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“Great pub!”

Darkey Kelly's Bar & Restaurant
Ranked #39 of 2,943 Restaurants in Dublin
Certificate of Excellence
Cuisines: Irish
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Dining options: After-hours
Neighbourhood: Temple Bar
Reviewed 28 April 2017 via mobile

We had two days to spend in Dublin and this was our first pub visit for dinner. The atmosphere was great and the food and beer were even better. The Bangers and Mash were amazing! It was located just around the corner from our B&B and we went based on reviews... totally worth it!

Date of visit: April 2017
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Nathy T, Owner at Darkey Kelly's Bar & Restaurant, responded to this reviewResponded 1 May 2017

Than you for taking the time to review our pub here - Im glad you had a nice meal here with us and that you liked the atmosphere here in the pub. We have live music every day of the week now so there is always something happening here.

Thank you again

Nathy Towey.

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Reviewed 27 April 2017 via mobile

Great fun evening with excellent live Irish music and fabulous selection of beer. Band played most of the evening and it was a brilliant atmosphere. We did also eat here because we didn't want to leave and food was average pub grub, nothing great otherwise would have scored it a five!

Date of visit: April 2017
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Nathy T, Owner at Darkey Kelly's Bar & Restaurant, responded to this reviewResponded 1 May 2017

Thank you Lisa for taking the time to review our pub here - glad you had a nice evening here with us - We feel our food is better than average pub grub but thank you for the review -

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Nathy Towey.

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Reviewed 26 April 2017

It was located just around the corner from our hotel (Handels). We walked in and the place was packed. People of all ages having a great time, live band, great Irish music, everyone singing along and laughing. We stayed in Dublin for six days, and went back often. The food was really very good, the atmosphere fun and comfortable. The service was super. All in all, we went back again and again because it was exactly what we had hoped to find when we booked a trip to Ireland.

Date of visit: April 2017
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Nathy T, Owner at Darkey Kelly's Bar & Restaurant, responded to this reviewResponded 1 May 2017

Thank you Rob for taking the time to review our pub here - Im glad we added to your holiday here in Dublin . A lot of things go into the mix to run a good pub here in Dublin so its nice to read that you got a good welcome every time you came in here - Hopefully it wont be long until you visit Dublin again.

Thank you again ,

Nathy Towey.

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Reviewed 25 April 2017 via mobile

We had dinner with the family. The seafood chowder is delicious: full of fresh fish and very good mussels. I must say that the quality of their mussels is much better than the Fish Shack where I ate yesterday. Good burgers, very good salmon and shrimp salad, good burgers. The service was very good, friendly, quick. Live music started at about 8.30pm. By that time we had to leave ( with children).

Date of visit: April 2017
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Nathy T, Owner at Darkey Kelly's Bar & Restaurant, responded to this reviewResponded 1 May 2017

Thank you so much for taking the time to review our pub here and thank you for the kind review you left us. We use a lot of fish here each week and we have a really good supplier whom we have worked with for a good number of years now so I will pass on your review to him.

Thank you again,

Nathy Towey.

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Reviewed 24 April 2017 via mobile

We visited on a Sunday afternoon whilst walking round Dublin.
What a fantastic find! We got there for about 2pm and the pub was quite empty but soon started to fill out.
Food was delicious and generous portions. I recommend the stew! Gin and tonic was well needed after walking all day and the Boatyard Gin was superb.
Our two girls had a great time listening to the Irish band, and when they wasn't playing the free wifi kept them happy.
Definitely a pub to visit whilst in Dublin!

Date of visit: April 2017
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Nathy T, Owner at Darkey Kelly's Bar & Restaurant, responded to this reviewResponded 1 May 2017

Thank you for taking the time to review our pub here - Sunday is a great day here as the sit down trad session begins at 3pm and lots of musicians come in to play. There is a really good atmosphere here on a Sunday and it can get busy enough here when the music is on.
We have over 40 Gins in stock here at the moment so Im glad you found one that you liked.

Thank you again,

Nathy Towey.

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