The Ha’penny Bridge Inn

Fine, friendly pub, close to temple bar but with a whole lot fewer tourists. Nice live music and a cozy atmosphere.

Good location, steps away from the bridge. It is a tiny but quaint bar. They do have different Guinness though which is great! The price is right.

Lured in by the stand-​up comedy, this traditional pub was less packed than other pubs round the corner in the centre of Temple Bar. The comedy itself was hit and miss but fine for the price and there were quite a few acts over the evening. There was also live music on downstairs when we came down for a few drinks after the comedy had finished.

Great little pub with even better atmosphere. When I was here the owner and bartender couldn’t have been more welcoming and friendly. Even showed me some classic hurling matches he had on VHS. Good place to grab a pint and enjoy a good chat.

This is right off the footpath of the landmarked Ha’Penny Bridge.
This cozy little pub always plays lively Irish music in the background. There is also a 2^nd floor for comedy and other live acts. Though there may be a few tourist there, it seems to be more locals. They make a shot drink, called a Baby Guinness, that you should try.
The dress…
Is casual, and you will find patrons of all ages down to earth and always happy to chat you up. The TV’s are tuned into sports matches. Its a good place for couples or singles. It is a no frills pub, but seating fills up rather quickly so try not to come so late that you have to sit by the bathroom. The bathrooms could be better looked after. So for obvious reasons, its better not to sit there. Still you will have a good time, and won’t spend as much as other Temple Bar pubs.
Nice touch: The owner «Mick» gives you a compliment every time you pay for your drinks. All of the craic and gaiety that Irish pubs are renown for is here in abundance.

Great pub on the edge of Temple Bar without the crowds and price of the more stereotypical bars in this area.
The price is excellent: € 5 for a pint of Guinness. The bartenders are funny and were easy to deal with. I imagine they would have been even better if not distracted by the World Cup. Who can blame them?
I recommend trying out the Ha’Penny Bridge Inn to escape the tourists and sit down for a pint or two.

Just around the corner from the main area of Temple Bar, this pub is much cheaper than the more popular bars of Temple Bar.
It is a lot quieter than those pubs on temple bar and also cheaper at around € 5 for a pint. The barman was very friendly and will offer his help for where to go in Dublin and the best route to get there!
On Tuesday and Thursday they hold a comedy night which is € 6 entry. We didn’t go as this I not our thing but may be worth a look if your like some stand up!

Smaller pub right next to the busy Temple Bar scene, catoring to locals but with so much hospitality that a visitor will immediately feel welcome.
We found this place while wandering around the city during our first afternoon in Dublin and stopped in to sit for a bit. The bartender Shawn was friendly and funny and gave us advice about where to go. We also learned how the temple bar sence has changed in the paat few years in the eyes of a local, which was especially interesting. We stopped in about a week later and he was juat as friendly and funny.
It wasn’t busy either of the times were in but still had a nice group of regulars. And if you need more reason to say hi, this place has some of the cheapest beers available in the area.

I don’t know where to start…
The Ha’penny bridge is within spitting distance of it’s names sake landmark and the Temple bar. It’s a much quieter alternative to The Temple Bar itself and a darn sight cheaper (no 7Euro Pints here).
The Missus and I popped in after a long walk around the city for a quick pint and a packet of Taytos.
As with many drinking establishments in the city it’s an authentic Irish pub, but one of the slightly rougher ones in the area. A ‘Toilets only for Customer Use’ sign at each door. So why the Ha’Penny Bridge Inn? Given there’s not a lack of similar pubs in the area.
The Landlord himself is the only thing that makes this pub. As soon as you walk in you’re greeted by a ‘Halloo Ladies’ and served with wit and banter. He seems on auto pilot, cracking his jokes and one liners to the entire pub (which at the time consisted of 6 people).
I’m not sure how aware he was that many of his one liners aimed at us was about not kicking a good man out of bed for eating biscuits and cooking ‘your man’ a good meal — were the most inappropriate thing he could of send. But none of it was meant in bad spirit and we walked away laughing!
Defo one to pop in if you want to get slightly insulted in a dodgy pub by its landlord.
You’re proper-​no bullshit Irish Hospitality.

My hot tip for tourists? There is no need to venture any further into Temple Bar than The Ha’penny Bridge in. Is it even in Temple Bar? Well, if not, it is even better! It reminds me a bit of a small town country pub. They don’t try too hard to make it too «diddly-​aye», like other pubs I could mention in the vicinity, likewise they don’t charge € 7 a pint. They have just added a few craft beers which is very welcome. I once wandered upstairs to find some really good live Blue Grass music. Haven’t been to the comedy yet. The barmen are great also!

Nipped in for a quick pint last weekend, considering it was a Friday the place was quiet. Not you can hear a pin drop quiet but enough so that getting a seat wasn’t a problem.
Bar staff were great but even though the bar looks like it should be stocking all sorts of nice and interesting beers, the drinks on offer were more deaggio than interesting. There was an IPA on tap which wasn’t bad but I wanted more!
Leaving the beer aside it is a great place for a sit down and a catchup (read no TV or horrible background music).
Deffo worth a shot!

This venue has some great live music upstairs while ground level it is one of the few bars in the Temple Bar area that has remained a favourite with locals. Staff are friendly and attentive and a nod to the barman is all it takes to get a repeat round. NUFF SAID!

Came here for a comedy night and it was really good – funny – mostly things coming from where people in the audience are from (within Ireland or outside of it) which shows more creativity to me.
Drinks were a bit expensive. 11.50 for Heineken and vodka/​soda.
Standard Irish pub look and good size (if you know the upstairs exists!)
I cant really decide if I want to give it a 3 or 4 stars, so I guess that means 3.

This was one of the highlights to our Dublin stop. Live Irish players, sitting country pub style, really gave the place a great atmosphere.
Bartender (owner? manager? all three?) gave me back my tip with change. One way or another I offended him, but I’m not sure why — tip too big or too small? We would definitely spend an hour and a few Euros here if we get back to Dublin.

Live Irish music upstairs. The best we experienced on our trip!
Reasonable prices.
Friendly crowd.

Hi there. This was the first pub I came into when I moved to Ireland and I must say haven’t been to many other since, kind of got stuck here. After a few minutes there the first time waiting for my Guinness to get ready Mick (the owner) asked me: Where are you from if I may ask you? I told him I am from Denmark and I just came over here. Ohhhhh my god !!! He looked at me very very intense and said: You were here in the year of 841 and you stole our gold and raped our woman, NOW MISTER, We want the gold back. It took a few minutes before it got into my thick skull but when the whole bar bursted out in laughter I knew I had found my new «home». A really friendly and good place, and above all, and they can pour a good Guinness.
Try it,
Regards,
Brian The Dane

I have always been afraid of comedy nights ever since McSavage poked fun at me back in 1999! But I ended up tagging along to the Comedy/​Singer Songwriter night with my boyfriend who is a musician. When I got up there I was pleasantly surprised.
The place is bubbling with tourists from all corners of the earth as well as locals and well I suppose being from Kildare, you call us «tourists» too! Everyone is up for a good night, supporting the talent and enjoy the banter.
When Bubba normally gets up to sing his tunes in other bars, I end up sitting alone like Billy No Mates (pretentious Dublin)!! But not here… The Comedy Club feels like a sitting room in a home away from home… Everyone there is looking to meet and have the craic with new people.
The comedians can be up and down and some truly awful but this is part of the appeal, you never know what you are going to get. It’s somewhere the comedians go to cut their teeth on new material as well as the odd musician entertaining you in between… So you never know who you are going to see or meet!
A little gem in a city of stone!
One little word of warning for budding musicians/​comedians. If you are going there to win the charming certificate & prize; rent a crowd is advisable!!!

The Ha’penny Bridge Inn is never a place that would be on the tip of tongue to suggest for a pint, but never the less, in passing by here last Saturday we decided to venture in for a pint. We just went into the bar area, which is relatively small, so i reckon it fills up fairly quick. We went in at about 8 o’clock and it was busy but still plenty of room at the bar. The barmen who were no spring chickens, were real cheerfull, friendly lads. You could tell they had a great interest and passion for their job, which is not common in most pubs at all now. They really took the time to interact with their customers and not just the usual jibber-​jabber, they genuinely had an interest in getting to know you (although I have a feeling that it had more to do with my friend feeding them sweets everytime they came to our end of the bar, over my dazzling personality!!)

The Ha’penny Bridge Inn is a good deal grottier than the other Temple Bar pubs, and is much better for it.
Though not quite as touristy as those clustered around Temple Bar Square, they still have live trad music sessions most days, and there’s comedy four nights a week. A friend of mine used to be a regular on Mondays for the Songwriters’ night upstairs, and there’s also an open-​mic session (on a Tuesday I think) for all the wannabes out there.
I hear they pull a nice pint of Guinness too.

For years I have walked by this spot and I always had a snobby attitude to it, that it was too touristy. I have ditched my unfounded pretension and have decided to check out the places I always pass on my daily walk in the city.
I was pleasantly surprised; this is a real Dublin pub. I have been there for a quiet drink in the day and its old Dublin charm is great, the bartenders are great. I have also been there on a busy weekend and it’s always packed with a mixed crowd of locals and tourists but the atmosphere is fantastic.
Upstairs they have live music and comedy nights. Tuesday is open mic night and I believe Monday is songwriter night, so there is always something going on, plus the pints are reasonably priced.