Best Guinness in Limerick City/suburbs?

munsterdevil

To me it’s either Fennessys on South Circular Road near Mary I or Myles Breens

Any other notable mentions?

OldMrBrennan83

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Insect Overlord

Charlie Malone's on Wolfe Tone Street is worth a mention.

dominatinMC

Patww79 wrote:

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Don't rate the Guinness in the Hurlers at all. For me, Charlie Malones, Myles Breens, and JJ Bowles are the best around. Hard to pick between them. Never been to Fennessys though

Insect Overlord

dominatinMC wrote: »

Don't rate the Guinness in the Hurlers at all. For me, Charlie Malones, Myles Breens, and JJ Bowles are the best around. Hard to pick between them. Never been to Fennessys though

Fennessy's used to be one of those very rare pubs that had Guinness, Murphy's and Beamish all at the one bar. I must pop in there sometime and see if they still have all of them!

munsterdevil

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Fennessy's used to be one of those very rare pubs that had Guinness, Murphy's and Beamish all at the one bar. I must pop in there sometime and see if they still have all of them!

I’m pretty sure they do

bennyl10

Weird choice here, but genuinely the Still House on Thomas St do a very very nice pint!!
One of the nicest I’ve had in the city!

Mc Love

dominatinMC wrote: »

Don't rate the Guinness in the Hurlers at all. For me, Charlie Malones, Myles Breens, and JJ Bowles are the best around. Hard to pick between them. Never been to Fennessys though

Yep I'd say they are best pubs for a Guinness with myles breens being the best.

I'd prefer a beamish though to a Guinness

Comhrá

Mc Love wrote: »

Yep I'd say they are best pubs for a Guinness with myles breens being the best.

I'd prefer a beamish though to a Guinness

Same here...always preferred the taste of Beamish and I find the Woodfield on the Ennis Road is consistently very good for Beamish and people tell me the pint of Guinness there is also among the best in town.

munsterdevil

Honestly, I've never tried Beamish or Murphys. Often I've said to myself that I'll try it the next timeI'm out but I'm just brainwashed to say 'Guinness' when I get to the bar!

L.T.P.

The Guinness in Souths is excellent!

Reputable Rog

Myles Breens, great Guinness and Beamish. Timmy Martins does a lovely pint as well. The Beamish in the Swamp is as good as any you'd get in Cork.

eyebrows63

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Myles Breens, great Guinness and Beamish. Timmy Martins does a lovely pint as well. The Beamish in the Swamp is as good as any you'd get in Cork.

The swamp sells as much beamish as Guinness

ciog52

The Still House does a very nice pint but its a soccer pub so not to everybody's taste, South's do a beautiful pint, staff have been there for years and know what they are doing. Never been to Charlie Malone's, must try it. Front bar in Nancy's is also good for a nice pint, they even have the old Guinness type signs at the bar

munsterdevil

South’s has been mentioned a few times. I’ve always found it to be a tad overrated, and also not a huge fan of the pint in front Nancy’s

dominatinMC

ciog52 wrote:

The Still House does a very nice pint but its a soccer pub so not to everybody's taste, South's do a beautiful pint, staff have been there for years and know what they are doing. Never been to Charlie Malone's, must try it. Front bar in Nancy's is also good for a nice pint, they even have the old Guinness type signs at the bar

"Nancy's" and "nice pint" are two terms I never thought I'd hear in the same sentence!

Collins bar in Dooradoyle serve a decent pint too.

Insect Overlord

Seeing as the suburbs are included in the title, I have to say Na Piarsaigh GAA club's bar pours a perfect pint of the black stuff.

badboyblast

Bradshaw's Castleconnell

damowill

had a Guinness in the new bar Katie Dalys across from the castle. was very good... lovely little pub

dominatinMC

damowill wrote:

had a Guinness in the new bar Katie Dalys across from the castle. was very good... lovely little pub

Any idea if that pub is doing well in general? I was in there before/after Oktoberfest, was packed that night but, then again, most places around were packed that night.

Reputable Rog

Stritch's Clonlara

theblackstuff

lovely pint in the Black Swan, Annacotty

damowill

dominatinMC wrote: »

Any idea if that pub is doing well in general? I was in there before/after Oktoberfest, was packed that night but, then again, most places around were packed that night.

I've been in twice although both times were early evening, once for a couple of pints & once for grub which was good. They seem to be drawing a nice crowd, they will get a few tourists id imagine & a few locals, & possibly pull some from the Curraghgower & JJ Bowles..

munsterdevil

Had the Beamish in Fennessy's last night, cracking pint, don't think they have Murphy's though as someone asked previously

Reputable Rog

munsterdevil wrote: »

Had the Beamish in Fennessy's last night, cracking pint, don't think they have Murphy's though as someone asked previously

The last few times I've had Murphy's in Limerick it's been terrible. It's pretty bad at the best of times in Cork.
Had 2 Beamish in the Swamp last night and it was delicious.

Mc Love

Murphys is muck compared to Beamish and to a smaller extent to Guinness

Twoman Fullbackline

damowill wrote: »

had a Guinness in the new bar Katie Dalys across from the castle. was very good... lovely little pub

Katie Daly's has been going for a long time, they've just refurbished it lately. Good to hear the pint in there is still top notch, easily one of the best I've had.

Flincher

The Gate is also worth a mention. Agree with the above in that Souths, JJ Bowles, The Black Swan, Myles Breens all safe bets.

Noveight

Mc Love wrote: »

Murphys is muck compared to Beamish and to a smaller extent to Guinness

Murphy's trumps both of them imo. Would take Beamish over Guinness.

Bobby Byrnes does a lovely pint.

Poxyshamrock

What or where is the Swamp? :eek: I’m intrigued.

Reputable Rog

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

What or where is the Swamp? :eek: I’m intrigued.

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Jose Maria

Nice pint in Dagos

Reputable Rog

Jose Maria wrote: »

Nice pint in Dagos

Very hit and miss. Mostly miss.Larkins can be good.

munsterdevil

Went to the White House near the top of O'Connell Street, great pint of Guinness there, one of the best in town. One complaint I'd have about the place itself is that the customers that stand at the bar tend not to let you through if you want to get served, at least last night anyway. I got a weird sense of entitlement from about 3 separate groups. I had to shoulder my way past one fellow who didn't want to budge an inch.

I also take everything back about South's, been there 4 times in the last fortnight and the Guinness was divine.

Insect Overlord

Where are Dago's and the Swamp? I've never heard of either of them.

munsterdevil

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Where are Dago's and the Swamp? I've never heard of either of them.

The Swamp seems to be code for a pub that only 1 or 2 people know about on this thread. It’s a bit annoying and there’s not much point posting about its quality of porter if most people don’t know where it is.

Mc Love

Dago's is O'Driscolls

mrsoundie

The Curragower, Mickey Martins, and Tom Collins are daycent.

Reputable Rog

The Swamp is near the river and a hotel and a church.

eyebrows63

Reputable Rog wrote: »

The Swamp is near the river and a hotel and a church.

And a bridge .😀

Reputable Rog

eyebrows63 wrote: »

And a bridge .😀

Walkable to a castle as well😄

Jofspring

Charlie Malones
Glen Tavern
O’Sheas Bar (Ballysimon Road)
J J Bowles

They are the four I always hear people talk about for a pint of Guinness. Mate of mine says O’Sheas is top class for a pint.

Reputable Rog

Rashers
Patsy Nicholas
TC's
Flannerys Wickham Street

Reputable Rog

Reputable Rog wrote: »

The Swamp is near the river and a hotel and a church.

Martins?

Insect Overlord

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Martins?

Or somewhere very obscure like The Mall.

Reputable Rog

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Or somewhere very obscure like The Mall.

You've just won a keg of Beamish.

Mc Love

Reputable Rog wrote: »

You've just won a keg of Beamish.

Beamish is very good there

skingtile

my god try Mother Mac's and you tell me

Coill1

Had a few VERY decent pints in Tom Collins’ pub

Decent in the Hurlers pub too..

Jose Maria

Reputable Rog wrote: »

The Swamp is near the river and a hotel and a church.

Sometimes in the river