The Bar With No Name

I used to always come here at night for drinks, and complain how crowded it is. But, did you know they serve brunch? Did you also know that it is one of the best brunches in Dublin? This might be Dublin’s best kept secret, and I have just revealed it so listen up.
The food here is delicious. My friends always order the pancakes, and I go for the eggs florentine with salmon. They have delicious guinness brown bread that I can have a full loaf of. They also do a roast of the day. Every time I tell the waiter I will order it next time, and every time I don’t, and every time I get jealous of the table next door who orders it.
Speaking of the staff, they are so friendly, and they remember you each time.
Who needs that one place on Harcourt’s reservations, or even that other one on George’s street’s reservations? No name bar to the rescue.

Cool place. No sign on the street whatsoever. Naked walls inside with a few modern art-​weird pictures hung, imaginative way of using empty bottles and boxes to hold the tables and reuse old furniture. Nice smoking area and clean toilets which is expected but not always found.

I love the concept of a hidden bar, speakeasy style. We have a few of them in Paris so I was curious to see the Dublin version.
I love the fact that from the outside, it looks like a regular entrance, there’s no sign on the street so you can easily miss it.
Cocktails were good, Billy Idol and Guns ‘n’ Roses were playing in the background, everything was on point for a lovely evening!

I didn’t know what to expect with no name bar and i think its safe to say i would have never found it if i wasn’t guided there by my friends. We were on a pub crawl where everyone wanted to try somewhere new so this place came up as a suggestion and we went for it.
Guaranteed you will pass this place many time before realizing the random door can open to a stair case where you go to the second floor and there it is. The cool, trendy space known as no name bar. It has the perfect amount of people in there as well as it isn’t touristy so people there have to have heard about it somewhere!
Conveniently directly across from an equally trendy tapas restaurant, this location is great. The drink was typical Dublin prices around € 5.50 a pint. They do cash back. They have a huge selection of wine, beer, spirits and the space was awesome. We sat at the bar in the side room but there was a large smoking area, a lot of smaller rooms to have an intimate drink or a girls night as well as a large main room with lots of couches. There is a second bar with a stellar picture of the pool beg chimneys.
I think i found my new chill out spot… looking forward to going back!

This place is full of:
a) loud blaring music
b) hipsters
c) tourists
d) cigarette smoke
e) all of the above
The answer is E! Come here is you want a mediocre time.

Difficult to find but it s a great place: the atmosphere is Cody and fun. You feel at home. Expect :6 euros for a beer and 7 euros for a glass of wine. So quite expensive

For once in my life I joined some co-​workers for post work drinks on a weeknight!
I had heard of no name but had no preconceptions or idea what to expect and yet I was pleasantly surprised.
When you walk in and up the stairs it does not look like much but it is a beautifully decorated bar both inside and in the beer garden (they also have a giant big made out of wood and I was instantly in love)
They have gluten free beer here (Daura) which is always nice!
I did not have any food but the stuff I saw coming out of the kitchen smelled great and the presentation was on point AND they had a lady walk around offering people pretzels, not the little dry ones but real pretzels (damn you gluten).
All in all I will be back to try food and take a selfie with that pig!

Unique! I think it is my favourite pub in Dublin from now on, awesome music, awesome decoration, great beers and the impossible here in Dublin, an uncrowded pub to speak an to listen. Don’t hesitate and go to this pub, if you can find it.

On the pricey side but it’s worth it. Staff were very friendly and they serve up some wonderful libations. Not that much craft beer here unfortunately. Lots of seating varying from comfy chairs to school chairs. Extremely busy for a place with no name.

Fade Street is a hopping street and this is a great spot for a cocktail or three :-)
The staff are really nice and there’s a nice atmosphere here.
It does get pretty busy but we managed to grab a table and we got comfortable enough seats (the others were like seats you’d have sat on at school)
Only reason this didn’t get five stars is because of the strong smell of fresh paint.

Completely useless staff, trying to make a reservation for a large group, engagement party. The staff don’t respond to calls, voice mails, texts. Absolutely useless bunch

Casual enough bar in a great location for a night out. Smoking area with circus tent above is cool.

*** This is a brunch review! The bar itself I give a review of ‘yeah, it’s alright, though often so crowded that you can’t hear yourself think’ ***
Now, on to brunch…
What is more upsetting than a disappointing brunch? Well, if I’m being honest, lots of things. But a disappointing brunch is really unpleasant, too. Imagine: It’s a weekend day, early afternoon, the whole world opens up in front of you! You’re in Dublin, a city with no shortage of brunch options, you’re ravenous, the meal has been carefully selected. Your anticipation levels are high. The blood circulates through your veins a little quicker as you review menu items. You’re gonna get into that brunch. You’re gonna own that brunch.
This was my mindset last weekend.
The ambiance in No Name was ideal for brunch… lots of natural lighting, high ceilings, couches and large tables. Though things starting going down hill quickly after arrival. The service was slow. Like, slower than slow considering there were only four other tables eating brunch. The menu looked delicious, with all food done up by L’Gueleton downstairs, so I was hoping this would redeem the slow service. Unfortunately, the slow service proved to be the nail in the coffin. It took one hour to receive the food, which was cold by the time it arrived. Items came out in batches (a solid five minutes between plates). I could hear the couple next to us complain that they had been there even longer than we had and hadn’t received their order (which led me to believe that they had been cryogenically frozen and then thawed because we had been there forever).
The staff, while rhetorically pleasant, were less than concerned about the speed with which things arrived and forgetful.
All in all… it was disappointing. Who wants cold poached eggs when there are so many other great places to brunch? Not this girl. I won’t be brunching here again.

Awesome place! Definitely a local, hipster vibe. Was very different from many other bars/​pubs I went to. Loved this place!

I used to go to No Name back in 2008 as it still was kinda a hidden spot in the City Centre. With the years passing by it was getting busier and busier and the hunt for a good table made it to an obstacle course over busy weekend night and days. But with its still up to these days’ best smoking area in Dublin and the new added GF Daura beer to their offerings I take the chance to pop in even over the busy weekend days.
AS one just cannot beat the spacious loft indoor and outdoor area with those extremely comfi couches, circus tent style smoking area and relaxed atmosphere while enjoying some good chilled pints or cocktails in the heart of Dublin City centre.

Hipster place! Yay! Actually less hipster than I was told. The beer garden is the most interesting part of this bar. Not so many beer options but cool spirits in their menu.
Obs: some of my friend had trouble in finding this place (what would they expect, it a secret bar!). So my tip is: if you are right in front of the Market Bar turn around and you see a set of stairs on the other side of the street. Go upstairs. That’s the place!

Bar caché très sympa !
Lieu atypique et agréable
Terrasse extérieure
Choix intéressant de cocktails
Choix classique de bières à la pression et un peu plus étoffé en bouteille
Prix corrects
Dommage qu’il n’y ait rien à grignoter !

I went there yesterday (Aug. 24, 2014) with two friends for Brunch. We liked the original setting and although the place was empty, we were glad to settle in. However, after looking at the menu, we ended up leaving since we did not find even one vegetarian option (e.g., a vegetable omelette; how hard is that?) among the ten brunch options they offered.
I politely explained to the waiter (a pleasant chap) why we ended up leaving and that would have been it if it wasn’t for the intervention of one of the other employees, a lady who appeared to be a manager or supervisor of the bar. She behaved in the rudest way i have yet encountered in an Irish restaurant: upon hearing that i left because they had no vegetarian brunch option, she waved her arms at me dismissively saying scornfully ‘then go somewhere else… go, go, good luck finding it in another place’ and more…
The issue isn’t that they don’t have a vegetarian option; the issue is that an employee (manager?!) chose to go out of her way to insult a customer; as far as i could tell, this could have happened for any of many reasons.
Never going back there!

Like the smoking area, like the bar, but what i really like it is the caipirinha, i’m always suspicious when i see my native drink being made outside brazil, but here is a place that they keep the essence of the caipirinha with a really good cachaça and a good bartender

Gorgeous bar that resemble a lot like a house hosting a party. The smoker’s lounge has a quite «circus» vibe, with its striped roof and rustic walls, and the other rooms definetely reminds us of a real house, just with less furniture.
It’s pretty crowded on weekends, so I would recommend you to avoid those days so you can actually see the décor and just chill out there, it’s definitely worth a visit!
I would recommend attending it with a date or some close friends, because the place is really amazing to just chill and talk to your friends, because it’s quite a nice spot, not a party hard place.
but… since nothing is perfect… the drinks there are quite expensive, so if you are in a budget, (which happens to me all the time), take one drink or maybe two. the pints are temple-​bar priced, which is not cheap but still cheaper than the cocktails/​shots.

Never had a good night here.
It must be six years ago at this stage, I remember going here and being all ‘Oh my goodness this is like something from Sex and The City’…and looking back I think my Marketing and Commerce friends may have had a point about us science heads being a little less than cool.
Since my first few visits I’ve been maybe once a year. It’s always one drink (not sure more is worth the price) and then I just get tired of the place.
I’m sure it’s a nice place to go if you’re one of the Too Cool for Schoolers, but I just am not and neither are my friends, so it’s a pass from me.