Crowe's Nest — An 1897 Enniskillen pub that feeds families at lunchtime and turns into the town's live-band room at night.
Who it's for: genuinely family-friendly in the daytime and early evening, with a children's menu, highchairs and baby-changing. Adults only in practice once the band starts around 9.30pm, and NI licensing requires under-18s out of the bar area by 9pm, or 9.30pm with a meal bought before 9pm.
Music: live bands most weekends, typically starting between 9.30pm and 10.30pm. The Industry nightclub upstairs runs later on Saturdays. Check their what's-on before you travel.
Tickets: free entry to the bar. Table bookings can be made online.
Food: yes, from noon daily. Lunch, dinner, desserts and coffee, with children's, gluten-free and vegetarian options, plus takeaway.
When: Mon to Thu noon to 11pm, Fri noon to midnight, Sat noon to 2am, Sun noon to midnight.
Accessibility: level access, ramp or lift to facilities, accessible toilets, guide dogs welcome, baby-changing facilities and highchairs.
Plan your visit
The daytime version
Food runs from noon, with lunch and dinner menus, desserts and specialist coffee. Tourism listings note gluten-free and vegetarian options alongside the children's menu, and takeaway is available. The seating is booths and sofas rather than high tables, which matters more than it sounds when you have a four-year-old. There are also six screens and a large drop-down HD screen for live sport, so if your day out is built around a match, this is the room for it.
Children's menu, highchairs and baby-changing facilitiesLevel access and accessible toiletsLive bands most weekendsFood served from noon every dayFermanagh regional winner, National Pub and Bar Awards 2022
Good to know before you go:
The live-music programme runs at weekends and is published on the venue's own what's-on page, which is kept current. Bank holidays and match weekends tend to bring extra dates.
Before you set off
What to bring
🎟️Your ticketBigger gigs sell out — book ahead rather than chancing the door.
🪪IDIt’s an over-18s room, so bring photo ID if you look anywhere near it.
💷A bit of cashHandy for the door, the cloakroom and the taxi home.
📱The what’s-on pageThe listings change weekly — check who’s playing before you go.
Good to know
Everything before you go
Type
traditional pub with restaurant and live-music room
Who it's for
genuinely family-friendly in the daytime and early evening, with a children's menu, highchairs and baby-changing. Adults only in practice once the band starts around 9.30pm, and NI licensing requires under-18s out of the bar area by 9pm, or 9.30pm with a meal bought before 9pm.
Music
live bands most weekends, typically starting between 9.30pm and 10.30pm. The Industry nightclub upstairs runs later on Saturdays. Check their what's-on before you travel.
Tickets
free entry to the bar. Table bookings can be made online.
Food
yes, from noon daily. Lunch, dinner, desserts and coffee, with children's, gluten-free and vegetarian options, plus takeaway.
When
Mon to Thu noon to 11pm, Fri noon to midnight, Sat noon to 2am, Sun noon to midnight.
Accessibility
level access, ramp or lift to facilities, accessible toilets, guide dogs welcome, baby-changing facilities and highchairs.
Address
12 High Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, BT74 7EH
Questions
Before you go
Can we bring the kids?
genuinely family-friendly in the daytime and early evening, with a children's menu, highchairs and baby-changing. Adults only in practice once the band starts around 9.30pm, and NI licensing requires under-18s out of the bar area by 9pm, or 9.30pm with a meal bought before 9pm.
What's the music like?
live bands most weekends, typically starting between 9.30pm and 10.30pm. The Industry nightclub upstairs runs later on Saturdays. Check their what's-on before you travel.
Do I need a ticket?
free entry to the bar. Table bookings can be made online.
Do they do food?
yes, from noon daily. Lunch, dinner, desserts and coffee, with children's, gluten-free and vegetarian options, plus takeaway.
When is it on?
Mon to Thu noon to 11pm, Fri noon to midnight, Sat noon to 2am, Sun noon to midnight.
Getting there
Crowe's Nest is at 12 High Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, BT74 7EH. Tap below for directions.
The Crowe's Nest has held the same spot on High Street since 1897, which makes it one of the oldest continuously trading pubs in Enniskillen. Towns like this lose businesses steadily. Surviving 130 years on a main street is not luck, it is a building that kept finding a new job to do.
The current job is a good example. Rather than picking a lane, the pub runs as a family restaurant by day and a live-music room by night, and picked up the Fermanagh regional award for best bar at the 2022 National Pub and Bar Awards while doing it. That is the trick a good town pub has always pulled: be useful to everybody, just not all at the same hour.