which is the coolest bar/club in Dub today?

Blackpitts

hey guys
I'm quite disappointed about some popular places in Dub recently, I need help to find the will to party all night again
I was at the Odeon, at Cafe en Seine and also Porter house and Bar code (just to give few names) and the good vibe that I got from them is gone...
So i wonder which is the coolest place in Dublin at the moment, just give me your opinion and I'll give it a try
I don't mind to pay to get in, I just want a cool bar/club with decent music and good booze...and few hotties shaking around me

just kidding...:p

waiting for new ideas

cheers

g-punkteffekt

well, if it's music so loud you can't talk, pretentious blokes dressed up in metrosexual outfits, women that look at you like you're an insane homeless person vomitting on her shoes, overpriced flat beer, awful guinness etc. that you're looking for, than the places mentioned would be where it's at.

The coolest pubs in Dublin as far as I'm concerned are places like The Stag's Head, The Cobblestone, Bowe's and Mulligans.

Chucky the tree

what is cool?

super_furry

Grogans.

g-punkteffekt

this is cool:
http://www.guyweb.co.uk/images/fonz.jpg

Dustaz

Judging by where you said you used to like, you need to get yourself down to Krystal on Harcourt st. Its the latest IT place to be.

cousin_borat

super_furry wrote:

Grogans.

sad spot for scruffy Trinity English students and dirty oul men

melekalikimaka

92, kyrstal, raynards

irlirishkev

g-punkteffekt wrote:

well, if it's music so loud you can't talk, pretentious blokes dressed up in metrosexual outfits, women that look at you like you're an insane homeless person vomitting on her shoes, overpriced flat beer, awful guinness etc. that you're looking for, than the places mentioned would be where it's at.

The coolest pubs in Dublin as far as I'm concerned are places like The Stag's Head, The Cobblestone, Bowe's and Mulligans.

My language.

You speak it!

admiralofthefleet

i only recently discovered the viper rooms and have to say i loved the place, great atmosphere and a more mature crowd. another club i love is d2

WindSock

I also agree. The most godawful of places. It must be what hell is like.

super_furry

cousin_borat wrote:

sad spot for scruffy Trinity English students and dirty oul men

Well then you should probably stick to Cafe En whatever.

Flukey

It's not where you are, but who you are with. You can be in a great place, but by yourself and with less than lively company and it is not great. On the other hand, you can be in a complete dive, but be with a good gang of lively people and have a great night.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Have to fully agree with Flukey.

It's not where you are, but who you are with...

MayMay

I quite like Messrs Maguire.

eclectichoney

hogans? that used to be cool enough in my day

Tails142

yeah Messrs is good, and when they close you can then take your drinks into q-bar as they stay open an extra 30 mins or so... noice! =P

wyndham

Anyone been to the new nightclub in The Portobello? "Rain"

In the basement where Temptation (what a hellhole) used to be and was opened on Friday by none other than Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien (Sarah Platt).

If you are from outside the Pale and like to wear your county GAA colours of a night out, I believe its the hotspot.

cast_iron

g-punkteffekt wrote:

well, if it's music so loud you can't talk, pretentious blokes dressed up in metrosexual outfits, women that look at you like you're an insane homeless person vomitting on her shoes, overpriced flat beer, awful guinness etc. that you're looking for, than the places mentioned would be where it's at.

Truer words were never said.

It's clear these people are lacking in some area of life, and this must offer them some, small, sad consolation.

xzanti

Traffic FTW

jdivision

Solas and the village on wexford st are great

baztard

jdivision wrote:

Solas and the village on wexford st are great

Both are very good. Although recently the village has had a lot of D4 types creeping into it.

Sin é is a great spot on the quays. 100% great crowd, 0% pretentiosness.

[Jackass]

Lads, Lads, Lads!

Now I like the best of both worlds....real pubs, none of this fancy trainers sh*t...down there for dancing, up here for thinking!!

O'Donohoes on suffolk st and baggot st., great spots...Stags Head, Bowe's, Mulligans, Sinnots, place accross the road from The Market Bar, name escapes me...decent spots.

But I like me clubbing too!

Sure when the pub is winding down, and the chatting up isn't happening, the clubs yar only man!!

Now I'll tell you, half of them are sh*te and the rest are all the same, so it doesn't really matter where you go, D2, Redz or Coppers or somewhere like that if you're after more than just a kiss, Ireland is great at putting together pubs...there's no better country better in the world...and they all have replica Irish pubs because of it.....but we havn't really got the hang of putting together clubs yet...

But I'll tell ya, maybe it was because I was never there before, I was with a great crowd of lads and I was expecting the place to be a load of c0ck (because the main bar is) but down stairs in Dandelines (sp?) just across from the luas there on stephens green...great craic it was!! Big club aswell! Havn't been back since, that was about a month ago, i'll have to wander down there again soon...and there's always howl at the moon if you feel like being a sardine for the night...I tell ya, if there was a fire in that place!! Stardust eat yar heart out!!

Blackpitts

cast_iron wrote:

Truer words were never said.

It's clear these people are lacking in some area of life, and this must offer them some, small, sad consolation.

you are boring me... yawn

Schlemm

Clubs in Dublin are all rubbish...Cafe En Seine and that wino place on Leeson St. full of blondes and perverts are dreadful...Renards looks like the 7th circle of Hell, not to mention the dreaded Lillies...

I'll stick to Doyle's and Messers, thanks. Music in Doyle's upstairs is usually good and downstairs is good for a bit of chat.

louisecm

Oof, Dandelion is so bad it pains me. If you're looking for dance then Wax is the best I reckon, Ri Ra is good craic and The Gaiety is brilliant - loads of different rooms with different music. One with charty if you want that - one with kind of 60s soul (my fave) and then theres 2 bands playing two different types of music (changes every week, sometimes salsa sometimes jazz sometimes rock). The Gaiety is good for the kind of 21+ I reckon but if you want to hang around a load of Southside wannabes who are too busy checking themselves out to enjoy themselves then I reckon you wouldn't like it at all. Same goes for Ri Ra and Wax.

Dragan

baztard wrote:

Sin é is a great spot on the quays. 100% great crowd, 0% pretentiosness.

Actually, i was in there about 2 weeks ago, and as i had gone out straight from work i got all sorts of looks for not being dressed like 90% of the people in there.

I found the irony to be quite delicious.

melekalikimaka

louisecm wrote:

Oof, Dandelion is so bad it pains me. If you're looking for dance then Wax is the best I reckon, Ri Ra is good craic and The Gaiety is brilliant - loads of different rooms with different music. One with charty if you want that - one with kind of 60s soul (my fave) and then theres 2 bands playing two different types of music (changes every week, sometimes salsa sometimes jazz sometimes rock). The Gaiety is good for the kind of 21+ I reckon but if you want to hang around a load of Southside wannabes who are too busy checking themselves out to enjoy themselves then I reckon you wouldn't like it at all. Same goes for Ri Ra and Wax.

rogue is the new wax, baacklash moved there last year with much the crowd

Thomas_S_Hunterson

cast_iron wrote:

Truer words were never said.

It's clear these people are lacking in some area of life, and this must offer them some, small, sad consolation.

Wait a consolation for being richer than you?

Where's your issue?

cast_iron

sean_keevey wrote:

Wait a consolation for being richer than you?

Where's your issue?

That pretty much sums up Cafe en Seine punters - "I claim to be richer than you".

Clearly, financial status means alot to you, when it's all you have to insult me with. Newsflash, most people don't consider "appearing wealthy" the be all and end all of life.
It's generally accepted that most of those in Cafe en Seine and such are people are laiden with debt and living beyond their means (think how many use credit cards in there) and "looking" good means more to them than anyone else.

Get over yourselves.

LiamD

Different strokes for different folks eh? Dude, wherever you're having a good night is the cool spot. If you're happy high-nosing it with the Café en Seine crowd then go for it. If you want to diss them then head to wherever the poster above me is going!

IMO, go to the place where they play your preferred music or the place that gives nice drinks at a reasonable price. That's the coolest bar IMO which for me lately is WAX

melekalikimaka

cast_iron wrote:

That pretty much sums up Cafe en Seine punters - "I claim to be richer than you".

Clearly, financial status means alot to you, when it's all you have to insult me with. Newsflash, most people don't consider "appearing wealthy" the be all and end all of life.
It's generally accepted that most of those in Cafe en Seine and such are people are laiden with debt and living beyond their means (think how many use credit cards in there) and "looking" good means more to them than anyone else.

Get over yourselves.

<stares at chip on cast_iron's shoulder>

<dismisses comments as poppycock>

<thinks of asking for proof/more detail, laughs and ignores>

mloc

Coppers is good at the mo. Not as bogtastic as in the past.

D2 is only good on student nights, other wise its just as watchyourwallet as any temple bar dive.

Palace still ok on fridays, though starting to wane a bit there too.

Reynards on a wednesday good, tho its members only which I guess is a two sided coin. I like it, would be good for not too mad a night or somewhere to turn up ****faced.

92 has gone to ****, door policy is a joke. They let just about anyone in nowadays, meaning the place has lost its cache and is basically just a glorified knackerhole. 92 used to be good cos no matter how drunk you got you know you'd be ok, the bouncers looked after you (genuinely) and there was little or no trouble.

Not a fan of Lillies or Cafe en Seine... they just kinda bore me.

melekalikimaka

mloc wrote:

Reynards on a wednesday good, tho its members only which I guess is a two sided coin. I like it, would be good for not too mad a night or somewhere to turn up ****faced.

its tripe... i'll offer my card to anyone who wants it

louisecm

melekalikimaka wrote:

rogue is the new wax, baacklash moved there last year with much the crowd

True dat. But I still find myself in wax from time to time.

philcsl

Best pub for any night of the week has to be Rody Boland's in Rathmines, brilliant spot for an all day session!!

Whelan's on Wexford St has a cool crowd, not many D4 types and great music every night too..

If you're still thirsty at 3am then head on to Leggs on Leeson St for a €20 bottle of €4.99 wine but can be a good laugh!

No night is complete without the No. 2 breakfast in The Manhattan at 4am!!!

scop

For something different? The Bernard Shaw. You can play pool in the smoking section, they feed in some mellow dub or dnb and the walls have art and some good graffiti around it. The crowd is a bit scenester but all good pubs fall into this. Haven't been in a while, but since your looking for something a bit different and probably know most of the places mentioned there ya go. My own view? Vary it. Go to all the pubs and stay for an hour until you get to a buzz you like. That people say I am going here and thats it is odd to me. Sample it all.

wyndham

mloc wrote:

92 has gone to ****, door policy is a joke. They let just about anyone in nowadays, meaning the place has lost its cache and is basically just a glorified knackerhole. 92 used to be good cos no matter how drunk you got you know you'd be ok, the bouncers looked after you (genuinely) and there was little or no trouble.

The stink in that place was/is inhuman. Kind of a sour smell of puke and feet. Don't know how/ why people would pay money to be subjected to it. Think it was from the carpet.

daiixi

philcsl wrote:

Best pub for any night of the week has to be Rody Boland's in Rathmines, brilliant spot for an all day session!!

Whelan's on Wexford St has a cool crowd, not many D4 types and great music every night too..

If you're still thirsty at 3am then head on to Leggs on Leeson St for a €20 bottle of €4.99 wine but can be a good laugh!

No night is complete without the No. 2 breakfast in The Manhattan at 4am!!!

Fabulous, you just named three places where I will not, under any circumstances, step foot in again.* They have to be the three most packed and uninviting places I've had the displeasure to visit.

I've not done breakfast in Manhattan because I don't do food on the way home.





*unless there's a band playing in Whelans that I really want to see

ergo

^ well obviously everyone's different and that's what makes this place (boards/Dublin/earth take your pick) so great, but personally I'm with you philcsl, on most counts

philcsl wrote:

Best pub for any night of the week has to be Rody Boland's in Rathmines, brilliant spot for an all day session!!

Rody's is, for me, the old reliable. It's handy that I live just up the road from it, but even when I lived up on the north side for a few years I used to make the trip across every so often. i was in there the Saturday before last and the music was just the best mix of a bit of everything with a small amount of cheesy crowd pleasers but mostly Irish or indie/alternative anthems.And then bonus songs at the end of the night were "Dancing at the Crossroads" the Wexford 1996 all-ireland song and Riverdance!

And the crowd are down to earth, yes it is a country pub and dubs are usually outnumbered and *shock horror* that could be a factor :eek:

philcsl wrote:

Whelan's on Wexford St has a cool crowd, not many D4 types and great music every night too..

OK, this is my favourite place in town, perfectly summed up. like phantom fm, it's about the music, oh, and the crowd too

philcsl wrote:

If you're still thirsty at 3am then head on to Leggs on Leeson St for a €20 bottle of €4.99 wine but can be a good laugh!

OK, preferably I am unconscious when I am in this place and sober it can lead to wrist-slashing type activities, a lot of the hospital working crowd go here so if, like me ,you're one of these people you can end up there often against your will or just because you're trying to hook up with someone from work, the music is actually not bad but hopefully you don't remember it and hopefully you don't end up with "LEGGS" emblazoned on your credit card bill for a pricey bottle of vinegar. but at least it's free in....

philcsl wrote:

No night is complete without the No. 2 breakfast in The Manhattan at 4am!!!

I prefer the number 3 myself but I agree with ya!

And as for other bars, well for me, notable mention to Sin é on the quays, as someone said great down to earth crowd and music is eclectic but not too obscure and good party atmosphere there

melekalikimaka

wyndham wrote:

The stink in that place was/is inhuman. Kind of a sour smell of puke and feet. Don't know how/ why people would pay money to be subjected to it. Think it was from the carpet.

carpets are up now...doesn't smell half as bad

constitutionus

just out of interest how many people here would use their credit card to buy drinks?

thats fecking nuts, if you dont have the cash dont go to the place. your practically asking to be skimmed.

TBH wont go into town anymore, just doesnt feel good. i'll stick to the suburbs where a pint is under a fiver. honestly the state of half the people in town is just off putting, how the hell are you meant to relax in that atmosphere.

melekalikimaka

my card is perpetually maxed out...to easy to use when drunk, but a life saver when stuck in town