Drink & Eat
O'Dowds Seafood Bar & Restaurant
Character Pub / Pub / Restaurant
O'Dowds Seafood Bar & Restaurant
The O’Dowd family have been welcoming visitors to this much-loved pub overlooking the harbour for longer than most people care to remember
Restaurant seats 36 (+6 outdoors): D 5pm-9pm daily (reservations essential). Bar menu 12pm-9pm daily. Café (summer): open 9.30am-4pm (light meals). Children welcome before 7pm (high chair, children's menu). Self-catering accommodation available - details on application. Closed 25 Dec. MasterCard, Visa
Georgina Campbell
The O’Dowd family have been welcoming visitors to this much-loved pub overlooking the harbour for longer than most people care to remember.
There are some new developments from time to time, but the old bar is always the same – or at least it was until relatively recently, when the Guide was shocked to find a (very attractive) smart new facade and a new front door.
Inside it is always reassuring familiar, however, and it remains one of those simple places, with the comfort of an open fire and a good pint, where people congregate in total relaxation - if they can get in (it can be very busy in the summer months).
A reasonably priced bar menu majoring in seafood offers sustenance (the seafood chowder is legendary) or, for more formal meals, the restaurant next door does the honours: mussels, crab, hot buttered lobster, in-shell Aran Bay prawns in garlic butter etc; non-fish eaters will be pleased to find some other choices, including Connemara lamb, and vegetarian / vegan dishes are always available; simple puds like blackberry & apple pie to finish. And there is also a café, which is open daily in the summer months. Magic.
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- Boat Trips
- Cycling
- Equestrian (nearby)
- Fishing (coarse nearby)
- Fishing (Fly Fishing nearby)
- Fishing (Sea Angling nearby)
- Forest / Woodland with trails nearby
- Garden Visits (nearby)
- Golf nearby
- Surfing nearby
- Walking (established walks)
- Walking - Hillwalking (recommended routes or guides available)
- Broadband WI/FI
- Broadband WI/FI (No Charge)
- Dogs - good walking nearby (offlead)
- Family Friendly
- Location - Beach <5km
- Location - By the sea
- Location - Peaceful
- Location - Scenic
- Location - Town Centre
- Location - Waterside
- Open New Year
- Self Catering Also Avail
- Bistro
- Café
- Seafood
- Traditional Irish
- Atmospheric
- Attractive Views
- Breakfast Venue
- Budget Meals (€21-35/£14-23 pp 3-courses, not inc. dr
- Buzzy Atmosphere
- Character Pub
- Coeliac Friendly
- Daytime/Coffee
- Early Bird / Value Menu Available
- Extensive Wine List
- Informal
- Old World / Traditional
- Organic Produce used (mainly)
- Pub Grub
- Romantic
- Sunday Dining
- Traditional Pub
- Vegetarian Friendly (always at least 1 starter & 1 main course)
- Wine Bar/Café
