Getting ould

PatientZero

Anyone got any good recommendations for clubs to visit in dublin ? I've been to most of the usual suspects - boomerang, coppers, club M, etc. and have had enough of them. In fact, I'm pretty much going off beer altogether but still want to head out and socialize. I'm 29 ( err, and haven't been to the above mentioned clubs in years!) so recommendations that dont include teenyboppers and gob****es getting plastered and jumping around the place would be welcome !

Slutmonkey57b

Try the Garrick Club.

Seriously, if teenyboppers and an obsession with drink is not what you want, you're in the wrong country. Telling Irish people you don't want to get pissed is socially unacceptable, and telling them you've no interest in drugs is only marginally less so. Stick to the local and avoid the clubs. It won't be good but it won't be as bad either.

Davey Devil

I'm not suprised you have had enough of them, they are all dumps. My favourite place of the last 6 months is Traffic on Middle Abbey Street, check it out.

kenmc

i've been to the sugar club a few times and liked it - live bands. see if you can catch the Cambenbert Quartet there - really good.

Sleepy

D2 on Harcourt Street tends to be a slightly older crowd than a lot of other nightclubs in town, the music is fairly charts-orientated but there's a lovely heated beer-garden out the back and there'd tend to be plenty of people your own age in there.

Zulu

Sugar Club and The village are good.
I've yet to have a good night in D2 though. It failed the 3 strike rule.

Sleepy

Would second the suggestion for the village though I only go to the Sugar Club for gigs, find it a pretty crap club because there's no dancefloor worth a damn and the terrace is just too much work after a few pints!

gazzer

Im 30 and go to Pravda a lot.. the music in there can be really good.

DirtyDog

Slutmonkey57b wrote:

Try the Garrick Club.

Seriously, if teenyboppers and an obsession with drink is not what you want, you're in the wrong country.

Agreed...

Slutmonkey57b wrote:

Telling Irish people you don't want to get pissed is socially unacceptable, and telling them you've no interest in drugs is only marginally less so.

Bull s*it - I've been a non drinker for years now and its actually a better night out, infact people admire you more for it AND it tends to start of conversations etc...

dont listen to this peer pressure crap.

The Corinthian

Depends on what you’re looking for. If all you’re looking for is a sociable location, after hours, to hang out with friends and chat, then there are numerous pubs that open late - serving until 12:30 through to about 02:30. Dohenny & Nesbitts or Toners are two that spring to mind.

Later still, and a bit more lively, and more nightclub-esque, there are places like the Gaiety, Ron Black’s or Café en Seine.

Another option is a wine bar - not anything on Leeson St, but one of the numerous other spots in the city centre such as Il Trocadero or La Cave.

Jonny Arson

Davey Devil wrote:

I'm not suprised you have had enough of them, they are all dumps. My favourite place of the last 6 months is Traffic on Middle Abbey Street, check it out.

Yeah Traffic is such a cool place.

Selik

Davey Devil wrote:

I'm not suprised you have had enough of them, they are all dumps. My favourite place of the last 6 months is Traffic on Middle Abbey Street, check it out.

I'll second that! It's been a favourite spot of mine almost since the time it opened about two and a half years ago...

Selik

Other recommendations of mine:

K3 - very cosy with nice staff and a good crowd anytime.

4 Dame Lane - bit hit and miss and I'm not a massive fan of the tunes there but again cosy with lots of fit women!

Porterhouse - Great selection of home-brewed and foreign (Check out some of the er, Czech ones!) beers... Same goes for the women!

12ten @ The Legal Eagle on Saturdays - More of a club night than a bar as such but if you go along with an open mind and determination to have fun you can't go wrong. Funky house is the music policy and the girls are hot and up for partying! If you can't have fun in the this place then there's something amiss imo...

Gordon

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