I've visited a few times with a friend of mine and we're arranging to revisit in the new year…read more Excellent food, excellent service and the ambience is amazing. The pricing is pretty reasonable for the food. What more could you ask for!

Good local pub, decent pint of stout, good food and friendly staff, what more could you ask for....read more

O'Donohoe's is a great wee pub in Blackrock village. It's a great alternative to the Wicked Wolf,…read morebecause it has a great atmosphere and is cozy and friendly. It looks like your typical local pub and is easily overlooked on the corner, but it's well worth going in for a pint or a few. The barmen are friendly and it's full of welcoming locals. There is a snug at the window, so if you're here early enough try and get it. I would recommend it on a Friday night, as the atmosphere is just buzzing in here then.

The Breffni, just like O'Donohoe's next door, is a great traditional pub in Blackrock. The…read moreatmosphere is great, very relaxed and welcoming, there is always some banter between the barmen and the locals in here and nobody will bat an eyelid if you just sit here by yourself reading the paper with a pint in front of you. This is the kind of pub, where you come to relax and have a chat and a- really good- pint with a few friends without having to worry about posers. The chairs are comfortable and I've never seen the bar that busy that it would feel in any way crowded. A good place to meet up with friends or start off a night out.

The Breffni is a lovely, cosy old-man's pub on the main street in Blackrock. Pints are pulled by…read moreveteran barmen, who are really smiley and pleasant. I had an interview to record yesterday, and they very kindly turned the music down in the lounge at the back of the pub and let us use the space. We had a good ol pot of tea which is a rarity these days - nothing worse than being charged upwards of €2 for a cup of tea when a bit of extra hot water in a pot costs them nothing. The front bar had some football match playing, with the few regulars glued to it over their pints of Guinness (which I hear is very good here).

I can't recommend this place enough!…read more I was with a group of 6 gal pals exploring Northern Ireland, and this recommendation came from our cab driver in Dublin a few days prior. We decided to check it out since it was on our way to Belfast, and we were so glad we did! What an AWESOME spot! The decor is incredible - so many little old school trinkets jammed in every little cranny - it makes it feel like grandmas house, and so charming at that. And the food... everything we ordered (which was a lot!) was incredibly delicious! The bread they served for appetizer was so good we bought a loaf to take with us for breakfast the next day! Highly highly recommend the French Onion Soup - best I've ever had. And the fried fish/shrimp appetizer was delicious and so cute - served on individual forks! The beet and goat cheese app was also superb. I could go on and on about how much I loved this place, from the decor to the food to the service, but instead I'll leave it at this: Visit! If I'm ever back in the area I know that I'll for sure be back. Yum!

We were there a few nights ago to celebrate our youngest son's birthday. This restaurant is a…read morefavourite of ours. We had booked and arrived as booked. We didn't say it was a birthday. We waited to be seated but there wasn't anyone to seat us. We waited far too long and when the waitress - the older of the only two waitresses serving/ arrived. The greeting was flat and almost felt like she was being put out. She arrived just in time as the barman was about to seat us. I've eaten here hundreds of times over the years. I ordered oysters as a starter only for the waitress to return a few moments later to confirm they had none. Well that's a first. Carlingford Oyster company is a few miles away. So my order became seafood chowder and fillet steak medium. My side dish tobacco onions. My son also ordered the chowder which for the half lifetime I've been eating it here has been superb but not this time. We each knew it wasn't as rich and deep flavoured as before and we were really disappointed. This is one of their finest dishes and we really hope this is a one off. If it happens again we'll send it back and have it off the bill. The price charged means it must be ace every time. I asked for white pepper for my chowder the availability of which was uncertain and when it arrived the younger waitress said I was lucky. If white pepper isn't always available just close. It's not as important as salt is to cooking but it's great for seasoning. I often choose it over black pepper almost always. My fillet was requested medium and it came with a pepper sauce that didn't pour but moved sludge like in lumps in short it was gloop; if it had cream it wasn't discernible nor had it evidence of butter. It tasted factory made. One of the corner stones of the success of Fitzpatrick's was cooking based on classic French cooking (Escoffier) and sauces. It elevates their chowder and onion soups and makes sauces moreish - this pepper sauce is far away from this and it's not and nowhere near good enough. If Danny was still there this sauce wouldn't be and no chef would have had the nerve to put it before him. My fillet was well done, medium to well and medium as I proceeded through it. I'm not precious about it and it was tasty good quality meat which I enjoyed. I only draw a line at bloody meat. My son always opts for rare. The tobacco onions were superbly flavoured stand out 5 stars. I asked for English mustard for my steak but it never arrived and the two overworked waitresses were nowhere to be seen. As desserts weren't offered due to their invisibility I got up to pay. There were five or six guests in the doorway waiting to be seated just as we were earlier that evening and no waitress around. The barman took our payment and I didn't tip which I didn't like but I was not happy. I told the barman some of the issues lousy pepper sauce, non delivery of mustard and poor tasting chowder: he said he'd pass it on. Next time I will return food that's not up to the standard I'm used to at the prices charged.

Hidden gem in Dundalk and it's still going strong! My fiancée and I were stopping by Dundalk for…read moresome lineage discovery and found the one Uber driver in town to take us all around that night, but the highlight was certainly this bar. Friendly bartender and locals, we made lovely acquaintance with the regulars, of whom all had unique stories to share. Nice variety of draught beer, many room types to enjoy, and a great spot to stop in for a pint!

Great please to drink on the water front with a nice vibe. Think of this place as a student bar…read morewith live music.

I realize that I'm risking family scorn here by giving this place less than 5 stars, and please…read moreremember that this review is coming from an American, but, the place is nice; the bar staff is fantastic-so easy to talk to, it's really clean, as are the bathrooms. If you're traveling through Ireland, Jackie's is in a beautiful part of town, right near the Blackrock Beach (a must stop for any tourist) and worth stopping into. Here's why I didn't give it 5 stars; if you're a beer and cider fan, you're golden. if you're not, I found the mixer selection to be a bit limited. Smirnoff is the highest grade of vodka you can get (my wonderful, enabling husband actually asked the owners if he could bring in a bottle of something else for me and still pay for the drinks...hey, he tried) and the amount you get is VERY CAREFULLY MEASURED AND POURED. Very carefully. No free pour, no extra...again, this is from an American perspective. The cool part that makes up for the smirnoff and the teeny wee amount is how they, say, give you a Vodka/7-up. They do it with your teeny wee amount of vodka, BUT, they give you these cool mini bottles of 7 up so if you want another one, you only have to order the vodka and not another mixed drink-very cool.

Cosy and somehow classy (in the best way!) wee pub full of music lovers. Top Notch pint of Guinness…read moreand served by those rarity of barmen who go the extra mile for ambiance and always remember your order, no matter how bizarre. Seriously, dare you to try, 9 weird ass drinks and he'll know the order exact. You wouldnt guess it but they squish a band in there every Friday and Saturday - every Weekend, perched up at the end of the bar and the crowd love it. When I first happened upon the place I pulled up a stool and sat next to the bass player. There may or may not have been footsies. Genuinely fun atmosphere in the weekend, give it a go!

Great atmosphere & welcome the moment you step in the door. Friendly during the day and lively at…read morenight. Brilliant staff and premises are spotless. Can't recommend highly enough