One of the most widely celebrated festivals internationally, St. Paddy’s Day brings forth much liberation (thanks to Guinness) and hearty food—think Irish stews and Guinness potpies. Here are our pick of the best Irish pubs in Singapore where you’ll have a spanking good time. Sláinte!

Malone’s Irish Restaurant & Bar

With a menu blooming with authentic Irish specialties, it’s obvious that any diet plan will be immediately left at the door. Food wise, popular bar grub favorites include chicken wings ($8.90), beer battered onion rings ($8.90) and crispy pork belly ($9.90)—always great with beer.

Signatures like the Jimmy Malones ribs ($24.90) leave no room for midnight cravings—half rack of tender pork ribs glazed with a sweet and spicy sauce, served with a side of green peas and classic Irish colcannon mashed potatoes with cabbage. On tap ($12.50), get drunk on your poison of choice: Archipelago Belgian Wit, Archipelago Summer Ale, Archipelago Bohemian Lager, Tiger, Heineken, Kilkenny, and Guinness.

Discovery Walk at 313@Somerset
313 Orchard Road #01-28
Tel: +65 6884 9982
Sun to Thu: 12pmto midnight
Fri to Sat: 12pm to 2am
Nearest Station: Somerset

Molly Malone’s Irish Pub

Singapore’s first Irish pub, Molly Malone’s stands proud after nearly two decades of serving hearty Irish delights (and getting people drunk on a good time). One of the reasons why we love Irish pubs is their modest bar grub: scotch eggs ($8) and hot and spicy wings ($12). If you’re hungry, pad down your stomach with Irish stew ($18)—the lamb is braised to tenderness, literally melting in the mouth.

Wash it down with Irish whiskies: Bushmills old Irish original ($12), Bushmills single malt 10 years (both $12), or John Jameson ($14). If you’re more of a beer kind of person, Irish labels like Guinness ($13.50) and Kilkenny ($13.50) are also available on tap. There’s also live music Wednesdays to Saturdays from 9pm.

56 Circular Road
Tel: +65 6536 2029
Mon to Thu: 11am to 1am
Fri to Sat: 11am to 2am
Sun: 11am to midnight
Nearest Station: Raffles Place

Molly Roffey’s Irish Pub

There aren’t many pubs in Singapore that manage to make a good slab of tender, succulent barbeque ribs, but we’ve found one. The barbeque ribs ($18.80 per half slab; $26.80 per full slab) at Molly Roffey’s are marinated overnight in a sweet homemade barbeque sauce that’s simply mouthwatering—we recommend opting for the full slab. It’s a well-known fact that the best pairing for barbeque ribs is beer, so we reckon you’d enjoy it best while you’re knocking back a chilled mug of Erdinger Dunkel ($18) or Kilkenny ($17).

Traditional Irish cocktails such as the bloody molly (Bushmill original, Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire, pepper, salt and tomato juice; $15) and Irish car bomb (Jameson Irish whiskey, Bailey’s Irish cream and stout) are also available—great as a post-dinner tipple.

313 New Bridge Road
Dorsett Residences #01-04
Tel: +65 6444 5313
Mon to Sun: 12pm to midnight
Nearest Station: Outram Park

Muddy Murphy’s Irish Pub

Carved into the doorframe, this was the first thing we spotted: “licensed to sell beer, wines and spirits 7 days a week” (read: licensed to get you drunk 7 days a week). With 17 varieties of beer available (including English ale Old Speckled Hen and Strongbow cider on tap), it’s no wonder this watering hole seems to be constantly living it up.

Not forgetting its extensive list of over 40 spirits (not counting liqueurs) and more than 30 cocktails (from $15) and shooters (from $13), you know you’re in trouble here. Fun trouble. One of the rowdiest Irish pubs, Muddy Murphy’s is well known for making merry. Having said that, apart from crazy tipples, they also serve an Irish farmhouse breakfast ($15) made up of Harris sausages, crispy back bacon, eggs, mushrooms, rosti potatoes, baked beans, grilled tomato and fried bread, and a weekly Sunday roast (11:30am-4pm; from $20).

111 Somerset Road
TripleOne Somerset #01-02
Tel: +65 6735 0400
Mon to Thu: 11am to 1am
Fri to Sat: 11am to 2am
Sun: 11am to midnight
Nearest Station: Somerset

About the writer
Mandy Lynn is a former I-S Magazine nightlife writer and current editor of Nookmag; her dining and nightlife features have been published in Appetite Asia and Catalog Magazine. For on-the-go food recommendations, follow her on Instagram and Facebook, or join her on a Gourmet Adventure.