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Off licences · Eglinton Street · Galway

The Wine Buff

The Wine Buff is an off licence on Eglinton Street in Galway, County Galway, 214 m west of Eyre Square. NCBI Charity Shop, Change and Enable Ireland Homewares are within 9 m.

Kind
Off licences
Street
12 Eglinton Street
From Eyre Square
214 m west
Phone
+353 91 330 887
Website
thewinebuff.com
Run by
Joe Calahan
Wheelchair
Accessible
Parking
Market Street Car Park on Bowling Green, 144 m away
Bus stop
Franciscan Friary (Bus Éireann;City Direct), 98 m away
Plan of the streets around The Wine Buff, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around The Wine Buff, 340 metres across

Getting to The Wine Buff

By car
Park at Market Street Car Park on Bowling Green, 144 m away, paid, 83 spaces.
By bus
The nearest stop is Franciscan Friary, served by Bus Éireann;City Direct, 98 m away.
Directions from where you are
Open the model above, tap the pin and choose “Directions here”; the route is drawn from your own position.

While you are there

107 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Vaffanc*lo (34 m), Saffron Turkish Grill and Cafe (37 m), Capital Turkish Kebabs (42 m) and Brasserie on the Corner (47 m) and more.

133 shops within 300 m, including NCBI Charity Shop, Change and Enable Ireland Homewares.

Eglinton Street itself has 28 named places on the map, and 1 car park along it.

Opening hours

Mon
11:00-18:30
Tue
11:00-18:30
Wed
Not recorded
Thu
11:00-19:00
Fri
10:30-19:00
Sat
10:30-19:00
Sun
Closed

As recorded on OpenStreetMap on 2026-09-18; bank holidays may differ.

Within a short walk

  1. NCBI Charity Shop
    Charity shops
    4 m
  2. Change
    Clothes shops
    7 m
  3. 9 m
  4. Yes Flowers
    Florists
    15 m
  5. The eCig Store
    E-cigarette
    20 m
  6. 22 m
  7. Trespass
    Outdoor shops
    22 m
  8. Central Applications Office
    Government offices
    26 m

Also on Eglinton Street

  2. Booley
    Outdoor shops
  4. Brown Thomas
    Department stores
  7. Central Applications Office
    Government offices
  8. Change
    Clothes shops

Everything on Eglinton Street (28 places)

Other off licences in Galway

  1. 316 m
  2. Cavavin
    Cross Street Upper
    318 m
  3. Fine Wines
    Raven Terrace
    617 m
  4. O'Briens
    Headford Road
    775 m
  5. Fine Wines
    Westside Business Centre
    1.5 km
  6. 2.4 km
  7. 3.0 km
  8. Carry Out
    Dublin Road
    3.3 km

All 9 off licences in Galway

Questions people ask

Where is The Wine Buff?
On Eglinton Street in Galway, 214 m west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 144 m away.
When is The Wine Buff open?
The map records Mo 11:00-18:30; Tu 11:00-18:30; Th 11:00-19:00; Fr-Sa 10:30-19:00; Su off. The table above shows it day by day, and the badge at the top says whether it is open at this moment.
How do I contact The Wine Buff?
By phone on +353 91 330 887, or through thewinebuff.com.
Are there other off licences nearby?
8 other off licences in $Galway; the closest is Thomas Woodberrys Wines, 316 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/9925153362, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.