McCafferty's Bar Reading

You'll find McCafferty's tucked into Friar Street's drinking stretch, where it's been pulling pints and mixing cocktails for the kind of regulars who actually know the bar staff's names. It's the sort of place where you can nurse a decent Guinness without anyone making a fuss about it, but also where they'll make you something properly crafted if you ask nicely. The crowd's mixed—suits on their way home, students, proper locals—and it works because nobody's pretending to be anywhere fancier than they are. The reviews speak to consistency rather than flash: people come back because it's reliably good and the atmosphere doesn't demand anything from you.