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

  • Wall and Keogh

    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…

  • Sam's Bar

    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…

  • Pygmalion

    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…

  • Café en Seine

    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…

  • Peter's Pub

    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…

  • Old Stand

    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…

  • Odeon

    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…

  • Dawson Lounge

    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…

  • Bruxelles

    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…

  • Kaph

    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)…

  • 4 Dame Lane

    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…

  • Nolita

    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.

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