The Clarendon

I almost feel like not sharing this one, but there's a great little bar on the very top floor of the Clarendon (on, you guessed it, Clarendon St., off Grafton St). Lots of people will have been to the ground floor and first floor bars, but not everyone goes up the 4 more flights.

No good for the single girls (who evacuated after a respectable period of time last night) as there's no single traffic- that all happens on the ground floor and the tables outside- but very mellow, very airy and very pleasant staff.

Also, smokers have 6 flights of stairs to contend with. That'll test the lung capacity.

They do really good food at the Clarendon, but not on Fridays (dammit!).
Mao is right next door for good asian mish mash and Chatham Brasserie is near enough with designer burgers and wings, and it's fairly easy to get a table at either.
And there's always The Steps of Rome across the road for a slice of pizza.......