The Black Door is a speakeasy in South City Centre, Dublin.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Strictly over 25s and the dress code is enforced, no trainers and no sportswear, book the bottle-service booth if you want a guaranteed table.
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Create your own spirit or gin recipe at our Distilling and Gin School, based in Dublin 8. You will also have a gin tasting with along with a cocktail making class. Sna...
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Join a whiskey cocktail-making class in Dublin taught by an award-winning Jameson Irish whiskey mixologist. Create and indulge in three Jameson cocktails from start to finish.
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Kick off your Dublin night out! Mix, shake, and craft your own premium whiskey cocktails at the Irish Whiskey Museum. The perfect hands-on evening experience in the ci...
Address: 58 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
The George on South Great George's Street is Dublin's oldest gay bar, opened May 1985 eight years before decriminalisation. The central LGBTQ nightlife address.
TipSunday Shirley Temple Bar Bingo at 21:30 is the institution, get there by 20:00 for a seat. The back nightclub kicks in from 23:00 Thursday to Sunday.
The George on South Great George's Street is Dublin's oldest gay bar, opened May 1985 eight years before decriminalisation. The central LGBTQ nightlife address.
TipSunday Shirley Temple Bar Bingo at 21:30 is the institution, get there by 20:00 for a seat. The back nightclub kicks in from 23:00 Thursday to Sunday.
Pantibar on Capel Street in Dublin is drag queen Panti Bliss's flamboyant bar, central to the queer scene since 2007 for drag, cabaret and a community pint.
TipFriday early evening is when Panti tends to drop in unannounced, Sundays do the long lazy drag brunch downstairs.
Mother is Dublin's central queer club night, running every Saturday at Lost Lane off Grafton Street since 2019 with a disco and electro programme built on guest DJs.
TipPre-buy tickets, the door cuts off around 00:30 once capacity hits. Bank Holiday Sundays are the bigger nights, book early.
Street 66 on Parliament Street in Dublin opened December 2016 in the former Front Lounge as the queer venue between Temple Bar and Dublin Castle. Late licences.
TipThe late licence runs to 02:30 Friday and Saturday, hold the courtyard tables outside in summer, the inside basement gets dense after midnight.
The Big Romance on Parnell Street opened in 2018 as Dublin's first dedicated audiophile bar, with a custom vinyl-only system and a bartenders-as-selectors policy.
TipSit at the bar in front of the speakers, the booths at the back are for conversation rather than listening. Bartenders take vinyl requests if you bring records.
Fidelity Bar & Studio in Smithfield Dublin is the 2024 audiophile listening room from The Big Romance and Whiplash, with custom speakers and Sister7 small plates.
TipProgramming shifts from balearic and jazz early to house and disco late, book the booth in Fidelity Studio for a semi-private listening table.
