The Liquor Rooms

6-8 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2

The seductive basement setting underneath the Clarence Hotel makes Liquor Rooms feel like a transporting escape from the world outside. Lush fabrics are draped from the ceiling, in a space marked by cosy corners, vintage lamps and reds. Luke O’Meara and team craft cocktails covering every spirit in artful menus featuring changing themes like notable women in Ireland’s history. A Dash of Daring is a balanced gin cocktail tributing Carmel Snow, an Irishborn fashion editor of American Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar magazines back in the 1920s-30s.