Holland’s Fine Wines & Bar

Poor service, sandwich was overpriced and the coffee was just awful. Won’t be back here

Hollands is one of those pubs where conversation is the name of the game. You can hear the chatter amongst men and women both young and old at various pitches across the room. There has always been a certain ambience here which makes it a popular haunt with the locals.
They have a great selection of beers on tap here including Brays own Wicklow Wolf brewing Co at only € 5.50* a pint for their American Amber you couldnt go far wrong. Keep your town in business by keeping your business in town as the fellow says. Whoever he is I suppose.
The smoking area out the back end of the pub is a rare treat as I will illustrate for you in my below picture. Thats me in concert, to an audience of 1. But many a night people have had a bit of an aul jam going out here that would put Fr Billy O’Dwyer aka The Spinmaster to shame. So to recap then you have talking inside the pub and music outside the pub if you so wish most of the time anyway.
The staff are always courteous here, even when one day a rude woman asked me at the bar if I was Amish due to the amateurish side locks I had cut into my beard. The barman took it in his stride to thank me for calmly answering her direct and cut throat Columbo style line of questioning.
What a Pro…

Not living in Bray makes it awkward for me to enjoy the bar, but the off-​licence next door is well worth driving down to. One of the finest craft beer off-​licences in the country, their selection is amazing, the staff know their stuff, and are actually into beer, and there is a great selection of spirits and wines also.
This is definitely a shop to call into if you’re looking to stock up on some interesting and unique beers, or you fancy trying something different. Worth grabbing something new if you’re in getting your usual tipple.

The food was very good — fish & chips for her and salmon for me. Excellent stuff. Wine very good also (but why don’t they use glasses that show the quantity you are buying!!!). Pleasant waitress and quite a grumpy barman. Would return.