Ivy House in Dublin

We were at the Ivy House for a family occasion with a mix of ages including quite elderly relatives. Some of them live in the area and we've tried a few different spots in Drumcondra for various family occasions - this was by far the best option! Good choice of food, pretty good value (by Dublin standards!), music at a reasonable volume and staff very pleasant

The gym mates and I had the Christmas party here, it’s a nice place, lovely food, (finger food) the place it’s very clean, the only downside is that there is not parking available since it’s on the road, so if you go by car you have to drive off to the church road to see if you get a parking spot there.

A very friendly pub with plenty of space on a Friday night. Apparently it's full of students during the week but let them enjoy themselves.

The Boom Burger is always a winner. Big fan of the Ivy House

This place was such a great spot to watch sports in Drumcondra but it appears the new owners have different plans. No sound in the lounge (the Ivy) for the last two weekends and told that they only put the sound on for "big games" but you can go into Cartys to watch it with sound (no food in there though!). The big games in question were the North London derby and Man City vs. Arsenal. Based on this I think it's just not the spot to watch premier league football at the weekend anymore because I'm not sure you get bigger than those games at the minute in English football. I go in here for Rugby aswell, will they have the sound on for that in future? I dunno, here's hoping :) If the new owners leaned into the fact that the screens and the viewing angles and the food etc. is better than all their competitors in Drumcondra they could get a great crowd in every weekend to watch sports but I get the impression they still don't know what they want to be. Still, good food at a good price point and the pints are good quality still.