Getting Refused from Bars and Nightclubs

Koltashe · 02-09-2011 03:01PM

yesno1234 wrote: »

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.

I think the no trainer thing is more of an excuse not to let someone in when the bouncers simply don't like the look of people. I seen people going into a bar in trainers not a word about it and the next person coming up to the door after them gets refused for wearing trainers.

Besides guys can be dressed very smart while wearing trainers...

Temptamperu · 02-09-2011 03:05PM

Not in a long time, since i was 19 or so.

Screaminmidget · 02-09-2011 03:06PM

Koltashe wrote: »

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

Last ditch effort? ? :P

Never been refused myself, would want to be crawling in the door to be stopped in some places...

Da Shins Kelly · 02-09-2011 03:16PM

I haven't been refused yet. A few times the bouncers have stopped me and taken a good look to make sure I wasn't wasted and then reluctantly let me past. I've been pretty lucky with the 'too drunk' rule, a couple of times I wouldn't have blamed them for throwing me out or refusing entry.

jaffacakesyum · 02-09-2011 03:26PM

I'm a girl and got refused from The Dragon in Dublin. Obviously didn't look gay enough to them :rolleyes:

Some bouncers are just pricks.

Luckily, as a woman, I don't get refused very often (in fact that was one of the first times since I'm over 18 I got refused!!) but I feel sorry for so many lads who get refused just cos the bouncer's on a power trip

Michellenman · 02-09-2011 03:33PM

Never been refused from a bar or club except for when I was about 17 and had a clearly fake id.

Still get refused drinks in Tesco though if I forget ID despite the fact that its nearly always the same girl who serves me who sees me go out to the car and get my license and who'll look at me in surprise that I'm nearly 22 and then serve me. Every. Time. Ugh.

I should really just start to remember to bring it in..

stovelid · 02-09-2011 03:35PM

Very rarely.

When it has occurred, I just go elsewhere.

Not a big deal.

jaffacakesyum wrote: »

I'm a girl and got refused from The Dragon in Dublin. Obviously didn't look gay enough to them :rolleyes:

What a phenomenally idiotic post.

Azureus · 02-09-2011 03:37PM

Only been refused entry once at Front Lounge years ago because it was 'regulars only'. The lads I hang out with have been refused from a few places in town (Dublin) though-with reasons varying from too drunk/runners/just a plain not tonight pal. One of em tends to get refused everywhere because he refuses to carry ID (dunno why he gets asked because he is clearly over 18, over 6ft tall with dreads, beard etc-just not the type they want in there obviously). Very annoying

I always get refused in offies/Tesco when buying drink though and rarely remember to bring ID out and about with me, so when I pop in for a couple of bottles of wone on the way home from work I have to bring a friend/go home first. Headwrecking¬

seanbmc · 02-09-2011 03:53PM

Once or twice, most recently was a bar that said they were over 23s. I was sober and explained to the bouncer(who was completely sound about it) that my friend and me were only going in for a few pints before the club, he still wouldn't let us in saying that he'd be in trouble if he did. Directed me to another bar though.

I have gotten into bars that have an over 21s or 23s policy though, I'm 19 and I usually just have a chat with the bouncer and they let me in. Usually it's "Oh, is it the just the two of ye? Go on in so".

If you act the cúnt they won't let you in.

James__10 · 02-09-2011 03:59PM

Ridleys in Dundalk has to be the worst place for getting refused for absolutely nothing

jaffacakesyum · 02-09-2011 04:01PM

stovelid wrote: »

What a phenomenally idiotic post.

Care to explain why?

stovelid · 02-09-2011 04:03PM

jaffacakesyum wrote: »

Care to explain why?

Rereading your quote will suffice.

Heroditas · 02-09-2011 04:06PM

James__10 wrote: »

Ridleys in Dundalk has to be the worst place for getting refused for absolutely nothing

Ah yes, good old Ridleys... a place where they would leave you standing at the bar and serve absolutely everyone else because you were from "out of town, hi"

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 02-09-2011 04:10PM

Quite a few times, for having too much drink, or forgetting ID. Most times were fair enough, the rest were pure bouncer powertrip bullhole. Nothing more annoying than being pleasantly tipsy, looking forward to the night in the pub, and then having to bloody negotiate with some fool to let you spend your fecking money in the place while he waves drunker people than you in past you. I wonder if the job makes people into an arsehole or just attracts them?

That dress code thing for lads is a joke though, I used to go clubbing in jeans, runners, t-shirt, no make-up, never a problem.

DoesNotCompute · 02-09-2011 04:14PM

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?

Never happens to me in Dublin, but everytime I go down to Cork, i get hassle from bouncers. My theory is that they give you hassle if they hear you speaking in a Dublin accent. Cork residents have a terrible inferiority complex when it comes to Dubliners (or who they assume to be Dubliners, in my case).

HavingCrack · 02-09-2011 04:16PM

Got refused from a bar in New York because we weren't and I quote 'you guys are waaaay too straight to come in here':pac:

Timothy Bryce · 02-09-2011 04:19PM

Got refused from a place off Dame Street over the weekend - I was the designated driver and the bouncer wouldn't believe I hadn't been drinking

I was with 5 other fellas who weren't in any way p1ssed either....weird considering we went around the corner to 4 Dame Lane and spent roughly 60 quid a head in there without a bother....we're all c. 30 years of age...not messers etc.

When walking back to the car, we passed the bouncers who refused us and let them know that we dropped €300 in a place around the corner. Appeared to be just bouncers on a power trip

Kerrydude1981 · 02-09-2011 05:11PM

Got stopped one night when I was 17 trying to get into a nightclub in Tralee,spent an hour chatting to the bouncers about letting me in,finally let me in and just as I was going in the door I decided to tell them "Ye are the biggest shower of FU*CKING PRICKS i have ever met in my life" took off running into to the nightclub didnt even pay..lets just say I didnt last long in the nightclub and was barred for a few weeks,the stupid things you do after a few drinks when you are young..good laugh though

UglyBolloxFace · 02-09-2011 05:26PM

dermo88 wrote: »

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.

Very philosophical, Mr. Wilde.

flutterflye · 02-09-2011 05:29PM

Not since I was under age.
Why would you be refused??

flutterflye · 02-09-2011 05:31PM

HavingCrack wrote: »

Got refused from a bar in New York because we weren't and I quote 'you guys are waaaay too straight to come in here':pac:

I got into The George 8 months pregnant!
They were just like "you do realise this is a gay bar don't you?!"
and then let me in no bother.
Different to NY though I guess!

rossie1977 · 02-09-2011 05:35PM

DoesNotCompute wrote: »

Never happens to me in Dublin, but everytime I go down to Cork, i get hassle from bouncers. My theory is that they give you hassle if they hear you speaking in a Dublin accent. Cork residents have a terrible inferiority complex when it comes to Dubliners (or who they assume to be Dubliners, in my case).

when we (bunch of roscommon lads) were down in cork they refused my friend for wearing trainers in a few places

czx · 02-09-2011 05:39PM

Michellenman wrote: »

Never been refused from a bar or club except for when I was about 17 and had a clearly fake id.

Still get refused drinks in Tesco though if I forget ID despite the fact that its nearly always the same girl who serves me who sees me go out to the car and get my license and who'll look at me in surprise that I'm nearly 22 and then serve me. Every. Time. Ugh.

I should really just start to remember to bring it in..

Dunnes are terrible for that. I'm 23 and have been refused drink loads of times even with a full driving licence. They only accept passports and age cards. Good enough for the guards but not for 6 bottles of bud?!

bobmalooka · 02-09-2011 05:42PM

pffft, I was carried into a club at the weekend.

2 years ago I wasn't let in to the same club cos I wasn't clean shaven 'if you cant make an effort you cant come in' or some other ****e :rolleyes:

it could only have been 2 days stubble max cos I have to be clean shaven for work

times have changed

markc1184 · 02-09-2011 05:42PM

Not so bad now, but a few years ago there was one particular bouncer who worked different doors around Drogheda. Never had a run in with him or been kicked out of anywhere that he had been working before but all of a sudden he refused me entry no matter were he was working. Even tried kicking me out of the local shopping centre he worked security in, for drinking in public even though it was a can of Monster energy drink that I had. The pr1ck took a disliking to me for something and still have no clue what it was over.

James__10 · 02-09-2011 05:57PM

markc1184 wrote: »

Not so bad now, but a few years ago there was one particular bouncer who worked different doors around Drogheda. Never had a run in with him or been kicked out of anywhere that he had been working before but all of a sudden he refused me entry no matter were he was working. Even tried kicking me out of the local shopping centre he worked security in, for drinking in public even though it was a can of Monster energy drink that I had. The pr1ck took a disliking to me for something and still have no clue what it was over.

Your account has been suspended ya little **** :pac:

El Weirdo · 02-09-2011 05:59PM

czx wrote: »

Dunnes are terrible for that. I'm 23 and have been refused drink loads of times even with a full driving licence. They only accept passports and age cards. Good enough for the guards but not for 6 bottles of bud?!

They're doing you a favour.

Richard Hillman · 02-09-2011 06:04PM

I usually dress like i could own the place so never get refused. My mates have been refused in my presence though because they make no effort when they go out.

Skerries · 02-09-2011 06:17PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

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

I was making a joke as when did we start calling them trainers?
Trainers are what the British call them, they are runners here

discus · 02-09-2011 06:25PM

stovelid wrote: »

I'm a girl and got refused from The Dragon in Dublin. Obviously didn't look gay enough to them

What a phenomenally idiotic post.

Myself and my girlfriend were given a lot of hassle in the dragon one afternoon when we had a kiss on one of the couches in the bar, we had to leave to get a drink elsewhere... And it's not as if it was busy, there was only 2 other people in the whole place - a lesbian couple - who made a point of reminding us that "this is a bar... for gays???[raised inflection]" whilst looking at us like we were the ****ing idiots in this whole equation.

Getting Refused from Bars and Nightclubs

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