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"Upstairs" previously called Diva

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  • 13-04-2011 11:00am
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    Decks79
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭


    Anyone know about the new bar opened beside the beach house. Think it used to be diva. Is it a niteclub or late bar or both?!


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    d'Oracle
    Registered Users Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    Upstairs.
    Its a late bar of sorts.
    Its more above than beside.

    It hasn't changed much in layout and the floor still feels like its about to fall in.:D

    Its grand though.
    Wear shoes as distinct from runners.


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    woodsy2
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭woodsy2


    Apparently it's over 23s though :(


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    dubsgirl
    Registered Users Posts: 726 ✭✭✭dubsgirl


    woodsy2 wrote: »
    Apparently it's over 23s though :(

    Great - might go so :D


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    threetrouts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭threetrouts


    Its called upstairs-- over 25s when l was last saturday it was a fiver cover charge closes 2.30 . It was 35 to 55 age group great atmosphere though 6.10 a pint of guiness.


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    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    dubsgirl wrote: »
    Great - might go so :D
    threetrouts wrote: »
    6.10 a pint of guiness.

    On second thoughts. :eek:


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    MyPerfectCousin
    Registered Users Posts: 741 ✭✭✭MyPerfectCousin


    threetrouts wrote: »
    Its called upstairs

    Seriously?


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    Plastik
    Registered Users Posts: 2,964 ✭✭✭Plastik


    €6.10 for a pint of stout, seriously?


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    threetrouts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭threetrouts


    Aw lads and lassies stop complaining how many nights have you gone out to the burnaby to be kicked out at 12.30 to 1.a.m. and then wished you had another venue to go to. Well we must give this place the benefit of the doubt a fiver in a few more cents for a pint.I welcome their initiative.


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    Charlie-Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭Charlie-Bravo


    What music are they playing? - with an age range like that, it must be some classic 70-80's tunes!

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    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    threetrouts wrote: »
    Aw lads and lassies stop complaining how many nights have you gone out to the burnaby to be kicked out at 12.30 to 1.a.m. and then wished you had another venue to go to. Well we must give this place the benefit of the doubt a fiver in a few more cents for a pint.I welcome their initiative.


    This is Greystones, not Temple Bar.

    That is a crazy price for a pint and i for one will not be paying it.


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    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    IF they didn't have the cover charge, then I'd have less worries about spending over €6 on a pint. Having the cover charge and Temple Bar prices is cynical at best.


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,797 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    how much is the cover charge?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

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    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    Johnnymcg wrote: »
    how much is the cover charge?
    A fiver according to threetrouts.


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    Charlie-Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭Charlie-Bravo


    Lets all go down and pay our fiver in then order glasses of tap water...that'll show them they can't prey on drunks.

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    Shoelaces
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭Shoelaces


    jaysus, the theatre in its brief day used to charge a fiver a pint and there was f##ckin uproar...


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    doylerd
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭doylerd


    Ha ha 6.10 a pint of Guinness, brilliant. How much is a pint of lager?!

    Self-destructive greed always amazes.


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    jobless
    Registered Users Posts: 2,183 ✭✭✭jobless


    doylerd wrote: »
    Ha ha 6.10 a pint of Guinness, brilliant. How much is a pint of lager?!

    Self-destructive greed always amazes.

    gotta agree, i dont see this place lasting too long if they intend charging rip off prices.... do they think its 2006!


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    d'Oracle
    Registered Users Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    jobless wrote: »
    gotta agree, i dont see this place lasting too long if they intend charging rip off prices.... do they think its 2006!

    I think you'll find they will do well with the high prices.


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    Gillington
    Registered Users Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Gillington


    What sort of music is played and how much for other drinks beside Guinness? Then I can decide I suppose


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    Tiradon
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭Tiradon


    I went up once during the first couple of weeks and I actually really liked the place. I was, however, dismayed at the cover charge (albeit only €5) as well as the prices. I haven't been since but not because I am specifically avoiding the place, it's just I see no major incentive to go in the first place with the cost of it - €17 for a couple of pints and entry in. The place will probably do okay given that it has no real direct local competition but I'm just fed up being fleeced.


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    doylerd
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭doylerd


    Tiradon wrote: »
    I went up once during the first couple of weeks and I actually really liked the place. I was, however, dismayed at the cover charge (albeit only €5) as well as the prices. I haven't been since but not because I am specifically avoiding the place, it's just I see no major incentive to go in the first place with the cost of it - €17 for a couple of pints and entry in. The place will probably do okay given that it has no real direct local competition but I'm just fed up being fleeced.

    Well there's the problem - no competition, but wasn't that always the way with Greystones? LauTrex in its various guises was surely always a gold mine, but I didn't go there because of its beauty, I went there because the next stop would be Bray.

    Having said that, of course one of the reasons booze prices got so out of control over the past few years (and have of course been very sticky coming down) is because people just paid up and didn't vote with their feet.

    I maintain that this new place will see virtually unanimous voting.


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    Merrilady
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭Merrilady


    Was there a few weeks ago with the girlies and really liked it.
    Mind you we aren't young wans anymore and we had a table booked, nice music, nice atmosphere etc.
    2 cocktails 12euro .. Ye can't go wrong on a girlie night out :-)


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    dr ro
    Registered Users Posts: 970 ✭✭✭dr ro


    something's not right if two cocktails are cheaper than two pints of Guinness.


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    Charlieville
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Charlieville


    I was there on Saturday night - it was a fiver in but the drinks didn't seem any more expensive than downstairs in The Beach House. It deffo didn't seem over 25's or 23's - coz there were quite a few 18'ish year olds dressed up to the nines but also plenty of older people too. It was fairly busy too - I'd say it's gonna keep getting busier the more word gets around. I found it very handy for some late drinks without the hassles of getting home!


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    Sticky Fingers
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭Sticky Fingers


    I have been here a couple of times and I really like the place. I thought the alcohol prices were about right for the venue and the atmosphere is great. I tried to get in the last time that Aja were playing, but I left it too late and couldn't get in, the place was jumping. So it's getting very popular which is great for Greystones, we need places like this here in the town.


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    cavemeister
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭cavemeister


    What kind of capacity does the place have ? It strikes me as not too big which would indicate why the prices are sky high. Lower footfall = lower overall consumption = higher prices to cover margin!


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    GingerDave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭GingerDave


    cavemeister wrote: »
    What kind of capacity does the place have ? It strikes me as not too big which would indicate why the prices are sky high. Lower footfall = lower overall consumption = higher prices to cover margin!

    mmmmmm.....flawed logic. If it was true then the price of a pint in the O2 and the new landsdown would be really really cheap! :)

    In the end the market will decide and if the cost of drinks becomes a big issue to people they will vote with thier feet.


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    Drewmagoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Drewmagoo


    threetrouts wrote: »
    Its called upstairs-- over 25s when l was last saturday it was a fiver cover charge closes 2.30 . It was 35 to 55 age group great atmosphere though 6.10 a pint of guiness.

    I've been to this pub afew times it's a great place. It's 4.60 Upstairs for a Guiness and 4.40 Downstairs in the lounge. I don't know where you got 6.10 from.


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    conlof
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭conlof


    I think its great. As an alternative to going to Bray its amazing. I used to drink in script/woodlands/greystones inn because I wanted a third option in Greystones. In the same way I supported Cafe De Fiore because I wanted the amenity to survive. Imo any calculation on prices at Upstairs should be viewed with consideration of the price of a taxi to bray and back and a potential cover charge there. Add in to the mix the breathtaking amount of scumbags in bray and I will happily stay in our lovely town. Btw I have been to upstairs a good few times and didn't think the prices were out of line for late drinking, tho I wouldn't quibble over 20-30 cents a drink if it pays for the security to keep the riff raff out.


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