Must-see nightlife in Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

  • Kehoe's

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This classic bar is the very exemplar of a traditional Dublin pub. The beautiful Victorian bar, wonderful snug and side room have been popular with…

  • The entrance to Grogan's pub, South William Street

    Grogan's Castle Lounge

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Known simply as Grogan's (after the original owner), this is a city-centre institution. It has long been a favourite haunt of Dublin's writers and…

  • No Name Bar

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A low-key entrance next to the trendy French restaurant L'Gueuleton leads upstairs to one of the nicest bar spaces in town, consisting of three huge rooms…

  • Long Hall

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A Victorian classic that is one of the city's most beautiful and best-loved pubs. Check out the ornate carvings in the woodwork behind the bar and the…

  • Farrier & Draper

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This opulent bar in the 18th-century Powerscourt complex combines Prohibition-era cool (staff in Peaky Blinders hats and sleeve garters) and Georgian…

  • Bernard Shaw

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This deliberately ramshackle boozer is probably the coolest bar in town for its marvellous mix of music (courtesy of its owners, the Bodytonic production…

  • Bestseller

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A daytime cafe and evening wine bar – this relaxing bohemian spot is surrounded by an eclectic mix of books and art. Housed in the previous headquarters…

  • 9 Below

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This lavish bar is tucked into a basement on St Stephen’s Green, with weathered alcoves and cosy corners in which you can hide away with a cocktail. The…

  • McDaid's

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    One of Dublin's best-known literary pubs, this classic boozer was popular with the likes of Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan (both of whom were…

  • Anseo

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Unpretentious, unaffected and incredibly popular, this cosy alternative bar – which is pronounced 'an-shuh', the Irish for 'here' – is a favourite with…

  • Against the Grain

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    An excellent pub for the craft-beer fans, which is no surprise considering it's owned by the Galway Bay Brewery. There's a dizzying selection of ales and…

  • Drury Buildings Cocktail Bar

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    The ground-floor cocktail bar at the Drury Buildings is popular for pre-dinner drinks. It also has an Italian lunch menu of sandwiches, salads and other…

  • Peruke & Periwig

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This teeny little Tardis of a bar has an eccentric apothecary vibe, with mixologists decked out in bow ties and a cocktail menu that reads like a novella…

  • Swan

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Ex-rugby international John Lynch's pub is home to two kinds of punter: the in-for-a-pint-and-a-chat tippler who doesn't venture far from the Victorian…

  • Chelsea Drug Store

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    It doesn't matter that its name seems plucked out of a trendy focus group and the decor carefully curated to reflect current trends (art deco elements,…

  • Mary's Bar

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    In a twist of irony, the home of the authentic pub has seen the arrival of a classic McPub, complete with pseudo-old hardware shop at the front and oak…

  • Clement & Pekoe

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Our favourite cafe in town is this contemporary version of an Edwardian tearoom. Walnut floors, art deco chandeliers and wall-to-wall displays of handsome…

  • Sidecar

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This sleek and rather saucy cocktail bar is the place to take someone you want to impress – snifters of Prosecco are served while you browse the menu, or…

  • Stag's Head

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    The Stag's Head was built in 1770, remodelled in 1895 and thankfully not changed a bit since then. It's a superb pub: so picturesque that it often appears…

  • Hogan's

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Midweek this big contemporary bar is a relaxing hang-out for young professionals, and restaurant and bar workers on a night off. But come the weekend the…

  • Lucky Duck

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This handsome building has lain dormant for decades, but a recent refurb has created the Lucky Duck, a warm and stylish bar with three floors of cosy…

  • P.Mac's

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This Brooklyn-style bohemian hang-out is full of mismatched vintage furniture, American-style pint glasses and an alternative soundtrack veering towards…

  • Network

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    If you’re a fan of latte art, you’ll be swooning at the creations that come out of this cool little cafe on Aungier St. But, thankfully, it’s not all…

  • J. O'Connell

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Probably as close to a country boozer as you could find in the city, O'Connell's is the kind of place that draws in a solid crowd of locals and regulars…

  • Camden Exchange

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Always buzzing when the evening draws in, the Camden Exchange does a roaring trade in simple cocktails (the Gin Garden Mojito goes down a treat) and…

  • The exterior of the George

    George

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    The purple mother of Dublin's gay bars is a long-standing institution, having lived through the years when it was the only place in town where the gay…

  • Outside the Globe, Dubin

    Globe

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    The grandaddy of the city's contemporary bars has steadfastly stuck to the formula that made it cool in the first place: wooden floors, plain brick walls…

  • Opium

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Clubbers familiar with the Hakkasan experience – whether in London or in Las Vegas – will recognise that the Opium is trying to do the same thing, albeit…

  • Market Bar

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    An architectural beauty, this giant red-brick-and-iron-girder room that was once a Victorian sausage factory is now a large, breezy bar that stands as a…

  • Mercantile

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A big, sprawling bar spread across three floors, the Mercantile's stock-in-trade has been tourists, mostly of the stag-and-hen type, who fill the place at…

  • Zozimus

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A white marble bar, lots of elegant wood and teal panelling…this handsome bar is undoubtedly eye-catching, and popular for post-work drinks or a good…

  • Dicey's Garden

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This massive place is better known as Dicey Reilly's (or just Dicey's) and is one of Dublin's most popular bars, spread across a couple of levels with…

  • 37 Dawson Street

    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…

  • International Bar

    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…

  • Krystle

    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…

  • Idlewild

    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…

  • Copper Face Jacks

    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…

  • Davy Byrnes

    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…

  • Neary's

    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…

  • Rí Rá

    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…

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