O'Toole's Schmiede Irish Pub, Restaurant, Biergarten — Restaurant in Nuremberg

We found this place after having a bad experience trying to have a drink down the street at Lederer Kulturbrauerei. From the outside, Lederer Kulturbrauerei looks more impressive, but this is entirely deceptive. Whereas the staff at Lederer kulturbrauerei were rude and turned us away when we asked to have a beer there (considerably before the dinner rush, when it was almost completely empty), the entire experience at the Irish pub was fantastic.

Inside, the pub was cozy and had entirely locals inside rather than tourists. The owner, an Irish expatriate, was immediately extremely friendly and struck up a conversation with us, offered us suggestions of which beers to try, and even directed us to a cool Christmas market in an old castle in a nearby town (Zirndorf). It was the complete opposite of the rude experience we had at Lederer Kulturbrauerei, and was the perfect way to relax with a beer after visiting the nearby Nürnberg...

Great pub, the food selection is fantastic with a huge vegan/vegetarian selection. They have Irish food as well as normal German food options (the Irish chips are the best I've ever tasted and their Burgers are delicious) and some self creations, Irish/Frankish options. The drink selection is also wonderful with Irish drinks from tap and a selection of German beers. They also have an extensive selection of whisky's there is something for everyone there. The pub is very nicely decorated, it's really like a pub that you would visit in Ireland. In my opinion the pub is well worth a visit. It's quite busy so I would reserve it beforehand if you are going as a...

On our way back home we decided to stop by at O'Tools. Many English speaking friends of mine described the pub as very authentic and nice, so we were curious. Unfortunately, we had anything else but this experience.

After dinner, i decided to skip the drink, but keep company to my friend. Beside the fact that there was an unidentifiable piece of something swimming in the beer of my friend, I was informed in a rather unfriendly manner, that there was no way I could have no drink there. Feeling awkward, we decided to depart and not bother the owners of the anyways empty pub. I don't think we will...