O'Brien's Irish Pub sits on Rue Saint-Dominique at number 77, a short walk from the Eiffel Tower in the Gros-Caillou quarter, a long-running Irish house that fills with regulars, expats and visitors on match days and stays open into the small hours.
Who would love it: anyone after a real Irish pub in central Paris, a pint of Guinness and a screen showing the football or rugby. Who would skip it: a drinker after cocktails or a quiet room, because this is a pub built for pints, sport and conversation.
Yelp and Tripadvisor reviewers describe O'Brien's as a friendly, expat-leaning Irish pub a few streets from the Champ de Mars, the kind of room that turns loud when a big match is on. The pub's own Instagram trades on the same draw: the pour, the screens, and the late licence.
The room
The space is a classic pub layout: a wooden bar, stools and tables, and screens placed for the match. The bar is the spot to settle for a pint and a chat with the staff. On Rue Saint-Dominique, a street lined with cafes and shops running toward the Eiffel Tower, the pub draws a steady mix of 7th-arrondissement locals and visitors staying nearby.
The room runs on its sport calendar and its hours. It opens at midday most of the week and trades until 2am, later on Fridays and Saturdays, which makes it a reliable late stop in a quarter that otherwise quietens early.
What to order
The pour is the point: a pint of Guinness is the order the room is built around, alongside draught beer and a shelf of Irish whiskey. The smart play on a match day is to arrive before kick-off, claim a spot near a screen, and settle in. This is a pint house first, so keep the order simple.
The crowd and vibe
The crowd mixes expats, English-speaking visitors and local regulars, and it swells around fixtures in the football and rugby calendar. Quiet afternoons turn loud by evening on a match night. The vibe is friendly and unpretentious, the opposite of the polished hotel bars nearby.
Rue Saint-Dominique runs from the Gros-Caillou quarter toward the Champ de Mars, a street of cafes and food shops that draws a steady evening trade, and O'Brien's has held its corner of it for years on the strength of the pour and the late licence. Untappd and Tripadvisor reviewers single out the same things: a proper Guinness, a welcome that leans English-speaking, and a room that turns into a crowd whenever a big match is on the screens.
Best time to go
A match day is the move for the pub at full tilt; arrive before kick-off for a seat near a screen. For a calmer pint, an early weekday evening is the quieter window. Sunday opens later, from 5pm.
What regulars say
- The Guinness pour and the sport calendar are the reasons regulars return.
- It turns loud and full on big match days, so arrive early.
- The late licence makes it a reliable last stop near the Eiffel Tower.
Who it is for
- A pint of Guinness with the match on
- A late drink near the Eiffel Tower
- An expat-friendly room in the 7th
The smart approach is to come for a fixture, arrive before kick-off, and settle at the bar with a pint. O'Brien's is not trying to be more than a good Irish pub near the tower, and on a match day that is exactly what the quarter wants.
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Sources: Yelp listing (2026); Tripadvisor reviews; O'Brien's Instagram; Untappd venue page; Google Maps reviews.
