The musical pub crawl was a great time! Would totally recommend it. The music downstairs was awesome as well. We had a great time!

Love this place and go here every time we visit Dublin! This time again did not disappoint! Had our kids with us and dropped in for a quick bite and a pint. We ordered veg soup and the cheese platter... enough food for all four and the kids loved it. You squeeze into your table, order a pint and sit back and enjoy the traditional irish music and lively crowd. Dont go here if you don't like crowds and loud places. Every time we go its packed no matter what time of day! Kids loved it and want to go back! Go and have fun... its a happy place!! read more

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Meh. I was grossly underwhelmed by the pub's mediocrity given all the hype. Smithwicks Red went for €5,75 though I am not sure if that is the after 11pm price (what the hell is that all about, anyway?) The sound quality was really bad. I appreciate the live Irish music but I couldn't understand the musicians when they were speaking into the mic and I was sitting no more than 5 meters away. Fellow Americans, please do not come to Ireland and order Coors Light. Just because they have it does not mean you buy it. Not only is it double the home price, Smithwicks so good! Better yet, just skip this bar all together. read more

We had the corner of the bar for at least five hours. Service was great. The three or four Irish bands we listened to, were terrific. The only downside was because of the "Arthur's Day", they did not serve food. read more

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I remember this place from the first time I went to Dublin. I was hungry but also full of cold, so when it got to Guinness O'clock, I was in Temple Bar looking for a suitable establishment. I found Gogartys, and it was the Mussels in a sauce made with Bailey's Irish cream! 8-) It came in a big steamer, with some fresh wholesome bread and butter, and I sat in the window in a state of rapture! Big, fat, fresh mussels, cooked to perfection, and the sauce was amazing! I watched the world go by, and ended up in conversation with some lads up from Cork on a hurling trip. We went to other bars, then I went to my hotel and they went clubbing. A fine evening! read more

Of course we had to make a stop in the Temple Bar District on a trip to Dublin a couple of years back. Out of all the places we visited Gogarty's was at the top of the list for atmosphere, drinks, music, and overall rambunctiousness. The session band was epic. The beers were a bit pricey (typical for middle-of-the-action Dublin nightlife) but we were on vacation and imbibed regardless. We met some jolly chaps and lasses throughout the evening and also learned the greatest drinking song of all time. FTW. Bouncers were a bit gruff around Temple Bar. I guess they have to deal with a lot of douche bags. However, Gogarty's was a little less abrasive. I'm looking forward to my next visit. read more

I stayed at the hostel above the bar, which was quite dissapointing. Hostel - Pros: - Decent breakfast - Good location in center of Temple Bar Hostel - Cons: - If you plan to go to bed before 4AM at any point during your stay in Dublin, DO NOT STAY HERE. The noise from the bar below and the area will keep you awake. At 3:30AM one of my nights staying here, I think they did street cleaning and all I could hear for a half an hour was metal and glass rubbing against the ground. - Way too many beds in rooms. My room with four beds should have only had two. So tight, we were practically on top of each other. - Bathrooms are gross. It looks like they don't clean them. Same with rooms. - Elevator smelled like vomit my entire stay - One key for the entire room. They have a system where you leave the key downstairs, but its really annoying to have to keep track of. I wish they would just have enough keys and then charge you if you loose it. I wanted to give it a chance, but I would never stay here again. The only reason I even stayed more than one night was because I had already paid for the room. read more

Very good pub food, excellent service, and live music! What more could a tourist ask for? read more

Oliver St John Gogarty - Pubs Near Me - Temple Bar, D

Located in a prime busy street in the heart if the temple bar area of Dublin. My girlfriend and I sat outside. We ordered a bottle of wine and the cheese board. It took about 15 mins before a waitress took our order. After taking the order, the same waitress approached our table 20 mins later with the bottle of wine we ordered. She asked if this was the bottle I ordered. I said "yes, that's the one." She said "ok" and left with the bottle to the inside of restaurant. We waited about 10 more mins until I entered the restaurant to ask for the manager and find out why the bottle of wine we ordered was not served to us. Just showed to us. Pretty ridiculous. About 5 mins later the same waitress brings us the same bottle of wine but is unable to open it by herself. I don't mind and open it myself. The cheese board was not explained to us at all about which cheese is which. And the cheese really wasn't that good. The service here is the worst I've seen in dublin. I won't be returning. They are under staffed with inexperienced waitresses. And the food is about C or B rated. I would eat elsewhere. read more

Great Irish pub! Enjoyed! I was there with Finnish customers. We had few Guinness and cheeses! Recommended! Irish duo playing Dirty Old Town was the crown for perfect evening. read more

Oliver St John Gogarty - Pubs Near Me - Temple Bar, D

Good music. Very much a tourist place. Fish and chips was a huge piece of fish. No one, not even the manager, could tell us which cheeses on the cheese plate were fairy, which were goat, and which were sheep. Seems a little odd in this day that not even the kitchen knew the difference for the patrons wth a fairy allergy. read more

Oliver St John Gogarty - Pubs Near Me - Temple Bar, D

Don't go here to eat. Do go here to drink and listen to some trad music until the wee hours. Yes, it's loaded with people from all over the world. The food? Kind of revolting frankly, the sort of thing you think of when you think bad Irish food of 30 years ago. There are lots better places to eat, but to drink? Nay, none. You can work your way right up to the bar where the band plays; you can watch Nicholas the Dancing Doorman (is he still around?) jig about with lovely ladies from the crowd; you can meet people from all corners of the earth while enjoying some tasty beer or cider. Best way to keep the booze flowing is just to go fetch it yourself at the bar - this place can get crowded, and the waitresses may never reach you. A lively, fun crowd, especially on Thursday, which is "town night." Fridays, I've heard, are to be avoided. read more

I'm sure this is a great place for a pint, I would avoid the food. Corned beef and cabbage was tasteless. The corned beef was dry, I think it was re-heated. The cabbage was tasteless and almost smelled like low tide at the sea. The parsley sauce was tasteless, no seasoning at all. While here, some others nearby were ordering and were told they aren't making sandwiches. Hmm read more

Absolutely love this pub. I came here last year and then again this past weekend while in town. Always fun, great crowd, great energy and flowing drinks! Love the live music and all of the dancing. Just a really happy, fun place to spend an evening! read more

Good food, free music reasonable prices. At 1st floor you could find everything just described. Good option for dining. read more

Fantastic selection of food: the Guinness and beef stew was savory with huge chunks of beef, onions, turnips, and carrots accompanied with rustic hearty bread. Sat down at the picnic table outside and drank in the Irish atmosphere. Victoria, our waitress, handled our large group with ease and a ready smile. read more

Very warm atmosphere with traditional groups Featured in Dublin, possibility to eat traditional dishes not to mention the Guinness read more

It was a night in September, lightly raining, lightly wet on the cobblestones street of Dublin. It was a night out of a "Spring Break Night" noisy, young people coming and going- I mean,, young like early twenties... We went in to have dinner, is more like a bar, than a diner really. My first order of grilled short ribs, was really old, so I asked if I can have another set, they instead wanting to give me credit for such dish. My other dish was a salad that look more like a flower arrangement, it was very nice looking but again the veggies were a bit too old. People next table to us got better, fresher food. Service was sort of ok, except we had to go and get our drinks from the bar. Place to visit to get a quick beer, not to have a meal. or if you are lucky like our next door table neighbours, it must be a find,,or is it miss and found??? We did take some funny pictures of a horse bronze sculpture, not be missed. Not a good find.. Hysterical Historical... read more

A very touristy place, I ordered a Mohito and received a glass half the size of the picture they offered on the menu read more

Oliver St John Gogarty - Promised a tall Mojito and got a short cocktail with lots of ice. A great place if you are into tourist traps. - Pubs Near Me - Temple Bar, D

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This place is in a tourist trap. With that said I loved it. Quick Service. Food was fantastic, I had the seafood chowder and it was phenomenal. Live music was playing which was fun. I will say it was a little loud, kind of difficult to have a conversation while eating. But overall fun and delicious, would return. read more

The food sucked and was over priced. The service was terrible. DO NOT GO HEAR! We were starving and desperate and regretted every second of it. read more

My girlfriend and I only had ciders and beers here, HOWEVER, the live music and the atmosphere was great. We loved being seated so close to the performers while still at the bar, with attentive staff ready to pour us our next round. Also, it wasn't so loud in there that we couldn't have a conversation. I'll definitely come back to try the mussels, which smelled incredible. read more

It was our first visit to Ireland and we decided to go to this bar as there was live music. The music was amazing, but the service was disrespectful. The food was greasy, undercook, the chips weren't even cooked. The lasagne seemed to be from the Tesco to be prepared in the microwave and the salad was impossible to eat. A fly fell in a friend's beer and I proceeded to ask nicely if the waitress could pour a new one (we ordered a pint but it was half-pint left, so I asked for a half-pint). The waitress said that there wasn't a fly when she poured the beer so she wouldn't give a beer, but in a very disrespectful way, so I said she didn't have to bother and I was very upset about that, since there shouldn't be flies in a clean restaurant. Another waitress told her to pour a half-pint and give it to us, but we were so disappointed already that for sure we won't be coming back, but even with all that the staff started talking about us thinking we wouldn't understand as we are Spanish, and that kind of gossip and unnecessary comments were totally crossing the line, that's no way to treat customers. I don't recommend this place at all. read more

One of THE best pubs in dublin. Live music - proper ceili band and fantastic food, they also have a fairly decent pint of guinness ;0) If you visit Dublin, you must visit Gogartys! read more

Can I just tell you something? The trip to this restaurant is worth it because of the bread and mussels alone. So delicious! Bonus points for being directly over our hostel! read more

Oliver St John Gogarty - Crock of mussels. Dream worthy. - Pubs Near Me - Temple Bar, D

Worst meal I've ever had. Ordered the vegetable lasagna with the side salad and the lasagna was 100% a microwave dinner... For 9.50€. The side salad was soggy with very limited vegetables and excessive dressing. My friends' beef stew was 90% potatoes. Overall an inedible and incredibly expensive experience and I would recommend anywhere else over here. read more

Oliver St John Gogarty - Burnt edges, a soggy mass of cheese, and burnt/bland vegetables with no business in this dish. Plus pasta nowhere to be found. - Pubs Near Me - Temple Bar, D

We had a fun time here! Especially liked climbing up on the horse and feeling old!! Hahaha. Bartenders and drinks were great. It also attracted a pretty decent crowd of good people - not just the annoying tourists! read more

If you don't like Irish people, but somehow find yourself in Dublin, this is the place to go. It is packed with British and American tourists. It is stuffed to the rafters with 'Irish' parafernalia, most likely bought from the Irish Pub Warehouse in Glasgow. As 99% of the clientele are tourists, who mostly don't care about what they spend, the prices are high but somehow the place is always packed. If you enjoy paying 6 euro for a pint whilst listening to a 'Greatest Irish pub songs' cd, this is the place to go. I do admit that it can be fun at times, either for tourist spotting or enjoying the sight of British hen parties spending fortunes to get drunk enough to make out with some random guy they met 3 seconds earlier en route to the cigarette machine. If you want to enjoy Dublin, move either 200 metres south or 200 metres north. This pub is about as 'traditional Irish' as Margareth Thatcher in a bowler hat. read more

We stopped in for dinner and drinks and were seated pretty quickly. We ordered beer, coddle, and fish with chips. It took about 10 minutes for us to get our beer. The tables around us also seemed frustrated. I looked down at my glass and there was lipstick all over the rim. I waited about 5 minutes and our waiter was nowhere to be found so I went to the bar to get a new glass. The bartender saw me and proceeded to ignore me as she helped other patrons. She then started typing receipts into the register, looking up to see if I was still there, she continued saying nothing -no greeting, nothing. I waited about 5 minutes before explaining my glass was dirty (very politely) and asked if she could help or point me in the right direction. She didn't say anything, walked over, filled a new glass and put it on the bar before turning her back on me. I told her "thank you for your help", also very politely and received no acknowledgement. I went back up to the table and waited for dinner. And waited. And waited. Going on an hour after we ordered, we asked the waiter if he could bring us our drink bill and cancel our food order. Right after he turned away our food was delivered. The coddle was very good. A creamy and fragrant broth with thick chunks of sausage and vegetables was delivered with standard Irish dark bread. My fish and chips was a decent portion and was delivered with a fresh salad. My only criticism with the fish is that the battered breading was heavy with oil -as if the oil wasn't hot enough when the fish went in, resulting in the breading soaking up a great deal of the oil. It was a shame because it would've been some of the best fried fish I've had. The inside of the fish filet was moist with heavenly flaking. I'm giving low stars because the customer service was very poor and unacceptable. The meals are averagely priced and the food is good -except for the oil-soaked breading on the fish. read more

this place is a total tourist trap, and as a tourist i fell for it hook line and sinker!! since its right smack in the middle of temple bar (which is a convenient location) and the first floor bar is very lively, we decided to give it a shot for dinner. we ate on the 3rd floor. its typical irish cuisine which is a lot of stew dishes. i had the guinness beef stew and it needed a major dose of seasoning!! wow was it bland. none of the 4 of us were impressed with our way overpriced food. we even got charged per person for the bread basket - typical euro scam!! the service was pretty slow and we saw at least 3 tables of people look at menu and get up and walk out, which is what we shouldve done. we each paid 30 some euro for our basic dinner and wine. this place is just blahh... much better places in the area!! read more

The tourist trap the we love! Its a great place with happy people, life musoc playing traditional songs, you can dance, and eat and have a taste of what is the irish culture! I absolutely loved it! read more

The mussels are nothing short of spectacular. Skip the Guinness... get the house stout beer. Eating outside you may get approached by panhandlers. Screw with them. Speak German or something.... read more

2nd floor dining was less crowded. Great music and a melting pot of people. They had an live music and the food was very good. Burger and fries, draft beer. A lot of fun! read more

Yeah yeah, You've heard it below- it's a tourist's haven. Just like the Irish pubs we have at home. If you're in the Temple Bar district, you're only going to find places like this for the most part so you might as well embrace it, especially if it's right across from your hotel like it was for us. The place is spacious. Yes, mostly tourists ( and a small world, met a fellow American who grew up in the same town I did). You have your pick of a few different areas in the bar.. the traditional music we heard was good. The prices, a complete rip-off ( they don't know the term "top off" as it was an extra 3 Euro to add some more vodka to a weak yet 6 euro redbull and vodka.). This place also gets very crowded with meaty obnoxious people around 11 or so. I say definitely stop in, it's not a bad site but keep it moving- there are plenty of other places to see. read more

Don't bother coming here, worst service ever seen, overpriced menu, food tasted like crap. Please take my advise don't come here

Very touristy..guitar singer at late session was rude...older gent on earlier session told me to f%@# off when I mistakenly had my flash on while taking his picture. I apologized and tipped him and he told me to f#%$ off..really nasty...wouldn't return...great music at many other pubs with much nicer performers. They do the Irish people an injustice with their behavior..all the others we've met have been great..friendly and warm! . read more

Following a theme from previous reviews of this place: touristy to the max. But who cares. It's got live Irish music at night (albeit amplified). The ladies in our group loved it, and I have to admit, I did too. read more

Granted - I'm an American who was looking for a cheap, safe, accessible place to stay during an overnight layover. I had a hostel room to myself, and was able to spend an hour or so in the bar, enjoying the music and dancing. The discount on the car park was also super helpful. For what I was looking for, I thoroughly enjoyed it. read more

Very disappointing dinner experience. The music was great, and go for a pint or two, but don't order a meal. They were way understaffed so it took a long time to order. Then 30 mins after we ordered, they told us they were out of shepherds pie. Re-ordered a burger and over 30 mins later we got the most over-cooked meatball ever. Inedible. Ended up sharing my friends dinner because we weren't going to order again. Would not go back. read more

Live music, fun crowd (mixed with tourists mostly, with some locals). Typical sports bar feel on the inside...definitely had more fun here than the temple bar pub. Definitely stop by and have a drink before you keep barhopping in the temple bar area. read more