Best Beer Gardens
Best pubs with outdoor areas in Galway 🍻
In Ireland, a pub is more than a place to park your rear and have a pint. It’s a stage for fiddlers and tin whistle players, a place to chow down on meat stew, a warming station by the fireplace, and, of course, the hot spot for neighborhood gossip. But now more than ever we like to take advantage of our long, bright summer evenings, sitting out and watching the world go by with a refreshing, cool, creamy and satisfying pint, in on of the many unique beer gardens in Galway City. We all love sipping a pint outdoors in the sunny weather, so here’s a few places to check out while in Galway during the summer months. If you prefer outdoor dining here’s the best restaurants with outdoor seating in Galway
The Garden at An Púcán
The Garden is a beautiful and unique outdoor venue, like no other pub space in Galway City. Located to the rear of An Púcán bar it resembles an enchanted walled garden. Beautifully decorated with comfortable and stylish furniture and large canopies to shelter from the inclement Irish weather, this outdoor spot is wonderful to see, but is also a functional area that has ample seating, a lovely big bar and big screen for watching sports. The Garden is the perfect venue for outdoor dining or for a refreshing drink. BBQ‘s are held throughout the summer along with An Púcáns famous pub grub.
Carroll’s on Dominick Street
Although a relative newcomer on the Galway pub scene, Carroll’s Bar has quickly gained great reputation as one of the best pubs for an old fashioned night out. Located on Dominick Street in Galway’s West End, Carroll’s has a homely old world pub feel, but the real surprise is the eclectic, retro beer garden out back, complete with it’s own double decker pizza bus restaurant. Enjoy your pint with a fine pizza in the summer sun. What more could you ask for before a big night on the town.
Jury’s Inn Bar
The Garden Bar at Jurys Inn Galway is one of the city’s hidden gems. The Garden Bar is Galway’s largest beer garden and is situated adjacent to the River Corrib overlooking the World famous Claddagh and Galway’s Fishery watchtower. This amazing sun trap is the place to be on a summer’s day and often becomes Galway’s main hot spot for a relaxing coffee, a bite to eat or an evening of refreshing drinks. The garden has a capacity of over 150 people with a wide range of garden furniture to enjoy the wonderful surroundings. The area is serviced with a full sound system playing various genres of music to suit the tone of the day. The Garden Bar is the ideal spot for a casual get together or larger party with the hotel offering a full BBQ menu in the summer months with a dedicated Chef to cater for any occasion.
O’Connells Bar
On first entering O’Connells you would be forgiven for thinking this is a small city pub. However as you meander through past the bar you will first encounter an quaint old family living room style lounge and further on what is probably the best Beer Garden in Galway. Part heated & covered and part traditional outdoor garden, O’Connells has set a benchmark for all others in the City.
Taylors Bar & Beer Garden
Taylor’s recently re-decorated beach style beer garden is a great place to kick-back and wile away an afternoon or evening in Galway’s bohemian Westend district. Don’t worry if the wind turns in a cool breeze or dark cloud off Galway Bay, they have plenty of extending canopy’s for shelter and outdoor heaters too. So don’t be surprised when you find it’s also the happening place be in the middle of winter!
Other Popular Beer Gardens
Massimo’s in the West End
Every time you step into the beer garden at Massimo for a drink with friends, you’ll feel like you’ve been transported to foreign destination thanks to the micro bar and exotic palm trees. Massimo is a terrific spot to catch up with friends during the day in the airy bright beer garden, but after dark, Massimo really comes to life, keeping the West End busy with live music and DJ performances all weekend long. Massimo’s is one of Galway’s top beer gardens for a reason; it’s open year round for its devoted patrons and is ideal for both a calm talk on a sunny day and a loud bop on a night out.
Roisin Dubh
The large rooftop terrace in Roisin Dubh is a good option for an outdoor drink late at night. They have an extendable cover and outdoor heaters when the weather is not so good. Note this place can be very busy on weekends so expect standing room only during weekends or if there is a prominent gig happening downstairs.
Murty Rabbittes
A historical pub filled with character and rooted in tradition, Murty Rabbittes outdoor covered decking area set in a historic stone outhouse make this a great place for an outdoor gathering with friends. This lively pub regularly has live music along with a dart room to make for a fun night out in Galway City. The music, the drinks & the friendly staff make it the perfect place to spend enjoy a beer close to Eyre Square.
The Dew Drop Inn
The Dew Drop Inn (a.k.a Myles Lees) has a great outdoor seating area at the back of the pub with heaters and plenty of comfortable seats and good shelter from the elements to ensure you have an enjoyable pint. Situated on Mainguard Street which is pedestrianised, the Dew Drop pub also has plenty of outdoor space to take care of customers who don’t mind a little on street socialising.
The Blue Note
For one of the coolest beer gardens in the city with great music ranging from Electro, Soul, House, Disco and anything your having, The Blue Note in the west of the city is hard to beat. The large heated beer garden is straight through the golden gates and hosts live music on Sundays to boot.
Charlie’s Bar Loughrea
While Charlie’s Pub in Loughrea has the largest beer garden in Galway, this places has everything for a great day relaxing outside. Charlie’s Bar, which opens at 6 p.m. on weekdays and in the early afternoon on weekends, has everything you could possibly need from great food, drink, and space to show your moves, plus the large beer garden that can accommodate over 300 people. All this along with live music, friendly serive and all the big games being broadcast on the big screen makes it hard to beat for a great day in fine weather. The fun never ends at Charlie’s Bar.