The Big Romance is a bar in North Inner City, Dublin.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Wood-fired pizza
2 hours
Create your own spirit or gin recipe at our Distilling and Gin School, based in Dublin 8. You will also have a gin tasting with along with a cocktail making class. Sna...
1 hour
Join a whiskey cocktail-making class in Dublin taught by an award-winning Jameson Irish whiskey mixologist. Create and indulge in three Jameson cocktails from start to finish.
1h 30m
Kick off your Dublin night out! Mix, shake, and craft your own premium whiskey cocktails at the Irish Whiskey Museum. The perfect hands-on evening experience in the ci...
Address: 98 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, D01 T2T3
The Palace Bar on Fleet Street in Dublin 2, a Victorian pub since 1843, the literary watering hole of the Irish Times pressroom, with a hundred-bottle.
DrinkIrish whiskey neat
FoodToasties only
TipThree rooms; the upstairs parlour is the whiskey room. Tasting flights of three for €18 Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Brazen Head on Bridge Street Lower in Dublin 8, established 1198 as Ireland's oldest pub, the present 1754 coaching inn serves Irish stew and trad.
DrinkGuinness with an Irish stew
FoodFull Irish pub kitchen, food to 21:00
TipFood served until 21:00 daily; nightly trad music sessions from 21:00. The back snug holds eight; the courtyard runs summer only.
L. Mulligan Grocer on Stoneybatter in Dublin 7, the Northside gastropub of black pudding arancini, Irish seafood chowder and chicken Kiev, no Guinness.
DrinkIrish craft beer (no Guinness)
FoodModern Irish gastropub kitchen
TipClosed Mondays and Tuesdays. The Wednesday early dinner is the calm window; Sunday lunch books two weeks ahead online.
Vintage Cocktail Club on Crown Alley in Temple Bar, a first-floor cocktail room behind an unmarked door, the city's most serious pre-Prohibition cocktail.
DrinkPre-Prohibition classics
FoodCheese boards and bar plates
TipRing the bell, walk up the stairs. Bookings essential; the room is two seatings per night Thursday to Saturday.
The Long Hall on South Great George's Street in Dublin 2, a Victorian saloon since 1881 with original mahogany and mirror back-bar, the city's best Guinness.
DrinkGuinness
FoodBar snacks and toasties only
TipThe bar runs the length of the room; sit on a stool in the back snug to watch the bar staff work. Cash and card.
Grogan's on South William Street in Dublin 2, the artist's pub since the 1970s, the city's reference for a creamy Guinness and a toasted-cheese-and-ham.
DrinkGuinness with a ham and cheese toastie
FoodToasted cheese and ham toasties only
TipCash and card. The front lounge fills with regulars; the back room is the conversation room. Toasties stop at 18:00.
