The Stag's Head is hidden away on Dame Court, but easily found thanks to the pavement mosaic on Dame Street that points punters to its hallowed door. Inside...

Two words sum up this bar: always packed. This wasn't always the case but the current situation is excellent news for the owners. One unusual feature is...

Opposite the grandeur of City Hall sits Thomas Read, a bustling modern bar offering a varying choice of scenes. The main bar is trendy and modern, while...

Toner's is an authentic Dublin pub that has survived being tarted up over the years: the character that made it popular to begin with still remains, the bar...

While its decor is stylish and trendy, Traffic's glory days as a style bar seem to have passed. However, it's now becoming a favourite venue for aspiring...

Formerly the famed Red Box, Tripod is one of the city's newest kids on the block. The club doubles up as a live venue, but is still renowned for its...

If you're in town for shallow, meaningless… discourse with someone of the opposite sex, the Turk's Head has your name on the door. Popular with...

The Village is one of Dublin's newest and best music venues, catering to a wider and more diverse crowd than Whelan's next door. The success of its nightly...

Voodoo is a happening bar-club with garage bands seven nights a week and DJs at weekends. (A board in the window communicates the musical line-up.) Inside,...

Dublin's miniature music institution has recently been refurbished to include a 200-capacity venue upstairs. By doubling its number of gigs, Whelan's has...

This place proudly proclaims itself home from home for 'Aussies, Kiwis and Saffas'. Drinking pints, playing pool and watching sport on TV fill up the day,...

Few bars provoke such divisive reactions as this vast booze jungle. Inside are palm trees and 'African' decorations; outside are queues of teens and early...