Aran Irish Pub in De Weteringschans

Ordered the Cottage Pie. It came out cold. We asked could it be heated, which they gladly did and apologised. I would not recommend the Cottage Pie as it was mostly Potato 75% with a little bit of meat.

Be sure to try the Ieish stew with a Guinness. Absolutely fantastic.

Helpful Staff, good wine and beer. Great breakfast. Loads of indoor and outdoor seating by the canal.

We ordered several dishes, including two chicken burgers, and the waitress didn't say anything to us. After 10 minutes, the bartender came over and said there was only one left. When I went to order something else, he told me that the section of the menu with the burgers was only available until 5:00 PM, and that the chicken burger he'd said was only one left wasn't available either. To avoid arguing, we ordered other dishes that took half an hour to arrive and were of very poor quality. It's a place for young people who go there to drink. Don't even think about going there for a meal.

Staff are nice & friendly. Drinks are a little expensive even by Amsterdam's faifly high prices. Good to watch footie

A perfect concept, superb food.

Way too expensive. €4 for a glass of sparkling water. And extremely poor service. No willing to be friendly or attendant to any request. Terrible attitude from the barman.

Drank a delicious Guinness in the sunshine. There was a good atmosphere and the view was nice too. Great place.

Overpriced god. You can NOT charge 8,50€ for 0,75l of plain water. Where I’m from, it is worth around 0,20€ to 0,50€ at most.

Nice food, friendly staff but struggled with the wasps trapped inside the pub 😀

Goats cheese salad 10/10 compliments to the chef

Required stop if you are visiting Amsterdam.

The beer is good. The service is bad and the bathrooms are dirty.

We arrive, go inside, and they tell us to sit wherever we want. We immediately notice that the prices are very high: a medium/large bowl of Caesar salad costs €20, and a stew consisting mainly of 20. Note: The bread is very good; it is recommended to eat it with butter. We arrive, go inside, and they tell us we can sit wherever we want. We immediately notice that the prices are very high: a medium/large bowl of Caesar salad costs €20, and a stew consisting mainly of 20. Note: The bread is very tasty; It is recommended to eat it with butter.

The perfect place to have a drink on the banks of the Singelgracht.

Great view of the canal and excellent place to people watch. Great pint of harp with a Caesar salad

I unfortunately didn't eat here but enjoyed a jamo and Murphy's Irish Red. Great Irish bar and hospitality. Jamo didn't stay around long enough for the picture.

very tasty, good service, nice terras!

Bangers & Mash really nice, accomanied by a guiness!

Very nice place, good food and nice atmosphere.

We ordered a sandwich; next time I really should ask what the abbreviations mean. 🤣 But it was a tasty sandwich, though.

The drinks took over an hour to arrive.

Fish and chips are was really good, but was a bit disappointed when the kitchen said they were out of bangers and mash (also out of cottage pie). But the service was decent and the atmosphere nice.

We enjoyed our irish breakfasts & so much bacon on the blt, amazing! Great service.

Bad service, very slow, and the waiters prefer to talk to girls to get dates. You have to speak to them multiple times to get your order taken.

A nice cafe with a pleasant atmosphere while watching TV. The service was quick. I ordered a cappuccino and an apple pie. The coffee wasn't great, but the pie was okay. We ordered this dish, which was like chicken shish tawook. It didn't have any spices, making it suitable for those with sensitive stomachs. It's a bit pricey, but the atmosphere is worth it. 👍👍

Paid 15 euros for 2 tiny shots without alcohol, by a pushy salesperson. It also seemed the service was a bit chaotic and we got served in plastic glasses.

We were there for a World Cup match broadcast. What an amazing atmosphere. Messi Messi Messieeee

Shameful fish and chips…McDonalds fish sandwich is better…cool vibe and great location, just don’t expect much from the menu

Wonderful breakfast! Great selection of breakfast and lunch options. Very friendly service!

Looks of Aussies for the game, great atmosphere

Daisy is the best!!!!🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Staff can be very rude for no reason

The service is very slow. It shouldn't take this long to bring the beer.

Look closely at your receipt because they take extra money by charging for things incorrectly.

Avoid at all costs. Awful rude staff. Food is disgusting. All the staff seem like they’ve had too much of the local delicacy. One of the worst I’ve ever been to.

Nice pub, especially for its location. We had a cheese sandwich, but it tasted like onions, and a burger, but we didn't like the quality of the meat. Very touristy.

Good food and lovely staff. The occasional busy bike path in the middle of the square was a bit of a distraction when dining, but this is Amsterdam. I highly recommend it, maybe it's not worth getting a table right on the side of the road 😄

Full of English stoned folks....but ...the menu s are clean....and the food is good...and you can sit on the water! ..

Great atmosphere, service was really good. The burger was a bit disappointing though.

A nice little Irish pub to stop in at. Loads of beer options. Pub food.

I have visited Amsterdam 7 times , every single time I call to Aran , staff is super friendly, food is great, the pub has a fantastic atmosphere and I always felt safe there , is so nice to comeback and get the welcome from some familiar faces now , looking forward to visit again

Beautiful place, nice terrace, especially on Saturdays!

We stopped here for a quick snack so we chose the Irish Breakfast which was quite a lot and pricely the best on the menu.

Ordered a sausage sandwich 11 euros, got a dry brown bread role with 5 mini poor quality sausages, no garnish, no dressing, no butter, dry bread and protein, very poor super disappointing.

We had to wait a very long time outside for service. After ordering, it also took a long time for the drinks to arrive...it wasn't even that busy...strange...we moved on after just one drink...

Good Food, Good Beer, Prices ok, Location good, good Service

went out and had a lovely talk with the shot girls, they were so cute

No one served us. Someone came after us ordered something first.

I was left without words from the attention to detail and quick reactions of the personal. Also food was great!!

there was a rat in the pub. we told the stuff and noone did anything about it. it was gross. would not recommend.

Well located with a nice view. Perfect after the boat trip, but not really suitable for drinks. The service isn't very responsive, and the food is mostly just fries.

Shitty foood Terrible service The Guinness was undrinkable

Very nice pub on the canal. They show sports events. We paid €30 for three 0.5-liter beers. The beer menu didn't list prices (definitely too high; I've never paid €10 for a beer, not even in America).

Great place where i went to catch up with family. Guinness was superb!

The place is Nice. The waiter speaking italian is horrible as person and waiter. Has nothing to do with service

Wonderful breakfast with more than I could eat. Highly recommend. Terrace outside by the canal is the perfect setting

Great food, and loved that it’s so open especially during summer time! Service was excellent 👌

Absolutely terrible service and extremely rude staff. I came here with family for a few drinks and ordered a latte with oat milk as I have a severe allergy to dairy. When it first arrived it arrived with normal milk and the waitress admitted to making the mistake. When they bought out a new drink, i took a sip and it did not taste like oat milk. It had a strong taste of dairy and a couple of my family members took a sip to double check - all of whom agreed. When I made the staff aware, I was faced with extreme attitude - particularly from the lady with blonde hair and a nose piercings. I very politely told her that even if it was oat milk, I did not want to risk it and did not want another version made. She argued with me to tell me it was oat milk, and very rudely grabbed the drinks and rolled her eyes before walking off. If you have an allergy, I would not recommend this place. Nothing about it was pleasant.

I ordered a coffee with oat milk, but it was clearly made with dairy milk. When I raised the issue, instead of properly checking, they briefly looked at it with a straw and insisted it was oat milk. Both my friend and I are certain it was dairy. As someone who has been vegan for 5 years, I can confidently tell the difference. This was not only disappointing but also concerning. I wouldn’t recommend this place, especially if you have dietary requirements.

Food is oberpriced and not great. The fries has avsolutely no seasoning and the tiny side salad for 5€ was a impertinence. Toilets very dirty and broken.

Excellent pub grub! Classic Irish!

Seemed to to a while for a server to come to the table and ask what i would like to drink. Beer was decent.

Went here with my girlfriend and we waited so long to be served at our table we just left to actually find food and drinks elsewhere

This bar’s service is horrible. They have online football streaming service that doesn’t work. Must be illegal even? Outrageous to pay 5€ for a beer and not being able to watch football properly.

We were there not for so long but had a good impression. Stuff is so friendly and so nice atmosphere

Stay away from this pub if you are non european, i visited 5 sunday april 2026 after 6pm, asked for guiness and wings they delivered wrong order and refuse to refund. No smiles no customer service grimaced faces made me feel uncomfortable. I took photos and have filed a police investigation with amsterdam police. I ask for manager name to resolve he refuse so i explain i will cancel my bank transaction. They simply are racist, i visited the chicken dinner 2 shops down, a staff team of arab black and chinese confirmed they are not welcome in irish pub when they have attended. Its 2026 and people still have racist attituded which is stupid. I have courage to showcase this terrible experience for justice and for the managerment and staff to be investigated. It is not acceptable !!!!

We arrived at 7 PM and saw that there were tables available! The game was on, the waiters looked at us and continued to finish their conversation about the game without serving us! We left!

i cant even rank it! the staff had no reactions even after we told them already 3 times! baddest spot in town

Bit touristy a great place cool staff. Recommend...

A good Irish bar where I has a few pints, easy stop off near Vondelpark. It was pretty quite and good service when I was there. As an Irish person the Guinness wasn't the best but it was drinkable, a new person liked it. Would recommend.

We went for a beer and the experience was fairly average. The place is very well located, in a central area, which is convenient. However, we found the price quite high for what is just a beer. I understand that you're paying for the location, but it's still expensive. Overall, the location is good, but the price doesn't really make up for it.

We waited 25 minutes to place an order We approached the waitress but we did not receive any service

Great place to grap a pint , bartender our really friendly , the staff if great ….. always a match on or a pub quiz great over all place….

Service very unfriendly. Coffee not tasty either.

Great for a beer, the food is very basic. A great location though!

Overall - just very average pub bordering less than average. The service is not great but not bad. I do think they were understaffed on the patio on one of the first beautiful sunny days in amsterdam in weeks. The food - I wanted the soup of the day tomato, which was written on the board but was quickly told it’s carrot today not tomato and it’s an outdated board. Okay. The drinks are exactly what they are. Nothing out of this world. A large pepsi was €8 and the glass in my personal opinion was not worth the €8 at all. I ordered the brie cheese walnut salad and my friend the Caesar salad. Croutons in the caesar were DRENCHED in oil, they looked totally yellow and tasted like melted oil. My salad with the brie came undressed. Just some brie and walnuts and honey, the leaves were completely dry and had nothing on them for €17.50…. I asked for dressing and was given malt vinegar. At least the vinegar made it edible and not just like i’m a rabbit eating raw unseasoned vegetables, but it could’ve been balsamic at least. The only thing that was throughly enjoyed was the very chilled bottle of white wine and the sun on the patio that day. Don’t think we will ever be back.

We had a delicious breakfast. We felt like we were back on holiday in Ireland.

I recommend them; the servers are very pleasant.

Lovely irish breakfast, stuffed.

Came for a pint. Also a poop. Fantastic little riverside spot, if I wasn't fighting for my life working out the hairy burger from Bonnie I'd have enjoyed it a bit more. Guinness was noice. Will be back again.

Service/Staff was great. The Food Awesome The Beer tasty. The Music very Good. We will come Back!

Nice Irish pub, good selection of food and drinks, friendly service. Unpleasant smell in the air, therefore only 4 stars.

Some Irish pubs offer decent food. That's not the case here. The food is bland, and you might wonder if some of the dishes are frozen. But the atmosphere is friendly. This bar is often packed, and you have to push your way through the crowd to get to the bar to order your beer. In short, it's a place to go for a good beer in a noisy and friendly atmosphere (rather than for gourmet food).

Out if all the Irish pubs in Amsterdam this is the most disappointing that serves food. The few times Ive been, the guinness was so watery, very little taste, among the worst in amsterdam. Went for Christmas day dinner, they forgot our food, we were well over an hour waiting to get served. Finally got served, for the price we paid there wasn't much on the plate, some of it was cold. Any time we ordered drinks, it took 15 to 20 minutes. I've heard the breakfast is nice here but I haven't tried. Also once I phoned to make a reservation and the guy answering the phone answered as if I was his homie calling, really bizarre behavior. Overall it's very disappointing for an Irish bar.

We came for some beers... the onion rings were top-notch... delicious fries... Ice-cold draft beer ❄️❄️❄️

I recently visited Aran Irish Pub and, unfortunately, it was disappointing. My experience started with the latte macchiato, which was served in a coffee glass. To my disappointment, it didn't really taste like a latte, which didn't live up to expectations. Additionally, I ordered the bread with garlic butter but received only a small piece. The amount of butter served with it was overwhelming, making the proportions completely off. When I pointed this out to the staff, I got the impression that my feedback wasn't really taken seriously. To my surprise, an extra three euros was charged for additional bread, which I found to be an unreasonable demand. All in all, the service was disappointing and the food was not what I had hoped for. I would not recommend this restaurant if you are looking for a good coffee experience and pleasant service.

Nice pub for a drink right on the canal but service could really use some help. Slower than a snail. If you're in any sort of hurry don't bother.

Average pub restaurant for watching games. The service is average, as is the food. The prices are quite high. The environment is quite noisy and the space is narrow.

Don’t expect an honest pint here. The menu says a pint and what you get is 0,5 ml. Overpriced with horrible inattentive service. Be prepared to be ignored here, especially if you point out their mistakes.

Visited for the first time yesterday, having walked past it a million times. 😅 The Guinness stew is highly recommended. The bar staff is very friendly and the atmosphere exudes hospitality. So I'll definitely be seeing a "local" there more often.

We had our Christmas dinner here and it was perfect.

One of the best bars in Amsterdam I've ever been to.

Staff was extremely rude and food was unsatisfactory

Well located. It's a shame you have to ask three times to get a clean table.

Good place with traditional Irish food. Original pub atmosphere.

View of the canal is nice but the staff aren't nice, bordering on rude - I wonder why 🤔

We visited this place called Aran right in the heart of Amsterdam last week. I was there with a group of friends, and we were basically wandering around looking for somewhere to watch a Champions League match and we stumbled upon this traditional Irish pub right next to the Hard Rock Café, so basically smack in the middle of Amsterdam’s center. We walked in about half an hour before the match started, no reservation or anything, and we just asked if they’d put the game on for us. They were kind enough to pick one of their many screens and tune it to the match we wanted to see. There was room for us, they let us choose a table and we settled in to watch the match. So, what can I say about Arran? It’s your typical Irish pub vibe. The beers are the usual suspects: you can get a Kilkenny, which you don’t find everywhere in the Netherlands, plus some local beers, and of course Guinness and other classic Irish brews. Service-wise, it was okay no one was rude at all, but there wasn’t any particularly warm or attentive customer service. It’s the kind of place that’s probably used to a lot of tourists, so it’s a solid choice if you’re an English speaker who wants to feel at home for a few hours in Amsterdam. But it’s not going to win any awards for hospitality. I’d give the service about three out of five, not amazing, but certainly not bad. As for the food, same deal: I had a burger, someone else had a sausage, we shared some nachos, had a brownie. It was all perfectly fine but not memorable. Nothing that would make me rush back just for the food, but also nothing terrible. It’s your standard pub grub, no more, no less. The atmosphere is exactly what you’d expect from an Irish pub in central Amsterdam. Not super cozy, but it delivers that typical English-Irish pub feel. By the end of the evening, we spent about 60 euros per person, including snacks, a burger, and a few beers each. That’s pretty much in line with Amsterdam’s rather high prices nowadays. In summary, it’s an absolutely average place. I’m not dying to go back, but I wouldn’t avoid it either. They put on the game we wanted, we had a good time, and if I happen to need a pub for a match in the center again, it’s not my first choice, but it’s not off the list.

We had a mingern drink which they didn’t want to refund us we had one sip which was clear we didn’t enjoy it. we still had to pay the full amount. wouldn’t recommend

Staff struggle to serve, pint of Guinness 9.50. save yourself the hassle and go to molly Malone's instead.