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Best Gay Bar In Dublin.

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  • 07-02-2010 7:18am
    #1
    Danny Med
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    So which is the best gay bar in dublin in your opinions, take into account:
    Atmosphere
    Staff friendliness
    The "scene"
    Pulling power in there :P
    Decor
    Drinks promos
    Weirdos (you know, the older ones that just stare at you like you have 8 heads :D)
    How often it's open
    Door staff

    If there are any i missed, please state :)

    Best Gay Bar In Dublin 62 votes

    George
    0% 0 votes
    Dragon
    16% 10 votes
    Pantibar
    12% 8 votes
    Front lounge
    43% 27 votes
    Prhomo
    12% 8 votes
    Spy
    3% 2 votes
    Q&A
    9% 6 votes
    Other
    1% 1 vote


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    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Spy isn't a gay bar, Prhomo is a night on in a pub once a week and Q&A is a night on in a semi-derelict theatre once every three months or so... not sure why you'd have them on the poll?


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    Danny Med
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Danny Med


    I put them in because they are bars in which gay people can meet on a large scale :P plus i asked to take into account how often it's open and other various things, before you polled. :)


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    spurious
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    The Front Lounge is an ok spot before they turn the music up to deafening levels.
    None of the others because of aforementioned bloody music problem, which is not exclusive to 'gay' pubs.

    When did 'socialising' in pubs in Ireland become more about drinking than chatting? </grumpy old woman mode>


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    Daith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,934 ✭✭✭Daith


    Prefer Pantibar for general socializing. Its got a good vibe to be honest.


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    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    spurious wrote: »
    The Front Lounge is an ok spot before they turn the music up to deafening levels.
    None of the others because of aforementioned bloody music problem, which is not exclusive to 'gay' pubs.

    When did 'socialising' in pubs in Ireland become more about drinking than chatting? </grumpy old woman mode>

    When was socialising in pubs not more about drinking than chatting in Ireland?


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    Boston
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    Nah, we never had the "Sit there in silence, drinking pint after pint" culture some places have.


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    keepkeyyellow
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭keepkeyyellow


    spy isn't a gay club :)


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    Danny Med
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Danny Med


    OK :) but someone has voted for it already :P


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    unreggd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭unreggd


    Boston wrote: »
    Nah, we never had the "Sit there in silence, drinking pint after pint" culture some places have.
    Please tell me that's sarcasm


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    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    Was at Spy on Friday night and must admit it was one hell of an experience! It's not a gay bar obviously but most times I was on the dancefloor there was more homosexual/bisexual activity than hetrosexual, which was cool. If you saw that in certain clubs it wouldn't last long without incident.

    Great club anyway. Best one I've been to in my time as a socialite.


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    K4t wrote: »
    Was at Spy on Friday night and must admit it was one hell of an experience! It's not a gay bar obviously but most times I was on the dancefloor there was more homosexual/bisexual activity than hetrosexual, which was cool. If you saw that in certain clubs it wouldn't last long without incident.

    Great club anyway. Best one I've been to in my time as a socialite.

    +1.

    I was there Friday night aswell and it was my first time ever out in Dublin. Brilliant club! Even if it's not a gay bar it can definitely be described as "gay friendly"; it's not every club you'd see that.


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    The.Russian.one
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭The.Russian.one


    It is sooo HOT in all of them. I mean no fresh air to breath ;(:eek:


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    ndubz
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭ndubz


    Danny Med wrote: »
    So which is the best gay bar in dublin in your opinions, take into account:
    Atmosphere
    Staff friendliness
    The "scene"
    Pulling power in there :P
    Decor
    Drinks promos
    Weirdos (you know, the older ones that just stare at you like you have 8 heads :D)
    How often it's open
    Door staff

    If there are any i missed, please state :)

    None to be honest, their all sleaze pots, Dublin's gay scene is really bad IMHO. I think USA and Canada have the perfect ones.


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    TheColl
    Registered Users Posts: 321 ✭✭TheColl


    ndubz wrote: »
    None to be honest, their all sleaze pots, Dublin's gay scene is really bad IMHO. I think USA and Canada have the perfect ones.

    if ur out with a nice crowd then it's fine!


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    Tricity Bendix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭Tricity Bendix


    ndubz wrote: »
    None to be honest, their all sleaze pots, Dublin's gay scene is really bad IMHO. I think USA and Canada have the perfect ones.

    Are you really comparing the gay scene in a city of 1 million people to the options available on the entire North American continent?


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    shoegirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,018 ✭✭✭shoegirl


    They have some truly awful ones too.

    The best are not necessarily in big cities either, some of the better places are in cities like Palm Springs and Provincetown, which are not exactly huge but gay meccas in their own right.


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