Coolin is one of the better-known Irish Pubs in Paris located in an ideal spot on the Saint Germain market place. It’s a pretty typical pub with a big wooden bar, a cold tobacco and beer smell and a good selection of British and Irish beers including of course Beamish, their speciality. The clientele is 80% Anglo-Saxon which means plenty of singing, dancing, shouting and the usual drunken behaviour you would find in a busy pub. On Sundays at 5pm a Celtic group is invited to play traditional... Read more

The waiters at the cafés on Place de La Bastille can be so rude that it’s often just easier to meet friends on the steps of the Opera house. Thanks to this Irish pub, you don’t have freeze while you wait. The wooden tables and high stools, and ochre walls make it cosy with a traditional feel, but is the service which should be pointed out as the people who work there are so friendly they should give other bartenders lessons. As with most Irish pubs they serve Guiness and Kilkenny on tap,... Read more

This pub is just by the busy boulevard de Montparnasse and is always busy, always loud (mostly good quality rock music) and filled with a boisterous crowd downing pints of Irish beer. The landlord, a jolly fellow, says that he doesn’t throw people out if they get too drunk; he just serves them another drink. Indeed the crowd certainly let their hair down-they dance, jump around, shout and generally have a laugh without giving a sh*t what anyone thinks. You can order beer by the litre,... Read more