Pálás Cinema

Pálás is a three screen arthouse cinema, with a restaurant and bar. Their eclectic programme showcases the best Irish and independent feature films, shorts, classics, foreign language and animated films, feature length documentaries, inventive special events and festivals. Merrow restaurant is situated on the ground floor with a seasonally shifting menu and a focus on local produce. Operated by Element Pictures, the innovators behind Light House Cinema in Dublin, Pálás is an intriguing architectural space for their customers to explore, right in the heart of Galway's Latin Quarter. Designed by Architect Tom de Paor, Pálás is a concrete monolith, five storey over double-height basement housing a three-screen independent cinema, a beautiful bar and restaurant for you to enjoy with your fellow film-lovers. It occupies the garden of a reinstated 1820s merchant house.