The Oslo

I have been to the Oslo twice now and was always very happy. This place has craft beers coming out of it’s ears and that includes a good few GF options and so does the menu. They show all major football games and have lots of comfy seating.

We walked into Oslo at noon and left at 4! What a great spot for craft beer! The Galway Bay brewery owns this establishment. From the moment we walked in we felt at home. Alan and his staff provided superior service. Food was great and the beers are excellent. We truly enjoyed having local quality craft beer. Niall, one of the owners took time out of his day to chat for a good amount of time and we even were able to learn about all the local whiskeys. If you like great beer and want that friendly craft beer welcome visit this place. Bonus it’s a beach town!

We stopped here for lunch.
They have a huge selection of beers on tap that are made by Galway Bay Brewing. They had at least 10 of their own. I had an amber that was pretty good and was a little on the hoppy side compared to most other Irish beers.
For food I had a pulled pork sandwich. It was pretty tasty. The pork wasn’t dry and had a mayonnaise/​aioli sauce. It also came with chips.
It was a pretty good lunch spot with good beers!

Really cool and comfy place for a laid-​back meal. They have a large and interesting variety of beers with a focus on craft. The food won’t disappoint you, the staff is very friendly and the prices fair. A good pick for a casual night out.

As a micro brewery, it doesn’t cut it. Most of the good options are bottled and can be purchased 2 doors down. The staff knows nothing about beer and also has no minute to minute recall-​can only remember one beer at a time. Shall I also mention that she doesn’t seem to know how to pour. Now on the the food, tasteless fried garbage with no skill or compliment worthy attributes. Make sure there is salt at your table as it will be your only seasoning. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.

Très belle découverte dans le temple de la bière artisanale à Galway. Une table de pingpong attends ceux qui souhaitent se défouler. Choix correct de bières belges.
Je recommande la dégustation de 3 bières au fut pour 5,5 €!

This place has excellent food and great service. I had a wonderful cheese platter with three different Irish cheeses and a delicious cauliflower and blue cheese soup with brown bread. My husband loved his beef stew and craft beer. I’m taking away a star, however, for the fact that their menu doesn’t identify allergens. My kids ordered the berry crumble which turned out to have hazelnuts in it – a delicious but unusual addition to a crumble. My son is deathly allergic to nuts so we had to inject him with epinephrine as soon as I tasted the crumble. Hopefully they can get the menus properly labelled. So eat here, but be extra careful with food allergies!

Unexpected. Don’t let casual décor fool you. Typical bar food not found here, higher cut of everything. Outstanding.

What a great pub. Great atmosphere to the place and the bartender was extra helpful taking his time to pour the beers and bringing them to our table instead of us waiting at the bar.
The menu was really interesting. We shared some Quesadillas, Lentil Dahl and thick chips. It was top notch as were their selection of beers beyond ones that we ordered. I already knew at this stage that their own beers are great having had them elsewhere (pub is owned by the Galway Bay Brewery) so I had Trouble Brewing Oh Yeah American Black Ale which also did not disappoint!
Large area at the back with a big screen where they can show a film.
I love that this pub is so different to the Salt House but that they are both so awesome. Galway Bay brewery clearly know more than just how to brew some cracking ales.

It was nice to find a bar with micro brews and craft beers rather than the standard Guinness/​Smithwicks/​Budweiser on tap. Across the street you can play arcade games!

The Oslo in Salthill boasts a chilled atmosphere of extraordinate proportions which means its the perfect spot to catch a craft pint on a fine west coast summers days.
The mismatched furniture and quirky signs on the walls add that air of kitsch. Their fine collection of different Jenga board games makes it feel as though your spending time in a friends gaf while you sip on a brew.
The staff here are super friendly and helpful plus it helps the place brews it’s own beer.
The only pitfall to this amazing spot is it’s chowders inability to ever cool down. Out of 10 of us that were there that day, 7 of us ordered the chowder and it didn’t go below roasting hot through the course of an hour which made it impossible to eat. The other food on the lunch menu looked appetizing so next time I’m down I’ll explore the other menu options.
All in all a great spot for drinks on a sunny day!

That’s the place where you should go after a long walk from Galway City centre to Salthill. Not really a place to sit outside as the area on the street is tiny and not very inviting also. But inside isn’t a quite nice, traditional and definitely spacious!
A huge pub with a large screen to see soccer, rugby or hurling matches.
The beer is the most important thing in this place. Micro Brewery in Galway, many international beers and beers you wouldn’t get in every pub — the food is also good — pub god with quality!

We are visiting from the states and happy to find a brewery with craft beers.
We enjoyed both the brew and food. Full lineup of beers are all solid, these would sell in the states. IPA, rotating experimental tap, porter and stouts all top-​notch. Good selection of guest drafts, too. As their slogan reads: «No Crap on Tap» and they live up to it. Food was well above standard pub fare, try gastropub quality. Seafood chowder one of the best I’ve had in Ireland.

The Oslo is excellent — part of a «chain» of restaurants in Galway. If you’re in town for a while I suggest getting a punch card (I think it’s buy 10 pints get one free.) I had the falafel burger with chips, very tasty. If you like craft beer you’ll love The Oslo. The weather was great when we were there and we ate outside, great spot to people watch and catch a glimpse of Galway Bay.

nice micro brewery selection, good food and friendly staff. would recommend this is a must visit spot.

Nice atmosphere and good location but not worthy of a gastro pub title. The food was just okay and quite pricey for what you get. What was most disappointing is that we visited during a microbrew special event over a bank holiday weekend, and everything we tried from the beer menu was disappointing. Go for the atmosphere and regular beer menu.

The Oslo is a really cute restaurant/​pub in Salthill just minutes from downtown Galway. Our B&B proprietor recommended it to us and he wasn’t wrong. We were most nervous about eating in Galway since I didn’t see a lot of vegetarian restaurants online.
I had the lentil burger with fries. It had a nice touch of spice but was a bit dry and kept falling apart. There wasn’t enough of the condiment, but they brought me some pickled relish and it helped a lot. I also tried the house ale– really yummy! My sister ate the Plowman’s sandwich, which we were surprised to hear was vegetarian! Yummy cheddar cheese on foccacia.
The atmostphere is relaxed and laid back, but once we got our food we never saw our waitress again. I would have liked another beer, not had to chase her down. Overall, I would probably come back. At least I know there are things I can eat there!

The Oslo is a brewpub located in Upper Salthill. The brewery itself goes by the name Bay Brewery.
Up front is an eclectic mix of furniture and an open fire. The bar is in the middle section and in the back is where most of the space is located as well as a huge screen.
Tuesday nights are movie nights where the screen is used to good effect and there are weekly open mic nights.
There is a staggering number of beer from Irish and world Microbreweries along with their own house beers of which there are currently two. An ale and a lager (surprisingly tasty for a lager). A massive bottle selection is also available. Wine lovers are not forgotten either.
There is also food available which is quite frankly delicious and worth going to even if you are not drinking.
The whole place is clean and very well run. The only downside is that they do not serve lunch till 1pm so if you go in there at 12:30 you will only be offered breakfast.
The name «Oslo» comes from the fact that it is the former site of The Oslo hotel and nothing to do with Norway.
They celebrated their first birthday on Friday the 13^th of August 2010 and had a ghoulish Halloween style party to celebrate.
A visit to Galway is not complete without a visit to this place.
There is also a beer garden for smokers and sunny days.