4 Dame Lane

Hosted our pint of science event and they were fantastic! Ultra helpful, delicious drinks and cocktails, great venue. Can’t recommend 4DL enough!

I enjoyed the short time i spent there. The bar is quite large with a few booths (filled on the evening with kissing couples!) and bar stools with lots of standing room in the middle for busy nights. There was a jazz band playing which was a nice touch and a nice change from the usual thumping loud music you find around Temple Bar.

Attended the Blingo Wings event here. The smoking area is great and very chilled out. The pub is really nicely laid out and the décor is great. The wings we had were the best wings I’ve had in a long time and its great that you can get free wings tues, weds, thurs if you tweet it. Beer prices on the more expensive side. But the free cocktail was lovely and they have 2 for 1 on thursdays, so would be good value. Overall a really nice pub.

* Attention All Cider Drinkers *
€ 5.50 for a pint bottle of Bulmers! It’s been a loooong time since I’ve seen the likes of that so naturally I was a very happy camper. The cocktails are pretty good too and very reasonable.
I’ve always liked 4 Dame Lane. It has the benefit of being in the middle of everything in town, yet totally tucked away. There’s a great atmosphere on the weekends, a chilled out vibe on a weekday and it’s dark enough for you to hideout if you’re feeling a bit of incognito :)
Also — they always have deadly choonz on. This makes all the difference to me in regards to where I like to go back to. So if I’m singing away to myself, it gets my vote.
I was at 4 Dame Lane recently for the Unilocal Blingo Wing event which was great fun. They sure do a good wing in there so for all you Tweeters out there, I’d make good use of the Twitter offer they run mid-​week for free beer and wings. Check out their website for more on that one…

I love 4 Dame Lane and I can’t believe I’ve never reviewed it before. This is definitely my favourite place for a night out. Get there early and you’ll enjoy nice cushioned booths downstairs and a relatively empty bar. Around 10pm, the scene starts to pick up and a live DJ starts spinning, one on each floor. Most of the staff is incredibly attentive and friendly.
They also have a good selection of cocktails for just € 5 and tons of beers available. Jagerbombs are a must have on a night out in 4DL, but go upstairs to order them so you actually get Jagermeister and not a cheap substitute.
The upstairs is usually jam-​packed by midnight and you can party the night away on the dance floor or on a comfy couch with tons of other people having a great time!

I went to take the promotion o 2×1 in cocktail… the cocktails in this place are horrible!!! and not cheap. Buy a beer or go somewhere else

It’s a grand bar with decent-​ish cocktails and a fairly decent dj at the weekends. It’s generally incredibly crowded and there are not enough seats. I’m getting old, I don’t want to have to fight my way to the bar.
However, upstairs has a fantastic dance floor which is used by swing dancers on a Monday night. Great fun.

So I was here with 11 of my crazed Girl friends after the Chippendales show the other night… Now I dont know if it was the fact that we had just witnessed half naked men for 2 whole hours OR the fact it was a massive girly night out in ages OR was it the fact that 4 Dame lane was just THAT good. Whichever it was who cares coz I had probably the best night out in Dublin in AGES! The music was a good mix and everyone was up dancing and havin a laugh. We found a table /​took over a table easily and the crowd here were great craic. We didnt get kicked out when we proceded to take off some english guys shirt (we stole him from a stag do) and not gettin kicked out for that kinda carry on is always a bonus. Busy enough bar but never waiting ages to get served. Smoking area outside is great with seating if you need to rest the hooves from all the dancing. Whoop whoop

I have been to this bar a number of times, and had a completely different experience on each occasion, so it’s a hard one to rate. But it does keep things interesting!
Last night Buffyfest Ireland hosted Dr Horribles singalong, with cheap cocktails and cheap entry (€ 5 for a few hours entertainment) while 2 weeks ago I was dancing my a$$ off at a gay night hosted upstairs called Sunday Social. It seems there are also regular film nights, which I’m going to have to try, followed by the late bar and plenty of room to dance upstairs — where there is a median temperature of 1000 degrees. There really is a wealth of new things to try, but I just can’t give it more stars thanks to the surly bar staff, who blatantly resent the presence of customers, however, in a turn up for the books, they have some of the nicest bouncers in Dublin. Guess you can’t win them all!

Really nice little spot, I’ve been 3 or 4 times now. Quiet enough during the week which is great if your going for the chats, weekends its a bit busier with a DJ up stairs that’s not bad either. Prices or ok and staff were polite, good selection of rums if you know what to ask for aswel. Would go again and recommend :)

I’ve been to 4 Dame Lane a good few times and have had mixed experiences of the place, ranging from «why are we still here?» to «why do we not come here more often?». I was there on a Friday night lately and found whatever noise the DJ was playing to be unpleasant only to return on a Saturday night a few weeks later and find that it was completely different, and much improved. All in all, I’m not sure what to make of the place but I won’t write it off just yet.

DJ was crap, the place packed… In the end of the night music seemed to have gotten better, or was the alcohol colluding with the guy??? Do find out! As we had a fun night nevertheless!

A nice bar with good DJ’s and a casual atmosphere. A nice find for an evening out in Dublin. Less busy than many other places nearby.

Picture it: Walking down Dame Lane seeing the usual suspects after a dinner. Friend A asks if we should go big tonight with Friend B wondering if every place is sort of blurring into the same place now. Friend C, who maybe has some liquid courage, ponders if we should just hop in this random place.
This, friends, is how I stumbled upon 4 Dame Lane. We found ourselves upstairs drinking loads and dancing to some of our favorite pop hits and agreed that this place was amazing. I started telling everyone it was my favorite new pub/​dance place.
And then I went again with another group of friends and then another, but each time I went there was something missing. Perhaps it was the first group of friends that made it special or maybe it was one of those nights when you didn’t expect anything so were pleasantly surprised by how much fun you ended up having.
Downstairs, you have the usual bar scene with booths where I’ve discussed gossip with coworkers and perhaps been ravaged by a few girls after imbibing too many spirited beverages. Upstairs, you have comfy couches and a dance floor, although I’ve only seen it used to its max capacity the first night I went there.
I still like this place. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

ok fine I’ll admit it, I went to 4 Dame Lane and it wasn’t as crap as I expected. I’ve been here a few times, not by choice, and always hated the soullessness.
I ended up here on Saturday night mainly because of my policy of wanting to avoid entry charges for dancing… the music was ok, the crowd was extremely odd and the queue for the toilets was miles long* but it was a bit of a laugh.
I liked the choice of music, but the DJ seemed intent on only paying part of the songs, as if trying to avoid some sort of copyright infringement issue. I was confused, I still am, but what’s new.
*Disclaimer: possible exaggeration

Very crowded during St. Paddy’s Day, loud music, cool crowd, and they have Havana Club rum which is my favorite. It’s a cool bar to check out on a trip around Dame Street.

I went here on a girls night out but normally I would not go here for the main reason I like inexpensive and Free way to much to spend too much money on a drink. It is an expensive place with a décor that says classy but what was funny was that the crowd were youngsters from the age of 19 to 25 (I felt a bit old :)).
The music selection was great and had me going to the dance floor quit a few times. The crowd was not so much my type, the feel of the place and the prices were definitely not me, so the reason I give it a 2 star is because of the good music they played the night I went there — you will probably not see me there again.

If you have ever been out and having a few beers in the Dame Street area you have undoubtedly been to 4 Dame Lane. It is one of the well known local pubs which many people I know stop in on the weekends for at least a few drinks. I like the place, they always seem to be packed and the crowd is always in good form. You get a good mix of college and young professionals here, so it really is a nice atmosphere.

Not a bad bar. Brought some American friends here last time I visited but should really have gone with the more tourist temple bar as the music was loud and could have been in any city in the world.
Don’t get me wrong, nice décor, upstairs for private function, live music or different style of music but if live band can sometimes be a charge.
Long straight room so eye contact is easily attainable, can get busy and they should really remove some of the stools on these nights but no really big complaints overall.
Gas fired lanterns outside a nice touch and arrive early to secure one of the booths/​seating areas on your left as you walk in the door running down the length of the bar.

4 Dame Lane is quite at the fancier end of the scale of Dublin’s clubs (there are flaming torches at the entrance), I think I’ve heard tell that it’s over 23s but I first went there a few years ago and I have yet to turn 23 (it’s very much on the horizon, though. Gettin’ on).
Downstairs is a real swanky bar area (4 Dame Lane is often used for wrap parties and such), with a bar along one side and load of booths along the other wall, the booths being handy if there are a few of you.
Upstairs is savage, they play really good techno music… which makes it all the more irritating when you turn up there and upstairs is not open, which is possibly on weekdays but whenever it is it it’s too damn often the case, as on the last two occasions I’ve been there, upstairs has been closed.
I would have definitely given 4 Dame Lane a four star review if the upstairs had of been open the last time I was there, make sure that it is on your visit.