The Triangle's Best See and Be Seen Bar

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 or email Tir Na Nog Irish Pub & Restaurant

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 or email Hibernian Restaurant & Irish Pub

Downtown Raleigh nightspot pulls double duty as tapas restaurant and swanky watering hole for hip urbanites.

Reviews:

• “Something different from the average restaurant. "
• “25% tips?”
• “Excellent Sangria – Service only fair”
• “Still good, but sliding downward”
• “Paella? You call that paella? more like rissotto and an average one at that”

Tips: A DJ spins nightly. Wednesdays is Latin night with free salsa and merengue dance lessons on the stage.

Red Room Tapas Restaurant, Wine & Martini Bar of Downtown Raleigh NC or email Red Room Tapas Restaurant, Wine & Martini Bar of Downtown Raleigh NC

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 or email Bogart’s American Restaurant in Downtown Raleigh NC, Steaks, Lunch, Martini Bar

Sleek and smoke-free, this Raleigh nightspot fits Glenwood’s nouveau attitude.

Reviews:

• “It is a cool place, small but cool”
• “Dance, dance, dance”
• “Great night life”
• “If you are African American avoid any night!”
• “AVOID CLUB AURA!!”

Tips: Given Aura’s small size, limiting smoking to an outdoor courtyard is a great idea.

Aura Lounge

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 or email Blue Martini

Refined Italian cuisine in an elegant, upscale setting at the Siena Hotel.

Reviews:

• “Amazing”
• “a unique chapel hill experience”
• “best special occasion dining in chapel hill”
• “This place is not right…”
• “Best Special Occasion Restaurant in the triangle”

Tips: Take the time to explore and ask questions about the wine list—you’ll be rewarded.

Il Palio

A Five Points bar where the puff of a cigar and the crackle of a fireplace compete for bragging rights.

Reviews:

• “Nice place to go… if you can get in…”

Tips: Drive down the alley between Churchill’s and the Rialto for the best parking spot.

Churchill’s

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

Posh nightspot for the see and be seen heats things up with funky interior and a DJ spinning groovy beats.

Reviews:

• “Empty on Saturday?!?!”
• “Way to crowded and over-priced!”
• “You just never know….”
• “I met my future wife here!”
• “bouncers think they are more than their low rent”

Tips: Only women 21 and older and men 25 and older can get in.

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