Bull and Castle

Fine place for drinking and eating. Some interesting beers on cask. Good service, rather quick.

Place with restaurant prices. Friendly service thou. Very little interesting on taps if you been around in country for several days. Chicken wings were coated in malt vinegar so bit weird to me. Easily skippable place.

Large place spreading over two floors. Was almost empty during our visit. There is a restaurant downstairs and a bar upstairs. Loud music, despite the wooden interior seemed like a lounge bar or a club rather than a classical pub. Selection is OK-ish, had some Trouble brewing and Wild Beer. Not my kind of place really, wouldn't revisit.

Classic traditional pub with lots of dark wood, well appointed and classy interior. Downstairs is a restaurant/steakhouse, upstairs is a very large bar. Very long bar with no stools but some room for standing, and then lots of bar tables. Ox head above the bar. Barmen were highly trained and it was very entertaining just watching them make mixed drinks all night. Beer list is small but interesting, and does include several Guinness crafty variants. Staff knew the beers well and were generous with samples without my asking. Not crowded on a Saturday evening, plenty of space upstairs and down. Well worth a visit.

The place is a little to crowded. Some very loud music is played, making it hard to understand each other and making it impossible to have a decent conversation. The place looks more like a nightclub than a pub at this moment. The selection of beers is a bit limited. This place is the most expensive bar of today. There are better bars to attend to when you are in Dublin.

Dark wood an even more dark wood. A fine traditional pub for sure. The upstairs bar was closed, so my rating is for the downstairs "steakhouse" 13 taps and about 60 bottles. Draught beers from Carlow, Trouble Brewing, Metalman, 5 Lamps and Galway Hooker. Not bad at all. Informative bartender too. (Visited February 17th 2016)

When you enter this place, it looks more like a restaurant, but head upstairs to a good selection of beers. This place had something laidback about it, slow music, even the waiters walked as they were sleepwalking. Dark traditional English pub interior with some very old and worn floorboards.

Nice selection and food is pretty good

The original craft beer pub but one i’ve never felt entirely at home in, even with the removal of the communal tables. Probably the sports screens and big groups. Good enough selection of beers at slightly higher prices both on tap and bottle. A few casks again here. The food however is very good, especially if you like beef. Staff not always aware what beers are on (especially downstairs) so take a look at the taps yourself. They do get a good range of seasonals in however.

Located conveniently close to the Temple Bar area of Dublin, just in front of the Christ Church Cathedral. This place has a sleek modern feel to it, both in the downstairs stakehouse and the upstairs bar. Away from the Temple Bar crowds you can have a decent pint in a quitter environment here. No live music, decent selection of ~10 craft regulars and 6-7 rotating specials. Nothing crazy but good Irish micro representation. Prices in line with the area, did not try the food. I think I’d be back more for the stakes or the Irish whisky tasting tray than for the beer alone.