The Bar Tender

Friendly place with lively discussion and debates going on. Two bars, two rooms. A dozen or so beers on offer, half of them craft. Good live music in the evening. Worth a stop.

Revisit in September 2018 ... has upped its game massivey and Dundalk now has a solid bar for some craft ticks ! A good 15 or 16 on tap including 7 or 8 Irish offerings from the likes of White Hag, Yellow Belly and Galway Bay ... added to that some Belgian taps and 3 or 4 Lagunitas. Service was prompt and friendy and unfortunately we only had 45 minutes so not enough time to even consider the 50 to 60 bottles/cans in the fridges. I'll definately be back here next time I'm in Dundalk. Was 54/100 Now ... 74! Visited here in the summer of 2010. Had been aware of this venue for a few years but hadn’t got round to visiting. It seems the beer range/choice had gone downhill compared to a few years earlier. There were 2 redundant cask lines evident. There was however one non macro tap stout available - Carlow O’Haras which is probably the only one I’ve seen in Dundalk over the last 5 years or so! Also (see availability) some bottled beers that aren’t the standard macro crap. Bar itself is a trad irish style town centre affair with plenty of bric a brac and largely wooden seating/tables. Visited around 9pm on a Saturday and we just squeezed into the last table going. Quite a noisy bar with a younger crowd. A doorman had appeared outside by the time we left. For Dundalk - as good as it gets in terms of something other than macro!