Dublin Nightlife: Cocktail Bars

Dublin's best cocktail bars. 

NO. 5 PIANO BAR €€€
Popular with late 20s-30s crowd. Summery, bright venue. Live acoustic music. Wasabi Caipirinha, Elderflower Sour. Bacardi Carta Fuego with lime juice, sugar syrup and candy floss, etc.
18 min - 5-12, Merrion Row, Dublin 2 


CHELSEA DRUGSTORE €€€
Bohemian cocktail bar. Popular with late twenties. Poitín, Penicillin, Guatemalan Negroni. 
18 min - South Great Georges St., Dublin 2 

DRAPER AND FARRIER €€€
Cocktail bar and restaurant. Luxurious, modern Victorian style. Poítin cocktails, Mezcal, Pisco Sour, Negroni, Manhattan, Pornstar Martini, New Orleans Sazerac, etc. 
19 min - Unit 1, 24, 24a, Powerscourt Townhouse, Dublin 2 


DINGLE WHISKEY BAR €€€
Quiet (no music). Very intimate setting. Wooden snugs. Whiskey’s like Tyrconnell single malt, Connemara 12. Also Scotch, Bourbons and a great watermelon Gin cocktail. 
21 min - 44, Nassau St., Dublin 2


VINTAGE COCKTAIL CLUB €€€ 
Over 23s. Rated best cocktail club by Irish media. Have to ring bell to get in. Also serves small bites. Absinthe, mid 1800’s Martini, Whiskey Sours, Bloody Mary. Micil Poitín with Raspberry Syrup, Plum Bitters, etc. 
23 min - 15, Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 


THE LIQUOR ROOMS €€€
Over 25s. Speakeasy style. Live music and burlesque (check dates). Tequila with hibiscus and strawberry. London dry Gin with Luxardo Maraschino liqueur. Lapsang Souchong infused Don Julio Blanco Tequila with scorpion tincture. Slightly pretentious but top quality cocktails.
24 min - 6-8, Wellington Quay, Dublin 2 


YAMAMORI SUSHI €€€
Atmospheric Japanese restaurant and bar with the best Espresso Martinis in the city. Japanese beers like Kirin. Spirits like Sake. Refreshing lemonade cocktails and unique combinations. This Yamamori location has the best bartenders. 
25 min - 38-39, Ormond Quay Lower, Dublin 1