Liffey Lagoa

Liffey Lagoa sits in Centrinho da Lagoa as the sister venue to the original Liffey Irish pub in Centro Florianópolis. The Lagoa branch was designed more residential and casual than the downtown original, with the layout leaning toward beer-hall communal seating and a back garden that opens in good weather. The interior splits between a front bar with high-top tables, a middle dining area with longer tables, and the back garden with picnic-style seating. The tap wall behind the bar is the visual centerpiece, running 15-20 lines of rotating craft beers.

The beer program is the main draw. The taps rotate continuously, with a printed menu refreshed weekly and additional handwritten changes through the night. The lineup typically covers Santa Catarina craft producers, Rio Grande do Sul brewers, occasional Paulista or Carioca imports, and a rotating international selection that runs heavy on American and English IPAs and stouts. Quality is consistent and the styles are well-curated for variety without being adventurous. The flight option for around R$45 covers four pours and works well for first visits.

The food is solid pub fare with proper attention. Fish and chips is a genuine highlight, with proper batter, crisp finish, and good cod or hake depending on availability. Burgers are above average for the format. Pies, sausages, and pub mains round out the menu alongside a few Brazilian options. Pricing is fair, sitting below comparable mid-tier Lagoa restaurants but above the cheaper bar food options.

The crowd is the venue's defining feature. Heavy expat presence year-round (heavy on the Argentines and Europeans who form a significant chunk of Lagoa's resident foreign population), plus a steady local base of regulars who treat the place as a neighborhood pub. The pace is slow, conversations are long, and the energy stays steady rather than building toward a peak. Service is friendly and unhurried, with the staff knowing many regulars by name and order. Card and Pix payments both process smoothly.