The Boar’s Head

Great place for an early pint. Nice grub and friendly atmosphere. I love this pub

Great Guinness, great service, good food and good clientele, what more could you want.

On my eternal conquest for the best pint of Guinness in Dublin, I was coaxed into here by the exterior décor. Good thing I did! Proper pint, and also a very proper order of wings and cottage pie was in order. The beer, food, and company did nothing to disappoint.

Stumbled across this little pub, looking for some lunch.
The staff were friendly, and made you feel welcome. Food was great and the Guinness was spot on.

I really should have read the reviews more closely.
I came in looking for a hearty delicious meal and was heartily disappointed.
The food was all very bland and mostly over salted.
I had the soup of the day (beef and veg) Which tasted like it was from a can.
Then ordered their signature shepherd’s Pie which comes with a side salad and fries or wedges. (The Irish really love their potatoes)
The pie was clearly pre made and was served barely warm. Really nothing special. I expected more.
Sadly the tastiest part of the meal were the potato wedges.
There’s so many pubs in Dublin, you shouldn’t have to settle.

One of my favourite bars in dublin city centre! Staff are brill and always good for the chats! Food is lovely and the drink is always cold and wet! Sure what more could you ask for!
It’s just off de hussle and bustle of Henry street and nestled in the quieter area of Capel street! Defo a great place to start your night in or just afew quiet ones after you’ve hit the shops!
Great spot for the day after high profile GAA games! #dubs4sam2015

Great little pub with a nice cozy atmosphere pretty close to city centre. Lovely pint of Guinness that was reasonably priced. That said, DONT go here for food. While it’s cheap it’s very much cafeteria quality. My shepherd’s pie was a gluey texture and overly salty.

Old school to the hilt, The Boar’s Head is one place I’ve never ticked off my list til yesterday. There were five of us standing around, wondering where to go, what to eat, we looked 4 metres to our left, and there ye go, in we went.
A swift pint and a nice hot meal was the order of the day, and that’s what we got. The menu is standard pub grub — shepherd’s pie, baked potato, burgers etc, all with a variety of carbs on top like potato wedges, chips, some nice slaw-​y slaw, etc. It came out quickly and was piping hot. Pretty standard Irish pub fare — nothing too complicated or crazy but it was tasty and comforting — grand!
The bar woman was maybe a little. disinterested. or maybe was just done with work that day. No biggie, just not massively into welcoming or serving food…;-)

Had a couple of pints here at the bar. Service was good and there were definitely some locals there. We would have liked to have stayed longer but it became overrun by Penn State fans. Something we experienced our entire three days unfortunately as we came to Dublin to get away from America. However, I’d recommend stopping by any other time!

This was pub 5 on a 12 pubs of Christmas crawl I did. I think it was nice.
I remember going upstairs?

Pubs hat es viele in Dublin, wie aber findet man einen der einem gefällt? Unilocal to the rescue!
The Boar’s Head ist ein kleiner schmuckiger zweistöckiger Pub. Wir konnten hier nach Herzenslust Jassen ohne krumm angeschaut zu werden ;)
Selbstverständlich wird hier Smithwicks ausgeschenkt, was uns natürlich immer freut.
Der Irish stew ist soso lala, der Burger mit Supermarkt-​Fleisch… Aber die Bagels sind wirklich gut, dafür lohnt es sich hierher zu kommen!

This is a great little pub on a side street in one of the main shopping areas in Dublin.
We popped in for a quick pint and. sandwich and both were fantastic. This pub gets the honor of being the spot of my first pint of Guinness in Ireland and therefore will always hold a special spot in my memories.
I ordered a club sandwich and was amazed at how great it was. The bacon, the chips, the bread were all fantastic! How do they make the bacon taste so nice here???
The landlord was incredibly friendly and nice and gets bonus points for not smacking the American tourists who said to him that Dublin was a bit boring and that three days was too long to spend here as there is nothing to do. The look on his face was priceless though. It looked like he just stepped in some fresh dog poo!
Free wifi too if you ask for the password but its pretty easy to crack the password yourself if you wanna give it a try.
Horse racing on the tv and locals in the corners means that this is not by any means a touristy pub.
Just great.

Good times, good Guiness, old guys drinking at 11 am. Rustic. Craic to be had.

Tolles reichhaltiges Frühstück rund um die Uhr, riesige Auswahl an Bier, moderate Preise und freundlicher Service. Kein Familienrestaurant, eher eine Kneipe– auch sehr gut für Sportfans. Würde ich jederzeit wieder besuchen, wenn ich in Dublin bin!

Really friendly staff, v nice wholesome but reasonably priced food, a good pint and overall a lovely pub to get to know — i’ve become a regular!

Excellent staff. Option of some grub. Good little pub, that a great atmosphere can be created with minimal numbers. Great pub to watch sports in and the pints are great. I use it as a meeting point regularly and always stay longer than I intend.

Note: all my recent vacation in Ireland Unilocal reviews will have the same 1^st paragraph preamble, for just the review itself skip to the 2^nd paragraph.
On a whirlwind 2 week vacation to Ireland, the girlfriend & I tried to see & experience absolutely as much of this incredible land as we could. We did not accomplish every last activity we wished we could have on our rather ambitious itinerary. Nonetheless, we did discover a land of numerous stunning & magical wonders. We did see a land of unending natural beauty. We did learn of a land with a monumentally long history of trials, tragedies & triumphs. We did get to meet many kind, humorous, warm & generous people. Our vacation to Ireland was just 2 weeks, but that was time enough to know this is a land easy to love & a land to be sorely missed.
Wandering the streets of Dublin our 1^st night in Ireland, the girlfriend & I were looking for someplace casual to pop in for dinner & a few pints. Coming across the Boar’s Head, it looked as though it would fit the bill & it certainly did. We grabbed a couple seats at the bar, ordered our long-​awaited 1^st pints of Guinness in Ireland & struck up a conversation with a couple of pleasant & very funny Dubliners. Also looking at menus, I ordered a ¹⁄₃ lb burger w/​bacon & stuffing + potato wedges & the girlfriend ordered potato wedges with melted cheese & bacon.
While enjoying lively conversation over pints of Guinness, we convened a short discussion amongst ourselves. The girlfriend & I agreed that the legend of Guinness is true. It really does seem to taste better in Ireland. Our food was presented shorlty after & hit the spot perfectly. I’ve had plenty of burgers with bacon back in the States, but this one was uniquely excellent. Served on a bap with rashers, this was something new for me & quite delicious. I had some of the girlfriend’s potato wedges with melted cheese & bacon, too. It was the sort of cheesy, bacon-​y, gooey goodness that was meant to downed with pints of Guinness. All of our food was superb pub grub.
The Boar’s Head is a great pub with a comfortable feel & solid pub grub. If & when we’re ever back in Dublin, we’ll definitely be by again for a few pints.

The Boar’s Head is something of an institution in Dublin. It ranks amongst the dozen or so early houses around the place that supposedly cater to those who work all night but still deserve a tipple after their shift. I imagine the new licensing laws have put a stop to this essentially harmless and noble tradition but I don’t know.
As a digression, it’s only a matter of time before that bloody EU, in conjunction with our weak chinned government, and their bizarre rules manage to iron all the idiosyncrasies out of the whole continent. Baguettes? Too pointy — potentially offensive shape. Pretzels? Too twisty — potential for children to get tangled up in them. Siestas? Too lazy — must return to factory on account of global economic melt-​down.
The list goes on and we must stop them before we all end up living and working, alone, in prefabricated plastic cubes under dim but efficient light, taking an exactly fifteen minute break to socialise (by not smoking cigarettes) under constant police surveillance.
But I digress, it’s small inside, and resolutely traditional, with murals of Celtic fables and tales adorning the walls where GAA memorabilia isn’t. The staff are as friendly as it gets, the regulars are devout and the food ain’t half bad.
Four stars.

This is a very popular lunch spot and now I know why, the portions are huge for the money you give. I got a cheese burger with some fancy sweet pepper & onion relish. It came with wedges and salad, way too much for me, but it was great value for € 7.95.
It’s a cosy little pub with a bigger upstairs. My lunch was made even more pleasant by the presences of a handsome man with a sexy Northern Irish accent… Try acting demure whilst stuffing your face with a huge burger, quite the challenge.

The Boars Head is a traditional, old style Dublin pub with a Celtic feel to it, i think the atmosphere is relaxed and conversational with music playing in the background.
There are two bar areas, the main bar as you enter and a lounge upstairs.
The barstaff are friendly and helpful and will give you a warm welcome as well as excellent service from the minute you walk in the door.
The Boars Head Menu had a delightful The Boars Head Menu.
If your missing the footie and want to watch it with friends this the the ideal Pub to go!