decent pub for socializing - suggestions?

Blackpitts

A couple of friends are coming over from UK and it's their first time in Dub.
They want me to bring them to a pub where they can find people of mid 20s/30s age group, late bar but not a nite club....something with a bit of fun where it's possible to meet/have a chat with the opposite sex without shouting in each other ears

All i know is Diceys but getting tired of the same old!
they want to head somewhere fun and not full of 18 yr olds...maybe Ranelagh/Rathmines are good areas just for a change?

dominiquecruz

Hairy Lemon perhaps? Or Toast in Rathmines might be nice either.

HeidiHeidi

I've had great nights (not recently mind you) in The Bank in Dame Street.

whiskeyman

Bleeding horse or many of the pubs up Wexford street maybe.

Gavin "shels"

whiskeyman wrote: »

Bleeding horse or many of the pubs up Wexford street maybe.

+1 on Bleeding Horse, was there on Saturday after Kasabian for the first time (:eek:), good vide in the place and only €3.80 for a pint of Harp.

MIN2511

Whelans

Hogans

The workman club

starviewadams

Whelans
Bleeding Horse
Bruxelles
Hogans
Market Bar
The Globe

Gavin "shels"

MIN2511 wrote: »

Whelans

Hogans

The workman club

Don't know if it was Whelans or the Village but last Saturday there was a huge queue of people (looked like they didn't get into the Palace so under 20's) trying to get in, not sure if it's like that every Fri/Sat.

As for the Workmans Club, he doesn't want to be with teenagers so I doubt he wants to be at a Topman modelling event!

Treehouse72

The bar with no name, opposite the appalling, dreadful, soulless Market Bar (beside Hogan's, just off Sth George's St.)

And whatever you do, don't take them to the bloody Bleeding Horse for crying out loud.

harry Bailey esq

nobody has mentioned my beloved northside yet! fibbers is good any night of the week,tp smith on abbey st,frank ryans and dice bar on Benburb st. are usually good bets too.

cson

Gavin shels wrote: »

+1 on Bleeding Horse, was there on Saturday after Kasabian for the first time (:eek:), good vide in the place and only €3.80 for a pint of Harp.

I've been there meself the past two Saturdays.

€3.80 a pint is hard bet on a Sat night.

Also; Village is +22s on a Saturday.

MIN2511

Gavin shels wrote: »

Don't know if it was Whelans or the Village but last Saturday there was a huge queue of people (looked like they didn't get into the Palace so under 20's) trying to get in, not sure if it's like that every Fri/Sat.

As for the Workmans Club, he doesn't want to be with teenagers so I doubt he wants to be at a Topman modelling event!

Ah I've been to the workman's pub a few times on a Saturday and it's grand...


OP, there's O'Donoghues on Merrion Row

Treehouse72

MIN2511 wrote: »

O'Donoghues on Merrion Row

Excellent call, and there are plenty of other options around there if you want to move on.

reprazant

Anseo on Wexford St

tony 2 tone

All good choices bar the Hairy Lemon, rip off prices there.

dominiquecruz

tony 2 tone wrote: »

All good choices bar the Hairy Lemon, rip off prices there.

Boo. I know it's a rip, but I think its got a nice layout/beer garden/atmosphere.. and mayhaps the OP is a multi-millionaire anyhow.