Bison Bar in Dublin

Food is incredible with so much flavour and quality. Great selection of BBQ options and even some classic and interesting burger options. Great value for the quality of the food and decent portion size. Loved having the ability to mix and match with different menu items. Will definitely be returning.

Probably the best brisket I’ve had in Dublin. We were there early evening and the restaurant area was chilly. Staff were friendly and attentive.

The place itself is charming enough, though the indoor climate feels more like the windswept plains of Montana in mid-winter than a cosy BBQ restaurant. Drafts everywhere — you half expect tumbleweeds to roll past your table. We ordered the meat platter for two, the one that includes two sodas. We asked to upgrade to cocktails — even though the menu only mentions beer upgrades — and were told it was fine. Promising start. Then the food arrived, and the optimism left the table. The brisket was so dry it could’ve filed for archaeological status: reheated, overhandled, and drowned in BBQ sauce as if to conceal its many resurrections. The pulled pork tasted boiled and spiritually defeated — flavour clearly didn’t survive the journey. The ribs were lean, short on meat and long on sauce, like someone tried to stretch a bison across three plates and failed. The beef sausages were good, and the chicken wings genuinely very good — but not nearly heroic enough to save the rest. The coleslaw and sweet potatoes dutifully existed. At €45 per person, the only thing truly abundant was disappointment. The cocktails? Sweet, watery, and confused about their own identity — perfect if you enjoy sipping dissolved gummy bears. To be fair, our server was absolutely lovely, kind and attentive. Her manager, however, seemed to operate under a very different philosophy — one in which customer experience is more a theoretical concept than a practical goal. The finale came with the bill: cocktails fully charged. We asked, at the very least, for the two included sodas to take away — a simple, reasonable request. Denied. And it’s in moments like these that reviews stop being a choice and start becoming a public service.

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Got a nice variety smoked platter before comedy show for a reasonable proce though robs could have been more meatier

A really cool restaurant located on the banks of the Liffey. We were there for Halloween and they had special Halloween cocktails and great Halloween decorations. The food itself was also good. Very friendly service.

Groovy bar on the Quays in central Dublin. Comedy nights, good guinness and excellent cocktails

Pleasant service and above all simple but very good dishes!

I'm giving five stars because David our server provided amazing service and outdid himself despite being very understaffed and the order being screwed up by the other server. In spite of everything my friends and I had an amazing time because he salvaged the night. He deserves a Promotion.

Lovely place very quirky, really cool smoking area for a bar and staff were very friendly and attentive. Only down fall was the food went cold very quickly, don't know whether this was due to a draft coming through to where we were sitting but food was tasty enough and what you would expect from a bbq place. We got the meat platters with all meats included, the beef sausage was my favourite very different. The ribs were less barbecue sauce but had more of a spice to them which didn't really appeal to us but was tasty all the same. The brisket is probably the best thing to get as its cooked to perfection and not smothered on bbq sauce so as to not take away from the flavour of the a actual brisket itself. The Mac and cheese was also very comforting and tasty.