Design
Take Three: Design-led hotel bars
The humble hotel bar has levelled up, with major investments in design and theme paying dividends. We select three of the most impressive Irish hotel watering holes
The Sidecar at The Westbury, Balfe Street, Dublin
There was one hotel bar everyone wanted access to over the Christmas period, producing lengthy queues and inevitable disappointments. The Westbury’s Sidecar Bar continues to dazzle in the capital, with kickass cocktails an Art Deco-themed environment that always seems to lead to half a glass more.
Trading on the gilded glamour of the 1920s, the bar design features a polished marble floor, black lacquered walls and bevelled ...
