This premises was under construction for so long that I wasn't sure if it was ever going to open - construction began in 2014, and the premises were marked up as 'opening soon' when I visited the nearby 1004917 Lemon & Duke in 2018. Not having opened by early 2020 meant it then got pushed out even further, and it finally opened in November 2022. Once open it was often closed when I went past - possibly related to going through the SCARP process (a lesser financial restructuring than examinership, to over-simplify) at the time.
But it was finally open when I went past last time.
The ground floor bar was empty, with the staff guiding you to the lifts to the rooftop bar - I suspect you could get served in the ground floor bar also; but the rooftop bar is more appealing anyway.
The bar area here isn't massive, with a small-ish area inside and an even smaller outdoor area wrapping around, which was pretty close to full on what was a nice day. Other floors have a cocktail bar and a restaurant.
The building itself isn't massive, taking up some of what was once the Creation Arcade - the postal address on its licence is still down as Creation Arcade as it happens - a very early indoor shopping mall noted for its fashion retailers.
There is something oddly appealing about being in a rooftop bar that is primarily accessed by lifts - you hear the arrival ding and can look as the doors sweep open to see who is joining the crowd in the bar. It was primarily staff members, rather than additional patrons; but the bar did begin to get fairly full before I left.
This is an interesting addition to the venues of Dublin, although it could benefit from being a little bit larger on each floor - not something actually possible with the site, though!
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