Bowe's Lounge Bar — Restaurant in Dublin

Only leaving one star as I can't leave zero! Yesterday (10.11.24) was our first and last ever visit to Bowes. Myself and my friend (both 50 years old) were subjected to discrimination by the bar staff. Hard to believe that in 2024 this is still happening but yes it actually is!

We entered the bar at around 9.30 pm, there were only a few people in. Barman says "where are you coming from?" Me "The Palace” He replies "no where are YOU from?" I replied "we're from Derry". He began to pour our pints at which point a second member of staff said they would not be serving us and could we leave. I asked why and was told that in their opinion we had had too much to drink. That absolutely was not the case and this clearly was an act of discrimination. I am glad to say that we experienced a warm welcome in both the Palace and McDaids so not all Dublin pubs are cut from the same cloth!

If you don’t believe my review have a read through their other one star reviews. It is quite apparent that if your face or accent doesn’t fit here you will be...

Went to Bowes on the 18th December 23, myself my partner and 4 other friends took a night off work to enjoy drinks in this well renowned pub. Guinness was top class. We were drinking from 2pm at around 4 to 430pm a new barman, a male in his mid 40s started his shift. He told us on 3 seperate occasions to stop laughing and keep the noise down, after 3rd warning we decided to leave after spending a lot of money and really enjoying ourselves up to that point. This barman ruined our yearly get together. Drink is fabulous. All other bar staff were great and engaging before this. Whoever this fella is ruined our night and it would actively make me not recommend this place, more is the pity. Imagine telling 6 people in their 30s to stop laughing and joking. Awful, he really took away from what was a brilliant night up...

We were asked to wait for a table which was all good. After another couple entered the bar, they received a just vacant spot, which was still fine. That was after 10 minutes of waiting. Two guys were telling us that they were about to leave, so we kept waiting next to the toilets with a beer. The waiter told us once again that the two guys were about to leave soon and we just have had to wait a few more minutes. That was after 20min of waiting. When the guys left, we went over to the table and seated ourselves. The waiter came again and asked us to stand up again because a group of six just entered and looked for a table. Priorities first. We then...