The Globe

The Globe is one of those places that’s been around forever yet you never really think of it as a place to go. Over the years I’ve popped in a few times after being at a pub or bar that shuts early enough and it does the trick to get a few extra pints in without having to pay entry into a club. It’s always buzzing with people regardless of night, the clientele is quite mixed (both young and old) and the staff are pretty friendly. Doesn’t take long to get a drink and there are a few good offers too. I’m a big craft beer enthusiast though and their selection isn’t the best. But I guess that’s just me being picky!
Overall it’s fine. A-​ok as my Unilocal star review says. Nothing special but nothing bad either. There’s live music/​open mic on a Wednesday which was really high standard when I last visited. No harm in checking it out!

This place is becoming my regular. I love love love it ! … nice and quiet during the day for a pint and it does be hopping at night …
Very spacious bar … I love the building and layout .
Nightclub ri ra opens at night although it’s more of a disco bar … free admission … mixture of all types of music. old. new. cheesy. dance. rock .
My favourite thing about it is the crowd you get here … older and nicer. and not to hipster .
Pool tables provided and I always find the bar staff super quick at serving. love love.

Good craic to be had here but then I usually go with friends and we carry our craic wherever we travel

Ugh. Not one I’ll be frequenting again. This review is for the downstairs club section. Really packed, really badly laid out (long and narrow with really low ceilings), hard to get a drink, surly barmen, cheesy music, need I go on?
Ok, full disclosure; this just isn’t my type of place. At all. But I still really feel like if this WAS my type of place, I would still hate it.
The words cattle market come to mind.
No, no, aaand… no.

Popped in here for a Fringe volunteer drinks. It’s a very big pub and a little bit hipster. They had a fuse-​ball table at the back and a fair amount of chairs for people to sit, but pretty tight most of it.
They had a beer of the day for 4.50 € a pint, so that wasn’t too bad and especially for the location. Overall its a pretty good pub to hang out in, it looked like they had a night club downstairs. So can offer a variety depending on your mood or your mates!

Pub selection in Dublin is more than huge — it’s enormous. Pubs of everyone’s taste.
This pub is as regular as it can be with plenty of floor and less tables. Much space. Maybe they’re doing some dancing evening with live music or so, not sure, but would make sense and use of that big floor.
I would have given this review three stars, but they have foosball (7 balls for € 2). That thing is great for drunk people.
They have a back door for quite smokers.
I’m just gonna mention for you to be careful, as either it was a coincidence or not, but I gave € 50 and got change as if from € 20. € 30 to lose is not cool. Count the change.

This place used to be a lot better in my opinion. BUT I still quite like it especially for the area it is in.
The music is usually really good in the main bar. Nice little mix of indie and rock and some hip hop thrown in for good measure.
Seats are not the most comfy apart from the couches in the back.
Rí Rá is the club part downstairs. It’s OK and for a Saturday or Friday night given the area that you are in it’s pretty standard fare and a friendly enough crowd.

Been there a couple of times, mostly when other places closed down. Now… this one is a nice bar, not as crowded as Café en Seine or Club 37. Still, you gotta stand all night long and it is loud as hell.

To the bouncers working at the back last friday my middle finger salute you i hope you do well

I’m not a big one for giving places bad reviews, but last night I was so unimpressed with the staff here that I couldn’t let it go without a warning mention.
Essentially the staff here are the rudest I’ve come across in a long time. Whilst I fully support checking ID to make sure under-​age people aren’t frequenting bars and clubs, it was the way in which IDs were demanded so curtly and rudely by the barwoman that really got to me.
I had my ID on me but my petite friend didn’t, and although she assured the woman that she wasn’t drinking anyway, the woman felt the need to insult her by telling her that she looks ridiculously young, despite her blatantly smart attire. When we sat down the woman made it obvious that she was telling her colleagues not to serve my friend, openly pointing at us and causing others to stare.
My friend was so furious about the way she was treated that she went ot the effort of running home to pick up her passport and return to prove her age. This time there was another barman with the woman, and both scrutinised the passport as if they were security guards at Guantanomo Bay, only looking at my friend with distain when they handed back the ID, having found no fault with it.
It’s just a shame because the acoustic singing that we had come to see was actually really nice, but the cold, accusing attitudes of the bar staff put a downer on what could have been a lovely evening.

Popped in early-​ish (10pm) on a Monday night after we landed in Dublin. We were told this place stayed open later than other bars, so we thought this would be an appropriate spot. I was oddly fascinated with the bartenders guyliner and all of his piercings, after a few Jameson & Ginger Ales, I got a little ballsy (no pun intended) and asked if he had any other piercings. So then the night began… the place got rockin after the other bars in the neighborhood closed. I had spent all my cash (that should’ve been a hint for me to go home) so I started using my debit card, don’t piss off the bartenders like I did and use it for one drink, so I started buying other peoples drink. WTF? Go home Angela! They do charge for using your debit card, by the way. This was a cool place to go late night, bouncers were cool and so was most of the staff.

The Globe is a classic, the music can be pretty crappy but it’s usually good fun.

I’ve been here twice, both times lateish on a Friday or Saturday — and both times, the place was weirdly empty. The Globe is in a great location and there’s no entry fee for its downstairs club, Ri Ra. The bouncers are really nice. Prices are expensive but not offensive. So what’s going on here?
Upstairs in the Globe, there’s a bar and some seating; raised by a half-​floor is a space with loads of tables and low chairs. Downstairs is the club, which seems to go by a different name, Ri Ra. There’s a dance floor, another bar, and a lot of couches. (That part I liked. I hate having to stand, so I appreciated the amount of seating. At the same time, it’s kinda weird to be in a club at 1am and have your choice of seat. Because, you know, this place is so disconcertingly empty.)
At Ri Ra, The music was fine — typical pop club stuff. I think they played Get Lucky three times in four hours. But the only people on the dance floor was the one requisite trio of wasted girls. Other than that, there were just a bunch of skeevy, broody men huddled around the place, staring at the few women there and chugging beer. Upstairs in the Globe, it was a bit more crowded, and there seemed to be a slightly less depressing crowd, but still not a FUN vibe.
Frankly, I’m not sure what’s going wrong here, and that’s why I’m not giving the Globe a 1-​star review. Because from what I can tell, they’re doing all the right things to lure people in, and for some reason, they’re getting an inexplicably depressing crowd. It’s too bad, really.

Popped in for the one that was one too many with some fellow Unilocalers. I’ve been to this place a few times at this stage and it’s hard to know what to expect! I think this is due to the fact that they tend to have themed nights, Sunday for instance being a fantastic swing/​big band/50’s style evening which is great for a sneaky Sunday pint!
The place can get quite full but it’s always a nice atmosphere, the pricing to me is one of the stars lost, it’s almost € 10 for a vodka and soda water (not my drink before the stereotypes break out) and € 6 odd for a pint of Carlsberg (that one is open to debate, I was somewhat full of wine and find my memory a tad cloudy on the matter).
The other thing that loses this place a star is the distinct lack of smoking area. I know, I can hear you saying it; «You shouldn’t be killing yourself!» (If you knew me better you might think otherwise) or «That’s not their fault, they were stuck with a law and they don’t have the room for a smoking area». I understand these things, I don’t expect everywhere to cater to my addiction, and I do agree with the smoking ban, but I don’t like stepping out onto the path on George’s Street with no barriers or separation from the people trying to get in and queuing to get back inside every time I go fro a smoke, personal preference really…
I’m torn, for me it isn’t quite 3 stars, but it’s not quite 4 either…

I’m obsessed with vintage maps and globes (as any friend of mine would confirm) and so when a friend took me here I absolutely loved it. There’s a decent, albeit small dance club in the basement and the back room has really nice couches to sit in for groups. The front gets a little packed, but that’s okay. I had an excellent time the night we went, and I would definitely go again without a second thought.

The location of this place is excellent, and the staff are efficient and friendly. Pricing is standard for drinks, neither cheaper nor dearer than anywhere else. I quite like the interior– the sturdy wooden tables are good for a pub. The music is good too.
Personally, I think The Globe is best for afternoon drinks on a weekend. In the evening, it’s genuinely a bit of a cattle market and attracts drunken ‘lads’ and teenage girls, which is a bit uncomfortable. It’s fine until about 8pm, then it’s best to move elsewhere!

I have friends who love it here but for me it’s a bit overrated. Too full and too indie for my taste. Good prices on drinks though.

they have great deals on the night, which is brilliant.
The bar is cosy and the customers are the general 18 – 40 age. With live music etc. Good spot to pull in tourists and also great live music nights even though the stage is small.

I have been Doing a lot of Unilocaling in the last months, checking in places and even double or treble checking ins, in many of them I’ve have been a regular for the last 16 years in Dublin «long before Unilocal was born» or the iphone!!!
The Globe really got me to talk about, the place is great, full of fun and fantastic atmosphere, The DJ’s music was just perfect for the place and the moment of a snowy Dublin night out.
How beautiful is to see that the music goes from generation to generation, after seeing people from all ages having good craic at the rhythm of the music.
the staff was at all times very happy looking working away with no bother and serving with a smile, the security persons were spot on.
The look of the place and the decoration is just suitable for the kind of people who like a simple and funky drink with the company of their friends on a cool night out in a nice bar.

The Globe is one of those pubs that’s good but nobodies favorite. It can be jammers or vacant, amazing or disastrous and company varies just as much as anywhere else.
However, I had an amazing few pints there last night. From both barmen. So I’ll be going back for that alone.
I also saw Catherine Lynch. I also didn’t care.