Playing Great Music

Live music is very popular in this city centre location every Saturday night with local bands playing great music from the 60’s right through to today’s chart’s. Rafter’s Gastro Pub pride themselves in catering for private parties and will organise everything required for any party, from D.J, live band, decorations and food including the cake … the Lot! Just book your party and let us do all the worrying for you.

Host your Party here

We cater for all types of parties, from birthday celebrations to conferring and retirement parties, hens & stags, special occasions, office social events – whatever the occasion.

With extensive experience of catering, we can assure you that our dedicated team will make your occasion a perfect one. We have a private dining room with comfortable seating for up to 70 guests. This is ideal for private dining and corporate events as well as family occasions.

From finger food to fine dining, Rafter’s Gastro Pub has the experience and expertise to make your occasion one to remember. All group sizes are welcome.

We also have a bbq/beer garden which can be reserved for summer bbq’s and is perfect for office parties. We are specialists in outdoor catering events and from small gatherings at home to large marquee weddings and corporate events we have done them all

Hen Party Stag Party

Function Room

Multifunction, newly decorated private room for all your events and family occasion. Perfect for birthday parties, communions, dance or cocktail-making classes, and many more….

Sporting Occasions

As one of Kilkenny’s leading sports venues, Rafter’s Gastro Pub has it all for the sports addict. From all the Premiership matches to GAA and Rugby, Formula 1 and Golf, you can soak up the atmosphere with us while enjoying an ice cold beer or piping hot food. With so many screens we can show different sports at the same time. With our giant screens (don’t forget the surround sound!), sure it’s the next best thing to actually being at the match.

Call us today on 056 7722970

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