Getting Refused from Bars and Nightclubs

starch4ser · 02-09-2011 02:12PM #1

Just want to get an idea of how widespread it is.

Pace2008 · 02-09-2011 02:17PM

Never happens in Dublin, but the last time I went to Cork my friends and I were refused from several nightclubs for not wearing shoes.

What the **** do they think it is, the 1980's?

im invisible · 02-09-2011 02:17PM

used to happen a good bit, now i go to late bars/ places that i know i'll get into/ just have a few cans at home.

starch4ser · 02-09-2011 02:18PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

Never happens in Dublin, but the last time I went to Cork my friends and I were refused from several nightclubs for not wearing shoes.

what, you were trying to get into nightclubs in your bare feet?

CardBordWindow · 02-09-2011 02:19PM

Normally if I'm refused, it's because I'm clearly hammered!

Pace2008 · 02-09-2011 02:20PM

starch4ser wrote: »

what, you were trying to get into bars in your bare feet?

No, I was trying to get into clubs in runners, as I do every week in Dublin.

02-09-2011 02:22PM

I get refused a very odd time for being too drunk and tbh I usually would be if refused.

Cant remember being refused from anywhere in the last year though and I'm out a good bit.

If you have enough cop on to make an effort when going out you wont get turned away for dress code etc.

flag123 · 02-09-2011 02:24PM

Yeah, Dublin appears to be the only place in the country that I can get into the clubs/pubs with runners.

I've only ever got turned away twice, once when I was underage and second for wearing runners. Neither events where in Dublin.

talla10 · 02-09-2011 02:24PM

When i was 16 and 17 i got in everywhere never had a problem.

When i was 18-20 i never got in anywhere!!! Even when i was stone cold sober!!

21 + i get in everywhere havent been refused in years!!

LighterGuy · 02-09-2011 02:24PM

In my experience I rarely got stopped.
But within saying that, I still hate bouncers. If they dont like the look of someone "sorry pal not tonight" :rolleyes: or the best ever line "sorry, regulars only"

Power-tripping b*stards.

frank reynolds · 02-09-2011 02:25PM

any bar or nightclub refusing people these days are completely mental. theyre crying out for business, so the only people they should keep out are scobes!

El Weirdo · 02-09-2011 02:25PM

flag123 wrote: »

Yeah, Dublin appears to be the only place in the country that I can get into the clubs/pubs with runners.

I've only ever got turned away twice, once when I was underage and second for wearing runners. Neither events where in Dublin.

Any club that enforces a no trainers rule is clearly not worth going anywhere near.

JoePie · 02-09-2011 02:26PM

Once at Barcode, but I clearly wasted so it was my own fault.

I don't think I've ever worn a shirt or shoes to a club. Love seeing all the country heads up in Dublin in the exact same pair of shoes, a pair of jeans and a white shirt with a light pinstripe. There must only be one clothes shop The Pale.

dermo88 · 02-09-2011 02:26PM

Although I no longer live in Ireland, those places that refused my money during the good times can go and starve in the bad times. What is more, I will badmouth the ones that really deserve it. I will remember overcharging, bad quality services, and more from the boom years.

So they sow, so shall they reap, and from my wallet and my friends, they will reap not a cent.

Mr. Manager · 02-09-2011 02:27PM

As above, only if I'm clearly out of my mind drunk.

....Which I was last Saturday but somehow still managed to get in to The Church and Fitzsimons (I don't even remember being in Fitzsimons

)

Pace2008 · 02-09-2011 02:27PM

flag123 wrote: »

Yeah, Dublin appears to be the only place in the country that I can get into the clubs/pubs with runners.

I find it funny because the vast majority of scumbags wear shoes on a night out, along with bootcut jeans and some ugly check shirt.

Koltashe · 02-09-2011 02:27PM

In clubs pretending to be 'it' places like Pink at the moment or Krystle VIP...

Or on a few occasions Coppers but we were going in about 10mins before closing time...

LighterGuy · 02-09-2011 02:30PM

El Weirdo wrote: »

Any club that enforces a no trainers rule is clearly not worth going anywhere near.

Haha. There is a local pub in my area in north dublin.
When I say kip. I mean a kip. Always has been and a few months ago they put up a sign saying "no trainers" allowed any more. Place is a dive that hardly gets business besides skangers.

prinz · 02-09-2011 02:30PM

Not in years. Happened a few times around 4/5 years ago in Dublin, made it a rule never to return to any place that refused me without reason. Therefore could only be refused once.

Was refused entry a few places with good reason, happy to return to those.

Skerries · 02-09-2011 02:34PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

Haha. There is a local pub in my area in north dublin.
When I say kip. I mean a kip. Always has been and a few months ago they put up a sign saying "no trainers" allowed any more. Place is a dive that hardly gets business besides skangers.

that's discrimination against a small minority of workers, do they discriminate only against gym trainers or is it education ones as well?

LighterGuy · 02-09-2011 02:39PM

Skerries wrote: »

that's discrimination against a small minority of workers, do they discriminate only against gym trainers or is it education ones as well?

I cant tell if you are seriously asking a question or making a joke?

Fighting Irish · 02-09-2011 02:40PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

Never happens in Dublin, but the last time I went to Cork my friends and I were refused from several nightclubs for not wearing shoes.

What the **** do they think it is, the 1980's?

Cork is probably one of the worst places in Ireland for getting turned away at the nightclub doors

discus · 02-09-2011 02:43PM

prinz wrote: »

Not in years. Happened a few times around 4/5 years ago in Dublin, made it a rule never to return to any place that refused me without reason. Therefore could only be refused once.

Was refused entry a few places with good reason, happy to return to those.

Yeah same here. I can't hold a grudge when I've been turned away, having lashed back a nagan about 5 minutes previously!

Although, barcode in Clontart took the piss.

munchkin_utd · 02-09-2011 02:43PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

Never happens in Dublin, but the last time I went to Cork my friends and I were refused from several nightclubs for not wearing shoes.

have times changed.

I remember the late 90s and getting refused into manys a place in Dublin because I had non shoe footwear on - not trainers, more timberland or north face outdoors type of thing before the rest of the world copped on to its existence.

Am glad to see some of those up their arse city centre holes gone bankrupt since.

including these pompus cünts - now closed
http://www.yelp.ie/biz/pravda-dublin

Logical Fallacy · 02-09-2011 02:45PM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

including these pompus cünts - now closed
http://www.yelp.ie/biz/pravda-dublin

I thought the just did a name change?

listermint · 02-09-2011 02:45PM

Never refused, must be just so dam Sheeexayy

RichieC · 02-09-2011 02:48PM

Not since I was 25.

R P McMurphy · 02-09-2011 02:49PM

Last time it happened, I tripped and stumbled walking towards the door. Refused on basis I had too much to drink even though was sober

damned uneven footpath

daddydick · 02-09-2011 02:51PM

If you get refused from bars/clubs you are probably a ****ing ****

yesno1234 · 02-09-2011 02:54PM

Am I the only person that thinks having a dress code ie have to wear shoes isn't so bad. Fair enough not every night but the main nights, no harm in having the place and people in it looking smart. I think people are making a huge fuss out of nothing here.

Pace2008 · 02-09-2011 03:00PM

yesno1234 wrote: »

Am I the only person that thinks having a dress code ie have to wear shoes isn't so bad.

I can tell this for certain, there is no club in Dublin that plays good music and has a "No Trainers" policy.

Fair enough not every night but the main nights, no harm in having the place and people in it looking smart. I think people are making a huge fuss out of nothing here.

I think far more people look better in a pair of Converse and good-fitting jeans than a Kickers shirt and a pair of ugly brown brogues.

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