Kehoes Pub

You'll spot the green Victorian shopfront from halfway down Anne Street, and the moment you push through those original doors, you're stepping into Dublin pub history. The snugs are still there - tiny compartments with frosted glass where you can nurse a pint in peace, just like Joyce and Behan did decades before you. The bar staff know their business, pulling perfect pints of Guinness without the theatrics you'll find in Temple Bar tourist traps. Upstairs gets absolutely mental at weekends, but that's part of the charm. The original fixtures - brass fittings, mahogany bar, ancient till - create an atmosphere that's impossible to fake. Yes, it draws crowds, but locals still prop up the bar here because Kehoes does what it's always done: serves decent drink in a proper Dublin pub that refuses to sanitise itself for Instagram.