Lincoln’s Inn

I always thought that this pub had to be too good to be true based on its proximity to the DART station, but lo and behold — it is a fantastic spot for a few jars!
The staff are lovely, the décor is quirky, and there are a lot of seats (always a plus to not feel pressure into finding a good-​sized table)! If I had had my thinking cap on, would’ve taken photos.

I’ve been here twice, both times with vouchers that I bought off Groupon, a two-​course meal for two with a glass of wine or a beer each.
Both times that I have been here it has been very quiet with very few punters. The pub itself is lovely with high ceilings and large windows that have a great view of the city.
I have bought many vouchers from various websites for other restaurants and have been quite disappointed with the limited selection on food on arrival and the small portions that are served. This pub was the complete opposite. the starters are as big and as filling as the mains. I would highly recommend their Irish stew which is served with brown bread. Personally, I thought it should have been listed as a coddle rather than a stew as it wasn’t as thick as a stew, but all the same it was absolutely beautiful… you won’t be disappointed!
The only downfall is that the bar is situated in a weird spot at the end of the pub. Because the place is so quiet it feels a little uninviting when you initially open the door as there is no staff to greet you because they are so far away. Aside from this I would highly recommend this pub for food or even just a quiet drink during the day.

Yet another great Dublin Pub. We were there mid-​afternoon, and it was relatively quiet. The 2 barmaids were great. This was the only place that did not have the IRFU on the telly, and though I love the sport, I have to say that the quiet was refreshing.

I can’t give a higher review at this point because I was literally here for half an hour over a single pint, but it was grand!
They have a nice selection of beers, mix of craft and macro stuff which is good. At 5pm on a Monday it was very quiet and we got seats outside on the street which was lovely! It’s a very traffic-​heavy area at those times of day so if you’re more interested in people watching instead of car-​watching, you might want to go elsewhere.
The chips smelled amazing in here, but I didn’t try them.

Lovely big bar space with high ceilings, characterful interior with a good range of craft beers and what seems to be tolerably priced bar food.
Unfortunately the bar men are exceptionally rude and stroppy. Came here for a drink a week ago with some friends I hadn’t seen for a while, made inquiries at bar about getting a pitcher to which I was rudely told by a surly git barman that they ‘don’t do them anymore in quite the rudest manner. I could live with that, but then while waiting for my pint to be poured, the other bar man managed to spill a half bottle of coke all down my front-​I had just come from work and was wearing quite good dry clean only pants, so to say I was unimpressed is an understatement. the surly git barman nor the other ejjit made any effort to help, instead joked about it openly. They didn’t even have the common courtesy to offer a towel, which I had to ask for!
So if you want to go to a soso pub with div bar staff this is your place. Otherwise go to Kennedys or the Gingerman

If you’re looking for a quiet place to watch a football /​rugby match on decent screens with a reasonable selection of craft beers, then you could do worse.
However, if you plan to have any food… Stay away! Standards have seriously dropped over the past year. Firstly, they’ve changed the menu, which isn’t always a bad thing but in this case they can’t even deliver a respectable ham and cheese panini. Ingredients didn’t even match what was on the menu… a similar case with the two burgers my mates got as well. Secondly, service is non existent. Not a great combination.
May explain why nobody stays longer than 90mins (the length of a football match)!

I appreciate the festive cheer in here but was disappointed by the overly ginger soup and the weak tea. They do have some nice beers on tap and I’d probably come back.

Lovely atmosphere and very pleasant staff. Middle of the afternoon is pleasantly quiet. Sandra and Jenn made me feel very welcome.

It’s an oldy but a goody ! I’ve been coming to the Lincoln for about 18 years. Although it’s been massively renovated since my first visit it still has that old pub charm. They did a fantastic job of renovating it a few years ago and it’s like a mix between a traditional old man pub and a Parisian bar with lots of panelled wood and leather booths

I don’t know how often I already walked past this pub on my way to Pearse Station. Somehow I never considered going there.
But that changed when I eventually did go there with a friend as we were looking for something close to that entrance of Trinity College.
It is a lovely old-​fashioned (interieur) pub with a little outside sitting. What we loved was that you don’t realise the size of it as it is basically two parts and one even with several snugs (kind of). So you can relax and chat and understand each other. There is background music but not too loud.
The staff is friendly so that helps too enjoying your time there.
Also: They do Craft beer and mainstream beer so something for everyone. They have a decent enough menu including salads (I tried the Superfood one and it was lovely and sufficient) and lots of different sandwiches. I saw them and they are decent sized.
When I was there on a Thursday I got the impression there were quite an amount of students but that was rather nice to see as they as well were rather there to chat than to get drunk.
So definitely a pub that is now on my map.

I went back for food. Why oh why did I do it?
Was meeting an old boss for lunch, he suggested here. I inwardly cringed, but agreed.
I ordered a burger, without a bun. It came with a handful of chips. I then requested ketchup. The ketchup bottle was manky around the edges of the lid. You know, the deep dark dried on sauce that hasn’t been wiped off from 4 months ago… I shouldn’t have used it, but the chips were so gosh dang tasteless I needed something. The ketchup didn’t have much more flavour. after a few dips into it, I ceased its usage.
The burger. well, it was tiny, and came sitting on 1 leaf of lettuce which was almost transparent? Along with 1 very thin tomato slice. It was very very very well cooked, AKA bone dry, Sawdust comes to mind. so I ended up using more of the ketchup to help it slide down my throat.
Nows where it gets interesting: I left the establishment at 2:10 pm to walk home. Ten minutes into my journey, I thought «oh I better pick up the pace». Five mins later I thought «oh dear god let the lights be green to cross that intersection». Within sight of my home I was approaching a full fledged panic attack, I didn’t think I was going to make it. I preservered and beat all previous records at getting in my front door and legging to the loo.
My digestive system is a mess. I was up till 3 am, with tummy cramps and frequent trips to the loo. As I write this, i sit here feeling like I’ve eaten nails. My only other food before that lunch was a piece of cheese and a cup of coffee for breakfast, so it had to have been the food I ate there. Surely it wasn’t the burger as it was so overcooked nothing could have survived that. maybe someone in the kitchen didn’t wash properly or something.
I dunno, but I will be writing them a letter to drop in the post to tell them of my experience. I’d drop in, in person, but I don’t really have the courage to go face to face and describe my experience in the fullest manner possible.
Anyways folks, hope I wasn’t too graphic.

Nice pub, slightly off the beaten track, with decent food and a wide selection of international and Irish craft beers and ales.
On Saturdays, there’s an offer of a big Combo platter for € 14.95 (usually € 19.95). Fed four of us and was very tasty.
Staff were pleasant and helpful.

This is a decent spot for lunch. They do a soup and sambo deal for € 7.50 which is really filling. You get a full sandwich or panini with a bowl of soup.
The smoked chicken with brie and rocket is delicious.
The soups can be hit and miss. When they first reopened I had a delicious onion soup and a thai carrot soup with crunchy fried onions on top but lately they are lacking in flavour and not especially good.
I find the service quick and staff pleasant. It can get very cold when the doors are left open but otherwise it feels quite nice and cosy. I love the décor– lots of dark wood and some comfy armchairs. I also like how they seem to go all out decorating for various holidays. For Halloween last year the place was like an old haunted house. It’s fun.
I’ve never actually come here for drinks or in the evening so can’t really comment on what it is like for that.

Nice place for a drink after work with friends!

While the soup and sandwiches are generally really tasty, a friend and I had to wait for over 30 mins before our order was taken last week. Considering I only have an hour lunch break, 30 mins is a considerable chunk. In this half hour, I’d also had to go and get menus myself and then ask the barman if I could order before someone came to our table. The poor waitress seemed run off her feet. It seems like they should definitely consider having some more staff working during the day or scrap table service and ask customers to order at the bar.
However, I do love the 2 cocktails for a tenner on Friday evenings! Also, myself and my work colleagues were given free finger food and sandwiches when we had prebooked a table for over 10 people for the night. i’m not sure if this is often available but definitely worth asking if you have a party of over 10 people going for drinks. We got a lot of food!

Not a first stop but perfect for a post-​museum wander, Lincoln’s Inn is a pub that’s pretty enough for lunch (by the big windows please) or drinks after work with all the charm of your favourite café.
Of course, once service gets busy it’s almost impossible to get to the bar at the end of two very narrow rooms… which is why I’d prefer to stay calm with the lunch crowd, or even calmer in the post-​lunch emptiness gives me time to sit down, sip my coffee and organise my Unilocal

Lincoln’s Inn is a good place for one of those nights that starts after work but goes on quite late. It’s well designed with lots of seating which is great for that after work drink. As the evening goes on it fills up, but actually there’s plenty of standing room as well, and it’s actually a place which I don’t remember ever having to shove my way through to get to the toilets or the bar. It’s got a nice busy atmosphere without being too rowdy or noisy.
My experience with the staff was also very positive. A group of us were there for a particular celebration, and the celebrant was gifted with a bottle of champagne from one of the group. After lots of whispering and muttering about the idea of opening it outside under a coat and using whatever glasses we had, we eventually asked the barman if we could open it and what corkage they would charge. He smiled and let us open it without charge and handed over the requisite champagne glasses, which I thought was very good form. Needless to say we continued to buy many more drinks from the bar as the night wore on!

This is one of those places that is easily over looked, it often is the flaw of residing on a city street with a lot of foot traffic.
Inside is a piece of calm, large, spacious with ornate light fixtures. The tables are rough and rustic. It is a pub but during the day it has more of a continental coffee house feel to it. They have a coffee special of any type of coffee for 2 euro. The coffee is large and you get a posh biscuit with it, it’s those little touches that make all the difference. The over rated chains could learn a thing or two from these folks. It’s oddly an oasis of calm inside, you have a great view of the city hustle too and it’s so satisfying to be removed from the madness momentarily.
There lunch menu consists of soup and sandwiches. A toastie will set you back 4 euro as will a soup. A coffee and sambo is 4.50 euro. Service is chilled and warm, the best contradiction you could ask for.

I really can’t stand this pub. It has the atmosphere of a café and I can never seem to get a seat. As I can never get a seat, I always end up next to the service lift. We’re a giddy group, my friends and I, and messing with the service elevator never fails to get us in trouble with the management. It can’t be helped, it’s just such a novelty.
I’ve been here a half dozen times, four or five of which has resulted in us leaving after being on the receiving end of «a good hard stare». The worst part is that it was so thoroughly deserved every time.