bc mollys is cool and you can smoke inside…read more I'm from the island and like pubs and Shit so I decided to start going there again after the peak of the pandemic. I was with a friend and we were talking mad shit about someone (we are both geminis ) sorry we like to gossip when we get a little buzzed. We are bad. Oh well. ....Anyways we were talking shit about someone for something ridiculous and fucked up they did to me and the bartender went and told that person I guess they knew them (small island LOLOLOLOLOL) Them telling this person made them start harassing me and making threats and literally calling my phone all night long. It was a nightmare. All bc this bartender didn't like the 80$ tip we left on a 65$ tab of shitty drinks. He was cool or so we thought! You are a traitor man !!!! We thought you were our buddy and we had some really good conversation and laughs ! :( :( I haven't been back since. I'm sure they don't give a shit about this review i wouldn't either. I just find it funny that I spent like 200$ on alcohol within a couple days there for them to make me the target of a stalker lol

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