The Dubliner sits two doors from the most famous beer hall in the world and still pulls its own crowd, an Irish pub on Munich's Platzl that runs the football long after the Hofbräuhaus has called last orders.
The address is Platzl 2, in the heart of the Altstadt between Marienplatz and Maximilianstrasse, which puts it on one of the most walked corners in Munich. The pub doubles as a sports bar, and its central position makes it an easy meeting point for visitors who want a screen and a pint without leaving the old town. It is the kind of room that fills quickly on a derby afternoon and stays full once the tourists nearby have moved on.
The setting is classic Irish pub, all dark wood and close tables, with screens placed so the match carries across the room. Yelp and Tripadvisor reviewers return for the same reasons, a proper Guinness and a pub that keeps going late, and the Dubliner leans into both. It is built for the long session rather than a quick stop.
For sport, the Dubliner is a dependable match-day room in a district short on dedicated sports bars. It shows live football and the major fixtures, and its position on the Platzl makes it a natural first call for anyone after the game in the centre. Readers working through the best sports bars in Munich should mark it as the old-town option, the one inside the tourist ring that still feels like a local once you are in.
What to order starts and ends with the Guinness, poured the way an Irish pub should and the drink that suits the room best. The bar keeps the lagers and ales you would expect alongside it, and the kitchen runs pub plates designed to see you through ninety minutes plus stoppage time. This is a pint-and-a-burger room, not a cocktail stop, and it is honest about that.
The crowd mixes Munich's English-speaking regulars, football fans from across the leagues and a steady flow of visitors drawn by the central address. It skews sociable and loud on match days and settles into a relaxed late-night pub once the final whistle goes. Who it is for: travellers who want the game near Marienplatz, Guinness drinkers and anyone after a late one in the Altstadt. For more screens and a beer-garden view, Kilians by the Frauenkirche is the bigger sports operation, while the Shamrock keeps the live-music Irish tradition going nearby.
Best time to go: any major football fixture for the fullest room, and late evenings when the pub keeps serving past the point most of its neighbours have shut. It opens late morning and runs into the early hours every day, which makes it a reliable last stop on a night out. Our guide to the best bars for watching the game sets the scene, and the Munich city guide covers the Altstadt around the Platzl.
What gives the Dubliner its edge, in a stretch of the city built for one-time visits, is that it works as both a tourist pint and a regulars' pub. It trades on location without coasting on it, keeping the football on and the Guinness right while the crowds churn past outside. That combination is why it holds its corner of the Platzl year after year, two doors from the giant it could so easily be lost beside. For a stretch of the centre that empties of locals once the day-trippers leave, that staying power is no small achievement.
Sources
Dubliner official site · Tripadvisor: Dubliner Irish Pub & Sports Bar · Yelp: Dubliner
