Barcode

abetarrush

Any regulars at Barcode think its gone t hell recently?


I was a regular there, and they all knew us, so never asked for ID, but then a few weeks ago [think it was the Gay weekend] They said Regulars only and refused us! cheek o dat!


Anyways, went back on Saturday for the first time in like 2 months and it was fvckin shlt!

Don't recognise ANY of the staff, and the place was EMPTY

Also, the DJ was shlt, and played crap music all night

Then the barman was a prick t me mates

And I spent like 7 whole minutes in the jax cos I had a bad stomach and the security guy opened the locked door with a special key n looked around the cubicle


What the hell?

monkeyfudge

Always amazes me the ammount of threads this place gets.

Is the Dracula Museum still running? I want to go again.

sunnyjim

I was there last saturday too, it was empty all night!

I don't go very often at all, because, well, I hate the 'code and all who dwell within the 'code!

The DJ was yer man Ray Shah I think.

Ah well, this only confirms/justifies the hatred for me.

abetarrush

sunnyjim wrote:

I was there last saturday too, it was empty all night!

I don't go very often at all, because, well, I hate the 'code and all who dwell within the 'code!

The DJ was yer man Ray Shah I think.

Ah well, this only confirms/justifies the hatred for me.

wha were ye wearing? I'd actually probably remember ye it was so empty

haha


And whats with everyone wearing tucked in shirts? Random

hardCopy

Jesus I could've sworn one of my mates wrote that, went though the exact same thing on Sunday night. It's really gone to ****e lately though, and it's not even cheap anymore.

Collie D

Bouncers there just turn away who they want with that regulars only line, OP. Place is crap, you won't miss much if you don't go again, worst pint in Dublin, only bother going on a Sunday after a Dubs game for the cheap (warm) gargle

Zascar

I have not been to barcode yet but recently started working nearby so will probably drop by. I've heard its a very young crowd recently, is that correct?

Collie D

Zascar wrote:

I have not been to barcode yet but recently started working nearby so will probably drop by. I've heard its a very young crowd recently, is that correct?

Well if you're over 21 you'll feel a bit out of place

Tha Gopher

abetarrush wrote:

Also, the DJ was shlt, and played crap music all night

Anytime I was forced into visiting Barcode it was cheesy music, sure ffs the place looks more like where yid hold a wedding reception than a nightclub. And the music policy is pretty much the same

*bets 50 euro I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker was played.*

Lord what cheese the students and country folk can get their groove on to.....


Sad thing is, people aged 18-20 dont have alo of other options on a Saturday. Spirit, Redz, 21s and a few of the suburban clubs are the only place that will let under 21 males in usually. Nowhere in Temple Bar is under 21 anymore afaik.

abetarrush

exactly

but 21 and Spirit are mad hard t get into

RedZ is ****

and yup, Temple Bar is all 21+

One of them is 23+, like what the hell?

mikemac

Those bouncers are terrible allright.

One Saturday last January around 7pm I walked through the main gate on the way to the gym. I don't tend to head out on Saturday nights so I decided to use the gym-I pay enough for it so may as well use it.

Got stopped in the car park and asked for ID. Was also told smartly I wouldn't be allowed in as I was wearing runners.

I replied I was only using the gym and showed him my swipe card which clearly has Westwood Clontarf on it. Also showed the sports bag I was carrying-it should have been obvious I was going to the gym.

They didn't believe me and told me to leave the grounds sharpish. Felt hard done by and probably should have complained to management as I pay €70 to use the facilites.

Been a member of Westwood for over a year now and like the place. I'm there 4-5 days a week. But I swore that night I'd never go into in Barcode and still haven't despite the fact my membership fees are going towards running it so I've more right than most to be there.

Judging by the comments in this thread, I'm not missing much.

abetarrush

A few months back ye might have missed somethin on a Thurs or Fri

but now....

kona

always been ****, apart from when i was 17 and snuck in through the gym.....sorry dude my fault!!!!

Jonny Arson

Woohoo yet another opportunity to bash Barcode!

TBH the place has been going downhill since the moment it opened. I like the lay out of the club, it would be the type of club I would enjoy going to but sadly everything about the club is operated poorly.

- The bouncers there are ****ing dickheads of the highest order (not unusal for Dublin but IMO worse than most places)
- Clientel, the place has been filled with Ben Sherman skangers and I know of 16/17 year old girls regularly getting in no bother
- Overcrowded beyond belief

Until a month ago I had not being in Barcode for a year but I gave it another chance a few weeks ago but it was still the same, ****. In the past 2 out of 3 times I'd get refused (for no reason obviously) but this time I had no bother getting in mainly due to being with a group of mates aged 21/22 but after an hour we were all bored, music was worse than it had ever being, still full of skangers/sluts/general twats and the atmosphere of the place was even worse. Someone needs to bomb that place, get new owners, rebuild it and give North Dublin a proper club once and for all.

Sadly there's little alternative in Dublin clubwise esp if you're under 21.... Redz, 21 etc are equally as ****

Tha Gopher

So wait.....its full of scumbags, yet its got a tight door policy?

Mind you, I remember one Thursday at Spirit the bouncer held me for like a minute asking when id last been in and giving the do i know you from before somehow type questions, like airport security or something. Inside about 20 minutes later, there were 3 guys wearing tracksuits, runners and chains and one in a Celtic jersey completely pilled off their faces. And, I sh1t you not, one of them was drinking a can of Dutch on the floor.

And I was the one who incurred bouncer hassle?


Wonder what the age on the new Red Box will be. It is just me or has town tightened its age policies lately? Im 20 soon, but I recall way back in 2004 id often show up in town fairly drunk and walk into places without a bother. And were Bad Bobs and Buskers always 21 plus clubs? Id been in them before no probs but I havent been to them in over a year now.

grimloch

Tha Gopher wrote:

So wait.....its full of scumbags, yet its got a tight door policy?

I don't think that's what people are saying, it's that people are arbitrarily turned away one night and then get in without any fuss or hassle the next time they go up. I've never darkened its doorstep but I've heard that they have the most inconsistant door policy in the history of creation. One perfectly sober young man who is smartly dressed would be turned away and a Ben Sherman clad lad with X amount of cans in him would then be allowed in.

If anybody mentioned that the clientele has gotten awfully young as of late, quite a few of my friends who would be 18 are going on a weekly basis so that comment probably wasn't too far off.

raheny red

Tha Gopher wrote:

Lord what cheese the students and country folk can get their groove on to.....

Well, for your own sake, stay away from Quinns on a week night :eek:

abetarrush

I seriously hope they bring in them bouncer licenses they're always on about

raheny red

abetarrush wrote:

I seriously hope they bring in them bouncer licenses they're always on about

Coming in next summer at some stage I heard

steveland?

Collie D wrote:

Well if you're over 21 you'll feel a bit out of place

Used to go there frequently enough because it's fairly much exactly half way between where I live and where my mates live but barely any anymore...

I was dragged there for a 21st about 3 weeks ago and got very depressed that we were probably the only people in there that remembered when Rythm is a Dancer came out...

admiralofthefleet

me and the missus had the worst lunch ever there on sunday, her pasta was freezing and like leather, my chips were lumps of black grease and the chocolate fudge cake was burnt to a crisp, its nowhere near as good as it was. im now an ex regular

Miguel_Sanchez

Can't say I know where Barcode is.

Can't say I care. The place sounds like an unappealing kip.

snickerpuss

I'm just gone 20 and i even felt old in there when i was 18.
I'm sick of this 21/23+ nonsense, i'm nice!

OneStepMore

ah a barcode thread, i think I'll drop and and bond with my new boardmates by enthusing about this great establishment.
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Ah right then...
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At this rate me and my mates are going to have the place to ourselves in a few weeks. My mates aren't hot enough for that to be an acceptable friday night. hmmm...

abetarrush

OneStepMore wrote:

ah a barcode thread, i think I'll drop and and bond with my new boardmates by enthusing about this great establishment.
...
Ah right then...
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At this rate me and my mates are going to have the place to ourselves in a few weeks. My mates aren't hot enough for that to be an acceptable friday night. hmmm...

Double-U, Tee, Eff???

Kinga_2008

BARCODE, Is the best nightclub in Dublin, Yes i agree it hard to get in sometimes but in fairness if your wearing lightblue denim or shirt and slacks that is why?, Just be confident walking up bouncers see ya trembling they'll just say not tonight like?

And as for the music Friday night is brilliant, saturday isn't great cause they play all unce unce music, but last weekend 6/09/08 was brilliant, had the same DJ as friday was great.

And plus witch other nightclub to you know has pool tables, chinese restaurant, arcade, virtual bowling, waterfall, huge dancefloor, huge bar plus your never waiting on a drink for more that 2 mins, the bram stoker thing they have going and most of all the BEST WOMEN IN DUBLIN!

Plus on sunday they have a live band on sunday? brilliant!


BARCODE = BEST NIGHTCLUB EVER! ! ! !

Septico

Kinga_2008 wrote: »

BARCODE, Is the best nightclub in Dublin, Yes i agree it hard to get in sometimes but in fairness if your wearing lightblue denim or shirt and slacks that is why?, Just be confident walking up bouncers see ya trembling they'll just say not tonight like?

And as for the music Friday night is brilliant, saturday isn't great cause they play all unce unce music, but last weekend 6/09/08 was brilliant, had the same DJ as friday was great.

And plus witch other nightclub to you know has pool tables, chinese restaurant, arcade, virtual bowling, waterfall, huge dancefloor, huge bar plus your never waiting on a drink for more that 2 mins, the bram stoker thing they have going and most of all the BEST WOMEN IN DUBLIN!

Plus on sunday they have a live band on sunday? brilliant!


BARCODE = BEST NIGHTCLUB EVER! ! ! !

holy mother of jesus i thought i was still drunk reading that. You my friend deserve to be shot. This **** hole is the worst, most ridiculous place i've ever been to. i hate it with everything that i am.

Burn it.......

WindSock

Kinga_2008 wrote: »

Plus on sunday they have a live band on sunday? brilliant!

is that on Sundays?

WindSock

WindSock wrote: »

is that on Sundays?

Now what makes you think that?


as for Mr KingA 2008 who's mates with Micka and Skanga, you are 20. When you get some experience of some other reputable clubs maybe you should comment then.
If it's a fight you want, along with a load of people trying to get in over via Fairview Pk, then you're in the right place.
Also, the unce unce you speak of would be grade A cheese synonimous with this dive, not that the chirpy pop you bob to to on a Fri is not cheese either but decent quality dance music is out there, thankfully the good nights aren't too filled with twirps and I suppose the Barcode does a good job in keeping a lot of them from even trying to go

blow69

Kinga_2008 wrote: »

BARCODE, Is the best nightclub in Dublin, Yes i agree it hard to get in sometimes but in fairness if your wearing lightblue denim or shirt and slacks that is why?, Just be confident walking up bouncers see ya trembling they'll just say not tonight like?

And as for the music Friday night is brilliant, saturday isn't great cause they play all unce unce music, but last weekend 6/09/08 was brilliant, had the same DJ as friday was great.

And plus witch other nightclub to you know has pool tables, chinese restaurant, arcade, virtual bowling, waterfall, huge dancefloor, huge bar plus your never waiting on a drink for more that 2 mins, the bram stoker thing they have going and most of all the BEST WOMEN IN DUBLIN!

Plus on sunday they have a live band on sunday? brilliant!


BARCODE = BEST NIGHTCLUB EVER! ! ! !

Looks like someone has no class!........or self- respect for that matter!:cool:

flynnc8

Kinga_2008 wrote: »

BARCODE, Is the best nightclub in Dublin, Yes i agree it hard to get in sometimes but in fairness if your wearing lightblue denim or shirt and slacks that is why?, Just be confident walking up bouncers see ya trembling they'll just say not tonight like?

And as for the music Friday night is brilliant, saturday isn't great cause they play all unce unce music, but last weekend 6/09/08 was brilliant, had the same DJ as friday was great.

And plus witch other nightclub to you know has pool tables, chinese restaurant, arcade, virtual bowling, waterfall, huge dancefloor, huge bar plus your never waiting on a drink for more that 2 mins, the bram stoker thing they have going and most of all the BEST WOMEN IN DUBLIN!

Plus on sunday they have a live band on sunday? brilliant!


BARCODE = BEST NIGHTCLUB EVER! ! ! !

Sorry peeps, but I'm with him.....

I absolutely adore barcode... I'm 20 years young and all my friends head out almost every weekend... It has everything!!! As Kinga mentioned already, food, pool, games and my personal favourite after a shot or two "the dancing machine" lol... Plus you get the added benifit of a huge smoking area which almost doubles as another dance floor with no bouncer telling ya to stand behind a railing... No qeues for a taxi afterwards with hundreds passing by into town... no qeues for the Bathroom as there is about 50 cubicles... Finally there is no admission fee, so your not wasting a tenner just to get into the place like most smelly places in town charge... Yeah the doormen have issues but isnt that the same everywhere? The job just gets to their head and they think they can do whatever they like... Maybe you all just feel recentment due to the fact that you have been stopped at the door a few times.. If ya need to gve any club abuse ya wanna look at that Redz place... I used to love it, but its gone to the dogs... Now thats a crowd of 15 and 16 year olds, bouncers who are only interested in pulling the kids at the end of the night.. a half hour wait at the bar for a drink and a little sweatbox of a dancefloor..

Ok so Fair enough ya think Barcode is full of kids, then head to Barrys Hotel or something!! Maybe ya prefer being with aulones... or better yet head the local.... save us all the ear bashing...

Dancor

flynnc8 wrote: »

Sorry peeps, but I'm with him....

So am I

Kinga_2008

Yes ok that's very comment's lads but your probably the kinda people who go to **** holes like redz, 21's, Diva, Qbar. Tramco etc, I've been to them all, and ya know what? one thing is always the same, wannabe hard men in shirt and slacks with dodgy haircuts giving it socks to I'm A Dreamer, Sandstorm Etc

Every friday and saturday its always packed, best women in dublin end of ! ! !
Enjoy Qbar or wherever you little minions crawl out of !

the flananator

Tha Gopher wrote: »

Anytime I was forced into visiting Barcode it was cheesy music, sure ffs the place looks more like where yid hold a wedding reception than a nightclub. And the music policy is pretty much the same

*bets 50 euro I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker was played.*

Lord what cheese the students and country folk can get their groove on to.....

I happen to be both of those things and I'd say theres a reasonable chance I have a better taste in music than you do.

abetarrush wrote: »

A few months back ye might have missed somethin on a Thurs or Fri

but now....

I was there twice on a Thursday last year, the 1st time was only ok, the 2nd time I had a ball. Is it really much different now (on a Thursday)? I suppose we'll see when the Uni's start back proper.

sharona!!!

Barcode isnt great, the drink has gotten really expensive and the music aint the best either. The only good thing is that it is free in!:)

melekalikimaka

Kinga_2008 wrote: »

Yes ok that's very comment's lads but your probably the kinda people who go to **** holes like redz, 21's, Diva, Qbar. Tramco etc, I've been to them all, and ya know what? one thing is always the same, wannabe hard men in shirt and slacks with dodgy haircuts giving it socks to I'm A Dreamer, Sandstorm Etc

Every friday and saturday its always packed, best women in dublin end of ! ! !
Enjoy Qbar or wherever you little minions crawl out of !

what planet are you from??

barcode is pretty much full of scum and has been for as long as i remember, used to go ther 4/5 years ago my sis went until recently, we used to go for cheap drink and laugh at the knacks and pick up easy knack girls


some things never change


i was there one week and a guy got stabbed 3 times in the head....charming

Dancor

melekalikimaka wrote: »

i was there one week and a guy got stabbed 3 times in the head....charming

Could happen anywhere

Pen1987

It used to be good, very good a few years ago. I used to go every week, twice some weeks when I was around 18/19. 21 now and I went back twice in the last few months and its gone to absolute ****.

Back in the good old days they were strict on the door with proper reasons, they didnt just refuse random people and let in dodgey looking ****ers. (FTR I've never been refused). The women used to be classy and seriously hot - they had the UCD/DCU/DIT girls there week in week out. The drink was 3E before 11, 4E thereafter. Then they scrapped the 3E time, then they made it 4E all night, then made it 4E before 12 - full price after, now its just full price all night. Its full of terribly dressed scumbags looking ****ers with awful looking haircuts.


Typical bloke in Barcode (casual):

Age: 19.
Occupation: Apprentice Plumber (third year because he left school before his leaving cert to do it, so now hes 'loaded')
Car: 98' Hunter green beamer (with 10% tinted windows and alloys and 'savage system')

Dress:
Colourful t-shirt with some sort of cartoony looking design on it
Combat-style stonewash blue jeans
Those lightweight white canvas shoes and white socks - possibly with the jeans tucked into the socks
Haircut: Tight on the sides, spiked at the back, fringe down at the front, all with WAY to much gel that makes it look greasy as fcuk

Typical bloke in barcode (overdressed):

Age: 19
Occupation: Supervisor in River Island (Supervisor because hes been full-time there for 5 years, again dropped out of school to persue this career)
Car: 2001 Honda Civic - black

Dress:
Black slacks ironed without the crease
Cheap red shirt from topman with pink thread-stripes - first button open
Skinny black tie - casually loose because hes not comfortable with the neck closed because hes never worn a shirt and tie before in the 'not night-out' context. Optional black waistcoat.
Haircut: Badly styled longish hair straightened so much that it looks like its straw - its rock hard because so much hairspray has been used on it

Typical bird in Barcode (A):

Age: 18
Occupation: Trainee Hairdresser
Car: Her boyfriends Honda Civic (see above)

Dress:
Fushcia pink mid-thigh length dress from Topshop
About three big black round-ball type long necklace-thingy made from plastic
Overdone make-up done by her friend Sara (no H but pronounced Sarah) whos training to be a make-up artist to the stars
Ridiculously orange skin due to overuse of fake tan
Huge pointy high-heels - open toe
Haircut: Bleach blonde short sides choppy on top with a straightened fringe pulled down hard over one eye, not that unlike the hair sported by 'overdressed bloke'.


Typical Bird in Barcode (type :

Age: 18 (or so the bouncer thinks)
Occupation: Legal Scretary (she tells others she works in 'Law' but her accent lets her down - nobody believes shes a solicitor)
Car: Her Ma's '07 Seat Ibiza
Low cut cotton top
Denim hot pants that make her legs 'look longer' (actually fatter)
Very high heels
So much fake tan that if it rained the smoking area would turn into a river of gravey.
Hair: Long and black (dyed black - pitch black)
Heavy white foundation and dark eye make-up

melekalikimaka

dancor wrote: »

Could happen anywhere

i disagree

Dancor

melekalikimaka wrote: »

i disagree

Then you are ignorant

Wishbone Ash

dancor wrote: »

Then you are ignorant

You're on thin ice dancor!

An apology might thicken it considerably!

Placebo

i went on friday

and i have NEVER in my life seen so many sluts, EVER.
ABSOLUTE chav fest, every chap there was a complete and utter chav, but its possibly the easiest place to pick up a girl, the music is good, mainstream is what u need in a night club, the place itself is fantastic, not big on the crowd.

Some fight outside after, chap got a full force kick to the face, half his face was absolutely ****ed. scary

was there one week and a guy got stabbed 3 times in the head....charming

is this real? when did this happen

arybvtcw0eolkf

dancor wrote: »

Then you are ignorant

No, he's not.

It could happen anywhere, but it doesn't. But you tried to make it out that it does.

I've worked in most of the better known clubs and bar's in Dublin, in fact I've worked as a bouncer in Dublin for over 15 years and have never seen anyone stabbed in the head!.

In fact, the only person I know who came close - is me, and that was a bottle in the head while working in a club in Leixlip (Co.Kildare) back in (I think) 1994.

So cop yourself on and don't talk through your arse, it could happen but thankfully its not as common as some people might think.

Btw, most assaults ending up in our casualty units are the results of domestic disputes.

Btw, if I was 16-19 yrs old, I'd think Barcode was the best club in the country too.

**Grabs coat to leave, cops himself on arguing with a teenage barcode type young person**

Dancor

Mairt wrote: »

It could happen anywhere, but it doesn't. But you tried to make it out that it does.

No I didnt. I stated the fact that it could happen anywhere.

Mairt wrote: »

So cop yourself on and don't talk through your arse, it could happen but thankfully its not as common as some people might think.

All the more reason why I think he is lying, It seems like a sensationalist thing to say.

Mairt wrote: »

Btw, most assaults ending up in our casualty units are the results of domestic disputes.

Thanks for the useless fact
''talk about talking out of your arse''

Mairt wrote: »

Btw, if I was 16-19 yrs old, I'd think Barcode was the best club in the country too.

**Grabs coat to leave, cops himself on arguing with a teenage barcode type young person**

Im not in that age bracket, nor am I a teenager.

Dancor

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

You're on thin ice dancor!

An apology might thicken it considerably!

oh oh, didnt see this, Sorry if my post caused offence.

zach morris

Pen1987 wrote: »

Typical bloke in Barcode (casual):

Typical bloke in barcode (overdressed):


Typical bird in Barcode (A):


Typical Bird in Barcode (type :

Very, very bang on. Nice one.

+1

Pen1987

dancor wrote: »

Im not in that age bracket, nor am I a teenager.

Then youre too old for Barcode.

'It could happen anywhere'... so could a car crash, but you've considerably less chance of being involved in a car crash if you drive safely. See what I'm getting at here?

Diarmsquid

I go to Barcode a fair bit.

I love the set-up. It's a change from the "bar or dancefloor" situation in most places, but I have to admit, the crowd isn't the best. That description above is spot on. But then again, I do find that in most places.

So, I ask of ye who are dissin Barcode, what's the alternative?
Where do you go that the crowd is great, the music unreal, the drinks reasonably priced and well served?

Pen1987

Diarmsquid wrote: »

So, I ask of ye who are dissin Barcode, what's the alternative?
Where do you go that the crowd is great, the music unreal, the drinks reasonably priced and well served?

What age are you? What type of person are you, i.e how well do you dress/are you decent looking?

Placebo

Diarmsquid wrote: »

I go to Barcode a fair bit.

I love the set-up. It's a change from the "bar or dancefloor" situation in most places, but I have to admit, the crowd isn't the best. That description above is spot on. But then again, I do find that in most places.

So, I ask of ye who are dissin Barcode, what's the alternative?
Where do you go that the crowd is great, the music unreal, the drinks reasonably priced and well served?

Wednesday - crawdaddy/button factory = indie/electro - drink promotions, better than BARCODE. 3 euro drinks etc

Saturday - buttonfactory/andrew lanes theatre/whelans? village? [i dont like village as much]


barcode = qbar = redz = 21, all quite similar, crowd wise.

shane86

flynnc8 wrote: »

Sorry peeps, but I'm with him.....

I absolutely adore barcode... I'm 20 years young and all my friends head out almost every weekend... It has everything!!! ...

Everything?

Bar good sound system, good tunes and an attractive layout. Dublin has alot of poor clubs but Barcode takes the piss.

Kinga_2008 wrote: »

redz, 21's, Diva, Qbar. Tramco etc, I've been to them all, and ya know what? one thing is always the same, wannabe hard men in shirt and slacks with dodgy haircuts giving it socks to I'm A Dreamer, Sandstorm Etc

You sound sore that you cant dance

Every friday and saturday its always packed, best women in dublin end of ! ! !
Enjoy Qbar or wherever you little minions crawl out of !

Q Bar is decent enough these days. 21s is a good spot. Tramco is the worst nightclub in Dublin no exceptions, and Redz aint far behind.

Diarmsquid wrote: »

So, I ask of ye who are dissin Barcode, what's the alternative?
Where do you go that the crowd is great, the music unreal, the drinks reasonably priced and well served?

The crowd are drink spilling drink stealing twats who seem to have a low alcohol tolerance level, at least on weeknights.

Music unreal? Out of curiousity what kind of rubbish do they play at Barcode these days?

http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/singles.html

Im going to hazard a guess at the following off that list

All I Ever Wanted -Basshunter
Give It 2 Me -Madonna
The Galway Girl -Sharon Shannon & Mundy
Don't Stop Believin' -Journey

All absoloute cheese. All Barcode standard.

How did I do?