Gay Pubs/Clubs in Dublin

LegacyUser

Hi all, so here's my situation, I'm a bi-guy from Cork who's not out but would like to try a night out on the gay scene.

Looks like I'll be up in Dublin for a couple of days (mid-week) in the next week or two so just wondering if anyone can recommend somewhere for a newbie to go for a couple of drinks, good music and the possibility of having a conversation with someone.

Donnaghm

I would suggest the Front Lounge for the possibility of conversation. It has a nice eclectic clientele. And is straight friendly as well.

kingofslaves

Panti Bar, Dragon, George, Break For The Border, Turks Head, The Globe, Wilde's.

oisindoyle

kingofslaves wrote: »

Panti Bar, Dragon, George, Break For The Border, Turks Head, The Globe, Wilde's.

Since when is Break for the Border,turks head, or the globe ,,"gay bars"??

In answer to the OP ,If you want to go to a bar and strike up a conversation,i would suggest the Front Lounge ,the others(Dragon,The George,PantiBa)r have thumping music and one needs to shout to have a conversation .
Anyway good luck and enjoy yourself

JupiterKid

The George, Pantibar, Wilde, The Front Lounge, The Dragon.

Pantibar would be my favourite as it attracts a wide rande of clientele and it's drink prices aren't extortionate.

kingofslaves

oisindoyle wrote: »

Since when is Break for the Border,turks head, or the globe ,,"gay bars"??

More gay friendly, but does get a wide range, anyway I would agree the flounge is probably best place to go for conversation. The Dragon was very loud last Thursday.

IrishLad2222

Sorry, if this topic has been discussed gazillions of times. I’m sure it has. Nevertheless, I would really appreciate some advice. So. I’m going to be in Dublin this Fri. I’m a 22 year old lad from the West. I’m straight-acting, discreet, not out and new to the whole gay scene. I’m hoping to hot one of the gay bars or clubs on Friday night. However, where would ye recommend? Was planning on heading out around 9. Would that be too early? I’ll be on my own so where would be best to go to meet someone and have a conversation and maybe bring someone back to my hotel. Again, sorry if this topic has been discussed 100’s of times before but I wiyld would appreciate yeer insights and feedback.
Thanks lads.

oisindoyle

IrishLad2222 wrote: »

Sorry, if this topic has been discussed gazillions of times. I’m sure it has. Nevertheless, I would really appreciate some advice. So. I’m going to be in Dublin this Fri. I’m a 22 year old lad from the West. I’m straight-acting, discreet, not out and new to the whole gay scene. I’m hoping to hot one of the gay bars or clubs on Friday night. However, where would ye recommend? Was planning on heading out around 9. Would that be too early? I’ll be on my own so where would be best to go to meet someone and have a conversation and maybe bring someone back to my hotel. Again, sorry if this topic has been discussed 100’s of times before but I wiyld would appreciate yeer insights and feedback.
Thanks lads.

See above .........

IrishLad2222

But what time would, let's say, the Dragon get going at? Would 9 o clock be too early to go there at? Sorry, but I'm totally cluless. Thanks.

oisindoyle

IrishLad2222 wrote: »

But what time would, let's say, the Dragon get going at? Would 9 o clock be too early to go there at? Sorry, but I'm totally cluless. Thanks.

The Dragon and the George charge a tenner in after 10pm,so if you dont want to pay go before and if you do want to pay go after 10pm!!!!
Front Lounge is free in as is Pantibar (pantibar closes at 1230 afaik)
Have to say ,I admire your "optimism" re "maybe bring someone back to my hotel"....
Do let us know

Barna77

oisindoyle wrote: »

Have to say ,I admire your "optimism" re "maybe bring someone back to my hotel"....
Do let us know

The gaybours will smell the fresh meat from miles away and they'll be all over him :rolleyes:

Back on topic, Panti is the place to go!

oisindoyle

Barna77 wrote: »

The gaybours will smell the fresh meat from miles away and they'll be all over him :rolleyes:

Back on topic, Panti is the place to go!

lololol dont say that ,you will scare him for life!!!

(note to irishlad2222 you will be fine )

L1011

Place will be quite dead at 9pm.

Barna77

oisindoyle wrote: »

lololol dont say that ,you will scare him for life!!!

(note to irishlad2222 you will be fine )

Ah sure he'll be fine... and spoilt for choice hahahhaa

IrishLad2222

@ oisindoyle, as you observed, I am quiet an optimistic, glass if half full kind of guy. I will indeed let ye know if I end up bringing some guy back to my hotel room.
@ MYOB, what place will be dead at 9? You never specified.
@Barna77, I hope you’re prediction rings true and I am spoilt for choice.
So, I’ll prob end up hitting the Dragon (by myself) at around 8 so. Hopefully, it’ll be busy then.
Thanks for the tips guys.

Doop

Im sorry.. dont go to the dragon at 8, you will be bored by 8:20! nobody goes there that early..

Go either panti or front lounge get some drinks into u, then go dragon or Andrews lane round 10/11pm

Barna77

IrishLad2222 wrote: »

@Barna77, I hope you’re prediction rings true and I am spoilt for choice.
So, I’ll prob end up hitting the Dragon (by myself) at around 8 so. Hopefully, it’ll be busy then.
Thanks for the tips guys.

Quoting The Eagles:
"Johnny come lately, the new kid in town
Everybody loves you, so don't let them down"


Dragon so early will be dead, is it even open around that time?

Enjoy whatever you do

L1011

IrishLad2222 wrote: »

@ oisindoyle, as you observed, I am quiet an optimistic, glass if half full kind of guy. I will indeed let ye know if I end up bringing some guy back to my hotel room.
@ MYOB, what place will be dead at 9? You never specified.
@Barna77, I hope you’re prediction rings true and I am spoilt for choice.
So, I’ll prob end up hitting the Dragon (by myself) at around 8 so. Hopefully, it’ll be busy then.
Thanks for the tips guys.

Dragon. Will be significantly more dead at 8.

Go to one of the bars and move over to the clubs later. If you're lucky you may even be heading to clubs with people/a specific person at that stage...

kingofslaves

I'll be in the dragon by about 10:30/11:00pm.

oisindoyle

Wonder how did Irishlad2222 get on ? or rather did somone get on him !!!! :-) lol

floggg

oisindoyle wrote: »

Wonder how did Irishlad2222 get on ? or rather did somone get on him !!!! :-) lol

He did give off a power bottom vibe, didn't he?

IrishLad2222

Doyler & Flogg, didn't have my laptop in Dub with me so wasn't on this over the weekend. Got on well. Went to the Front Lounge to prink before the Dragon. Met a goy in F.Lounge so din't make it to the Dragon. Next time.

oisindoyle

IrishLad2222 wrote: »

Doyler & Flogg, didn't have my laptop in Dub with me so wasn't on this over the weekend. Got on well. Went to the Front Lounge to prink before the Dragon. Met a goy in F.Lounge so din't make it to the Dragon. Next time.

and and ,,,,,c'mon tell all

IrishLad2222

Oisndoyle, Sorry mate but I don't kiss 'n tell, or have sex and publish the details on boards, as the case may be!

oisindoyle

IrishLad2222 wrote: »

Oisndoyle, Sorry mate but I don't kiss 'n tell, or have sex and publish the details on boards, as the case may be!

and here we were all waiting for the ins and outs of everything and then you say nothing ,nada,ziltch...........what a disappointment

toexpress

floggg wrote: »

He did give off a power bottom vibe, didn't he?

Nah they are all big nellie bottoms floggg .... so many bottoms so little time

scullersky

So heres my story... Im 22 from kerry, im in dublin from today untill saturday.. I in dublin on my own as i had to come up for somthibg.. where im from gay isnt accepted so i want to go out and hopefully make friends! where would be good bars and clubs to go on my own? The only problem is i know ill be shy!!

Thanks

Tommy

wonderfulname

Threads merged

You should get some answers here Tommy.

mr.anonymous

I haven't been to many venues around Dublin, but I think Wilde is definitely worth going to.

There's a student night there on Wednesdays, so ok for a 22yr old. It's located on Wicklow St. Just go, have a few drinks and dance. I was nervous the first time I went to it, but someone came up to me and said hello (by putting their arm around me and shifting me).

Unfortunately, when you ask the cute Latino staff for sex on the beach, they come back with a drink.

There's also PRhomo at the Dragon, and F.A.G somewhere else in town. Are you staying close to the city centre?

oisindoyle

Tommy-Kerry wrote: »

So heres my story... Im 22 from kerry, im in dublin from today untill saturday.. I in dublin on my own as i had to come up for somthibg.. where im from gay isnt accepted so i want to go out and hopefully make friends! where would be good bars and clubs to go on my own? The only problem is i know ill be shy!!

Thanks

Tommy

See above ,,,
what exactly do you mean "gay isnt accepted "?

scullersky

mr.anonymous wrote: »

I haven't been to many venues around Dublin, but I think Wilde is definitely worth going to.

There's a student night there on Wednesdays, so ok for a 22yr old. It's located on Wicklow St. Just go, have a few drinks and dance. I was nervous the first time I went to it, but someone came up to me and said hello (by putting their arm around me and shifting me).

Unfortunately, when you ask the cute Latino staff for sex on the beach, they come back with a drink.

There's also PRhomo at the Dragon, and F.A.G somewhere else in town. Are you staying close to the city centre?

Thanks for your help, I ended up going to, the george, front lounge, panti bar, glitz! I think i.was still too shy but ill hopefully get up again soon :-)

scullersky

oisindoyle wrote: »

See above ,,,
what exactly do you mean "gay isnt accepted "?

Well basically most people my age that are straight dont really accept it. Like they ignore u pass comments, Kerrys the worst place ive come across, I go to cork, dublin somtimes but ive never had any problem as it seems easy going! im living in kerry for 22 years and if I go out I am constantly looking over my shoulder, its horrible :-(

oisindoyle

Tommy-Kerry wrote: »

Well basically most people my age that are straight dont really accept it. Like they ignore u pass comments, Kerrys the worst place ive come across, I go to cork, dublin somtimes but ive never had any problem as it seems easy going! im living in kerry for 22 years and if I go out I am constantly looking over my shoulder, its horrible :-(

Not nit picking ,but is that your perception or is there a lot of homophobia in kerry ?
If it is as bad as you say it is ,then it's truly shocking .

Quackster

There's a very active LGBT group up and running in Kerry for several years now so I'd say it's definitely not the worst place to be gay. No doubt there is still certainly plenty of ignorance, but no more than in most other parts of the country and mostly it's not malicious - just stupidity. I know plenty of people who are 'out' and living in Kerry and live pretty fulfilling lives.

I think the main difficulty people experience, particularly if they're not 'out', is when they don't have any gay friends locally and this leads to isolation. But Kerry is certainly not a hostile place to be gay.

scullersky

I guss all I can talk about is my own experience!

Im am out but I am straight acting, thays just the way I am I guess :-)

Younger I always got hassled in school and I was very active in a certain sports club and when I came out all my mates stopped talking to me and I was really pressured to leave.. And this was a big club which I go on with everyone and since I left not one person stayed in contact with ...

I heard about this LGBT club in Kerry which I recently added my name to the text list however I have been told there arnt many people my age in it.. This isnt a big problem however it would be nice to interact wit people my own age.

I cant be fussy and I would still like to try this LGBT club as any social outlet is a help! But I dont drive and most events are on in places like inch beech.and places so im kinda caught :-\

I have to say its really getting to me and to be honest I have joined every gay website and to this day I stil ll try my best but I dont / well cant find any gay friends :-(

Tommy

Annasopra

I think you should go to Chiarrai Amach events anyway despite what you heard. You have nothing to lose and sometimes what we hear isn't helpful or accurate.

kodoherty93

Tommy-Kerry wrote: »

I guss all I can talk about is my own experience!

Im am out but I am straight acting, thays just the way I am I guess :-)

Younger I always got hassled in school and I was very active in a certain sports club and when I came out all my mates stopped talking to me and I was really pressured to leave.. And this was a big club which I go on with everyone and since I left not one person stayed in contact with ...

I heard about this LGBT club in Kerry which I recently added my name to the text list however I have been told there arnt many people my age in it.. This isnt a big problem however it would be nice to interact wit people my own age.

I cant be fussy and I would still like to try this LGBT club as any social outlet is a help! But I dont drive and most events are on in places like inch beech.and places so im kinda caught :-\

I have to say its really getting to me and to be honest I have joined every gay website and to this day I stil ll try my best but I dont / well cant find any gay friends :-(

Tommy

Are you finished college? Just leave and move to Dublin. If you find so unenjoyable why would you continue to live there?

scullersky

mango salsa wrote: »

I think you should go to Chiarrai Amach events anyway despite what you heard. You have nothing to lose and sometimes what we hear isn't helpful or accurate.

I definatly will, like I said in ny last post.anything will surely help... And I have only heard good thkngs about ciarai amach but like i mentioned in the last post some events are on in other parts of kerry so I will find it hard to get there are I dont drive :-)

scullersky

kodoherty93 wrote: »

Are you finished college? Just leave and move to Dublin. If you find so unenjoyable why would you continue to live there?

Hey :-) Im not finished college but I am taking a year out at the moment!

Im trying my best to get a job in Dublin as it would probly be silly to move there without a job!!

I love Dublin so hopefully I will get to move up.soon ;-)

Tommy

keith103103

hi guys..can anybody tell me were in dublin city panti bar is

and is it a good bar to meet bi guys and females

thanks for you help people

L1011

Capel Street.

No idea on the meeting (straight presumably) women bit...

keith103103

im looking for a good bar to meet bi-males and bi-females if any 1 out there has came across a good spot for a night out with intenstions of meeting both males and females as id said above...

cheers thanks for any info...

oisindoyle

keith103103 wrote: »

im looking for a good bar to meet bi-males and bi-females if any 1 out there has came across a good spot for a night out with intenstions of meeting both males and females as id said above...

cheers thanks for any info...

Well how would you know if you walked into a bar if somone was "bi".I'm sure there are many a bi person in every bar in Ireland