DK Travel : Dublin : Bars & Nightclubs

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The International Bar

You’d be content if this was just a watering hole – wood panelling and a healthy tradition make this one of the best drinking spots in town. Things get even better on music nights when bands play blues and soul upstairs. Tuesday is a singer-songwriter night and hosts some of Dublin’s best talent. Comedy is on Thursdays.
The Long Hall

Backing onto Dublin Castle, this is very much a locals’ pub, although many visitors come to experience its evocative atmosphere. The decor includes chandeliers and a pendulum clock more than 200 years old.
The Odeon

A smart bar with plenty of space to sit, and the large windows onto the street make the place light and airy. The feel is sophisticated but the atmosphere remains relaxed.
The PoD

A historic venue filled nightly with young Dubliners dressed to impress. “European Designer of the Year” Ron McCulloch planned the interior. The PoD’s VIP bar is one of the city’s most popular celebrity haunts. Features all-star DJs on a regular basis.
The Porterhouse

Very popular with tourists and locals, who all come to sample the wide range of draught beers from this micro-brewery. It can become incredibly crowded so if you’re dying of thirst this may not be the quickest place to quench it.
The Roundwood Inn

Originally a 17th-century coaching inn, this relaxing place with wooden benches and floors is usually full of ramblers. The bar food is very good.
The Silken Thomas

This is both pub and restaurant and produces excellent and reasonably priced bar food. It is named after the fancy attire worn by a member of the Fitzgerald family in the mid-16th century, famous for rebelling against Queen Elizabeth I (see Dublin Castle).
The Stag’s Head

Built in 1770, the Stag’s Head was refurbished in the opulent Victorian style, resembling a mix between a church and a mansion, with bottle-glass windows, mirrors reaching up to the high ceiling, a counter topped with Connemara marble, plus, of course, the scary antlered namesake on the wall. James Joyce also drank here, and it has featured in many films. A magnet for students, it tends to get lively. Good pub grub; but note it’s closed on Sundays.
The Sugar Club

A relaxed candlelit venue where the crowd comes for the cocktail bar and performances – everything from casino nights and salsa to the “next big thing”.
Whelan’s

It looks like your average pub, but walk through the bar to the back and you’ll find one of Dublin’s most happening venues.