Castlebay Irish Pub

Annapolis houses the Naval Academy, but a visit to Annapolis would not be complete without a stop to Castlebay Irish Pub. Visited with a bunch of guys after touring the Naval Academy campus...a short walk from the campus, it's a great Irish pub with a great ambiance and selection of Irish beer on tap (Guinness, Harp, Smithwick, Kilkenny) as well as the usual American brand. In addition, it houses a great selection of whiskeys: Irish (Bushmills, Jamesons, Red Breast, etc. - the different varieties), bourbons (to include Pappy's, Blanton), scotch (MacAllans), etc. The dining experience pairs well with the beer and whiskeys. The meat for the reuben sandwich and traditional corned beef are selected and prepared in a traditional manner making it delicious.If you are lucky, you will meet the owner of the establishment, who will regale you with stories about past Academy graduates who would return to the pub after graduation or even about his playing in a rock & roll band.Great food, beer, whiskey, atmosphere, and if lucky, great stories and an experience.When visiting the Naval Academy, take a yonder down the street, you won't regret the visit.

The staff were super friendly to us. The food was great. We really enjoyed the fish and chips. Loved the music too. We'll be back for sure

Ordered the fish and chips. In an area of fresh fish, this dish was underwhelming. The 'chips' were wedge potatoes which were each a quarter of a russet potato so felt more like eating a baked potato than fries.

Order was a baked brie, French onion soup and beef stew. Also a black and tan. The beer was perfectly poured and as expected. The baked brie was about 1/4 wheel served with bread, honey and apples. It was warmed and tasted pretty good. French onion soup was very generic buy not bad. You're probably wondering why this got a 2 star.... the beef stew was extremely lacking. Literally, 5 small pieces of beef, 5 tiny potatoes, 1 tiny carrot and 1 tiny piece of celery in a thin gravy. It was supposed to be (and was priced as) a meal, but it scored about 10% as a soup. I wouldn't have served this to my mother-in-law.

It was ight good ambiance and pretty lowkey but the food was pretty meh. Nothing really special to write home about and I couldn't tell why the Irish Burger was Irish

Popped in with colleagues after bar hopping. Great place to hangout and socialize. Very spacious. The bartenders and servers kept the drinks coming.

Birdie is the best bartender in annapolis, what a great guy. Didn't have food here just drinks before going out on the town for food. Good decently priced drinks for the area. Would def revisit.

HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!!! Very poor service, bartender quite rude! Waitress unable to fill simple order of water and crab soup! Sat here for 30 minutes waiting the order while others arriving after us were served. Being totally serious! Would not recommend!

The bartender with the long beard is in the wrong business! Refused to serve me because I made a comment that he was not very friendly! Went in for an after dinner coffee. Ended up at Galway Bay across the street and got a better coffee drink with VERY FRIENDLY BARTENDERS!!

The bartender with the long gray beard was rude, rude and rude! We ordered a first round and one Sammy to share. He NEVER checked in/back. He never asked if we wanted another drink or if we needed anything. He was the worst and we showed him what we thought by leaving a poor tip! We love to tip having been servers in our past lives --but not here. And the food was just very meh!