Dubliner Pub

Drink that was made was good, selection was limited. There was a three dollar cover, it was stupid. There was no live music the bar was not busy and they played very bad music. Front man collecting cover was rude and the place had a low crappie vibe. Won’t return.

Doug is a great bartender. The place is authentic $ Irish whiskey collection rocks! My go to to place in Omaha!

Here’s how it went down:
Drunk frat boy #1 deliberately pushes drunk frat boy #2 into our friend causing her to almost fall.
DFB#1 walks away feeling proud that he did a great job as a wingman as DFB#2 starts hitting on our friend.
We don’t like it when our friends get pushed into… so we demanded DFB#2 to back off… not so nicely. If I had a drink, then that drink would have been flying toward his face (I don’t have a drink because the lines were too long for the single bartender).
The reason why this can even occur at the Dubliner — is because they need more help. One man served as the bartender, cashier, waiter, buser, and bouncer to a packed bar full of frat boys home for Christmas.

Great time every time. We come here two or three times a year and love the staff and live music.

If you want a guaranteed good time (and clubbing isn’t your thing) then the Dubliner is the place to go. This is my favorite bar in Omaha because I have never had a lame night here — probably due to the incredible live music and consistently good staff. It gets really crowded and has a very diverse crowd (agewise) which makes it even more fun. There can be a wait at the bar when it gets really crowded but the waitresses usually keep up with the tables pretty well. This place isn’t fancy (the fact that it is underground should have been your first hint), nor is it cheap, but you are almost guaranteed to have fun here, which makes it worth it.

My favorite place In Omaha to grab a drink. The live music Thursday threw Saturday is just a HUGE plus.

Heard of this place from a friend. Finally arrived there with 4 other friends from Hawaii. Sadly, 3 of my friends were kicked out because their IDs «did not scan.» We are all 21, and on top of that were discriminated against for «not being AMERICANS.» We are from Hawaii… the 50^th state. We understand that the bartender was doing his job, but he refused to accept that his ID scanner may not be calibrated and up to date. Cops sorted out the whole thing. My friends and I will not be returning to The Dub and will let others know of our experience.

Reminds me of Cheers. I love this bar. Old, well established place.

Great Place!
Located right in Old market area, adjacent to the large parking garage, means I pay the couple bucks and never worry about finding a parking spot. Look for the sign an the stairs.
Great atmosphere, the guy checking IDs at the door is really friendly and helpful. I’ve been a couple times, some to drink, some as a DD. Either way I have fun. It’s a younger crowd mostly, lively good vibe. The service is decent for a place that’s usually pretty crowded, and the bartenders seem to have a generally friendly/​fun attitude. So seating can be limited depending on the night and the time, but I’ve never had a problem.
They often have a live band performing great music. Either foot stomping lively Irish rock/​drinking music or alt. contemp jams. Adds to the atmosphere and makes me want to buy a round of Irish car bombs.

I used to never miss a Thursday night at the Dubliner… and then I turned 22. Fondly known to locals as the Dub, it sports great drinks specials, and on Thursdays Chris Shelton plays great acoustic music. He’s hilarious, but takes too many smoke breaks, now.
When I was younger (like 19) this place had the perfect crowd. Mostly upperclassmen and grad students, your occasional underage-​er with a decent fake, and a few older people out for a good birthday time. Not so anymore. On Thursday nights this place is packed with barely any walking room. I have come to kind of dread it. I love Chris Shelton and the bartenders, though, so I continue to go every once in a while.
Overall, cool Irish Pub vibe, great music, good drinks, nice bartenders, but avoid Thursday nights if you don’t want to be surrounded by a bunch of wasted college sophomores.

The hubs and I popped in here while on a mini-​vacation in Omaha for a late Friday afternoon pint.
Loved that this bar was below street level — a bar with no windows is our kind of bar. It’s a little dungeon-​y and divey… it had a bit of an odor. The bar looks small when you first enter, but it opens into a second room where the band plays with additional seating. They were charging a $ 3 cover for an Irish band that was starting later that night. We didn’t love the band, but that’s because the hubs is from Ireland and I doubt any Irish music that is played outside of his country will ever be acceptable to him. They weren’t bad.
OK, on to the important part. The Guinness. (See my Guinness list for more info on this.) I’d give the Guinness here a 6 or 7 out of 10. The best rating I’ve given thus far for an American pint, kind of a big deal. It was properly poured and at the right temperature. It had the right amount of head, although it didn’t quite pass the finger test. Let’s preface this by acknowledging that I am aware this is gross and fingers are full of germs — BUT — if you dip your finger in the foam and taste it, it shouldn’t be bitter or sour. It was a little on the bitter side. Aside from that, the pint was creamy, rich and delicious. When held up to the light (I know, I’m weird) the beer had a touch of ruby in it, which for some reason most Guinness in America doesn’t have. They serve their Guinness in 16 oz pints, not 20 oz pints.
The bartenders were pretty prompt and while they weren’t overly chatty with us, they were pretty friendly, no complaints.

The Dubliner has always been a favorite for my friends and I. However the last two times we have gone is has completely ruined our night. The first bad visit went south when we ordered 3 long islands and got something that tasted absolutely terrible. Normally, we would go with beer, but it was a special celebration night so we felt like venturing out, our mistake.
The second visit that went south was actually on St. Patrick’s Day weekend. We were with a larger group this time and ordered several drinks. While passing them out, one got spilled by a guy who was quite drunk knocking into me and spilling the full drink on the ground. I returned to the bar in hopes that they had seen the incident not 2 seconds from their bar and was told I could go to the bathroom and fill it with toilet water. I should have left right then, but I decided to wait for the bartender to come back around to me. When he did, I explained what happened and he said I would have to pay for another drink anyway. Whatever fine, I understand alcohol is expensive it would have been nice to actually not have to pay twice for the same drink but it wasn’t his fault the first one got spilled. Well the guy standing next to me in the bar felt like it was unjust and said as much. So the bartender decided that guy had to leave and since I was «with him» I could also leave and he tossed the drink in our direction as well as the money I had just given him to pay for it.
Now with it being St Patty’s day the bartender had probably had a long night of dealing with all kinds of people. However that does not excuse the way I was treated for merely standing next to the wrong person in a bar.
Bottom line on this, the atmosphere is great at the Dub, but the service often leaves something to be desired. I will probably return but not anytime soon.

I have been here 3 times and the atmosphere and the music is what gives it 4 stars.
The drink menu or the drink knowledge of the bartenders would probably be 2 stars. If you are going to get a mixed drink either ask for something top shelf or be prepared to taste a lil gas. Their well vodka is a bit raw.
But, in the end, when you have a good Irish band playing upbeat music, every drink goes down better.
Fun place, and I like that it feels like a speak-​easy.

My favorite bar in Omaha. Thursday night live music is good even though the guy plays the same songs every week. Whoever decorated the walls inside the bar did their best to honor Ireland. Yes it can be loud and you might want to avoid Thursday nights if you’re not a college student.
If you can nab one of the booths or the high tables in the room with the stage, you’re golden.

If you are not a college student, don’t waste your time. We were going to have a beer, but the d-​bag collecting the cover at the door was SUCH an ass, my bf gave him some choice words and we walked away.
Picture this: two middle-​aged but extremely thirsty (and very cool and classy, in my opinion) people walk up to the entrance. A really hip and cool door guy wearing a knit wooly cap on an 80 degree night casually counts a small stack of one dollar bills. This is apparently a VERY important job. So important that he cannot speak when he looks up to see middleagers approaching. He cannot interrupt his counting to say «welcome,» «hi,» «$ 3 cover,» or anything. Maybe his vocal chords don’t work? Or maybe he is an ass who will drive away business very, very soon. We will see how this plays out. The middle-​age man says, «Hi! Is there a cover?». Important door money-​counter rolls his eyes up and holds up the last three fingers and stares, wordless. He has a really cool. i-don’t-give-a-s@#t expression on his face. That lets the geezers know he doesn’t give a s@#t. Awesome. Middle age guy says again, «Is there a cover?». Same expression, same three fingers. No words. Middle age guy says something that begins with an «f,» turns around, and walks away with his thirsty gf.
Dubliner, you need to fire this guy.

Affectionately referred to by Creighton Students as «The Dub», I have been coming here for a couple years on Thursday for $ 5 Pitcher Night. They have the «Guitar Man» who plays the same songs every week, but most of the time people have had a few to many to care. On Thursday the place has a nice mix of College kids and more «experienced» customers, but by the end of the night it’s mainly college kids. On weekends though it is a total 180.
While on the weekends my group of friends tends to be the youngest, it’s still a lot of fun. The prices are a little steeper for drinks, but the bands have always been really good. At a place like this the crowd shouldn’t really matter, this is a place to go to sit with your friends and knock a couple back. That being said, if you go bring a group or you will feel a little out of place.
My only real complaint is the older bartender (owner?) can be gruff bordering on rude, but I’m guessing that’s just some Irish charm I don’t understand. Who knows? Bottom line, if you and your buddies want to sit down, drink beer, and listen to some live music, the Dub is a great place to go.

I have mixed feelings about this place. For me, the Dubliner is nice when it’s happy-​hour or early-​evening, but when it gets busy or a band is playing, I can’t get out of there quick enough for no other reason than it’s a basement and I get a little claustrophobic with the crowd and the noise.
This past Friday was actually my first time of actually ‘hanging out’ there for an extended period of time and it was enjoyable, though suspiciously warm for some reason. I’m thinking old building… steam boiler… as a result, kind of old and stinky but it’s a BASEMENT, so who are we kidding?
I’m also guessing the bathrooms were nothing too enjoyable, though I didn’t have the pleasure.

This place smells like rotten crotch. Stuck deep down in the bowels of Omaha’s downtown, this place hasn’t had an airing since Sputnik.
The bathroom smelled like barf and feces (and not in the good way).
On the plus side, it is in downtown Omaha and it has Irish music.
But c’mon owners of the Dubliner — spray some Febreeze or something thru this place.

The Dubliner is probably the best Irish Pub in town. Like Benjamin states, it doesn’t try to be like the cookie cutter Irish pubs that you find out west. It’s a terrific place to go to for music and a few drinks. They have a pretty decent selection of beer on tap. As a bonus, I was here on Friday night and didn’t get charged a cover.

Pros: Fun atmosphere, good live music
Cons: Always a cover charge, drinks aren’t the cheapest, LOUD
The Dubliner is one of my favorite bars back in Omaha. To be honest, I’m not a fan of many of the bars in Omaha. They are either too dumpy or try way too hard to be trendy and look like stupid copy cats of NYC and LA places. However, the Dub is always a good time. The cover charge is a bit annoying, and seems to ALWAYS be there, even when there isn’t live music. The Guinness is probably the best in Omaha, but it’s either here or Brazen Head for a decent one in this town. I do enjoy the music and the festive atmosphere always ends up with my friends and I having a great time. However, this bar is so LOUD. You can’t hear anything. Don’t come here if you want to talk with friends. Come here if you want to pound beers, sing along to the music in your drunken stupor, and maybe pick up a lass or two while you’re at it. This place and Upstream are where I hang when I come home.