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This “land of eternal youth” pulls a good pint and serves up tasty traditional fare.

Reviews:

• “The NEW menu is outstanding”
• “The best Guiness I’ve had in a while, food was very good too.”
• “Wonderful Irish food!”
• “A Great Place to get away”
• “Great service but below average food paired with lack of knowledge from the GM makes for a disappointment.”

Tips: The bar stays open daily until 2am from Monday through Saturday and around 1am on Sunday.

Tir Na Nog Irish Pub & Restaurant
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One of Raleigh’s favorite Irish spots serves traditional pub fare and drinks to draw in the crowds on Glenwood.

Reviews:

• “cool pub”
• “Great Pub with Outdoor Seating!”
• “Nice place, boring food”
• “Good Food”
• “Worst dining experience….”

Tips: Sunday’s all-you-can-eat buffet starts with Irish breakfast items and adds nontraditional items like salad, fruit, salmon platter, omelet station and dessert.

Hibernian Restaurant & Irish Pub
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A ’40s-themed restaurant serves American cuisine with a modern-day flair.

Reviews:

• “Great Food, Service & Atmosphere”
• “Bogart’s Sunday Brunch "
• “Great Martini’s, great food!”
• “Overrated”
• “Good Brunch, Cold Food”

Tips: A $5 cover gets you access to Bogart’s, Hi-5 and Red Room on Friday and Saturday nights.

Bogart’s American Restaurant in Downtown Raleigh NC, Steaks, Lunch, Martini Bar
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Wood smoke meets glitz at this Raleigh mainstay.

Reviews:

• “The servers were nice, the food was quick "
• “Poor Service, average food”
• “My husband and I are going back next Monday!”
• “best everything”
• “Casual dining at its best”

Tips: If you’re a smoker, or enjoy dining alfresco, arrive in the early evening. The bar and the terrace are the only two areas that allow smoking.

Michael Dean’s Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar of North Raleigh, NC
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Swanky spot adds a touch of class to Powerhouse Square nightlife.

Reviews:

• “Let me stand up for my favorite Bar!”
• “Ladies night = fiasco!”
• ""Ladies’ Night"? What a joke!"
• “If you want a good time, don’t go here”
• “Horrific service and attitude! Horrible experience – very aggravating and uncomfortable for all. I would never go here again.”

Tips: Blue Martini features wireless Internet access.

Blue Martini
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Downtown Raleigh lounge with a red-hot setting: Plush seating, soft lighting and daily specials in an airy warehouse building.

Reviews:

• “Doctor your Credit Card Receipts”
• “Pleasantly surprised!!!….”
• “Electro Nightmare”
• “Aries ROCKS!!”
• “Good drinks, good service, loud”

Tips: Monday nights are industry nights—reserved for restaurant industry staff.

Aries Lounge

A romantic tapas restaurant that can mix more than 20 martinis off its special menu.

Reviews:

• “Good surprise”
• “Great place for an out-of-the ordinary experience with clients”
• “Delicious!!!!!”
• “eh…..”
• “This place has really gone down hill”

Tips: Belly dancing isn’t the only featured entertainment: you’ll also find weekly live jazz band performances and live DJs.

Oliver Twist Tapas Restaurant & Martini Lounge

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