Santa Claus Lounge
Basement hangout place that offers free: darts, pool table and fooseball. This bar is popular with foreigners, especially international KAIST students.
The Shisha House
The Shisha House is one of only a handful of bars in Daejeon that carry draft imported beer. The bar is owned by a French expatriate, and is typically very popular for shisha smokers and shisha newcomers due to a wide range of shisha strengths. 10,000 won for a shisha, 6,000 won for a Big Rock beer.
Sponge
Western style drinks and imported bottles along with 2 dart boards and free pool. It is one of the largest bars in Daejeon and is frequented by expats, locals and travellers.
Yellow Taxi
Yellow Taxi is the newest western bar in Daejeon. It is very large, with enough space to dance in, and has lots of tables to sit and enjoy company. They serve drinks and food. They also have 2 dart boards and a pool table. They have live music; rock, funk, blues, electronic almost every weekend.
Ethnic Bar
An alternative shisha bar located downstairs in Dunsan. Entrance is a little stairwell amongst all the izakayas by GS25. A little less selection on the smoking front, but beautifully decorated with a fake stream in the middle. Music caters more to dates on weeknights and group sessions on weekends.
Cocoon
Dance club that plays a mix of hip hop, house, and K-pop.
There are two major "downtown" areas for drinking in Daejeon. One is in new-town in Dunsan-dong, opposite the Timeworld Galleria shopping complex, and a short walk from Government Complex Daejeon subway station. The second is in the city centre of old Daejeon, down by Jungangno subway station.
In addition, two further large drinking quarters exist in Yuseong and around Chungnam University as well as opposite Seodaejeon Korail station. Smaller areas of bars naturally exist beside each of Daejeon's universities, such as Hannam in the far East and Woosong in the far south.
After Hours
Dance club that exclusively plays house and tries to cater to a more mature and upscale clientele.