Top 5 Pubs in Dublin

Maynooth · 15-04-2005 5:10pm #1

Well Dubs (and non Dubs) what are yours?

Maynooth · 15-04-2005 5:38pm

1. The International
2. The Market Bar
3. Hogans
4. Cafe En Seine
5. Doyles

[Jackass] · 15-04-2005 6:26pm

1. The Temple Bar
2. Eamon Dorans
3. Whealens
4. The Market Bar
5. Doyles

almostagassi · 15-04-2005 6:29pm

1.mcdaids off grafton street
2.o'neils
3.doyles
4.the globe
5. the pavillion in trinity.

the worst: q bar

ClareBear · 18-04-2005 6:06pm

1. Sosume - George's St (well it WAS! Fecking "Dragon" now....gay bars are fun but I'm not gay.....I'll miss you Sosume!)
2. Dakota - South William St
3. Samsara - Dawson St
4. The International - Wicklow St
5. Hogan's - George's St

Also Sin, Market Bar, Doyles....ah the list goes on....fecking love Dublin!

rugbug86 · 18-04-2005 6:50pm

1 - Capitol
2 - Sosume
3 - The Outback/Wool Shed
4 - Bruxelles
5 - The Auld Dub

dcr22B · 21-04-2005 9:29am

1. Bruxelles
2. Bacchus
3. The Duke
4. Messrs Maguires
5. Bleeding Horse

ClareBear · 21-04-2005 7:24pm

Oooh forgot about Ba Mizu!

Mmmmm pretty boys galore...drool....

Kernel · 22-04-2005 12:02pm

Sosume and The Duke are great bars. Bruxelles was great years ago, but has lost something in recent years I think.

Can't understand everyone's fascination with The Market Bar, it's a big huge warehouse ffs, with no music and just hundreds of voices chattering.... drives me mad.

ClareBear · 22-04-2005 2:22pm

Kernel wrote:

Sosume and The Duke are great bars. Bruxelles was great years ago, but has lost something in recent years I think.

Can't understand everyone's fascination with The Market Bar, it's a big huge warehouse ffs, with no music and just hundreds of voices chattering.... drives me mad.

But it's so big and spacious, I like that.

Third_Echelon · 22-04-2005 2:29pm

Whelans
The Village
Hogans
The Globe
Thomas Reids

Hounourable mentions:
Keoghs - off grafton st
The Bleeding Horse
Grogans
Porter House
The Pavillion in Trinity
McSorleys - Ranelagh

irlirishkev · 22-04-2005 2:34pm

The Front Lounge (for the music and ambience)
Ba Mizu (because Viva is gone, and the new place just doesn't have the same feel)
Thomas Reades (for dancin')
Isoldes Tower (also for dancin', but moreso for pints til 4am!)
The Bankers (for that quiet pint)

K.

MonkeyNutz · 23-04-2005 10:23pm

Palace (picturehouse)
the forum
flannerys (for boggers)
thats it.
pubs are pretty **** these days

Alana · 23-04-2005 10:30pm

In no particular order

Bruxelles
Eamonn Dorans
Doyles
Ri ras-ok ok its a club but
so sume-hmmm thursday night cocktails...hmmm

Drummer · 23-04-2005 10:41pm

1. The Temple Bar - nice on a Sat or Sun afternoon to just sit and watch the crowds go by, go there a bit)

2. The Sub - great live bands.

3. Zanzibar - good mix of pub n club, that way we dont have to argue where we go as a group.

4. Messer Maguires - good music, good crowd.

5. Renards - good happy hour !

I love bars that play rock music. Most dont. Most of the above play a decent mix anyway, or at least not so much dance/pop. Heard Bruxelles is a good rock bar, however, i rarely remember to head that way or if i do, my mates wont go.

Kernel · 24-04-2005 10:48pm

ClareBear wrote:

But it's so big and spacious, I like that.

Hmm.. maybe that explains why skangers drink in fields.

Blondie81 · 25-04-2005 2:35pm

Where is Viva?

What I've always wanted to know about Renards/Lillies and all those sort of places is can the average joe just walk in there or are they fussy about who goes?

irlirishkev · 25-04-2005 2:39pm

Blondie81 wrote:

Where is Viva?
What I've always wanted to know about Renards/Lillies and all those sort of places is can the average joe just walk in there or are they fussy about who goes?

Viva is on the left hand side, walking up South William Street. Past BaMizu, near the top. It's not called Viva anymore though, can't remember the new name.

With regards Renards, I've been in a few times, mainly on a Thursday night. It's not the kind of clientele I'd surround myself with. Same goes for Lillies. If you try to get in, say late on a weekend, then you might have trouble, but apart from that you should be okay.

Either way, if they're going to turn you away because you don't look rich enough, then you probably don't want to be there :rolleyes:

Kev.

Blondie81 · 25-04-2005 2:41pm

Thanks Kev, was wondering about that....I'm almost certain the people that go there wouldn't be my kinda people anyway. Definitely not!

Kernel · 25-04-2005 6:26pm

Blondie81 wrote:

Thanks Kev, was wondering about that....I'm almost certain the people that go there wouldn't be my kinda people anyway. Definitely not!

It's easy to get into Renards if you go at a reasonable hour, and the clientele aren't that stuck up either. Have never been to Lillie's, because there are other pubs around there I often drink in instead. Cafe En Seine was full of rich poshies, but I wouldn't mind that, only the drink was utter piss, and very expensive too.

If a pub is going to charge a fortune for a pint, it should at least make sure it's a consistently good one!

Maynooth · 27-04-2005 5:06pm

Cafe En Seine....full of complete tossers.

ildamiano · 08-05-2005 10:09pm

Can't believe no-one has included The Gravediggers (Kavanagh) in Glasnevin - if you've yet to go, pay it a visit. My Top 5 would be completed with :

McDaids (off Grafton Street)
The White Horse (near Tara Street Station)
The Schoolhouse (Grand Canal Quay)
The Boar's Head (Capel Street)

Draupnir · 08-05-2005 10:15pm

haha, the Gravediggers is a dump over hyped by tourists and the graveyard, history link. i live right beside it. however, the guinness is top drawer.

top 5:

1. capitol stephen street
2. handels/karma of fishamble street
3. porterhouse
4. the dame tavern
5. my local! i think everyones local should be in their top 5

ildamiano · 08-05-2005 11:24pm

Draupnir,

If u live right beside the Gravediggers, then it's your local, right, and your 5th favourite pub in Dublin?

Draupnir · 10-05-2005 6:54pm

nope, my local would be the sunnybank, a stones throw from the gravediggers and a far better establishment.

bridigo · 12-05-2005 2:52am

1. Cafe en Seine
2. Ron Blacks
3. Renards
4. Cocoon
5. Searsons

acorntoast · 12-05-2005 1:34pm

Hmmm... In town -

1. Neary's
2. Peter's Pub
3. Grogan's/The Castle Lounge
4. The Long Hall
5. The Stag's Head

Market Bar is good for cheap enough* food, but it's like transiting through Ellis Island or something. Hundreds of people crammed into a red bricked warehouse, the babble of voices all around you... I find the acoustics kind of oppressive. I've seen a girl carried out of there because of a panic attack! I kind of know how she felt...

*for Dublin, that is