Molly Malone’s — Restaurant in Hiroshima

On our trip to Hiroshima we found Molly Malone's, the staff were excellent, very welcoming and friendly, the beer was cold and the atmosphere was perfect, we visited every day on our visit. But sadly on the last day, the atmosphere was degraded by the fact there were two scam artist customers who were obviously working as a team, one posing as an Irish national and the other posing as a french national, engaging with many customers and they had a one and a half year old baby in nappies toddling around the pub, obviously being used to start conversation. They were very loud and I saw many customers leave because of them, and we did too. We felt sorry for the staff, who probably did not feel empowered to do anything about the situation. We would definitely visit again if we were in the area as our overall...

We love Molly Malone’s in Hiroshima! I’ve never been to a pub in Ireland (though I have been to many in the UK) so I don’t really know what a truly “authentic” Irish pub, but the welcome from the staff at Molly’s always makes it feel like a real local pub atmosphere.

It’s a great place if you are looking for tasty comfort food (it’s the place for Sunday roasts) and an excellent selection of drinks. It is popular with international residents so a good place to get some inside info on Hiroshima and life in Japan. It’s not all about the ex-pats though, Molly’s also has a lot of Japanese customers, many of whom are happy to chat with people from overseas.

Vegetarians options available, including a massive...

Get your Guinness here. This is THE "highbrow" Irish pub in Hiroshima. Great multi-lingual staff, superb food (love the bangers and mash!), and customers from all corners of the world. Painted on the wall in a corner of the room, "There are no strangers here, just friends who haven't met yet." The men's room here has a fantastic overlook of Chuo Dori (the main thoroughfare below) via a large plate glass window behind the urinals, however the ladies rooms (despite there being two of them) are cramped and stuffy. There's no smoking allowed in the dining area before 9pm any day of the week (a boon for non-smokers), though there are still patrons who smoke in the elevator and entrance area...