Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Antiques, eye-catching art and elegant bric-a-brac adorn this bar that quickly established itself as a favourite with the trendy crowd. At the back is…
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Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This smallish pub with a huge personality is a top spot for an afternoon pint. It has a long bar, stained-glass windows, red-velour seating and a…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Chart hits and club classics are the mainstay at this club that for a time fancied itself as the late-night dance floor of choice for the city's VIPs and…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it entrance opens up to a spacious bar with elegant 1940s-style decor, adding a touch of ageless cool to a buzzing neighbourhood…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
In rural Ireland you don't go clubbing; you go to 'the disco' for a drink, a dance and – hopefully – 'the shift', a particularly Irish way of describing…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
James Joyce would barely recognise the bar that Leopold Bloom popped into for a Gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of burgundy in Ulysses. It doesn't stop…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
One of a string of off–Grafton St, classic Victorian boozers once patronised by Dublin's legless literati, Neary's is a perfect stop-off day or night. It…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
A true veteran of the city's club scene, Rí Rá – one half of the Irish expression rí rá agus ruaile buaile ('ree raw aw-gus roola boola'), which…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
A posh Dawson St drinking spot, Sam's has decor that is Middle Eastern (a hangover of its previous incarnation as an Asian-themed bar) meets art-college…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The Irish love their tea, and this marvellous cafe is the place to enjoy your choice of 150 different types, served in ceramic Japanese teapots with all…
North of the Liffey
This long-time stalwart of Dublin's theatre-going community – the Abbey is directly across the street – has been given a spit shine in recent years, but…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The 'Pyg', with its craft beers, flavoured cocktails, excellent, pounding music and myriad nooks and crannies, is hugely popular with younger drinkers and…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The wildly extravagant art nouveau style of this huge bar is very popular with suburbanites, the after-work crowd and out-of-towners. Maybe it's the glass…
Dublin
This spacious bar is filled with colourful murals to admire and snap while working your way through the extensive drink selection. Taking inspiration from…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
A pub for a chat and a convivial catch-up, this humble and friendly place is more like Peter's Living Room. It's one of the few remaining drinking dens in…
North of the Liffey
The latest venture by the Bodytonic crew, this excellent new bar serves 50 types of craft beer and 100 different rums on the ground floor and excellent…
North of the Liffey
This is a great little pub, where young and old come together in conversation and rich, creamy pints go down a treat. The Tardis effect is evident once…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Refreshingly unreconstructed, this is one of the oldest pubs in Dublin and it seems to be just sauntering along with scant regard for changing trends. It…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Occupying the main hall of the Old Harcourt Street Station is this elegant bar with marble bar-tops, leather banquettes and art deco touches throughout…
North of the Liffey
Sleek and contemporary, the main bar at Morrison Hotel is perfectly adequate if you fancy an evening in a bar that is indistinguishable from a fancy hotel…
Temple Bar
The Porterhouse looks like a cross between a Wild West bar and a Hieronymus Bosch painting. It has lots of its own delicious brews, including its Plain…
Temple Bar
Gone are the days when this was the bar to be seen in – preferably within proximity of a celeb or two – but this handsome room decked out in art deco…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
To experience the smallest bar in Dublin, go through a little doorway, down a narrow flight of steps and into two tiny rooms that always seem to be filled…
Dublin
A decent boozer that is a favourite with rugby fans who didn't get tickets to the match – they congregate around the TVs and ebb and flow with each…
Temple Bar
Only a couple of doors down from the Olympia Theatre, this is a wonderful old-style bar where conversation – not loud music – is king. The beer is also…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Bruxelles is a raucous music bar split across different areas. It's comparatively trendy on the ground floor, while downstairs is a great, loud and dingy…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
One of the newer breed of cafes where the barista's creations are considered caffeinated art. Order a flat white and use it to dunk one of the (homemade)…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This two-storey designer bar is one of the city's long-standing spots for the cool kids, who don't have to move as the venue morphs from bar to club after…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
A loud and raucous bar on George’s St, Nolita is the place to go if you fancy a bit of a party, rather than a quiet pint.
North of the Liffey
The warm and cosy decor of this traditional pub is matched by the exceptionally friendly staff.