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Cocktails in Dublin

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  • 06-06-2008 12:54am
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    tobiesheba
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    Where's a good place to go for cocktails in Dublin?


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    BraziliaNZ
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    Nowhere. They're WAY overpriced and they put tiny measures of alcohol in them. Get over to the continent if you want real measures and real prices.


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    Xavi6
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    Capitol Bar do specials on them before a certain time if I remember correctly.


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    Mirrorboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 49 ✭Mirrorboy


    captain america's on grafton street....
    €3 for students on wednesdays:)
    cant go wrong with that


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    *Tripper*
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    ^Yea but be warned that they are rubbish and bring on a vicious headache after a few to many!


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    Dancor
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    Redz, Two for a tenner and they are lovely.


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    ojewriej
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    Thunderroad Cafe on Temple Bar has a good selection


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    Creamy Goodness
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    capitol cocktail bar.

    all cocktails (bar the champagne ones) are €5 before 11.

    great place to start a night out.


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    odyssey06
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    Traffic on Abbey Street (opposite Arnotts side entrance) have cocktails 2 for 10e Wednesday-Sunday. Very nice Long Island Iced Teas.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    shrapnel222
    Registered Users Posts: 3,118 ✭✭✭shrapnel222


    best cocktails i've had were in the octagon bar in the clarence, but they are pricey


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    Woden
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    Had some nice cocktails recently here http://www.koh.ie/ on the millenium walkway. Was there for dinner (poor form waiting 1h 15mins with a reservation) but I did enjoy the cocktails we had in the bar area.


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    sunnyjim
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    Hmmm...

    If you take a bus out to clontarf, you could go to the parlour bar. Nice place, and they do a pitcher of stuff called "Girls Aloud". You will get abuse off the bar staff if you're a bunch of lads buying it, however!!

    Capitol is nice too.

    There's also The Porterhouse (any of them!) they do great cocktails, if a wee bit expensive. Most are 7/8, but others are a tenner. Well worth it though, huge selection!


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    Maximilian
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 5,400 Mod ✭✭✭✭Maximilian


    Mojitos in Saba are really good.


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    meditraitor
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    Maximilian wrote: »
    Mojitos in Saba are really good.

    I will be trying this soon, Ive yet to get a decent Mojito in Dublin:(


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    pvt.joker
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    Ba Mizou is a good cocktail bar


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    Maximilian
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    meditraitor wrote: »
    I will be trying this soon, Ive yet to get a decent Mojito in Dublin:(

    Guys in Saba have won awards for their concoctions.


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    meditraitor
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    Maximilian wrote: »
    Guys in there have won awards for their concoctions.
    :pac: thanks for the heads up .....


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    markpb
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    pvt.joker wrote: »
    Ba Mizou is a good cocktail bar

    They also won the prestigious closure order from the Food Safety Authority because their levels of hygiene were so bad.
    FSA wrote:
    Closure Orders are served when it is deemed, upon inspection, that there is, or there is likely to be, a grave and immediate danger to public health at or in the premises.


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    Maximilian
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    markpb wrote: »
    They also won the prestigious closure order from the Food Safety Authority because their levels of hygiene were so bad.

    I meant the barmen in Saba won awards, not Ba Mizu.


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    markpb
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    Maximilian wrote: »
    I meant the barmen in Saba won awards, not Ba Mizu.

    You're right, sorry. I've edited my post.


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    simonw
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    Cremo wrote: »
    capitol cocktail bar.

    all cocktails (bar the champagne ones) are €5 before 11.

    great place to start a night out.

    There's a lot of saps in there in my experience of the place


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    Maximilian
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    markpb wrote: »
    You're right, sorry. I've edited my post.

    as have I :)


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    humberklog
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    Cosmapolitans in the Octogon are best around. Dear but price is well balanced to the lashings of alcohol put in.
    Unfortunately the bar is as exciting as Songs of Praise followed by back to back episodes of The Last of the Summer Wine.


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    jdivision
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    The Mint Bar in the Westin used to do amazing cocktails but it's shockingly expensive there now


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    Greyfox
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    simonw wrote: »
    There's a lot of saps in there in my experience of the place


    I completely disagree...they do by some distance the best cocktails in Dublin, great place!


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    Sandraf
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    Upstairs in the Westbury do a big selection and they're no dearer than anywhere else. Personally, i love the long island iced tea (just the one if sufficient !).


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    aidom
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    Solas on Wexford St does great cocktails but they're not cheap.

    They use real fruit not just syrups. Plus it has a great atmosphere.


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    MediaTank
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    Ice Bar in the Four Seasons do the best cocktails I've had in Dublin. Bit out of the way in Ballsbridge and a bit pricey though.


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    dah
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭dah


    Greyfox wrote: »
    I completely disagree...they do by some distance the best cocktails in Dublin, great place!

    Capitol great place for cocktails, you can get the odd pretentious head in Capitol Bar but you get them anywhere. Good spot and for €5 for any cocktail before midnight wets my appetite to have one at the mo.


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    df1985
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    the cocktails in capitol are a fiver for a reason-theyre ****e. they use the premixed crap out of he bottles ready to turf them out at speed.
    a good cocktail should be made from scratch with each ingredient added individually (and as a result should take a few minutes to make).they shouldnt be made where the alcohol is premixed in a plastic bottle thing and then simply topped up with whatever mixer/juice needed.i takes them longer to pull a few pints in capitol, says a lot.for a fiver though what do ya expect?


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    AnonoBoy
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    aidom wrote: »
    Solas on Wexford St does great cocktails but they're not cheap.

    Do they not do the 8 euro cocktails there anymore? That's not exactly cheap but they were good cocktails and well made.


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