N0308 Quinns (Garristown)

I visited Garristown on a previous roadtrip, to tick off Gormleys Pub across the road. During that visit, the then Garristown Inn was a sorry sight, approaching dereliction after many years of closure.

But during the 2020-2021 lockdown, the pub was sold and extensively renovated before reopening as a pub and guesthouse in 2021 (as far as I can tell, anyway). Its re-appearance on the licence register let me know it was open, as pubs outside the city centre get fairly little coverage and often don't get suggested to me on social media either.

You can tell that the fitout is quite new as the pub is immaculate inside, done in a relatively modern style, but not to a level that makes it out of place

We - this is still on the driver trip - got a light lunch here, which was good; off an interesting menu - and were amongst the last people to do so (for now at least), as within days the closure of the kitchen due to costs was announced. This is unfortunate and hopefully it can come back at some stage in the future.