Worst Nightclub in Town?

Lisapeep

I know we all have stories of nights out that were ruined by the quality of service at the nightclub. I personally had a terrible experience at The Vaults last week, where they refused to let me in because I have a 10 year passport and I'm only 10 in the photo. My passport is valid though and it lets me into every country in the world, so why doesn't it let me into The Vaults? I found the bouncers to be extremely condescending and rude and, as a results, will never be going back there again if I can help it!

So come on, spill your experiences here and share with us which nightclub you think is the worst in Dublin!

jimi_t

If you're only 10 in the photo then they're more than justified to refuse you. It's your own fault for not having a second ID like a garda or something - get one or get used to getting refused...

GuanYin

no they're not. Its a legal document.
If they feel its false they should report it as its a criminal offence.

If you have witnesses then you may have a case.

Shrimp

Also, I thought when you're like under 16 or something you have to get the 3 year passports, because of the fact that you are going to change the most during that stage of your life?

stagolee

jimi_t wrote:

If you're only 10 in the photo then they're more than justified to refuse you. It's your own fault for not having a second ID like a garda or something - get one or get used to getting refused...

what??? surley bouncers can add 10 and 10 and work out she's 20.
admittedly a 10 year old passport is chancing yer arm a bit , but most decent bouncers would have given you the benefit of the doubt, it is a legal form of i.d. after all

Lex_Diamonds

stagolee wrote:

what??? surley bouncers can add 10 and 10 and work out she's 20.

Ya think?

jimi_t

It's a legal form of ID yes, but if they don't think it's you in the picture... Compare a picture of what you looked like when you were 10 and what you look like now, dressed for a night out, and ask yourself : Realisitcally, would a bouncer accept this as suitable identification?

Kernel

stagolee wrote:

what??? surley bouncers can add 10 and 10 and work out she's 20.
admittedly a 10 year old passport is chancing yer arm a bit , but most decent bouncers would have given you the benefit of the doubt, it is a legal form of i.d. after all

It could be any 10 year old kid with a passing resemblence though.

jimmycrackcorm

Wouldn't it be hell of a lot cheaper if wee all got a passport as a one year old and kept it for life. Then bouncers would have to be supplied with PDA's and morphing software to figure out if the photo matches.

On the passport thingy, I thought it mean that ryanair refused a guy boarding because his passport ws out of date. - As if the expiry date suddenly meant that he wasn't the same person. Incientally the customer won as Ryanair had no listed terms that the passport actually had to be up to date.

I am MAN

Hey,


This is one time I can understand the bouncers decision

seamus

Sounds reasonable.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but even 10 years ago, children under 15 could only get a 3-year passport, no? So it this a 10 year old passport that you haven't bothered renewing?

As it stands now, anyone 3-17 years of age can only get a 5 year passport, for the very reason that a 10-year passport invalidates very quickly. Back as far as 1999, anyone under 16 could only get a 3-year passport, but I don't know if it was different in 1995.

Doodee

Temptation in Portobello.
nothing tempting bout it.

Our man in Havana

10 year passports were always available to persons under 18. The lesser options were also available.

seamus

Bond-007 wrote:

10 year passports were always available to persons under 18. The lesser options were also available.

I have a sneaky suspicion otherwise, but the criteria have definitely changed since 1st March 2004, so I can't verify...

karlh

Q-bar, Coyote, TramCo., basically anywhere that smells of feet, has smirnoff tap on ice, is ridiculously overpriced, plays dreadful music and doesn't let you in unless you look like a young Michael O' Leary.

blondie83

I've always thought the bouncers in Vaults were quite sound, although I suppose not being allowed into somewhere can ruin anyones night out! Thing is you probably looked very different as a 10 year old, how were they to know that it was really you or not some other kid/sister/cousin ect? (God I can't believe I'm standing up for a bouncer!)

Civilian_Target

To be fair - a night-club is perfectly entitled to tell you to get lost for whatever reason they see fit as long as they don't break the law while doing it.

Similarly if Spar insists on payment in magic beans, they can happily refuse your legal tender and wait for you to come up with the magic beans.

And on the subject of nightclubs - Qbar's pretty dire.

Lisapeep

jimi_t wrote:

If you're only 10 in the photo then they're more than justified to refuse you. It's your own fault for not having a second ID like a garda or something - get one or get used to getting refused...

So answer me this: How come my passport gets me into America (with one of the strictest immigration policies in the world) but it can't get me into the Vaults? Anyway, I showed the bouncers my bankcards, my college ID etc. and all these documents showed that my name matched that on my passport!

My passport is completely valid, no matter how young I am in the photo, so I'm not going to get a new one until this one runs out. The bouncers in question were being completely unreasonable and The Vaults is the only place in Dublin that I've gotten hassle off over my passport!

The bouncers were not justified in refusing me when I held a valid ID. But I don't care, they've lost my custom and that's that!

(Also, if i got a 10 year passport when I was 10 then obviously it was possible to get them for under 16s!!)

seamus

What did they actually say? Did they say, "I'm not letting you in, because you're ten in that photo"? or did they say, "Not tonight, sorry"?

Tar.Aldarion

they cannot refuse a passport without informing the police of it.carrying some1 elses passport is a serious offence that they accused you of.By not accepting a passport they are saying that they believe that you are the person in the picture.by law it must be reported this is why most bouncers let me in ....you gotta spout legal jargon at em i mean who wants to report that to the police

seamus

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

they cannot refuse a passport without informing the police of it.carrying some1 elses passport is a serious offence that they accused you of.By not accepting a passport they are saying that they believe that you are the person in the picture.by law it must be reported this is why most bouncers let me in ....you gotta spout legal jargon at em i mean who wants to report that to the police

Having a passport doesn't entitle you to access.

They are allowed to say "We don't accept passports". Strange, but true. Having a passport entitles you, in fact, to nothing, not even to access to another country, and the only bodies required to accept it as proof of identity are Government departments.

The only catch is that if you appeal a company who won't accept your passport as proof of identity, they need to have a good reason why they won't accept it.

Hence my question - did they say, "I don't accept that passport is real", or just "Not tonight, sorry"?

MF2HD

(as a complete aside this fine monday morn.....this thread has thrown me into a complete depression as I realise that I am now so f****n old I can't even think of any clubs off the top of my head.....shuffles off to have some complan and find my comfortable slippers) :eek:

Bard

*yawn*

Again... Dublin != world

You showed him a passport that shows you at age 10 in the photo? So you showed him a passport in which the photograph of you probably bore very little resemblance to your current appearance. You're 20 years old. You're probably lucky enough to still *LOOK* young, so having to carry valid photo-ID (i.e.: photo-ID with a photo that LOOKS LIKE YOU) is certainly to be expected. Incidentally, by law, if you are under 21, the onus is upon you to prove you are over 18. The bouncer didn't accept a passport with a photograph of a 10 year old girl in it as proof of your age. Sounds fair enough to me.

If you don't want to shell out for a new passport (seeing as your current one is obviously almost up) then get a Garda ID card ... and for christs sake, quit bitching here about not getting into night clubs and trying to give a bad name to what is probably a fine establishment just because you didn't get allowed in.

Tar.Aldarion

no it doesnt entitle you to access butthey cannot refuse your passport and accept som1 elses or they have to report it.yes they can make a rule no passports accepted and that would be fair enough but i havnt been to that wonderful place.if they said its not real it causes a big legal fuss with forms and shizzle.the whole 'we dont accept passports ever on principle' is the only way that they can get out of reporting it to the law unless it says your underage etc. but nowhere holds that policy as on occasions,no matter where,they will be accepted.

krattapopov

club m

briano

karlhoff wrote:

Q-bar, Coyote, TramCo., basically anywhere that smells of feet, has smirnoff tap on ice, is ridiculously overpriced, plays dreadful music and doesn't let you in unless you look like a young Michael O' Leary.

They've stopped producing smirnoff ice on tap! Wahey!

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Well, this threas is called "Worst Nightclub in Town", but all everyone seems to be on about is passports.

Back on topic, I have to say, I went in to a place called K3 on Saturday night. Place is a dump, avoid it at all costs.

Ph3n0m

I would like to noiminate nearly every damn single night club in the Dublin City Centre and surrounding areas - I have been refused entrance to most of them - for no legal reason - just the usual "not tonight/regulars only"

You name the nightclub, most likely I have been refused entry to it

Tar.Aldarion

only in dublin or can i name others?
how unpopular are you? or maybe put on some pants man :P

Ph3n0m

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

only in dublin or can i name others?
how unpopular are you? or maybe put on some pants man :P

Nah only in Dublin - nothing to do with popularity - its all to do with how I look - normally scruffy as hell but each time I have tried to get in, I have been reeking of cleanliness and neat hair

jimi_t

On a side note, Fireworks (if it's still open) and Redbox are probably the two worst nightclubs, followed closely by somewhere like Redz or Coyote. Nicest is probably Dakota off grafton street

_blank_

Fireworks is closed.

Barcode is also crap.

Kain

I agree with jimi_t, the redbox is the worst place i've ever been to, there is not nearly enough people behind the bar to serve the amount of people it holds, you'll be there for ages tring to get a drink, and then the drink is just plain s**t.

Chinafoot

Club M
Redbox
K3
Bad Bobs
Boomerang

all pure muck.

_blank_

Tamangos.

The place smells like vomit.

The carpet is sticky.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Something I don't like about bobs.

On the passsport issue I think you should cut the bouncer some slack, he probably wasn't sure it was you. He was prepared to let you in(they don't ask for ID if they want rid of ya, just say "not tonight" etc) just the ID wasn't suitable.

If you had a student card with a matching photo of you in your current appearence and he still wouldn't let you in, then he's a c*nt. If not then he's just doing his job.

idontknowmyname

Q bar is a nightmare on a saturday nite, so is Copper Face Jacks. The worst has to be The Trinity Arch- went there once, never again! Actually i hate going out in town, fed up with paying for over-priced pints, a 90 min Nitelink journey home and all the drunken yobs starting fights for no reason, prefer to go out to my local

Draupnir

Knightsbridge, on then quays, worst nightclub ive been in anywhere in the world.

chump

boomerangs is the worst niteclub i've ever been in

the people, the place, the drink.... painful

Bard

Dundalk Rugby Club has a sort of 'night club' running at the weekends. Well, it's an unprofessionally run disco to be more exact. Worst night club I've ever been in. Pales into insignificance compared with the likes of the better night spots around here like Amber or Laceys.

GiantSpacePanda

The offical worse nightclub in ireland in the Vortex in dunshaughlin Co.meath
Its really bad and really smells. Also its not recommended to pull there unless you want an STD.

Draupnir

jaysus, tell me the vortex isnt still open, remember getting stranded at a hawaiian theme night there about 4 years ago. scariest night of my life. something tells me, the sexy girls on the island dont wear sovereigns. they dont go well with grass skirts anyway.

haircut100

In town the worst has got to be coyote, seriously bad place.

Then outside of town for me anyway its a toss up between Anabel's (could be just me that hates this place) on the southside and K2 on the northside.

jor el

Worst niteclub in Dublin, dunno, haven't been out in Dub in quite a while, but it would have to have been Club M I guess. What a complete cattle mart.

Worst club in Limerick though, probably The Works (or is it spelled Worx?). Anyway, it was a knackerhole five years ago when I went there twice and aparantly it's still opened these days, and still a hole.

Though music wise, I'd say the Sin Bin is the worst. They play nothing but shight music down there.

On the whole passport issue, do people actually bring their passport to pubs/clubs with them? I think this is possibly the stupidest thing you could do with such an important and valuable document. I have never brought my passport out with me. If I get stopped for ID now I'll simply leave as I don't carry any form of picture ID on me anymore, and haven't for about four or five years. At 28 years old I don't see the need to carry ID to prove I'm over 18.

Giblet

Jesus I hate this thread. And I hate it whenever it comes up.

If you let it run long enough, every club ever will get listed.

$lash

Slapper face Jacks is pretty shiat!

ClareBear

briano wrote:

They've stopped producing smirnoff ice on tap! Wahey!

They have? Since when? And why?

Devious

Giblet wrote:

Jesus I hate this thread. And I hate it whenever it comes up.

If you let it run long enough, every club ever will get listed.

Vary true. I think a more interesting topic would be BEST nightclub in town. (Although at this stage id settle for HALF-DECENT nightclub)

Rothen

el mondo is the worst club....just, so bad, nice place but no customers

mad m

Doodee wrote:

Temptation in Portobello.
nothing tempting bout it.

Haha went in there one night JP and a soon as i was in door i asked for my money back,the bouncer said to me once your in here 10minutes its a no go!The look on his face when i showed him the receipt which said i was in place 5minutes(long enough to down a Vodka&redbull) My friends and I got our ten euro back vowing never to return....

Red Alert

The now-deceased Mono was definitely the worst!