Cocktail barUnderground cocktail bar€€€eyre-squareMon-Thu 11:00-23:30, Fri-Sat 11:00-00:30, Sun 11:00-23:00
The Cellar Bar on Eglinton Street Galway is an 18th-century landmark basement; DJ nights and acoustic sets in the granite-vaulted room Thursday to Saturday.
Signature drink: Connemara Negroni: Connemara whiskey, sweet vermouth, Campari
Food: No food service
Cocktail barHotel bar and cocktail lounge€€€spanish-archDaily 13:00-21:00
The Harbour Hotel Bar on New Dock Road Galway is the pre-theatre cocktail lounge for the Town Hall with refined bar snacks and Atlantic oysters nightly.
Signature drink: Galway Bay cocktail: Connemara gin, elderflower, tonic
Food: Light bar menu and charcuterie boards until 23:00
Cocktail barTraditional Irish pub€€€latin-quarterMon-Thu 11:30-00:00, Fri 11:30-01:00, Sat 10:30-01:00, Sun 12:30-23:30
Tigh Neachtain on Cross Street Galway is the most ambient trad-session pub in the west; low ceilings, open fire and live music most nights since 1894.
Signature drink: Pint of Guinness in one of Galway's oldest pub interiors
Food: Bar snacks only
Cocktail barTraditional music pub€€€westendMon-Fri 15:00-23:30, Sat 16:00-23:30, Sun 13:00-23:30
The Crane Bar on Sea Road Galway is the hub of traditional music; nightly trad sessions on a stage that launched music careers since the 1980s.
Signature drink: Guinness served before and after trad sessions
Food: No food service
Cocktail barLive music pub€€€westendMon-Thu 10:00-23:30, Fri-Sat 10:00-02:30, Sun 12:00-23:30
Monroes Tavern on Upper Dominick Street Galway stages live music every night from trad to folk and rock in a corner pub that defines the West End.
Signature drink: Pint of Galway Hooker stout at the bar before the band starts
Food: No food service
Cocktail barLive music venue and bar€€€westendDaily 18:00-02:00
Roisin Dubh on Upper Dominick Street is Galway's principal live-music venue; the 400-capacity upstairs room has hosted every major Irish act since the 1990s.
Signature drink: Pint served at the long bar before heading upstairs to the gig room
Food: No food service