late bars vs nightclubs

TMoreno

Hi,

I can’t understand why guys who say they like good music and dancing still bother to go to Dublin nightclubs.

In clubs: you pay a fee at the entry, music is bad: usually British Pop, 80’s or 90’s music or R& B, drinks are expensive and you are never sure to get in.
People just go there for posing with their glass and meet their mates.

Now look at late bars: there is no fee, the music is better, they close at 2H30 or 3H00 AM, you will never be turned out by the bouncers and there is enough space to dance.

If you have the groove in your blood and love dancing you go to late bars not to night clubs.

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TMoreno wrote: »

Hi,

I can’t understand why guys who say they like good music and dancing still bother to go to Dublin nightclubs.

In clubs: you pay a fee at the entry, music is bad: usually British Pop, 80’s or 90’s music or R& B, drinks are expensive and you are never sure to get in.
People just go there for posing with their glass and meet their mates.

Now look at late bars: there is no fee, the music is better, they close at 2H30 or 3H00 AM, you will never be turned out by the bouncers and there is enough space to dance.

If you have the groove in your blood and love dancing you go to late bars not to night clubs.

So which do you prefer?

Homer

TMoreno wrote: »

Hi,

I can’t understand why guys who say they like good music and dancing still bother to go to Dublin nightclubs.

In clubs: you pay a fee at the entry, music is bad: usually British Pop, 80’s or 90’s music or R& B, drinks are expensive and you are never sure to get in.
People just go there for posing with their glass and meet their mates.

Now look at late bars: there is no fee, the music is better, they close at 2H30 or 3H00 AM, you will never be turned out by the bouncers and there is enough space to dance.

If you have the groove in your blood and love dancing you go to late bars not to night clubs.

Can't get into nightclubs eh

Solarball10

Ahhh but the thing is with late bars, people don't really tend to dance, nor is there much of a dancefloor to begin with!

I like struttin my stuff on a BIG floor along with all the other tipsy revellers

4zn76tysfajdxp

Late bar for me, every time.

captainzapp

Also a lot of night clubs will do drinks promotions which late bars never do. So you might have to pay a fiver in, but then you don't have to spend nearly as much inside if there's 2.50 drinks on!

LolaLuv

I like both tbh. It depends on whether I want to get dolled up and deal with getting hit on or just go somewhere mellow and hang out.

Zangetsu

Can't believe I'm gonna say this but.....


...... Mullingar has ROCKIN nightclubs... Shocking, we walked into some place, looked like a dive and there was smoke machines, lasers and a DJ that couldn't mix for **** but was playing good songs.

Only downside was I was told to calm down while standing in the beer garden :S

and2

i must be getting old,much rather a late-bar to a nightclub. music too loud in nightclubs... all conversation is gone out the window. im a ****e dancer anyway so no need to "Go dancing"

Solarball10

and2 wrote: »

im a ****e dancer anyway so no need to "Go dancing"

So am I, but there's something about the combination of a few cocktails and "Don't Leave Me this Way" coming on that makes a girl lose all inhibitions

Quazzie

Zangetsu wrote: »

Can't believe I'm gonna say this but.....


...... Mullingar has ROCKIN nightclubs... Shocking, we walked into some place, looked like a dive and there was smoke machines, lasers and a DJ that couldn't mix for **** but was playing good songs.

Only downside was I was told to calm down while standing in the beer garden :S

Where in Mullingar??

fakearms123

all depends what im in the mood for, 'if i feel like getting down with my hip self ill go to a happening club were all my b-boys are at'

but late bars always seem to be where the best laugh is at, too many photos going off in nightclubs and you know that those photos are going straight up on bebo the next day, plus a lot of underagers seem to go to the nightclubs, only for the purpose of taking photos of themselves all night, late bar for me but i do enjoy a good night club

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Just in the interest of fairness, OP, would you mind also starting a thread entitled:

"Womens Attitudes in Latebars"

Thanks

missingtime

Poll?

Depends on the music and the crowd. Generally I find a lot of **** end up in shiny late bars dancing to chart music.

I prefer my dingey nightclub with some drum and bass

anonymous_joe

All depends on the music. If it's playing cool music, I don't care either way.

zach morris

in before:

op isn't able to get into legit clubs due to his unlegit boards.ie style pube chinbeard

funk-you

zach morris wrote: »

in before:

op isn't able to get into legit clubs due to his unlegit boards.ie style pube chinbeard

And i used to look up to you as a kid Zach! Kelly was so hot.

OT, definitely late bars. My general rule is if there is a queue and the bouncers are giving anyone grief why hand over 100-200 quid inside?

-Funk

Statso

thread needs a poll.

deaddonkey

i don't think i even know the difference between a late bar and a club...

whelans/sin e/doyles are late bars yeah?

Curlypinkie

Both.
First one, then the othe. I do agree there sometimes is a thin line of difference......

jester77

Bars are for drinking, clubs are for dancing, I haven't been to a niteclub in years, got to love 24 hour bars

Galvasean

Pub 95 times out of 100.

pablomakaveli

i hate nightclubs. music is too loud and there is usually a lot of scumbags in them.

late bars have a better atmosphere and you can have a proper conversation with friends rather than shouting into each others ears.

Red Alert

I like to mix it a bit. A late bar's great when you're out with people you haven't caught up with for ages, a nightclub's better when it's the usual weekly gang... the music in both, however, tends to be awful. If you know what you're looking for musically though, personally I'm usually looking for House or some heavy Rock (odd combo I know), there's some great music to be had around.

thefinalstage

PillyPen wrote: »

I like both tbh. It depends on whether I want to get dolled up and deal with getting hit on or just go somewhere mellow and hang out.

I'll hit on you any day.

LolaLuv

thelastangryman wrote: »

I'll hit on you any day.

Ha, promises, promises but I've heard Irish men have a problem with the follow-through!:rolleyes:

thefinalstage

PillyPen wrote: »

Ha, promises, promises but I've heard Irish men have a problem with the follow-through!:rolleyes:

The follow through? That has so many meanings its not even funny

shoelaceface

Zangetsu wrote: »

Can't believe I'm gonna say this but.....


...... Mullingar has ROCKIN nightclubs... Shocking, we walked into some place, looked like a dive and there was smoke machines, lasers and a DJ that couldn't mix for **** but was playing good songs.

Only downside was I was told to calm down while standing in the beer garden :S

you were told to calm down because mullingar clearly isnt able for the crowd..... they didnt know what to do...!

what were you doing anyway that they told you to calm down?

ewj1978

calm down calm down...

calm now!

shoelaceface

errr ok

zach morris

pablomakaveli wrote: »

i hate nightclubs. music is too loud and there is usually a lot of scumbags in them.

That's your own fault for going to tacky clubs.

21stcenturygirl

Have been in a good few times its really nice, great cocktails.. but has anyone noticed that the dj who used to be in the fence is there on sundays and has played the exact same music nearly every week? eh there is only so much of the same chanting from the killers, bob sinclair we can take ! There was a great Dj there on other nights, when i was in a few weeks ago who could mix the tracks and the music was brill.. we went along last nite cos the Fence was closed and the dj could't mix for s**t..the music was crap !!!
when's the fence opening again anyone know..?

Ally Dick

TMoreno wrote: »

music is bad: usually British Pop, 80’s or 90’s music or R& B

Blimey. Remind me to go to nightclubs in future. I had no idea the music was this good. I have always thought that the music in nightclubs was monotonous dance shite and hip hop

TheCardHolder

I'm a big fan of techno/electronic music. Not many bars play that type of music.

Max Power1

Havent been to a nightclub in years (ever since my younger Barcode days lol), late bars FTW

ChocolateSauce

http://dominion.gothic.ie/

The music is good, the company is good, the drugs are good, the sex is good, the dancing is amazing.

Not all night clubs suck!

NothingMan

Noone seems to have mentioned the much greater alternative. House party/Sessions. Only people you like and only music you like(well there's always someone who tries to play crap.)
Not the best if you're single and looking to meet someone, but then again the kind of people you meet in a nightclub are generally not girlfriend material.

Daroxtar

I hate our licensing laws that make clubs and pubs the same. Clubs should be allowed to stay open till 6 like most other developed countries and instead of depriving clubbers their night on the grounds of the bad behaviour of the minority why not actually punish drunk/drugged up yobs with serious on the spot fines?

Let the pubs stay as pubs and the clubs stay as clubs

Daroxtar

NothingMan wrote: »

the kind of people you meet in a nightclub are generally not girlfriend material.

What a ridiculous sweeping generalisation.

snarf_sarah

ewj1978 wrote: »

calm down calm down...

calm now!

hahahaha!

I hate when people try to talk to u in night clubs cus they're just roaring at ya! I love going dancin tho.

Dont like how in alot of pubs now the music is blaring & u have to shout at each other, no fun there!

AckwelFoley

Daroxtar wrote: »

What a ridiculous sweeping generalisation.

i met my fiance in a night club.

Cheap drinks promotion nights ftw.

rossie1977

Daroxtar wrote: »

I hate our licensing laws that make clubs and pubs the same. Clubs should be allowed to stay open till 6 like most other developed countries

where do clubs stay open till 6 outside the balearic islands??

clubs close at like 3 in NY, 2 in orlando, vegas is the only late place in the states they close about 5-6 alrite

Max Power1

ChocolateSauce wrote: »

http://dominion.gothic.ie/

The music is good, the company is good, the drugs are good, the sex is good, the dancing is amazing.

Not all night clubs suck!

I really have to disagree with you! I tried going there the weekend before last, they played "music", which to me sounded like trance music. They had maybe 5 different drinsk at the bar. No light beer either. The people were nice, if a bit cliquey.

Daroxtar

rossie1977 wrote: »

where do clubs stay open till 6 outside the balearic islands??

clubs close at like 3 in NY, 2 in orlando, vegas is the only late place in the states they close about 5-6 alrite


Germany, Australia, England off the top of my head and loads more. I often left The End in london at 7 or after, same in QBH in Melbourne.

rossie1977

Daroxtar wrote: »

Germany, Australia, England off the top of my head and loads more. I often left The End in london at 7 or after, same in QBH in Melbourne.

bars close at like 11pm in the west end during the week, f**k that

you also picked out random establishments, most nightclubs in england close at 3-4am, blackpools clubs (the biggest in the country) close at 4 on a saturday night

Novella

I prefer bars 'cause I like to be able to sit down and have a chat, chill out and not have to scream at who I'm trying to talk to! That said, there are times I love a nightclub for a good ole boogie! Oh, I can't pick, it depends on my mood!

GlasnevinRed

Late bars. Too much hassle for night clubs. Never get turned away but not arsed paying in either especially if the queue at the bar's gonna be too long for drinks promo's to be worthwhile. €10 for a pitcher of Fosters in Quinn's any day.

Executive Steve

As long as its dark and there's bassbins I'm there and I don't care if it's a late bar or a club...

GLaDOS

GlasnevinRed wrote: »

Late bars. Too much hassle for night clubs. Never get turned away but not arsed paying in either especially if the queue at the bar's gonna be too long for drinks promo's to be worthwhile. €10 for a pitcher of Fosters in Quinn's any day.

It would be you, wouldn't it

Aye, late bars all the time. Can sit and have a chat with people. Only good thing about nightclubs is cheap drink.

armaghbhoy

depends what mood im in, bar then club after

GlasnevinRed

ScienceNerd wrote: »

It would be you, wouldn't it

Staaarry bud.:p

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Aye, late bars all the time. Can sit and have a chat with people. Only good thing about nightclubs is cheap drink.

Cheap drink which you've to cue up for aaaaages after paying in. Not for me.:D