Martin B. Slattery

You'll find this proper Dublin pub doing exactly what it should be doing – serving decent pints to a mix of Rathmines locals and students who appreciate somewhere that hasn't been done up to within an inch of its life. The interior feels authentically lived-in rather than manufactured, with dark wood and that particular pub smell that comes from decades of good times. The crowd is brilliantly mixed – you'll have pensioners nursing their pints alongside Trinity students and young professionals who've discovered that sometimes the best night out doesn't require queuing or paying through the nose. Weekend afternoons are particularly lovely when the place fills up with a proper community feel, and the staff actually seem to enjoy working there.