Best bar/nightclub in Wexford

xebec

Ok, so what's your favourite bar or nightclub in Wexford? And why?

I've sampled quite a few around the county, but still really enjoy going to the Stores, mainly for the atmosphere and the nice surroundings - I'm not really a big fan of ancient dives (bad memories of the Castle)!

arseagon

xebec wrote:

Ok, so what's your favourite bar or nightclub in Wexford? And why?

I've sampled quite a few around the county, but still really enjoy going to the Stores, mainly for the atmosphere and the nice surroundings - I'm not really a big fan of ancient dives (bad memories of the Castle)!

The castle was Legend* what are you talking about man?
Vertigo in the Bailey Bar is pretty popular but probably only because it's still new.

*Not True

Was just chatting about this with a mate..

Finnegans was great - but think its gone now?

kinkstr

original_psycho wrote:

Was just chatting about this with a mate..

Finnegans was great - but think its gone now?

Yup its gone now, not sure what there putting there in its place, just know its not going to be a pub.

timmywex

if you just want a drink and/or a meal, i think the golf club is great for luch or whatever, really good food at very reasonable prices

hamsterboy

Yeah I do like Vertigo in the Baileys, well I think I do, only ever been there at the end of a long days pinting.
Beats Bennies anyway, what a crap excuse for a club

Cos88

For me a good night out in Wex would be a few pints in The Crown and then onto The Stores. Don't really like any other of the nightclubs in town....

Also like The Sky and The Ground but hardly ever venture down that far.

The Wrens Nest was a great place to take somone too... nice 'old school' pub and was quiet..

THough in the summer it can get quite packed. Still a nice pub though.

RadioRetro

The Wrens is my local..... except when it gets crowded when I beat a hasty retreat.

I also like the Crown, Dakota and The Sky (the bro's local) and that's about it. Hate The Stores late at night as they always let too many people in.

Zhane

kinkstr wrote:

Yup its gone now, not sure what there putting there in its place, just know its not going to be a pub.

i wouldnt count on that.

RadioRetro

RadioRetro wrote:

The Wrens is my local..... except when it gets crowded when I beat a hasty retreat.

I also like the Crown, Dakota and The Sky (the bro's local) and that's about it. Hate The Stores late at night as they always let too many people in.

Haven't been to the 'new' Stores.. seems just like a Dublin club.

Whats the name of the place on the quays, think it was Mooneys, was a really 'modern' pub but had this club that was this old storehouse and hadn't really changed since 1890!
Used to put on Spanish football on Sundays. That place was class!

RadioRetro

It's three places now, on the left Mickey's Sports Bar, multi screens showing different sports, in the middle Springsteen's, a bar & restaurant, good for steaks, and on the right there's Sinatra's, a nightclub with the entrance down Roman Alley to the right and a policy of attracting a slightly older clientele than The Stores.

The piece de resistance, however, is the new casino upstairs, entrance via a door to the left of the entrance to Mickey's I think, well around there anyway, maybe it's into Mickey's and up the stairs, can't remember.

That was a regular, along with Finnegegans during my school days...

It was cool though that you went from plasma screens and leather couches to brickwork done in about 1798!

funky penguin

I'm from Gorey, so Blues is my hangout, failing that, Oscars.

jac83

chocolate is ok for a drink in the bar but i definietly wouldnt head upstairs to the nightclub part,has a lot of the younger crowd there. dakota is ok or the crown down that end of the town ,the stores is grand but a saturday night gets way to full,the sky in the ground is also a good spot.

funky penguin

I love the burgers in chocolate. They remind me of the Porterhouse.

xebec

funky penguin wrote:

I love the burgers in chocolate. They remind me of the Porterhouse.

Really?! Have never eaten in there, will have to give it a try!

On topic: for a quiet drink I really enjoy the Thomas Moore Tavern in Cornmarket.

xebec

xebec wrote:

On topic: for a quiet drink I really enjoy the Thomas Moore Tavern in Cornmarket.

Class place!! really nice old pub

squiggy

original_psycho wrote:

Class place!! really nice old pub

It wont be that for much longer if they get there planning permission

jd

xebec wrote:

Really?! Have never eaten in there, will have to give it a try!

On topic: for a quiet drink I really enjoy the Thomas Moore Tavern in Cornmarket.

I preferred it when Cora (and Mike) had it.
jd

Zhane

squiggy wrote:

It wont be that for much longer if they get there planning permission

They got it, they are starting construction pretty soon.

jd

Zhane wrote:

They got it, they are starting construction pretty soon.

After the Opera Festival, I presume?
jd

squiggy

squiggy wrote:

It wont be that for much longer if they get there planning permission

Thats something I find a bit sad about our pubs; I was over in London recently enough and the amount of old style, dark, quaint old pubs is quite high, and these are pubs in the City!

Whereas here all pubs seem to be turning into the superpub/club type which is not as cosy...

europerson

original_psycho wrote:

Whereas here all pubs seem to be turning into the superpub/club type which is not as cosy...

I have to agree. The old-style pubs in Wexford, as well as everywhere else, are much better. Cosier and better craic too.

RadioRetro

jd wrote:

I preferred it when Cora (and Mike) had it.
jd

Ah, the late Mike Watson, a legend, God rest him. A Scottish Cup winner with Clyde in the fifties, he also played for Celtic when a planned posting to Peru (where he met Cora, an air stewardess as they were called then) was delayed for a few months.

squiggy

original_psycho wrote:

all pubs seem to be turning into the superpub/club type which is not as cosy...

Totally agree with you on this one i miss The Yacht it was the type of pub you could go to in your trackie!! You just dont have that in the town anymore

Zhane

jd wrote:

After the Opera Festival, I presume?
jd

I'm not entirely sure when exactly they are starting, but I heard late summer.

dan719

Spiders in new ross is the best pub in all of wexford. :cool:

bazzer06

The Sky and the Ground all the way (although having worked there for 4 years i'm a bit biased!) Also like chocolate (but totally agree bout upstairs - not great at all) especially blue monday during the summer... Stores except for saturday night, when moving is obviously considered unnecessary by Monsieur Tierney. Maggie Mays is nice for a couple of quiet ones

mdwexford

your all too old

stores on saturday ftw

cant believe no-one mentioned colony, that wasnt a waste of money at all

RadioRetro

mdwexford wrote:

cant believe no-one mentioned colony, that wasnt a waste of money at all

Indeed, since renamed Exile on Main Street (see what they did there?) and limited to live acts only.

Zhane

mdwexford wrote:

your all too old

stores on saturday ftw

cant believe no-one mentioned colony, that wasnt a waste of money at all

Or colostomy as we call it. Cos it was full of little sh!ts!

purple'n'gold

marys bar, check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6TJICkN0Ko

mdwexford

purplengold wrote:

marys bar, check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6TJICkN0Ko

pmsl, lmfao etc

quality find

purple'n'gold

here's another one, same place, same night. Watch the guy in the base ball cap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuYKi9yVOEk

Colonel Sanders

the crown is a place I like purely for the lack of knackers there. The stores on a saturday night is to be avoided at all costs. far far too packed. I don't like any of the night clubs i the town, having said that I don't like nightclubs in general.

Dakota i'sn't too bad either but i rarely go out at home anymore.

Badabing

Breens bar in Carrick on Bannow was good craic, its been all done up recently and reopening soon. Mary Barrys Kilmore village also a good pub.

mdwexford

Colonel Sanders wrote:

the crown is a place I like purely for the lack of knackers there. The stores on a saturday night is to be avoided at all costs. far far too packed. I don't like any of the night clubs i the town, having said that I don't like nightclubs in general.

Dakota i'sn't too bad either but i rarely go out at home anymore.

yeah that is a good point about the crown but that does be just as packed as the stores on Saturday night in fairness

mdwexford

Badabing wrote:

Breens bar in Carrick on Bannow was good craic, its been all done up recently and reopening soon. Mary Barrys Kilmore village also a good pub.

cmon now, be serious

do you own these "pubs"?

Badabing

mdwexford wrote:

cmon now, be serious

do you own these "pubs"?

Breens i was having a laugh:D But sometimes Mary Barrys is good especilly when Des Browne is singing there, i also live near there so it's handy if im not going into town.

Shelly23

I'm headin down there this weekend with my girls. whats the best bet to ensure a good night out dancin that doesnt mean gettin trampled on by little kids!? I cant remember where we're staying but Oscars was mentioned, so i guess in that general area?!?

clairey

Shelly23 wrote:

I'm headin down there this weekend with my girls. whats the best bet to ensure a good night out dancin that doesnt mean gettin trampled on by little kids!? I cant remember where we're staying but Oscars was mentioned, so i guess in that general area?!?

if oscars was mentioned then your more than likely going to be out in gorey which leaves you with the choice of going to either oscars or jupiter, both pretty crap!

J.S. Pill

xebec wrote:

On topic: for a quiet drink I really enjoy the Thomas Moore Tavern in Cornmarket.

My favourite pub in Wexford and Ireland - its closed for the summer while they're renovating. Lets hope they keep the front bar intact...

J.S. Pill

J.S. Pill wrote:

My favourite pub in Wexford and Ireland - its closed for the summer while they're renovating. Lets hope they keep the front bar intact...

I meant to post this a while back:

I walked past the Thomas Moore Tavern last month and had a peek in the window to see what they were doing to the place. Turns out they've completely gutted the inside. I must say I was very upset by all this. At this rate it will end up looking like the ultra trendy South 51.

shawneebuy

Can't believe nobody mentioned Mackens.A class pub full of humourous legends.

petethefeet

was down for weekend and hit the town, **** pubs, all small and pokey and very few went to late pub called the stores packed with kids downstairs and auld ones upstairs **** music,

jd

J.S. Pill wrote: »

I meant to post this a while back:

I walked past the Thomas Moore Tavern last month and had a peek in the window to see what they were doing to the place. Turns out they've completely gutted the inside. I must say I was very upset by all this. At this rate it will end up looking like the ultra trendy South 51.

ultra trendy??!?? South 51??!?

Anyway, looks like work stopped on the Tom Moore. Did they run out of money?

petethefeet

its not a club, no dancefloor, crap sound, and to busy, feels like a cattle market for people who don't know any better

xebec wrote: »

Ok, so what's your favourite bar or nightclub in Wexford? And why?

I've sampled quite a few around the county, but still really enjoy going to the Stores, mainly for the atmosphere and the nice surroundings - I'm not really a big fan of ancient dives (bad memories of the Castle)!

Judgement Day

French's in Gorey - a survivor from Old God's time -at least it was the last time I was there. Twin core wiring, plaster falling off the walls, and counter worn away from elbows!
In Enniscorthy 'The Antique' is the only civilised place for a pint and good for rugby - I will be there shouting for the All Blacks this Saturday. It is not a genuinely 'old' pub but has a nice homely feel to it and with twenty bodies it's crowded.
In Wexford - well God help us I am amused that so many still like 'The Crown' - I first set foot in in 1976 when still at school. The full extent of it was the front bar -still there I think - where you could put you back against the wall and feet against the counter it was that big. Once you you got friendly with the owner Aidan Kelly (?) you might be invited to visit the back bar and sign the visitors book and view his collection of guns and relics from 1916. The toilets were outside across a yard and I seem to remember wild flowers growing down the unrinals and that there was some UK tabloid newspaper cut up for loo paper - to stop campers like yours truly from stealing it!!

Truly we will not see its like again but I am glad its current incarnation is still proving popular. :)

ArthurGuinness

Colemans in the Market Square Enniscorty- Great pints, great music and alot of eye candy. Need I say more.

Judgement Day

ArthurGuinness wrote: »

Colemans in the Market Square Enniscorty- Great pints, great music and alot of eye candy. Need I say more.

I live less than 100 yards from Colemans and have never entered it since it opened but I will try it and report my findings here. Externally it appears better than the newsagent that last operated here but I have heard that the clientele leaves something to be desired!!