Live music venue and barwestend
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
Craft beer barlatin-quarter
Bierhaus on Henry Street Galway stocks 150 craft beers from Ireland and Europe, with 10 rotating taps and monthly tap-takeovers from leading Irish breweries.
Signature drink: Galway Hooker Pale Ale from the rotating 20-tap line-up
Food: No food service
Traditional pubwestend
Taylors Bar on Dominick Street Galway draws late-night crowds with DJ sets and live gigs in a no-frills room where Galway music has gathered since 1985.
Signature drink: Jameson and Black Bush alongside a pint of Murphy's stout
Food: Bar food: toasties and soup until early evening
Taproom and craft beer barsalthill
Oslo in Upper Salthill is the Galway Bay Brewery taproom on the promenade; 10 rotating craft taps, wood-fired kitchen and Atlantic views on the promenade.
Signature drink: Galway Bay Brewery tap pours on the promenade terrace
Food: Artisan pizzas from the kitchen on Fri-Sun
Gastropub and whiskey barwestend
John Keoghs on Dominick Street Galway pours 14 draught craft lines and 80 Irish whiskeys in a Victorian bar that anchors the West End craft scene.
Signature drink: Irish whiskey flight from a 150-bottle back-bar selection
Food: Full kitchen: wild Atlantic seafood, fish pie and seasonal mains
Gastropub and cocktail barspanish-arch
The Salthouse on Ravens Terrace Galway is a Galway Bay Brewery pub; seafood boards, oysters and craft taps beside the canal in the Spanish Arch quarter.
Signature drink: Atlantic Sour with Connemara whiskey, lemon and sea-salt foam
Food: Seafood boards, oysters and sharing plates