The Dubliner Irish Pub

The food and the music here is good.

The Dubliner is a great place to just come and hang out with friends and hear good live music.

When you walk in, you will notice that the clientele tends to skew a little younger, but the bar itself is still fun.

They have a great beer selection, so you'll be sure to find a brew that you like.

I like that in the midst of all the traditional South Tampa bars you have this gem that strays away from the norm, but always deliver good times.

B. Major Grade:  A+

This bar used to be cool but now it's a shell of its former self. The bar staff are nice but slow so you can never get a stale beer and their selection is less than thrilling. The establishment has always been a dive but now I feel any wrong step could be a step through their rotting floors. The bathrooms wreak. The live music used to be unbelievable but has taken a huge step backwards too. Nobody wants to hear a douche bag butcher great songs and play wagon wheel 6 times a night and talk like he's gonna be famous (don't make me laugh!). I would recommend passing on this place.

The Dub gets four stars just for the fact that its a "get away" in SOHO... for the most part. be sure to make it to the bottom of the review, or read it backwards. Whatever.

Beer selection is decent.  I am pretty sure they have wine, but if you are a wino, you are definitely in the wrong place.  The Dub is pretty empty on weekday nights and flooded on Friday's and Saturdays. They have small TVs, so not that great for a sports go-to.

Now the good stuff -

In a neighborhood full of money, the Dubliner provides a nice get away.  Extremely friendly, laid back bartenders make it all worth it.  The red-haired bartender would make it worth your while by himself with amazingly quirky dirty humor. They make you feel hell of welcome in a neighborhood where if flooded with the most commonly normal people would make them fell out-casted. Indoor seating, huge patio, decor is to the tee, not too perfect - what one expects of a pub. Live music on weekends is always found.

Pizza is great - steak and Gorgonzola cheese all the way.  Ask for the BOSS BURGER - a little off-the-menu secret goat cheese stuffed burger served with sweet potato fries with cinnamon and honey. Their regular burger could easily compete as the best in Tampa. Definitely stick to these things on the menu.  

Definitely go by. You wont regret it.