Dublin has 7 cocktail bars in the BarMagazine directory, and Bar 1661 leads the pack. This guide covers the cocktail bars specifically; the full Dublin picture, all 7 bars of it, lives on the city page. Each listing is verified, with the address, opening hours and what to order.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An audiophile pub on Parnell Street built around a custom-designed hi-fi sound system, run by the team behind Hidden Agenda and Fidelity Bar. It serves craft beer, artisan cocktails and natural wines to accompany curated music programming and regular events.
A Prohibition-style underground speakeasy in Dublin city center, a short walk from Trinity College; the exact address is deliberately withheld and sent to guests only after they reserve. It focuses on classic craft cocktails, hosts live jazz and blues seven nights a week, and runs monthly cocktail masterclasses.
A 1920s-styled speakeasy hidden behind an unmarked black door bearing only the letters VCC in Temple Bar, entered by ringing a doorbell. Open since 2012, it spans three floors with a roof terrace, is strictly over-23s, and serves an award-winning menu tracing drinks history from the 1400s onward.
These are the cocktail bars specifically. The full Dublin guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 7 with a map and filters.
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