10 cocktail spots to try in Dublin
HERE’S our layman’s guide to boozing your way around the city. In no particular order…
Yamamori Tengu, Great Strand Street Attached to a Japanese restaurant, like its sister Izakaya on George Street, as you’d expect the cocktails here are luxurious, delicate and many include sake. The bar is dark and atmospheric with a range of lovely light Japanese beers. I recommend the tangy-sour Nama Lychee [if we’re calling cocktails after the National Asset Management Agency, does that mean the boom is back?]. yamamori.ie Drop Dead Twice, Francis Street This is a novel concept in Dublin, a BYO cocktail bar. You book in for a sitting and bring your own naggin or shoulder of booze. The bartender leads guests through options before mixing up drinks. Vodka could lead to a White Chocolate Espresso Martini, and a popular outlet for gin is the Raspberry and Balsamic Martini. dropdeadtwice.com Hang Dai, Lower Camden Street Hang Dai always did boozy brilliance downstairs in the restaurant-come-late bar but now they’ve opened up their super luxe Gold Bar with a smoking terrace upstairs, so it’s going to be even more A. They confidently play with adult flavours like smoky mezcal, marzipan-scented amaro and the finest vermouth. hangdaichinese.com
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The Yarn, Lower Liffey Street The Yarn do pizza and booze. Very well. They are strong on slightly savoury, herbal ingredients like tarragon and orange bitters. The choice is curated and carefully done. Their gin, vermouth and Campari Negroni is sharp and strong. If your tooth is sweet try the passion fruit, pineapple, rum, vanilla vodka and whites options. Pop! theyarnpizza.com Delahunt, Lower Camden Street Entering the Delahunt cocktail bar [upstairs to the main restaurant] is like finding platform 9 ¾. It’s a super stylish, mid-century modernist drawing-room with a bay window looking out to the mayhem below. Cocktails by bar manager Martin Holec are intelligent, creative and unusual. Try the Little Bird with Tequila, Aperol, Yellow Chartreuse and marmalade flavours. delahunt.ie Zozimus, Anne's Lane Zozimus is a busy spot just off Grafton Street with a team of bar dynamos powering through large orders of attractive and appealing cocktails. They have a large menu with the usual suspects and a curious selection of their own inventions. Their Marshmallow Ramos contains their homemade pink marshmallow infused Ketel One vodka with Baileys and white chocolate tastes. zozimusbar.ie
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