House of Guinness

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 25, 2025
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20

Critic Reviews

  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Sep 25, 2025
    60
    Thirsting for something that goes down easy? With just a hint of a bite? Something Irish and sexy-violent, with only a casual regard for history? “House of Guinness” may not be good for you. But it will leave you comfortably numb.
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jackson McHenry
    Sep 25, 2025
    60
    From its opening moments, House of Guinness is too busy accelerating to go for full immersion.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Dan Jolin
    Sep 25, 2025
    60
    Peaky Blinders fans will appreciate Steven Knight’s latest historical delve for its stylistic continuity, but in story terms it feels like it has yet to really hit its stride.
  5. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Sep 25, 2025
    60
    Come to it expecting something wild, and you’ll be disappointed. But if you’re in the market for a sweary Downton Abbey or The Gilded Age, this has enough to keep you entertained.
  6. Movie Nation
    Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    Sep 28, 2025
    50
    Granted, the real history’s not exactly sizzling. But giving it a half-arsed “Bridgerton” sexing up doesn’t really pay off. Not early on, not even a bit after than and not really to so great a degree as to recommend this very pretty Irish travelogue bathed in beer and fire.
  7. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Katie Rosseinsky
    Sep 25, 2025
    40
    It lacks the propulsive energy of A Thousand Blows and the brash humour of SAS: Rogue Heroes, to compare it to two of Knight’s recent historical efforts. And it seems unlikely that viewers will stick around for last orders.