The Celt is an odd one, although it’s not to the best of the author’s knowledge advertised, marketed or described as a tourist bar, it somehow is. Now, when we say tourist bar, we’re not in this instance likening it to some of the purveyors of extortionately priced paddywhackery in Temple Bar, but anytime we’ve been in there has always been a healthy abundance of tourists tucking into stews or plates of cabbage alike.
The décor here is fairly traditional; it’s not the most polished of spaces, but its roughness supplements its charm. The standard old Irish pub paraphernalia makes up the decoration with whiskey jugs and black and white portraits all around. Threadbare wood and red slate flooring set the visual tone of the pub, which is well set out for a small enough room.
We’ve been in a few times, one of which was in the midst of a crawl where we arrived into a bit of music which melded nicely into the background. The pint was decent enough and was drank without complaint. There was a decent mix of locals and tourists and the vibe was friendly with a touch of strangeness given that there was a Japanese warrior (whom some of us recognised as a busker from Grafton St.) at the bar having a pint.
On the whole, we can’t fault The Celt too much. It’s the good type of tourist pub and the type we’d recommend over those money-grabbing bastards in Temple Bar any day.
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