Dingle Whiskey Bar

I really like this place. I’ve been here a couple of times now and I always sit by the window with all the bottles of whiskey on the other side — and dream.
Seriously, the selection is great and it’s all adequately priced. You can also have a quick word with the person behind the counter and they’ll be happy to help you find exactly what you feel like.
There’s a noisier bar on the other side of this, but it doesn’t really spill over. So if you want to grab a quiet drink, or if you want to make a triple tasting of similarly priced Whiskey, Scotch and Bourbon, or just hang out with a small group of friends, this place is great.

As a whisky lover, I have been waiting years to discover a such place! If you are whisky lover, you definitely have to go there! Apart the fact they have been the best Irish whisky bar, they have amazing whisky you cant imagine: American Bourbon you have never heard, Irish single/​blended malt, speyside, highland, lowland scotch… It discovered a highland, Glenmorangie 18… An elixir guys!. People who dont drink whisky, they can have nice rhum, gin, or cider. Not too expensive, apart the greatest ones… But as far as they are the best ones… The staff knows what they are saying and I loved to discuss about the whisky with a non beginner!

The Dingle Whiskey bar is kinda my go-​to when out in town, amazing choices of great whiskey from everywhere in the world but also the most amazing Gin cocktails in Dublin! Their fish bowl cocktails are amazing, you should try them!

Really like this cosy little bar. It’s attached to the Porterhouse but seems miles apart in style and ambiance. It’s a lovely spot for a cosy catch up with some good friends. There isn’t loads of seating but whenever I’ve come here we’ve always managed to grab one of the booths, it never gets uncomfortably full (that I’ve seen!).
The selection of whiskies is really impressive and on each occasion we’ve had very knowledgeable bar staff who’ve given us great recommendations based on what we’ve said we liked.
They have a short but lovely menu of Dingle Gin cocktails, that come served in large fishbowl style glasses. My favourite comes with Fentiman’s Rose Lemonade & fresh raspberries.

Small cosy bar that’s part of Porterhouse Central /​Lillie’s Bordello.
Immense selection of whiskey (obv!) and they recently won Irish Whiskey Bar of the year for 2015) Leinster.
Barman was relatively pleasant. I ordered a fish bowl gin cocktail (Bowler Hat) as it was only the start of the evening and I didn’t want to start with neat whiskey. He told me that the gin was out of stock but rather than offer to substitute it I had to ask if that could be done.
The cocktail was decent but the raspberries kept breaking up and clogging up my straw.
It’s not like he was under pressure to serve other customers — we were there fairly early on a Saturday evening. I would say the service is on par with Porterhouse Central. Just OK.

It might be a 5 but I am not sure about the storage of said single malts. Oxidisation and light is not a friend and this is not my opinion but fact.
The selection here is certainly the best in Dublin and probably the best mix of Irish and Scottish I have come across.
Now I ordered I nice single malt and am asked if I want Ice? No I do not want ice and may I dwell in a desert henceforth. Take your ice and send to those poor penguin’s.

This is my bar! When the Porterhouse bought the dilapidated Jewelers next door and planned to give it a new start in live as a bar who would have guessed they would create a little haven of mellow jazz and delicious whiskeys.
Decked out in wood, soft lighting, and some would say tasty barmen (shout out to Jack, Tom, Killian) the place has a draw that keeps you coming back for more. The selection of whiskeys on offer is enough to satisfy even the most demanding of clientele — and I know of a few writers who have drown their tears on its comforting countertops weh weh weh.
If you want a bit of background: They wanted to start a distillery — something which hadn’t happened in Ireland in quite some time. They got it funded by selling the first 500 casks at € 1000 each — that first batch of whiskey will be ready next year, or so Tom tells me. The names of those first 500 founders, so to speak, are written on the wood above your head in the bar & include some recognisable Irish Rugby talent among their beams.
Anyway if you are looking for a chill place midweek, or a busy, cosy place at the weekends this is your spot. They take care of you — and they do have a choice selection of beers and wines for those of us unable to handle the whiskey!

I’m a bit torn between three and four stars but for now I settled for just three but am open to correction up at a later point.
Yesterday was the second time I was in there. The first time was rather to have some space to sit as the Porterhouse was so crowded and we were a group of five. So we got our drinks in the Porterhouse.
This time I decided to have a look at their whiskey list. I’m not overly knowledgeable about whiskey (I tasted a couple but wouldn’t really be able to tell which style or distillery I’d prefer) so i just went for one that sounded nice ;-) And it was!
The list of whiskeys is surely impressive and a good way to get to know whiskey.
They’ve tastings on Tuesday evenings and if I happen to be around town then I am very inclient to go there and learn more.
And I like the interior design a lot there.
The explanation for the three stars: I did notice the music already the first time I was there but can’t say if was in your face. This time though it was very loud and jazz — so not neccessarily easy to listen too and to me rather disturbing.

I love bourbon and scotch. Irish whiskey is tough to find in the States so I haven’t had much exposure. Tom at the Dingle educated us on the history of Irish Whiskey and pointed us to many nice options. He has offers a large selection of bourbon for being in Dublin. And of course many Scotch options. One wall is made completely of barrel wooden sections. This place is a must if you like whiskey.

Good selection of whiskeys, attached to the Porterhouse Nassau st. Helpful enough staff. Worth a visit for the interesting selection of whiskies.

Nice addition to the Porterhouse on Nassua St. It’s a chilled out, wood heavy, snug like room adjacent to the main bar with a nice relaxed ambience. The whiskey menu is extensive and the barman knew his stuff without being a preachy whiskey snob.

Very cute small little whiskey bar attached to The Porterhouse. They have a huge selection of whiskeys from 5 € up to over 100 € per order. Most are reasonably priced. They also offer several flight tastings. The place is small so fills up early, you can always get your drink & wander into the Porterhouse for a seat.

Half star — where are you when I need it!!! Ha ha… Recently visited for the first time and from the outside I was super impressed and initially on entering it was as snug and rustic as I’d expected but for me, slightly disappointed to see if opened at the back to actually form part of the PorterHouse.
Got to applaud them on their range of whiskey, the menus were endless… As a group of 4, 2 of us not so keen on neat whiskey, asked if any whiskey based cocktails could be whipped up… Super friendly barman was like, we don’t do cocktails but I can make ye something I know, so he rambled off a few and on we went, boys enjoyed a neat whiskey and the ladies, well we had the yummiest concoction! This barman was super nice and boy god, he knew his whiskey but wasn’t intimating about it!
For our next round, dam! New barman… Other guy was finished his shift and the dude replacing him was a doosch! We tried to order the same and he was having none of it, on edge my friend said ok we’ll go back to the ‘drawing table’ and he was corrected in the most condescending way that it was ‘drawing BOARD’ so condescending he needed to say it twice! In sync all 4 of us was like, eh, let’s get outta here which we did and hit another bar to finish our evening off
Shame!

Really nice cosy little bar, attached onto the larger Porterhouse bar. This isn’t evident from the outside and I guess is a little bit of a shame when you get in, as initially it looks like an independent little cave-​like pub that could have been there for years without us noticing. However, for some this mightn’t be a bad thing — for those who aren’t into spirits (they serve some other spirits like Dingle gin as well), as you can go into the Porterhouse and get a beer and bring it back in if they need.
It was really busy when I was in there — a couple of days before Christmas — so it was hard to judge the staff, though if I WAS going to, I would say that they were pretty brisk and not super friendly. BUT it was crazy in there, so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt!
One other thing that might be cool would be if they made whiskey cocktails which they don’t do at the moment.
All in all though, really nice vibe — lovely dim lighting and they’ve done a great job with making an unusual space into a really nice place to while away a few hours on a really good selection of whiskeys.

Excellent choice of whiskeys and bourbons, relaxed atmosphere, low lighting, perfect location, nice crowd, friendly and informative barman… what more can one say.
This whiskey bar is quite a new establishment and is connected to the Porterhouse Bar, next door. The other half and I came by it by chance one evening after a busy day in town and, my my, it was the perfect choice. It’s fusion of past-​meets-​contemporary, its alluring window display, lounge music and the fact that we were literally entering a whiskey barrel, sold it to us.
In all honesty I’m not a whiskey drinker, my knowledge of whiskey is limited and having seen the drinks menu I was a little lost for choice. Although, the barman was very friendly and took a minute to provide a little history lesson on whiskeys and filled us in on the flavours. We ended up sipping on a Redbreast 12, which is a delicious Irish whiskey packed full of flavour. Think the barman said the rye gives that its kick. Next came a Scotch and then a bourbon. Eventually we decided to try a Rochefort 10 barley wine (bought next door) which was a very strong beer (11.3%) made in Belgium by the Trappist Monks. Although this is a whiskey bar, you also have available an exceptional choice of worldwide commercial and craft beers beers which can be brought in from the Porterhouse Bar next door. Overall it was a taste experience!

what a lovely cosy spot to chill out in and sip some of the finest whiskey going. huge menu and if I was stuck I know the bar man would have obliged. great setting and ambiance here! #hotones #yellowspot #dinglewhiskey

A fairly new addition to Nassau street, The Dingle Whiskey Bar is a chilled out oasis beside the Porterhouse. I say hall, because the bar is quite literally a narrow hallway with a bar on one side and some snugs at the back. Not necessarily a bad thing though as it’s cosy, intimate and allows you take in the surroundings with ease.
The noise from the porterhouse spills into the bar, creating some much needed atmosphere without being intrusive and the bar staff are super friendly. It’s pricey enough but the selection of whiskeys is great, a decent stock of gin (with epic presentation!) and they throw in a few wine and cider options for those with a weaker stomach! There’s a bit of a weird seating layout but otherwise the place is faultless for a chilled out catch up or post-​eats whiskey. Definitely a place to warm up on a cold winter evening!

I came across this place after leaving The Porterhouse pub yesterday. My husband and I are both quite into whiskey, so we thought we would pop our heads in and take a gander. Well, our gander turned into two glasses of whiskey, ha ha. The inside of the pub is quite narrow, so I’d say the more popular this place gets, it’ll be pretty packed on Friday and Saturday evenings. The side wall is made out of the wood from old whikey barrels, with «founding fathers» of Dingle Whiskey printed onto the side of them. The barstools are also made out of parts of old whiskey barrels as well.
They have a pretty good selection of whiskeys. The whiskey menu alone was about 4 pages although the text was small as you can see in the photos. They offered a few craft beers on their menu, and although it wasn’t listed on the menu, they seemed to be making cocktails the night we were there. They do serve their own Whiskey — Dingle Whiskey — there for 4.90 euros a glass. It was pretty nice and smooth like most Irish whiskeys.
All in all a nice pub if you really like your whiskey. We realised afterwards that it is actually connected to one side of the porterhouse. So you can actually go back and forth between the two. Although, I’m pretty sure for the food you have to stay on the porterhouse side.