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Dublin Nightlife
Some clubs and bars don’t welcome those who are too casually dressed (battered sneakers or runners in particular seem to annoy doormen) so make a bit of an effort. Bars typically serve until about 23:00 Mon-Wed and about 24:00 Thurs-Sat. Late bars and clubs usually serve until 02.30, though if you’re a resident in a hotel you can drink in the residential bar as late as you want (within reason, of course).
Indie music venues
There’s a veritable hub of bars for music fans, some of which are live music venues linked with traditional bars. On Camden St and neighbouring Wexford St (in the Southside of the city centre), there’s a nice selection of bars for alternative music fans.
The good news - Dublin has a great variety of clubs regardless of your music tastes, sexual preference and nightlife habits. The bad news - most have a cover charge, sometimes between €15-20 on weekends. Most of them close (ie stop serving drink) at about 02:30, but some stay open a little later. The mythical lock-in (when the venue closes the shutters and serves drink long after closing time) happens very rarely - we estimate an average three times in a lifetime - but it does happen.
Not quite pubs, not quite clubs, but essential in a country with such archaic licensing laws, late bars serve much the same purpose as nightclubs (dancefloor, late license...) but are essentially pubs that don’t charge you in (at least before a certain time) but stay open late. They’re often, we think, preferable to clubs and draw a marginally older crowd.
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Whelans
If you are a fan of Matt Cardle then you can catch him - supported by Jain Wells - then on ...Ukiyo Bar
im enquiring about the karaoke room would at least 15 people be able to have the room for an hour it would be a hen party....Czech Inn
Beautiful girls !!!...O’Donoghue’s
5.30 for a pint of lager is mad in these days far to expensive pub!!!...Czech Inn
SEXY BAR FULL OF SEXY PEOPLE...Copperface Jacks
Coppers staff should be sacked first step in sorting out the seedy reputation of one of Dublins most popular haunts....George
dance floor is much too dark and weird.. its also too expensive on a saturday night but other than that ...PantiBar
was a great place until the opening hours were reduced. sucks!...Front Lounge
some of the staff act like they're doing you a favour by serving you....Copperface Jacks
myself and my 3 friends traveled from kildare dublin to copper face jacks on sat nite, i had been there ...Number 3 Fade Street
Its grand for what it is, not a real boozer like the stags head!...Oliver St. John Gogarty’s
Beware! Oliver Singe-Your-WalletThis venue, while hosting top calibre traditional music, is well known for charging the most outrageous drinks prices in Dublin, with prices in the latter part of the evening incrementing on the hour....Copperface Jacks
I was at Coppers last night, when i was refused entry for wearing dressy shorts, i was toled by the door staff to go gym if i wanted to wear shorts, I thought this was unreal as its summer with alot of tourists about and most of them wearing shorts....Café En Seine
Contact Cafe En Seine directly (details above). I'm sure they will be happy to help. - Ed....Café En Seine
Ca en Seine is my favorite bar for a few years which is always ready to go back and who always impresses me with his unique style is also unique for me because of private reasons here I met my boyfriend, and already at this point I would like to spend with him and our guests his birthday ....