Nightlife Limerick

moomoo2007

Heading up for weekend soon any recomendations on pubs niteclubs cheap accomadation ha!!?!?

Sherifu

Hi, try the Limerick City forum.

Beruthiel

Moved to Limerick city.
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Insect Overlord

After my experience in Molly's last night I would advise anyone going out in Limerick to avoid it. The place used to be fantastic but it's really going downhill fast this year. They played the same 7 songs on a loop for two hours last night, crap like Britney Spears and Soulja Boy over and over again.

Charlie's (just off Cruises Street) is good craic, The Wicked Chicken in Baker's Place is very cool and Trinity Rooms is usually worth paying into, even if it does have its occasional off-nights too.

Expect recommendations for Nancy Blakes, The Icon, Cloghessy's, etc too.

gaf1983

Costelloe's near the Wicked Chicken.

RINO87

agree with costelloes.
Depends if thats what your after tho. It wouldnt be your average niteclub!

start off with pints in the chicken, wander into bakers to catch some live music, then to costelloes to dance your socks off!

moomoo2007

RINO87 wrote: »

agree with costelloes.
Depends if thats what your after tho. It wouldnt be your average niteclub!

start off with pints in the chicken, wander into bakers to catch some live music, then to costelloes to dance your socks off!

So how do you mean its not your average niteclub??

ninty9er

moomoo2007 wrote: »

So how do you mean its not your average niteclub??

It's smelly and dingy....it's mainly indie. I've been once and never returned.

RonMexico

ninty9er wrote: »

It's smelly and dingy....it's mainly indie. I've been once and never returned.

Yeah its not for preening posers alright.

Fast_Mover

I go to college Limerick, however myself and my friends had to stay down one weekend to do a course. Friends of ours from Dublin also came down (they stayed in the quality hotel)
We were in Nancys, Flannerys and Icon. Great night in all.
I hate Icon during college week, but it was excellent on the fri and sat night we were there.

moomoo2007

Dead on cheers guys for yer tips on where to go ye's will have to join us for few social beverages

wingnut

ninty9er wrote: »

It's smelly and dingy....it's mainly indie. I've been once and never returned.

Yeah.. full of people who wear converse on a night out. There is no decent clubs in Limerick really. Trinity rooms and Icon best of a bad lot.

Harpy

yea there's not much of a choice in limerick which is a shame..i have high hopes for the market when it reopens hopefully that'll be a good place when it reopens cause it was just a disaster before like..

krudler

Harpy wrote: »

yea there's not much of a choice in limerick which is a shame..i have high hopes for the market when it reopens hopefully that'll be a good place when it reopens cause it was just a disaster before like..

at least it'll be someplace the scum can go back to and stop clogging up the other clubs, was in Mojo last night, grand place during the week for a few quiet drinks but at the weekend forget it, if you're not wearing a baby blue striped jumper and white runners with a gold chain bearing a boxing glove/horseshoe/ak47 pendant its not gonna be your type of place

BarryCreed

ninty9er wrote: »

It's smelly and dingy....it's mainly indie. I've been once and never returned.

Give me Costelloes over any other "nightclub" in Limk anyday. Fair enough, the decor isn't good, but the music and people are, no f**king posing twats up there in their BT attire. I would usually go to Costelloes, but recently went to the Sin Bin. A dump, an absolute f**king kip of a place, with plenty of people in there with notions about themselves (not all, but a fair few!). Trinity rooms, the same. "yeah, go to the trinity rooms etc etc other nightclubs to be "seen" and get your face in the limk post and pretend your a "socialite". Costelloes, to me anyways, has, and always had FAR better music. It has still stayed open while trendy places downtown close after a few years. It's always packed at the weekends, and it's only a 5€ in the door, and free in if you;re in early enough. 5€ is great value, and I'd rather go to "dingy" costelloes with the "dregs of society" than to a hole full of posers talking boll*x downtown, paying 15€ in...
There are and have been many interesting and successful people going into Costelloes, who would be millionaires some of them, and they don't need to drink cocktails and **** around in a VIP area downtown for recognition or validation, just cos they don't "look" like something in Hello magazine, doesn't mean they are dirty or dingy people. Most of the people who give out about costelloes have never been there. They say stuff like "what, you can get in with trainers on?? ugggghhh" . So, at least you have well dressed scumbags in the nightclubs downtown. Keep them down there...

just my opinion like...

krudler

BarryCreed wrote: »

Give me Costelloes over any other "nightclub" in Limk anyday. Fair enough, the decor isn't good, but the music and people are, no f**king posing twats up there in their BT attire. I would usually go to Costelloes, but recently went to the Sin Bin. A dump, an absolute f**king kip of a place, with plenty of people in there with notions about themselves (not all, but a fair few!). Trinity rooms, the same. "yeah, go to the trinity rooms etc etc other nightclubs to be "seen" and get your face in the limk post and pretend your a "socialite". Costelloes, to me anyways, has, and always had FAR better music. It has still stayed open while trendy places downtown close after a few years. It's always packed at the weekends, and it's only a 5€ in the door, and free in if you;re in early enough. 5€ is great value, and I'd rather go to "dingy" costelloes with the "dregs of society" than to a hole full of posers talking boll*x downtown, paying 15€ in...
There are and have been many interesting and successful people going into Costelloes, who would be millionaires some of them, and they don't need to drink cocktails and **** around in a VIP area downtown for recognition or validation, just cos they don't "look" like something in Hello magazine, doesn't mean they are dirty or dingy people. Most of the people who give out about costelloes have never been there. They say stuff like "what, you can get in with trainers on?? ugggghhh" . So, at least you have well dressed scumbags in the nightclubs downtown. Keep them down there...

just my opinion like...

i agree with you but that being said there are more than a few twats who populate costellos, pretentious art college types and girls who think they're deep because their bebo pages are full of black and white photographs they took of benches and trees, plus they do play the same 20 or so songs EVERY weekend in mostly the same order, although id still rather pay a fiver to listen to rage against the machine than 15 quid to listen to whats played in trinity and icon

BarryCreed

krudler wrote: »

i agree with you but that being said there are more than a few twats who populate costellos, pretentious art college types and girls who think they're deep because their bebo pages are full of black and white photographs they took of benches and trees, plus they do play the same 20 or so songs EVERY weekend in mostly the same order, although id still rather pay a fiver to listen to rage against the machine than 15 quid to listen to whats played in trinity and icon

Yup, on second thoughts, I'd have to agree with you there on the arty farty types, but they would always be good for a pi*s take or two. Dunno, I think the music is pretty good. They could play Interpol followed by ac/dc you shook me all night long!! how bad!! the sticky carpet upstairs is good too.
I'd rather a few arty pretentious heads than stuck with a crowd quaffing flutes of champagne looking down at you....

vkid

"Costelloes, to me anyways, has, and always had FAR better music."

Might be better but they play the same stuff all the time. You can predict what songs will be played up there and it is an awful dump. i get (literally) dragged there regualrly and hate giving them my money.They make a fortune there so a bit of paint wouldnt kill them. I've seen nicer squats.
I suppose its whatever you're into but to me the places with any hint of half decent music are generally complete dives and the nice places have generally pretty awful music..

BarryCreed

vkid wrote: »

"Costelloes, to me anyways, has, and always had FAR better music."

Might be better but they play the same stuff all the time. You can predict what songs will be played up there and it is an awful dump. i get (literally) dragged there regualrly and hate giving them my money.They make a fortune there so a bit of paint wouldnt kill them. I've seen nicer squats.
I suppose its whatever you're into but to me the places with any hint of half decent music are generally complete dives and the nice places have generally pretty awful music..

lol, true, im usually a bit oiled going in there, but i dont really care about the decor at all tbh. just some late beer, that wont cost you an arm and a leg to get in, and you dont feel "under dressed" in there...
I like to look smart as much as the next bloke, just seems to be completely image orientated in the bigger clubs downtown. Now, thats just me, and i know lots of sound people who do go to the cheesey clubs, they're not for me though, or id have to be trolleyed drunk to go in, and when i do, i end up standing at the bar, cos the music is crap, so i figure, ill just go to costelloes, stand at the bar, and then tip away home...

krudler

true about the clubs and pubs down town , i got stopped going into Pier 1 of all places saturday night as i was wearing what the bouncer called "tackies" now its news to me that a €100 pair of suede kickers shoes are now known as tackies in this town, i asked him did he see Nike written down the side and looked at me as if i asked him the tenth digit of pi

does anyone else think that the smoking area of costellos looks like it should be somewhere where travellers fight each other for their families honour? whats with the no lights and cage?

HorseRadish

I remember getting pints of Bass in Costelloes for 1.50 back in the ol' college days! Must go back there again some night

TestTransmission

vkid wrote: »

"Costelloes, to me anyways, has, and always had FAR better music."

Might be better but they play the same stuff all the time. You can predict what songs will be played up there and it is an awful dump. i get (literally) dragged there regualrly and hate giving them my money.They make a fortune there so a bit of paint wouldnt kill them. I've seen nicer squats.
I suppose its whatever you're into but to me the places with any hint of half decent music are generally complete dives and the nice places have generally pretty awful music..

Whats wrong with costelloes?Would you rather go to icon where all the women look like they belong in a ad for tango?

Amazotheamazing

krudler wrote: »

true about the clubs and pubs down town , i got stopped going into Pier 1 of all places saturday night as i was wearing what the bouncer called "tackies" now its news to me that a €100 pair of suede kickers shoes are now known as tackies in this town, i asked him did he see Nike written down the side and looked at me as if i asked him the tenth digit of pi

does anyone else think that the smoking area of costellos looks like it should be somewhere where travellers fight each other for their families honour? whats with the no lights and cage?

The smoking area is clearly based on the Tunderdome in Mad Max two.

You're own fault for going to Pier One btw, just not a nice pub.

gaf1983

jackncoke wrote: »

Whats wrong with costelloes?Would you rather go to icon where all the women look like they belong in a ad for tango?

Reminds me of a letter published in the Irish Times on April 17th:

Mná na hÉireann

Madam, - With respect, does anyone happen to know what Irish women looked like prior to fake tan and blonde hair-dye? I forget. - Yours, etc,

IAN DOYLE, Co Dublin.

Insect Overlord

Out of interest, has anybody here been to that new place off Mallow Street? Think it's called Vice, or something along those lines. I know two of my friends went there the night it opened but weren't able to judge it properly as it was so empty that night!

bazz26

An Fhile wrote: »

Out of interest, has anybody here been to that new place off Mallow Street? Think it's called Vice, or something along those lines. I know two of my friends went there the night it opened but weren't able to judge it properly as it was so empty that night!

It's Rogue Traders by another name, overhead the Bank bar.

RINO87

does that mean the green room thing is finished??

Anonymossy

i'd definately agree with yer basics of a night. i like to wear shoes i'm comortable in when headin out. i've been to costelloe's, i like the place. i've been to the trinity rooms molly's and icon and my impression of it though is that the arty farty types in costelloes look at you just as funny as the BT mannequins further down the town. i do not wish to stereotype against either as i probably fall into some form of click myself but i have to disagree with ya on one thing. molly's is free, trinity rooms is €8 on friday, 10 on sat so 15 is unfair to say? granted icon is 10 and €12 but further down the town isn't all that bad. you say limerick needs a new bar? limerick has a great nightlife, it's just no1 makes use of it cos they're all drinkin at home! there's no1 in pubs anymore! at least drinking in a pub is a bit social and at least if anything goes wrong there's some1 nearby to help?

DarkJager

I'd rather pay 10 euro into Trinity rooms than go to Costelloes. I mean jesus christ, from the money they make out of the place, could they not do it up a bit? The toilets are the most disgusting experience ever, the music is repeated every weekend (and its not that great to begin with) and to be honest, I've encountered more dickheads in there than any time I've been in trinity or Icon. I don't know what it is, but it always seems to be filled with prententious twats. Granted you can safely say the same about trinity or icon or any other club but its truly a different type of twat that frequents costelloes.

Personally, I still prefer a good house party to any nightclub or pub in Limerick. Costs less, better laugh than any pub and no waiting hours for a taxi at the end of the night!!

Gambra

Costellos is an absolute hovel of a "club" (seriously if thats yer standard of a club, you guys are missing out on something) and the DJ plays the same mix CDr over and over again. However it is the better option to Trinity Rooms or whatever. The Underground in Baker Place is a absolute savage place to go but since they stopped letting us use it for gigs and only for electronic acts starting at 11pm no one knows about, it's being criminally underused. There's not enough places for live music in this city by far. And don't say Dolan's as that's not what I mean at all. I mean the kind of music venue (NOT bar with a stage but a proper venue) where you can see some random metal/punk/indie band

rmacm

DarkJager wrote: »

I'd rather pay 10 euro into Trinity rooms than go to Costelloes. I mean jesus christ, from the money they make out of the place, could they not do it up a bit?

I'm a pretty easy going person when it comes to where I go for a night out. I've had good nights in both places mainly due to the company rather than the venue itself. Although I can't really remember the last night I was in Costelloes....over indulgence is a terrible thing. Granted it's been many months since I've been down in Limerick and things may have changed since then. Costelloes could probably do with a clean up alright but then again it's dinginess may be part of the attraction for some people.

DarkJager wrote: »

I've encountered more dickheads in there than any time I've been in trinity or Icon. I don't know what it is, but it always seems to be filled with prententious twats. Granted you can safely say the same about trinity or icon or any other club but its truly a different type of twat that frequents costelloes.

I must be lucky in that I rarely encounter dick heads, granted you could encounter them anywhere. I think one of the few times I encountered a gob****e was when I was in Trinity Rooms and some fella thought I was after his bird because she asked me for a lighter and I obliged....the mind boggles at time

vkid

Gambra wrote: »

Costellos is an absolute hovel of a "club" (seriously if thats yer standard of a club, you guys are missing out on something) and the DJ plays the same mix CDr over and over again. However it is the better option to Trinity Rooms or whatever. The Underground in Baker Place is a absolute savage place to go but since they stopped letting us use it for gigs and only for electronic acts starting at 11pm no one knows about, it's being criminally underused. There's not enough places for live music in this city by far. And don't say Dolan's as that's not what I mean at all. I mean the kind of music venue (NOT bar with a stage but a proper venue) where you can see some random metal/punk/indie band

No offence but calling Costelloes a hovel and Bakers an absolute savage place to go is ridiculous. Both are as big as hovels as each other...Bakers is a dirty hole imo (the music is good sometimes)
Trinity Rooms is a very very nice place but awful music. A couple of decent acts every now and again wont change that...the music is pants every other night. It would be nice if this Angels place got the balance between good music and a nice place right.. i wont hold my breath tho

Gambra

vkid wrote: »

No offence but calling Costelloes a hovel and Bakers an absolute savage place to go is ridiculous. Both are as big as hovels as each other...Bakers is a dirty hole imo (the music is good sometimes)

I suppose I shouldn't have said savage but Bakers is actually spending a bit of money into keeping the place clean/doing it up where as Costellos hasn't been done up or cleaned since 1986.

badboyblast

vkid wrote: »

No offence but calling Costelloes a hovel and Bakers an absolute savage place to go is ridiculous. Both are as big as hovels as each other...Bakers is a dirty hole imo (the music is good sometimes)
Trinity Rooms is a very very nice place but awful music. A couple of decent acts every now and again wont change that...the music is pants every other night. It would be nice if this Angels place got the balance between good music and a nice place right.. i wont hold my breath tho

What type of music would you like to hear out in a club?

RINO87

Gambra wrote: »

I suppose I shouldn't have said savage but Bakers is actually spending a bit of money into keeping the place clean/doing it up where as Costellos hasn't been done up or cleaned since 1986.

agreed, but whats dirty about bakers. the whole complex (chicken, underground bakers) is pretty cool. a bit of graffiti on the jacks but thats it..

Xennon

Trinity Rooms is a very very nice place but awful music.

The odd thing about music in clubs is that the DJs tend to play what gets the dance floor filled. Thats their job. Now the thing about this is that its the girlies that head to the dance floor first while the lads get tanked. The girlies tend to go for chart music more than the lads and so the music in clubs for the most of the night tends to be sh1te.
Now if they started to play some of what you would call ''daycent chunes', the floor would be emptied in seconds, because the girlies aren't into it and the lads are getting the beers in. However when a named DJ pops up in a club, the crowd will dance to anything 'daycent' because the audience expects to hear something different.
A good DJ, will read the audience and play to the common denominator, while dropping in some 'daycent' ones to test the water so to speak. Large nightclubs are a business and their objective is to attract a percentage of the customer base. If the customer base is big enough then the club can attract a sufficient number of people who are into a particular form of music and cater for them. If the customer base isn't big enough, then the club has to go mainstream. So basically the music in a club is about demographics.

vkid

badboyblast wrote: »

What type of music would you like to hear out in a club?

Put it this way..if someone played like Mr Scruff did a few weeks ago in a nice place i'd be there. Nothing very heavy, nothing cheesy or that I hear on the radio every day and he had the crowd loving it. Was a great mix of loads of stuff that I never heard before. I know its impossible please everyone but he made a great job of it

badboyblast

Xennon wrote: »

The odd thing about music in clubs is that the DJs tend to play what gets the dance floor filled. Thats their job. Now the thing about this is that its the girlies that head to the dance floor first while the lads get tanked. The girlies tend to go for chart music more than the lads and so the music in clubs for the most of the night tends to be sh1te.
Now if they started to play some of what you would call ''daycent chunes', the floor would be emptied in seconds, because the girlies aren't into it and the lads are getting the beers in. However when a named DJ pops up in a club, the crowd will dance to anything 'daycent' because the audience expects to hear something different.
A good DJ, will read the audience and play to the common denominator, while dropping in some 'daycent' ones to test the water so to speak. Large nightclubs are a business and their objective is to attract a percentage of the customer base. If the customer base is big enough then the club can attract a sufficient number of people who are into a particular form of music and cater for them. If the customer base isn't big enough, then the club has to go mainstream. So basically the music in a club is about demographics.

Well said,

I have some friends who play in Trinity so I may be a little biased as I know how much they love their music but no way would I go and say the music is awfull in there plus one of its managers was responsible for bringing international djs to Limerick back in the day when it was a crime to listen to house and techno in a club so he has his finger on the pulse but Limerick isn`t big enough to have a Cream or Ministry of Sound so you get a bit of choice in there.


It caters for a mixed crowd while not going all out like the ICON etc.
Constant chart but thats their thing so fair play, I know people who love both places.

Horses for courses.....