Dublin gay venues

Conor30

Which are your favourite and least favourite?

brokenice

Conor30 wrote: »

Which are your favourite and least favourite?

give me a bit of panti....yum!

front lounge - poserville

george - tacky (but can be fun, you know what to expect!)

dragon - spendworld

Conor30

Well, Dublin's entire gay scene is rather poseur but the Front Lounge is particularly so; you're right!
I still like the pub though, even if it does have quite an intense vibe. I would find it easier to chat someone up in there rather than in PantiBar.

oisindoyle

Conor30 wrote: »

Well, Dublin's entire gay scene is rather poseur but the Front Lounge is particularly so; you're right!
I still like the pub though, even if it does have quite an intense vibe. I would find it easier to chat someone up in there rather than in PantiBar.

What do you mean by "poseur" .I drink there as do many of my friends and none of us are "poseurs" ,,,For Gods sake grow up

Annasopra

Folks - keep it civil.

baztard

The George - Slightly tacky, reasonable drink prices and always good fun. It doesn't take itself too seriously. A little less amount of drag acts would be a nice welcome.

The Front Lounge - Very nice relaxed with a decor/layout/athmosphere that works really well, but unfortunately unforgivable rip-off drinks prices are a massive turn off.

The Dragon - A long and narrow, cramped and unjustifibly uppity night 'club'. It acts as if its the only gay 'night club' in Dublin. But it plays mostly the same pop as the george and has a terrible dance floor.

Panti Bar - A nice athmosphere where you can chat to people, until 11pm when they blare music in your ear, so all you can do is sit there shouting at each other or just leave. Nice drinks promos, nice crowd, a real pub. the drag act is a load of ****e though, what do people see in this stuff!?

War - A great little nightclub with deadly music and great drinks promos. Age wise its very young though.

Conor30

oisindoyle wrote: »

What do you mean by "poseur" .I drink there as do many of my friends and none of us are "poseurs" ,,,For Gods sake grow up

Hey, don't take it personally, you don't own the pub, do you! I drink with my friends there too!!

I am grown up, thanks! That's why I'm actually able to accept that different people have different views and that they're entitled to them.

Annasopra

Conor/Oisin

Keep to the topic and stop getting stroppy with each other.

peasncarrots

yeah i like panti but do undrestand when folks say gay bars can be places for posuers it is hard when you go alone

face1990

I love the dragon's smoking area, but the prices are really off-putting. always found the george quite depressing.

Pantibar is by far my favourite. It's always free-in, the staff are friendly, I love the drag shows (haven't been to the make and do night but plan to try it soon). The place has got great character.

baztard

face1990 wrote: »

I love the drag shows...

We are from different planets

Barna77

Panti - yes

Front Lounge is alright

Been to Mother twice and had a good time, had a laugh

Dragon or George, no go area

toexpress

Where are Mother and War? Am so out of touch

face1990

baztard wrote: »

We are from different planets

I suppose it's a love it or hate it thing!

Been to Mother a few times, and it's always been good fun. not mad about the music, but then I hate the music in most clubs so I kind of expect as much!

JH_raheny

The George (Jurassic) or Panti bar for me, Nealons as well even if it isn't a gay bar

L1011

toexpress wrote: »

Where are Mother and War? Am so out of touch

Clubnights rather than dedicated venues

Mother - "Copper Alley", e.g. the basement of the Arlington Hotel Temple Bar on Saturday nights.

War - Andrews Lane on Fridays, I think. Never been.

Chuchoter

I like War but thats mostly because everywhere else seems to be over 21s which is a downer

toexpress

Chuchoter wrote: »

I like War but thats mostly because everywhere else seems to be over 21s which is a downer

Any over 30's?

ongarboy

It's hard for me to list order of preference as I've had fantastic times in the various venues but I've also had crap times but a very loose order of preference would be

Pantibar:
Pros: I find it's the most comfortable if you want to have 1:1 chats with mates etc as well as being able to people watch. The staff are the friendliest.
Cons: The Panti Show can be a bit repetitive if you are a frequent patron on a Saturday night (especially the miming of songs)

Front Lounge:
Pros: Probably has the best looking customers of all the bars..lots of eye candy!!:p. Also, it does have a great ambience when it is not very busy.
Cons: I would find it the least welcoming place on a busy night should you head out by yourself.

Jurassic:
Pros: The juke box is great -fantastic range of classic and current hits. You can meet some really interesting and fun people (young and old). Most (not all) of the staff are also really friendly and engage with you
Cons: Invariably, you get a higher concentration of people there who will leer, not take no for an answer or are completely ignorant of social norms (ie wierdos).

Mother:
Pros: I love the electropop music they play (mostly)
Cons: None really - only one gripe last year when I was raving about this place to friends and brought a group of them in from Dublin 15 especially for this club only to be turned away by the bouncers saying it was full up :mad:

George:
Pros: Just for nostalgia reasons I like heading back to this place on the odd occasion. It's where I met my OH.
Cons: The crowd is just too young these days...or else I'm getting too old

Dragon:
Pros: I love the set up and decor of the place, different areas, floors etc. I find people/strangers quite friendly there.
Cons: The music can be repetitive.