Molly Malone's runs football and Guinness from Kellerstraße 21 in Haidhausen, east of the Isar in Munich. The pub leans hard on live sport, with screens that carry the Premier League, the Bundesliga, and the rugby calendar, and a crowd that turns up for kickoff rather than dinner.
Who would love it: anyone who wants to watch English football in Munich with a proper pint in hand. Who would hate it: drinkers after a quiet room, since the volume tracks the match and the place tilts Liverpool on Premier League afternoons.
The room is the standard Irish-pub layout, dark wood and a long bar, with the screens placed so most seats catch a game. A Munich sports-bar roundup names it among the city's reliable football pubs, and the Haidhausen location keeps it more local than the tourist rooms around the Hofbräuhaus. Quiz nights and the occasional live act fill the off-season gaps.
Guinness is the house pour and the thing to order, with Irish whiskey behind the bar and German lager for anyone who wants it. The kitchen sends out pub anchors, with fish and chips and shepherd's pie the repeated picks across reviews. Expect Munich pub pricing, with a pint landing in the usual five-to-six-euro band for the centre.
Order a Guinness and let it settle while the first half runs, then a whiskey for the second if the night stretches. The fish and chips is the kitchen pick to share. Skip the cocktails, which are not the reason this room exists.
The crowd is a mix of expats, Erasmus students, and locals who follow the English and German leagues, and it thickens fast before a big kickoff. Reviewers across Tripadvisor and Google flag the staff and the matchday atmosphere as the strong notes, with the crush on Champions League nights the main caveat. Liverpool supporters treat it as a home room.
Best time to go is a Premier League Saturday afternoon or a midweek European night, arriving a clear half hour before kickoff to claim a seat with a sightline. The pub opens at 5pm on weekdays and from noon at weekends, so the weekend slate is the natural window. Big midweek European nights pull a full house too, and the room thins fast once the final whistle goes, so a check of the fixture list before heading over is the move.
Who it is for: football watchers who want English and German games on screen, expats after a familiar pint, and groups on a matchday plan. Who it is not for: anyone after a calm conversation or a cocktail list.
The pub sits in Haidhausen east of the Isar, a short walk from the Max-Weber-Platz U-Bahn stop, which keeps its crowd more residential than the old-town tourist rooms. That location is part of the appeal for regulars who want a local matchday rather than a packed central bar.
Beyond the football, the calendar runs quiz nights and the odd live act through the quieter weeks, the venue's own listings note, so the room has a reason to fill outside the fixture list. The staff draw repeated praise across review sites for keeping the Guinness pours steady through a busy second half, and the kitchen runs late enough to feed a post-match table.
It anchors a sport-led night east of the river, an easy first stop before a move toward the centre or a later room. Browse the full Munich bar guide, see where it sits among the best sports bars in Munich, and compare it across the wider sports bars guide.
