St Patrick's Day: London's Best Irish Bars & Pubs 2009
St Patrick's Day, March 17th. The date is fast becoming as inscribed on Londoners minds as say Christmas Day or even their own birthdays, such is the excitement generated by it. The Irish though need no excuse to enjoy the craic, drop into most Irish bars & pubs on any day of the year and there's always a cracking atmosphere to saviour.
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The Club Bar and Dining
(Bar / Restaurant / Club)
21-22 Warwick Street, Soho, London, W1B 5NE
Cuisine: Eclectic
Soho - On St. Patrick's Day The Club Bar & Dining will be offering a truly authentic dining experience. On March 17th those wanting to celebrate the day of the Irish patron saint can choose from a delicious Irish set menu. The set menu will offer a Dozen Irish Rock Oysters £9; Dublin Bay Prawns with Mayonnaise and Brown Bread £10; Beef Guinness and Oyster Pie £13.50; Irish Whisky laced Bread and Butter Pudding £5. Every diner will be served with a free pint of Guinness with their meal!
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The Fest (Octoberfest Pub)
(Bar / Restaurant)
678-680 Fulham Road, Fulham, London, SW6 5SA
Cuisine: German
Fulham - Come and Celebrate St Patricks day 17th of March at The Fest (Octoberfest). Come and see Ireland play their last big game of the 6 Nations live on the big screen and then join us for a Great live covers band to rock the night away. £2 pints of Guinness and £1 shots. The Biggest Guinness served anywhere!! Huge 1lt seins of guinness. Great prizes for best Irish Leprechaun costume.
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Brogans
(Bar)
1 The Broadway, Fulham, London, SW6 1AA
Cuisine: Irish
Fulham - With it's vibrant atmosphere, Irish ales, and traditional 'Emerald Isle' menu, Brogan's feels as though you?ve walked straight into the heart of Dublin. Celebrate St Patrick's Day at Brogans from Sat 15th through to the 17th - with the rugby, plenty of Live Music / Irish Dancers and the like.
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Claddagh Ring
(Bar)
10 Church Road, Hendon, London, NW4 4EA
Hendon - Part of the Claddagh Ring Group, this pub serves decent food and live music, including Irish. With big screens, Sky and Setanta satellite channels, all the soccer and gaelic games are shown. Four live bands will playing throughout St Patrick's Day from 1pm through till 2am. Food with an Irish flavour such as cabbage and stew from 11am till 6pm.
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Filthy McNasty's
(Bar)
68 Amwell Street, Angel, London, EC1R 1UU
Cuisine: Thai
Angel - Always a good craic at this Irish pub down the back streets of Angel. There'll be soul music on the Saturday, live folk music on the Sunday and a huge St Patrick's Day party on the Monday.
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The Good Ship
(Bar)
289 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, London, NW6 7JR
Kilburn - Born on 2nd September 2005, The Good Ship is a bar, pub, club and music venue all rolled into one. "A Proper St Patrick's Day Tear Up" - from roughly 5pm to 8pm they will have DJs from 11.30 playing half the Pogues, Dubliners, Sinead, Thin Lizzy, U2 etc and the other half a mix of old school soul, funk, disco and indie dancefloor fillers. Open til 4am, £5 in.
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The Gun
(Bar / Restaurant)
27 Cold Harbour, Docklands, London, E14 9NS
Cuisine: Gastro
St Patrick's Day at The Gun. Celebrating on Saturday 15th rather than the Monday, enjoy Irish Rock oysters with a Guinness shooter or a traditional Irish Stew, all prepared by Irish Head Chef Micky O?Connor. Or why not come and enjoy the fabulous views from the heated terrace with a warming Irish Coffee?
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Hammersmith & Fulham Irish Centre
(Bar)
Blacks Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 9DT
Hammersmith - This 'Irish centre' in West London provides an ongoing Irish arts, cultural & education programme to all Irish and everyone from all backgrounds & cultures who want to enjoy & participate in quality Irish arts & cultural activities. There is a bar with draught Guinness & a wide selection of drinks. A great St Patrick?s Night Party is promised from Murphy?s Mob and The Mullin Family Band - a raucous high energy foot-stompin? Irish band. Sat 17th March Doors 7.30pm Tickets £12/ £10
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The Haven
(Bar)
1a Haven Green, Ealing, London, W5 2UU
Cuisine: Pub
Ealing - The Haven are running a week long festival from Sat 10th to Sat 17th March. Through the week, their menu will feature traditional Irish dishes. Both quizzes on Sun & Tues will have an Irish theme. On St. Patrick's Day a local Irish Dancing School are doing a set in the pub.
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Coach Makers of Marylebone
(Bar / Restaurant)
88 Marylebone Lane, Marylebone, London, W1U 2PY
Cuisine: British
Marylebone - An authentic Irish pub that does decent food and a good pint of guinness. For St Patrick's Day 'O Conor Don' are starting the celebration on Friday with a Special Irish Day menu and live music in their basement bar. Showing the rugby on Saturday, 10 extra Guinness taps, irish menu and live music - a choice London pub to be for Paddy's Day.
Honourable mentions
Kenilworth Castle
(Bar)
104 St Anns Road, Notting Hill, Shepherds Bush, London, W11 4BU |
Shepherds Bush - Kenilworth Castle is one of the three "old man's" pubs in the area, but is somehow the only one which avoids being totally banal. This is the Irish one, the other more substantially bland ones being very uncomfortably English. Says it all really....
The Lord Nelson (Closed)
(Bar)
100 Holloway Road, Kentish Town, London, N7 8JE |
Kentish Town - The Lord Nelson is an authentic Irish pub that specialises in live music and showing the hurling and Gaelic football. Generally full of Irish and locals. For St Patrick's Day there'll be Gaelic footy & racing on the TV and Specials on the drinks menu during the day, followed by Irish live music - a two piece band.
The Old China Hand
(Bar)
8 Tysoe Street, Farringdon, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 4RQ |
Cuisine: Mexican
Clerkenwell - The jury is still out on whether Mulligan's can match up to the previous incarnation of O'Hanlon's - a fine Irish Bar. But it slips in here for the time being as it still has traditional Irish entertainment - the Northern Celts session band, every Thursday and that includes St Patrick's Day.
The Yorkshire Grey Pub & Kitchen
(Bar)
29 - 33 Grays Inn Road, Holborn, London, WC1X 8HR |
Cuisine: Gastro
Holborn - Celebrate St Patrick's Day at The Yorkshire Grey Monday March 17th. Irish specials on the lunch-time menu and a good Irish vibe throughout the evening and night. Guinness , Baileys, Bushmills, Jameson. Business card draw for a trip for two to Cork exclusive to Yorkshire Grey customers. Draw at 9pm. Irish, English, Scots, Welsh, French, Spanish, Polish, European, Asian, The Americas, Aussies and Kiwis?? all welcome in numbers.