Irish Snug - Denver

This is a lovely restaurant with an extensive menu. Both the food and service are excellent, making it a great spot to relax and spend some time. read more This is a lovely restaurant with an extensive menu. Both the food and service are excellent, making it a great spot to relax and spend some time.

Very good food, excellent service! My lovely Shepard pie read more Very good food, excellent service! My lovely Shepard pie

The Irish Snug wasn’t quite Irish enough for me, and I think a big part of it was the music. The place itself is all bricks and wood and dark leather and gleami... read more The Irish Snug wasn’t quite Irish enough for me, and I think a big part of it was the music. The place itself is all bricks and wood and dark leather and gleaming bronze. So, yeah, it looks like a classic pub. The memorabilia on the walls is a mixed bag: some photographs and figurines from the “old country,” but just as many contemporary sports collectibles. The menu is a mix, too; traditional Irish meals like bangers and mash and corned beef sharing menu space with fish tacos and chicken tenders. But the music! There was a song by Bachman Turner Overdrive, there was another by the Allman Brothers. You know, standard American bar tunes. No Irish music. I’m not even talking about the Clancy Brothers or the Chieftains, although they are favorites of mine. I know I am aging myself by saying so! But there are plenty of other Irish choices: the Boomtown Rats, the Waterboys, Thin Lizzy. The Cranberries. Clannad. Van Morrison and Sinead O'Connor. U2, of course. There was none of that. The music was all pure American. Still, we visited on a Thursday. Perhaps there is Irish music on the weekends? Enough about the music. What about the food? My wife had the Shepherd’s Pie, which she enjoyed. I had the Irish Cheddar Mac ‘n’ Cheese, with bacon added. That bacon was really something! There were huge chunks of it! We thought the food was what we’d hoped for hearty, hot, and satisfying. The Irish Snug really does have snugs, those tiny private rooms from the old days. They were for female customers who couldn’t be seen drinking out in front of anyone. There’s a gigantic community room downstairs in this pub, too. It’s fitting for big meetings, or large weddings... or live music, for that matter. Irish music, please!

We came to this place to meet with some friends, maybe like an hour before the last call. Drinks were good, service was fast, and our apps came great... read more We came to this place to meet with some friends, maybe like an hour before the last call. Drinks were good, service was fast, and our apps came great...

New favorite place in Denver. TVs surround you so when you see a game, this place is rad. There are private corners everywhere with their own TVs, happy... read more New favorite place in Denver. TVs surround you so when you see a game, this place is rad. There are private corners everywhere with their own TVs, happy...