Durty Nelly's Irish Pub

Located literally on San Antonio's famed riverwalk, Durty Nelly's Irish Pub is a fun joint to pop in for a for a drink or stay for a longer for a more event filled evening. I came in from the river side of the restaurant and I just loved the whole vibe it offered. In the dead middle is placed a piano with the musician of the evening, belting out new and old tunes with some Irish fun mixed in. The ambiance is almost of a underground tavern; flagstone walls, heavy exposed wooden beam ceilings, walls with all sorts of patron momentous and so forth. After wading through the throngs of customers belting out offkey Irish limericks, the bar is in the very back. It's almost a deliberate placement as if to force anyone who's had a bad day via osmosis from the rebel rousing to lighten their spirits. The bar is well stocked and most of their focus is on Irish based drinking. An Irish Mule, Guinness Stout and Irish Coffee are but a few examples of adult beverages that will make your friends green with envy! The staff are extremely friendly and willing to engage in useless banter while mixing up a beverages. While I'll admit I had already eaten for the night the food looked great and had a lot of items I would love to sample. However, this was the last stop before I had to drive back home in Austin. To conclude, I dig this type of bar as it has real character, not some bar in a recently built strip mall that you see on every street corner. The staff are friendly, the music brings up the spirits and people are like friendly neighbors. I highly recommend dropping by as you just might see me there singing with my beer goggles on!

This is a cool spot to hangout and grab some drinks. The food is pretty good and decently priced, the staff was fairly quick with the drinks, and they had a guy playing the piano. I recommend giving this spot a try.

This was the most crowded bar I went to along the riverwalk when I was visiting San Antonio. You are coming here because of the very fun Irish atmosphere, primarily thanks to the piano man playing classics, but he will sing his own lyrics, which can be NSFW. Other than that, drinks are okay. Just stick with a cheap beer and be on your merry way.

I bar hopped all over San Antonio & I can say that Durty Nelly's was my favorite spot. If you are coming here, keep in mind this is not meant to be a classy, fine dining place. This has a tavern feel, with endless drinks & you'll be sure to see a pianist & people dancing if you go late at night. This is such a fun lively spot. It can get crowded but there's some room to stand if it does.

By far the worst fish and chips I have ever had from an Irish pub. Sit down and I will tell you about my experience.Durty Nelly's was fairly close to my hotel on the Riverwalk and I figured you can't go wrong with some simple fried food. When you show up here, like most other places, you have to enter via the Riverwalk, but this place was a little extra, carding you before you even step off the walk. Like, OK, if this were a club, at night, and you were charging a cover I could see you doing this, but if I wanted to just get a meal, I'm not understanding this. Yeah, there was a live performance going on, but that is still not a reason for carding in my mind.The biggest annoyance here was the live performance on that day. He pandered to the crowd and played songs requested but then threw in some songs that were originals. Those being songs focused around being drunk and genitalia. Listen dude, I get it, that stuff is relatable, but only when plastered and if I was about twenty years younger. Not something you want to hear while trying to eat a meal.Before I started the whole venture, I have to say that after I was carded I was ignored for a bit of time. I was just kind of showed a hand gesture meaning for me to pick a table. Then it took forever for a person to even acknowledge I was there. I was finally given a menu and ordered a beer. After looking over the limited menu I went with the Fish & Chips, one of my favorite things to get at a place, not just an Irish Pub. But it was not that great here.To say it was horrible might be an understatement. Usually I dig right into this but I could not do it. As you can see you get a decent amount of food, which would be great it it were edible. The first piece I attempted to eat was fried so hard that it was nearly rubber. I couldn't even cut it with a knife. It nearly turned my stomach. The next piece, I took one bite out of and was doused in grease. There was a pocket in the coating that trapped some of the grease it was fried in. To say the least, I stopped with the meal at that point.After being ignored some more I finally had my server show back up. She asked me if everything was alright and I told her no, I was done with the meal, it was disgusting. She did nothing about it and just cleared the plate. After about ten minutes, she did reappear with my check, almost as a way to say 'thanks, get out.' I should have known that this wasn't going to be a good experience, but to be shrugged off after such a horrible meal, I definitely won't be back and can see why it is named like this.

This was another stop while taking in the sights along the Riverwalk on a midweek evening. This place too was fairly full. There is both indoor and outdoor seating available.I put down a pint of Smithwick Red Ale ($9) while sitting outside along the Riverwalk. Yeah, it's pricey but at least I wasn't charged a credit card fee!Again, there's no parking that I'm aware off. You have to find street parking or use a public lot. There are a few TV monitors if you sit inside.

We came in on a Saturday afternoon when the music drew us in from the riverwalk. I would highly recommend this place as a cool hangout spot. I really enjoyed the server's personality and her attentiveness to us while juggling many things at once. We just had drinks so I can't rate the food. However, such a cute place with Irish vibes!

We were seated immediately, then left alone for 5 mins before someone brought us waters. Then we finally were asked if we were ready after 10 mins after arrival. Chicken and rice was over salty with soy sauce. But the soup, wanton, and other food was ok. Table was sticky when we sat but looked like someone had wiped it.

Great location right on the Riverwalk--perfect for sitting back, relaxing, and enjoying a few drinks and a meal. We thoroughly enjoyed the freshly made Irish cream donuts; they were delicious.The Reuben was medium-ish-sized, came with a medium portion of fries, and was tasty. The Angry Bird sandwich was good as well, but the real star of the lunch was the donuts.A bit expensive; however, given the location and the cost of everything in the area, the prices were comparable.

Nice ambiance inside (nice dark wood Irish pub). Minimal option menu. I was disappointed in the music. Piano singer and not Irish music. I would've preferred piped in Irish music background or Irish band. Also, the music was too loud (and a 3 out of 10).