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CUISINES
Irish, Bar, European, British, Contemporary, Pub
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, After-hours, Drinks
FEATURES
Seating, Television, Table Service, Live Music
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City centre hotel comprising of one of Dublin's most popular late night bars, fondly known as ''the home of sport''. The Mercantile serves food 7 days a week, with music every night.
CUISINES
Irish, Bar, European, British, Contemporary, Pub
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, After-hours, Drinks
FEATURES
Seating, Television, Table Service, Live Music
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3.5
228 reviews
Excellent
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Very good
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Average
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Poor
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Sarah R
Bodmin27 contributions
Jan 2020 • couples
First pub we stopped at, for our first night in Dublin. Great atmosphere, good food. Felt cosy with the lights, plenty of screens to watch sports
Written 17 January 2020
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Naomi R
London11 contributions
Dec 2019 • none
A lively bar with music and a lot going on. Crowd is a mix of tourists and locals. Seems to get very busy and crowded at busy times but that is always a good sign if you ask me
Written 1 January 2020
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SirOinklot
Manchester24 contributions
Dec 2019 • none
nice breakfast good food i went for the large breakfasts they did refills of coffee and provided iced chilled water.
Written 13 December 2019
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saz W
Birmingham6 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
Waited a while for it to arrive (a good 30 mins). However, would prefer to have freshly cooked food and not microwaved. It came, and really was lovely but luke warm, in fact the potato was cold. We got offered the opportunity to have it heated up but with pork I didn’t want to risk it. Mentioned to two servers and bill came - no offer of complimentary desserts or coffees. Really disappointed that good customer service is not provided because of being a tourist. A general lack of respect and decent customer service, and €30 lighter for a meal which was not to a standard I’d get at home.
Written 22 February 2020
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MercGroup
Hi Saz, first of all we'd like to thank you for taking the time to leave us this review. We take all feedback very seriously & you can rest assured that it will be passed on to our management team here.
We're very sorry to hear that your visit wasn't up to the usual high standards we set for ourselves, we aim to give all of our customers the best experience possible whether they're a tourist or a local, we don't play favourites. We are very sorry again & hope that you will join us again in future!
Written 25 February 2020
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Simon O
14 contributions
Jan 2020 • none
I hope they have reviewed their door staff of late because I was once entertaining some clients in this establishment. I had to pop outside for a minute and when reentering, one of the door staff told me
“No, I’ve caught you. You’ve been trying to sneak in all night”. The other door staff, who knew he was mistaken would not stand up and say it. It seemed a spiteful purposeful act. A quite embarrassing situation as I had to call my clients and tell them I’m not allowed back in!! He was a Blonde Eastern European chap. Most bizarre little man.
Written 8 January 2020
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Sweetsoul1
19 contributions
Dec 2019 • none
Wandered in here for some food after a venue wish we had kept going to be honest. Bar lads fine but the food service is atrocious we had to clear dirty glasses from table from last customers we had to ask for cutlery I wont bore you but it was shoddy, we had just begun to eat when the waitress came over and asked us to settle our bill??? I had just taken a bite of the lovely steak and there she was asking us to settle the bill so insulting rude and downright stupid!! I have worked doing exactly the same job as this person never in a million years would you ask people during there meal to settle the bill nor expect them to clear dirty glasses from table from last customers truly worst service ever and I've been around lol Better managing needed in this establishment and manners and training wouldn't go amiss!
Written 5 January 2020
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Glenveightravel
Navan1148 contributions
Nov 2019 • none
The Mercantile bar is around longer than I care to remember.I always find it dark inside and just old in feeling, it never seems to have got any upgrades over the years, saying that its a good place to go with a group when you are trying to avoid Temple Bar and need some space but tables and chairs can be hard to get once you are in there. This pub is part of the Mercantile Hotel but I didn't stay there so can't comment on that.
Heineken are €6.20 each, typical horrible Dublin prices, ok for a few drinks every so often but its a tourist trap and its doesn't need to make an effort.
While its an ok place to go, i wouldn't be rushing into it, plently of other nicer places to buy your high priced Euro drink.
Written 11 November 2019
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MercGroup
Hi Glenveightravel, we really do appreciate you taking the time to leave us your feedback, we'll make sure our management team is made aware!
Written 14 November 2019
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LisaBIreland
10 contributions
Oct 2019 • friends
Visited the Mercantile for lunch yesterday. We waited about 20 minutes for someone to clear the table from the previous group who had been there. The group sitting beside us actually ended up clearing their table themselves. I had to go to the bar to ask could someone come and take our order. It wasn't overly busy as the rugby had finished at that point.
The waitress then served table beside us and didn't come to take our order. When I asked could she take the order her response was quite abrupt, no communication or as much as a smile, dumped the cutlery down on table, clearly annoyed at having been asked to take the order.
A shame as its a nice bar to watch matches.
Written 13 October 2019
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465fifi
Stirling3 contributions
Aug 2019 • none
I visited Dublin for the weekend of 2nd Aug for my daughters hen do. What a fabulous night we had here. What a great atmostphere. We were made very welcome. We had lovely platters of food and had a great night and no-one minded we were all dressed as oaps. They had live music later on. We enjoyed ourselves so much we went back on the Saturday night. I would definitely recommend this pub for drink, food, music and definitely atmosphere.
Written 22 August 2019
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MercGroup
Thanks for your review! We're delighted you had such a good time with us.
Written 27 August 2019
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HAAllred1970
Manchester191 contributions
May 2019 • couples
Fantastic place to eat and especially for breakfast. The meals were really reasonable and huge portions. Would recommend the breakfast bap - full irish on a roll - yummy!
Written 4 June 2019
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MercGroup
You can't beat a full Irish! Thanks a million HAAllred1970!
Written 11 June 2019
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Renato
2 contributions
May 2019 • friends
Staff is rude and extremely impolite. Is definitely not a good place for. Those who are looking for a funny night in Dublin.
Written 28 May 2019
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MercGroup
Hi Renato, we're sorry to hear that you felt your experience wasn't up to our usual standards. Please rest assured that we will be passing your feedback on to our management team here!
Written 29 May 2019
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Beanie14
Dublin1776 contributions
May 2019 • couples
We just had a couple of after work drinks here one Friday. It wasn't too busy but was filling up all the time. The service was good at the bar and the drinks weren't too expensive.
Written 21 May 2019
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MercGroup
Thanks Beanie, we appreciate you taking the time to leave us your review!
Written 29 May 2019
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Nomad0921
Wellfleet625 contributions
May 2019 • couples
We went to the mercantile restaurant after a day trip period as we walked by we were attracted by the menu and were able to be seated immediately. My wife had the battered cod dinner and I had the fresh cod prepared with the smallest muscles I've ever seen - they looked a lot like tiny clams. They were scrumptious! both meals were prepared well and quite tasty! Service was good and the restaurant was fairly full so no complaints there we would consider going back to the mercantile next time or in Dublin period
Written 19 May 2019
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MercGroup
Thanks Nomad0921, you're always welcome back here!
Written 29 May 2019
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mark james
Barnstaple2 contributions
May 2019 • friends
Nice and cosy atmosphere, trendy but traditional.
Whilst i was a bit bored of burgers being the main thing on most menus, i went for a chicken burger and it was possibly the best chicken burger i had ever had!
Good selection of drinks as well from the bar and a good irish coffee.
Written 16 May 2019
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MercGroup
Thank so much Mark, hopefully we'll have you back in again soon!
Written 29 May 2019
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howard_dorothy
138 contributions
May 2019 • couples
Unfortunately food was mediocre. Service was ok. Fish and chips tasteless. Soup Luke warm and not truly vegetables. Would not recommend.
Written 9 May 2019
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MercGroup
Hi Howard, thanks for taking the time to leave us this review. We appreciate your feedback & would like to assure you that your review will be passed on to our management team here.
Written 14 May 2019
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