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The Best Bars in Dublin

Dublin's cocktail bars run alongside its pubs, and poitín is back on their menus. The best bars in Dublin start north of the Liffey at Bar 1661, just off the top of Capel Street, which set out to introduce the world to poitín, the once-illegal moonshine; it is No. 98 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list for 2026, and its Belfast Coffee mixes poitín with cold brew and cream. Its younger sibling, The Sackville Lounge on Sackville Place, looks like an old pub from outside and serves an olive-oil-washed vodka martini. South of the river, 9 Below fills four rooms in the former basement of the Hibernian Club on St Stephen's Green, and Peruke & Periwig on Dawson Street brings back Georgian-era Dublin with a hefty cocktail list. Peruke & Periwig recommends booking and is over-21s only. These are the bars we would start with.

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  1. Bar 1661
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    Bar 1661

    An independent, poitín-focused cocktail bar in Dublin 7 that styles itself staunchly Irish, and is home of the Belfast Coffee. Accolades include Ireland's Cocktail Bar of the Year 2023, a World's Top 50 Cocktail Menus listing and Innovator of the Year 2025. It was a Top 4 finalist for World's Best Cocktail Menu at the 2025 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.

    1-5 Green Street, Dublin 7Mon–Thu 5pm–late, Fri–Sun 2pm–late
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  2. 9 Below
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    9 Below

    A basement cocktail bar beneath the historic Stephen's Green Hibernian Club, spread across four intimate rooms. It specializes in craft cocktails with menus drawing on surrealist art and color theory, and also operates as a private events space.

    9 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2Tue–Sat 4pm–late, Sun 5pm–late
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  3. The Sackville Lounge
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    The Sackville Lounge

    The Sackville Lounge is an intimate city-center bar from the team behind BAR 1661, one of Dublin's best known cocktail rooms. It sets out to evoke an older kind of Dublin pub, one that stayed busy late and took its drinks seriously, without leaning on nostalgia alone. The room is low-lit and deliberately glamorous, and the list is cocktail-led rather than pub-standard. DJs play into the early hours on Friday and Saturday nights. No reservation is required, which makes it a walk-in room rather than a booking one, and a useful late option in the city center.

    16 Sackville Pl, North City, Dublin 1, D01 V0C7
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  4. Bang Bang Bar at Teeling Distillery
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    Bang Bang Bar at Teeling Distillery

    The in-house whiskey and cocktail bar on the first floor of the Teeling Whiskey Distillery in Newmarket, open to the public seven days a week without a distillery tour. It pours the full Teeling range plus exclusive single casks and vintage reserves, alongside signature whiskey cocktails such as the Dublin Coffee, with tasting booths overlooking Newmarket Square and a rooftop terrace.

    Teeling Whiskey Distillery, 13-17 Newmarket, Dublin 8Daily 12pm–7:30pm
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  5. Peruke & Periwig
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    Peruke & Periwig

    A theatrical Georgian townhouse cocktail bar on Dawson Street named after the wig-makers that once traded there. It serves cocktails inspired by music of all genres alongside craft beers, an extensive spirits and wine list, and a modern Irish dinner menu.

    31 Dawson Street, Dublin 2Daily from 3pm, food from 5pm
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