Love this pub, one of the classics on Temple Bar. Live music all around the building, but especially fun to enjoy it on the first floor where a combination of request-taking musicians and tap dancers got everyone's feet stomping. read more

This place gives your everything you're looking for in the "traditional," Irish experience.. Great food.. My friend and I enjoyed Cornbeef/cabbage and fish/chips..great serving portions and live music. Loved it. read more

Friendly Staff....but what a tourist trap! Avoid unless you are really pressed for time

I rarely write reviews - good or bad - but the food at Gogarty was worse than awful. Four people in our party ordered the fish and chips from the bar menu - all fish had large bones and skin was still on. Gross! On top of that, the table hadn't been cleaned from the last patrons, the oysters we ordered weren't shucked - had to do them ourselves, service was incredibly slow and when we asked to speak to the manager, took 15 min. for her to come to our table. She said she would remove 1 order of the bad fish - even though all 4 orders were bad. When we asked if she would want to eat a meal like they served us - she simply said "I don't eat fish." Really? Steer clear of this place - completely awful - at all levels! read more

Worst experience ever!! Food was awful and the service was just as bad. Oh where to start...seated at a dirty table littered with all kinds of extra menus, advertisements and coasters. We ordered the oysters as an appetizer and they were not chucked properly. Didn't have the beer I ordered and the waitress said they had on tap. Read some reviews about the fish and chips being amazing and they were far from it. Fish was filled with bones, the salad was so strange I wouldn't touch it and the fries where cold and mushy. Worst meal I've had in Dublin and I still left hungry :( read more

Good pub in temple bar area, definitely gets crowded with live music and can take a while to get a beer. Open later then other pubs and has great live music! read more

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Went to this place during a business trip. Great Bar, quick service, average tourist prices. Closed it one night after they brought a new band on a 12:00. They even had Irish step dancers between bands. Don't leave if the first floor bar is packed. they have multiple floors. Don't leave anything in your coat and keep and eye on them. We had ours stolen as did others. Except we were smart enough not to leave anything in them. read more

Probably the worst meal I've had in the past year or so...compete tourist trap, thinking they can get away with pawning off subpar meals on unsuspecting tourists. Ordered the rib eye, and right off the bat, the waiter asked if medium was ok...I said I preferred medium rare. The wife ordered fish and chips. Both came out in less than 7 minutes, leading me to believe both were either cooked previously and reheated, or microwaved. My steak was, you guessed it, medium (almost well done), and rubbery. So I'm pretty sure it was already cooked and just thrown back on the frying pan to reheat. The wife's fish and chips were the furthest thing from fresh. I've never had worse chips, which are hard to screw up. Even the vegetables I got with my steak sucked. Were never asked if we wanted water, so we had to flag down the waiter to ask for some, and was never offered a refill. Waiter was over to clear our plates as soon as we put our forks down, and was quick to tell us that the bill did NOT include tip. He asked us what kind of tip we wanted to add to the bill, which we were paying by credit card. Please avoid AT ALL COSTS! Dublin isn't cheap, so spend your money elsewhere read more

As a first time traveler to Dublin, I wanted an authentic Irish pub night out. I was told ahead of time by cab drivers and the hotel that the Temple Bar area, although quite touristy of a crowd, still has that great "out all night" feel. I was not disappointed coming here! We didn't even pick it purposely, we were just walking down the main road and we heard live music playing from outside. That's not an usual thing to hear around Dublin, every pub has live music, but what got us to come in was the dance floor PACKED with people jumping around, doing the jig, and looking like they were having an amazing time. The live music they get there does not disappoint. They play a great mix of traditional irish music, more popular Irish pop/folk songs, and even Top 40 hits with their own Irish twist to cover. We had so much fun the first night in Dublin that when we were going out the second night, we wanted to try a new place but just ended up going back and having a fantastic night 2 nights in a row!! Definitely recommend to anyone visiting. read more

So, this is for drinking activities only. We strolled in here later in the evening while we were sampling pubs in Dublin and had quite a bit of fun here. Great live music and the place was packed...they also give you free hats :D I would go back here again, lots of fun with friends! read more

I've got no complaints for the food but, that being said, we ordered things that are not easily bungled. I got fish and chips, my cousin got some sort of fish chowder with sausage in it. Guinness was the drink of the moment. There was live music which was decent. We ran into a group of wacky guys here, also tourists, one of whom was dressed up in full Peter Pan regalia. Like, the tights, the green cap, everything. It definitely enhanced to the giddiness already permeating our night since we had started drinking at the Old Jameson's Distillery. The bizarre atmosphere and decor here is actually pretty amazing. High points: the "Emerald Brick Road",as I named it, of glass brick flooring back lit with intense green light. The weird statue of a screeching elvin child? The circle of bricks with ghostly hands holding out another.. brick? And all manner of strange wall hangings, posters, knick knacks, makes for interesting visual entertainment. I would have liked to have poked around there more but it was VERY noisy, and elbow to elbow making such exploration prohibitive. read more

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I visited this fine establishment in October and had a blast and total twilight zone experience. Great music and great beer and yes it is a total tourist trap and with that being said I would go here again in a heartbeat. Ate some decent fish n chips and met people from all over. Here is where the twilight zone comes into play. I was visiting from Seattle for two days before heading to London to watch the Seahawks play later in the week. As I walked in this place it was packed and I spotted one empty seat and asked if I could share it with some people already seated and they said yes. We ended up chatting as they use to live in Seattle but were now living on the East Coast. They too were going to the football game. After 30 minutes they had to meet some other people at a nearby pub and as soon as they left a girl and guy sat down and they too were from Seattle and in fact worked right across the street from where I work. (never met them before) I had so much fun I returned the next night and only one seat was available (same seat as the previous night) and an older couple was sitting there and they said I could sit there. They too were from Seattle and lived 5 blocks from me. I had images of Rod Serling in my mind and I could hear the twilight zone music. Totally fun pub with good music. I will be back for sure. read more

The same as Bill S., we were not treated all that well by the staff. Waited nearly twenty minutes before someone asked what we wanted to drink and much to my surprise it took almost another twenty minutes before they actually served us our drinks! We had heard great things from both our cab driver as well as a tour guide we had earlier in the day. I will spare you all of the details, but the food was very good and the beer was cold enough to make me content. When I paid the bill, the waiter kindly pointed out to me that I could include a gratuity if I would like. I kindly replied, "I don't think so", but I was thinking "WTF, are kidding me? Leave a tip?! My wife and I have been in Dublin for five days and we can't stop joking about the "gratuity" ! Bottom line, POOR service and good food, not a great combination by any means! read more

Tourist trap. Food was overpriced and the cabs claim they don't accept credit cards. Not going to do this one again.

Food was hit or miss but definitely some good choices on the menu. But the food is definitely not one of their defining features. Very good staff with awesome live music. An awesome atmosphere that anyone could enjoy! Definitely somewhere I could go to every week! read more

This was a really good Irish Pub with live music, good food and drinks! Definitely recommend this place if you're in the Temple Bar area.

This was the first restaurant I went to when I visited Dublin four years ago. I was pretty much attracted to the colorful and festive facade and it was probably the brightest building in the Temple Bar area. It definitely looks better at night. I remember walking into the bar on the first floor filled with drunk Irish men (I think there was a big sports game that night) and I had trouble hearing the hostess telling me where I should be seated. I ended up going upstairs and it was strangely quiet. I kind of anticipated that this is not going to be a great Irish food experience but the food turned out to be ok. They definitely overstuffed me with bread and baked potatoes. The best part of the experience was probably enjoying a nice pint of Guinness. And oh yes, there is live traditional Irish music, which really uplifts the atmosphere. I guess one drawback about this place is that their name is such a mouthful. I can never get it right. read more

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I really wanted to visit some pubs in Temple Bar so upon walking by this place I said what the hell lets try this one. It was a decent environment and it was pretty packed which should mean its a good spot. It ended up being more a touristy type place rather than a spot locals came to hang out at (which is what I was looking for). I had pint paid the bill and left. read more

Food was great. Best pint of beer in the city. Cheap prices will have me coming back before I leave dublin

Downstairs was packed with people enjoying the live music. We were knackered after our first day walking around and seeing the sites, so we headed upstairs where it was nice and quiet (we thought). I had the lamb stew and enjoyed it until the lady (at least 50) at the table next to us dropped the f-bomb too many times to count. Given that she was sitting about 2 feet away from us and could see our lad was with us, she was rude. Now that we knew her love life, we hurried up to be on our way. Temple Bar is a wild place, but we were done too early to see craziness this time. read more

I cannot rate their food as we stopped in after shopping on Graften street for a pint, glass wine and to rest our tired feet. Low key but really fun place. nice 2 person Irish music and the girls voice was amazing (her name is Clare). Nice stop and yes, it will be full of tourest just having a great time enjoying the pubs of Ireland. read more

Sitting here right now, loving this place. Come, have a few drinks and listen to the traditional Irish music. It may be filled with tourists, but it's a great time and has the Irish music we all want to hear. read more

Went in an ordered a Guinness (6.80) and paid the bar man 20. He gave me change. Waiting 5 minutes and he never brought my drink. I told him im still waiting for a Guinness and he said it just takes a few minutes to settle. Talked down to me like I don't understand how a feckin Guinness is poured. Brought my pint finally and said that will be 6.80. I said what I already paid. He said who did you pay? I said you! I gave you 20 already. He said no I didn't have any orders from there you have to pay. So to avoid confrontation I paid for the same pint a second Fuckin time. Fuck this place and fuck you shitty bar man. I was going to buy loads and drinks and come back lots over my 3 weeks stay but because of you I'm never coming back. Fuck you and fuck this bar. read more

One of the best pubs in Dublin! Tasty beer, friendly people and great music! I'll definitely go there again if (when) I go to Dublin next time :) read more

I went for the "traditional" music on the second floor. The banjo player was pretty darn good and there was a good enough guitar player and a pipes player too. Fun to to listen to for a couple hours. Had dinner upstairs. Nice room, food fine. No cover for band. read more

without saying too much this place reminded me of an Irish TGIF...gimmicky and sub-par irish fare...bf and i pretty much just ate and then left, in hopes of finding another place that was playing a repeat of Bon Jovi, Journey, and 80s rock! read more

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Nice live Irish music, good appetizer (cold smoked Salmon with Irish soda bread) and great ambiance. Ridiculous price for a pint of Heineken at late hours ...€7.5. That's like $10US. They get a 3 star rating for that scam! (Dublin, IR) read more

All the pubs in Dublin Temple Bar area I visited were lovely but Gogartys is by the far best in my opinion. Its a traditional Irish Music pub with 3 floors. The ground floor is a pub with a varied menu including traditional Irish meals. There are also Tv screens which show live games on Sky sports. Upstairs is a live music bar. Live music starts at about 12:30pm and goes on until 2am. This is where I spent most of my time whilst there! The musicians usually play in 2's or 3's and do around a 2 hour set each. This is 7 days a week. Fabulous atmosphere up there especially when everyone in there plays the boot. The musicians are very talented and you can buy 2 different CD's of their music. I am now totally hooked on Irish folk music! The third floor is a more formal restaurant - quite pricey so we didnt eat in there. Good selection of beers available but you wouldnt drink anything else but Guinness would you? Most notably though is the Traditional Irish Music Pub Crawl - dont miss this. Every night in the summer, thursday to saturday in winter. It is led by 2 professional musicians (out of the 20 or so who play at Gogartys) who perform tunes and songs while telling the story of Irish Music and it's influences on contemporary world music. You will visit famous pubs and bars in the Temple Bar area. It starts at 7:30pm meeting on the 2nd floor at Gogartys - be there in good time as it gets booked up quickly. This was the highlight of my stay in Dublin. I cant wait to get back and the first place I go to will be Gogartys. read more

We had the coddle and Irish stew they were both just ok and the service was lacking we were left alone for quite some time but the live music was pretty great I'd say a good experience but not great food read more

This place is the ultimate tourist trap. Avoid at all costs. It made me slightly ashamed to be Irish. Overpriced, dirty loos, loud Americans screaming "oh my gawwwd are you Irish?" at you. Very loud, difficult to chat.... read more

Went here for dinner with some business associates that had been there previously and apparently liked it. Salmon was bland and flavorless, mussels were good and large, pate was good, corned beef was tough and dry. Breads were good. Certainly wouldn't go back and kind of unclear why someone would want to take us here. read more

Gogarty is a pub, a restaurant and a hostel. While I can not talk about the latter, and I have to admit that the pub was very nice and recommended to ear live music played by talented musicians until 3 am, I was very disappointed by the restaurant, that could be described only with a word: TOURISTIC. Slow service (even if I have to say that the staff supervisor was nice), confusion, high prices for dishes that were worth nearly half (7 euros a handful of cherries, really?)... no, that is not the right way to do things, as people would come once and then never again, preferring looking for a cheaper, more "heartily" and less cold place! read more

Awesome experience. Loved it. Super traditional live music upstairs and downstairs. Elbow room only downstairs. Upstairs more roomy. Traditional music to make you feel all Irish with your pint of Guinness. read more

The Musical Pub Crawl is Great BUT DO NOT EAT HERE. I don't usually write reviews, but my experience here was so terrible I want to warn others. If you come here for the musical pub crawl, it's great! Just do your own thing for food beforehand. It took over 20 minutes from when we were seated to have someone come by our table. I honestly felt like I was burdening our waiter by asking for anything. When our food was delivered, it was thrown onto our table with no other acknowledgement. We were never asked if we needed anything. We had to go seek out someone to ask for condiments and were presented with a ketchup bottle and "vinegar" that was in a bottle labeled "oil" that did not appear to be vinegar. We were never offered to get our beverages refilled (lord knows we needed a drink after this situation) and had to seek out our check. I've never felt like I put someone out by being in an establishment before. I would never come back to eat here. read more

At here my first evening in Dublin a few months back. And being a tourist, I was easily caught by this tourist trap, being dazed from my long journey and in search of an "Irish" experience. Slow (slow, slow) service. Hard to get their attention. And the music is too loud, and not even Irish. Still, the cider was great and the food passable. I did not regret going, but of course on my next Dublin visit, I will seek something more interesting. read more

Tourist trap. Expect slow/unaware service. I had the fish and chips. It was average. When the waitress brought it she scurried off before I had a chance to look at my plate. Tried to hail her for some lemon wedges as this was the first time I've ever seen F&C without lemon but she was long gone. The manager for the floor asked how could help after seeing me try to wave her down. I asked for lemon, he scoured my plate as if to tell me I shouldn't need anything. He "radioed" for two slices of lemon and eventually from the bar (all of 2 meters away) he brought a tall bar glass with three skinny slices of lemon. I tried dumping the lemon out but the glass had considerable amounts of water in it - now on my fish. The chips... Taste like 4 week old potatoes. Don't bother. read more

The craic at Oliver St John Gogarty's is always good. Every time I went here during my stay in Dublin it was filled up with people. There are live Irish musicians performing every night and that creates a joyous atmosphere of people dancing and having a good time. I also sat outside to eat once and got the seafood chowder, which was excellent. read more

Fish and Chips: they fried the skin into the fish and chips. It came with a salad drenched in dressing (and a slice of grapefruit and lemon drenched also but with skin still on) which resulted in a very messy retrieval. Music was awful. Seriously, who fries the skin into the fish and chips?! read more

The WORST place to dine in all of Dublin! On our last night in Ireland, a group of us chose this charming restaurant and were gravely disappointed. Starters took 45 minutes and main course an hour and a half on a Tuesday night. Manager wasn't helpful and really didn't care. Way too many other delightful dining spots! read more

Found this place the last night we were in Ireland, this place was exactly what my girlfriend and I were looking for! Authentic Irish feel with live music 7 days a week, bar was packed on a Monday night it was exactly what we were looking for. read more