MacTurcaills

Nope. Still as sh! te as I remember.
It gets a star for price.
Service was slow too. Are they saving money by not having enough staff or losing money by serving the waiting punters too slowly?
I dunno.
I won’t be back

I love Mac Turcaills for a cozy spot to drink with friends and visitors. There is a room with a fireplace to give it that warm feel on a cold rainy night. The prices are extremely reasonable (€ 4 Pints) for Dublin. It never gets overly crowded on the weekend and its a great spot. One of the top bars in Dublin for a relaxing pint.

While it won’t be the epicentre of a wild Saturday night, MacTurcaill’s is a good reliable for chats and watching the match. Their prices are decent and woo woos are only a fiver. It’s a friendly crowd and the bar staff will have a chat. Be warned: they don’t stock Tayto.

A pint in Macturcaill’s (or however they feel like spelling it) is the satisfying taste of resignation. It’s neutral ground, lively enough for the more active crowd but woody and cheap enough for the grumpy drunk (no comment as to which category I consider myself to be in).
The food isn’t great (vegetarians should just give up), the staff are overworked, the men’s bathrooms are utterly vile (I think the toilets have lacked seats since I started college), and god help you if there’s a DJ playing.
But despite all of that, there’s something comforting about the place, even charming. The drink can be unexpectedly cheap, the cocktails aren’t bad and there’s a good chance that you’ll bump into someone unusual, be it students, tourists or simply a kindred soul who’s in the same bind as you.

Dreimal innerhalb von zwei Tagen (11. und 12. Oktober 2012) besuchte ich das Mac Torcaills und verließ das Pub in der Nähe der Dartbahn-​Station Tara jeweils zufrieden.
Die Bierpreise für das Pint Carlsberg (3,70 EUR) sind wie die Atmosphäre einladend. Zudem dürfte es zumindest dem Augenschein nach kein Fehler sein sich dort auch kulinarisch (Chickenwings) zu verköstigen. Gleich beim ersten Besuch im Mac Torcaills wollte es der Zufall, dass wir im Kaminzimmer einen freien Platz bekamen. Das Kaminzimmer im Mac Torcaills vermittelt Wohnzimmeratmosphäre und ist der gemütlichste Platz im Pub. Obwohl sich zum Zeitpunkt unserer Besuche im Mac Torcaills sehr viele Touristen aus Deutschland — aus Anlaß des WM-​Qualifikationsspiel gegen Irland gerade in Dublin aufhielten, verliefen sich in unserem Lieblingspub kaum deutsche Landsleute!
Während der Stunden im Mac Torcails sind schöné Erinnerungen hängen geblieben, die noch lange im Gedächtnis bleiben! Aus diesem Grund ist bei einer Rückkehr nach Dublin auch ein Besuch im Mac Torcaills eine Herzensangelegenheit!

Roomy, but may get crowded on a saturday night
It’s not a pub that will knock you off your feet, but it’s good nonetheless, good value and a nice selection of drinks.

MacTurcaills can be hit or miss and it usually depends on your company.
It can be perfect for groups if you reserve some tables and on weekends they do cocktails and deals on beer.
The food is quite good and most of the staff are friendly. A good pub if you are in a group.

A surprisingly great place for a quick bite to eat after work — pub grub to be sure, but it does exactly what it says on the tin! Quiet at 5pm on a Monday evening, so I can’t comment on the atmosphere to be honest. Good grub though.

Pretty quiet even though it was early (9ish), but seemed like a great place to watch a game. It was also pretty big and nice on the inside. Nothing special about it though. Also, it was kind of expensive for a Tuesday night (6+ for a vodka tonic).
There was no music while we were there, but im not sure if that was because the football game was on.

i used to go in here lots when i was younger, im not sure what drew us to this pub, i mean is a bit off the beaten track, well our track anyway! its on the south side but fairly close to the liffey so if your a northsider its not too far to travel!
As i said im not sure what it was about this pub, it hasnt got any particular charm about it, it is almost an old man pub actually! the music isnt amazing or anything its just a bit of music in the back ground. anyway, we always went back and i dont know why!
i think the bes thing to do is go in here and see for yourself, maybe you will just leave or maybe you will keep going back for a reason unknown to you!

Mac Torciall’s is something of an ‘old man’s’ pub with a contemporary twist. Located opposite The Irish Times headquarters in Dublin’s city centre, it prides itself on maintaining a jovial, contemporaneous atmosphere faithful to its metropolitan locality within the periphery of an old fashioned, rustic, country pub.
Oak beams a plenty, with raised platforms for group tables and snug lighting, this countrified alcove represents both sides of Dublin’s disposition: a prevailing, urban metropolis that hasn’t lost touch with the Ireland of long ago. This clever mix means that the pub never bows to any superficial means of making money out of mythology and claiming it to embody candid national identity. For € 3 a pint on Tuesday evenings you can’t go wrong within this captivating refuge away from the bustling Dublin city centre.

Mac Torcaill’s is the kind of pub that was hot in the mid to late ‘90s when the Celtic Tiger was emerging. It was one of those newer, bigger bars that all the young people flocked to. Roll on a decade or so and I think it has lost its allure myself. I was here for a work leaving do a while back and it was pretty quiet. It was a Friday night and in the older days it would have been rocking in here, but not this time. It’s very spacious inside so it’s hard to fill — hence any fall off at all in the crowd is pretty obvious. I wouldn’t be hurrying back any time soon I’m afraid.

I’ve never had a bad night out in Mac Torcaill’s. It’s a bit random but from time to time you end up here for someone’s birthday or another occassion. It’s just great fun. There’s lots of room. They place great cheesey music and it’s good for a bit of banter.
My problem is I’m confused about how to get here (I never remember which street it’s on, it’s almost hidden) and getting home proves even trickier!

MacTurcaill’s, located as it is in the rather dead Townsend St/​Tara St sort of area, wouldn’t necessarily be the first place you’d think of when planning your night out. I had been there a couple of times a number of years ago, and remember it being distinctly on the sedate side.
Which is all the more reason for my being rather pleasently surprised on a recent visit. The place was fairly buzzing by 9 o’clock, tunes were playing, the place was hopping. MacTurcaill’s is very popular with the after work crowd, so it’s kind of the over-​25 crowd thar patronise the place. I still liked it though, so don’t let that put you young ‘uns off.
This also means that while heaving on a Friday, there are much less people on a Saturday. Friday is also best for drinks promos: € 4 cocktails, anyone?
Definitely worth a visit.

MacTurcaill’s is great on a Friday or Saturday night when the DJ plays awfully cheesy 90s music and everyone of the 30+ crowd gets up and waves their arms. It’s also the favourite haunt of the Irish Times staff who frequent the building across the road. The service is good (the barmen have probably been there for the past 50 years) and prices are decent. It’s definitely a fun pub to go on a Friday night when everywhere else is full of pretentious young ones.

I think is one of the few modern pubs where you still get the service, atmosphere and quality pint of a real Irish pub!
The one of the differences are that you can enjoy all this in the comfortable and immaculately stylish environment inside the pub. The food is lovely and yummy and really good value.
Highly recommended! One of my favourite pub/​bars in Dublin, without doubt.
Inside the pub its very spacious but can get very packed out very quickly on weekends especially Saturdays. The music is really good, the DJ plays a mix of good oldies with the recent chart songs. The Drinks is not over-​priced. Altogether, No complaints!