There are three drinking options here: Kittyhawks bar - named after a restaurant that was on this site before (unless my memory has gone really bad - and I was at a particularly disastrous birthday party in the old restaurant), as well as an aviation reference; the Mayfly restaurant and the Runway 28 rooftop bar.
Runway 28 had reopened for the summer season on the day I visited, but was booked out for two weeks. Kittyhawks was not busy at ~5:30 when I arrived (but was when we left), so this is where we drank; and ate.
After coming back from a very expensive trip to the Netherlands, it was quite a relief to find that the prices in Kittyhawks are on the cheaper side for Dublin - not cheap, by any means, but with €6 pints and €20 burgers now quite normal in Dublin, its still cheaper than many.
Service was good, the quality control at the bar (the first pint of O'Hara's poured for me was thrown down the sink by a barman due to poor head development) top-notch and the food met expectations. However, it is still a hotel bar surrounded by light industrial sites and as a result you are unlikely to just randomly walk in here.
Clearly the rooftop bar attracts its own custom, some of whom may come down here before or after - and will likely find it quite acceptable.
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