Guidebook for Dublin
Drinks & Nightlife
The best pub for Irish music in Dublin! 7 days a week - suggest you get there before 7 pm to have a spot beside the musicians!
296 locals recommend
The Cobblestone
77 King St NThe best pub for Irish music in Dublin! 7 days a week - suggest you get there before 7 pm to have a spot beside the musicians!
Great local bar for wonderful Guinness (one of the best in Dublin!), nice toasties, free WIFI, friendly service and a nice beer garden! An early house - so opens Monday - Saturday at 7 am!
8 locals recommend
Delaney's
83 King Street NorthGreat local bar for wonderful Guinness (one of the best in Dublin!), nice toasties, free WIFI, friendly service and a nice beer garden! An early house - so opens Monday - Saturday at 7 am!
good bar in the city centre - good guinness, no pretensions away from the maddening crowds outside!
8 locals recommend
Brogan's Bar
75 Dame Stgood bar in the city centre - good guinness, no pretensions away from the maddening crowds outside!
Good and frequented by all, local 'country pub' in Dublin city centre! Have a pre/post-dinner drink enjoying the great steak and million dollar fries at the Bear Restaurant, opposite!
26 locals recommend
Peter's Pub
1 Johnson PlaceGood and frequented by all, local 'country pub' in Dublin city centre! Have a pre/post-dinner drink enjoying the great steak and million dollar fries at the Bear Restaurant, opposite!
Woolshed Baa & Grill
198-200 Parnell Stgreat Aussie sports bar - good food too!
Food Scene
Good spot for the carnivores among you! Great ribs especially - Mon - Thurs good lunchtime deal!
60 locals recommend
My Meat Wagon
Good spot for the carnivores among you! Great ribs especially - Mon - Thurs good lunchtime deal!
Great mediterranean restaurant - good food, wifi, friendly service and open from 3 pm - midnight - bring your own drink also - no extra charge! You will enjoy the reasonable prices too!
8 locals recommend
Cafe Oasis
54 King St NGreat mediterranean restaurant - good food, wifi, friendly service and open from 3 pm - midnight - bring your own drink also - no extra charge! You will enjoy the reasonable prices too!
Nice cafe / restaurant, good fresh food, great Irish breakfast, good place to chill and use the free wifi! Opens 7 days a week 7.30 am - 7 pm Mon - Fri, 9.30 am - 5 pm Sat and 10 am - 4 pm Sun
97 locals recommend
Third Space Smithfield
Nice cafe / restaurant, good fresh food, great Irish breakfast, good place to chill and use the free wifi! Opens 7 days a week 7.30 am - 7 pm Mon - Fri, 9.30 am - 5 pm Sat and 10 am - 4 pm Sun
Good gastro bar for tasty food and craft beers from all over the world!
88 locals recommend
The Black Sheep
61 Capel StGood gastro bar for tasty food and craft beers from all over the world!
great mix of ten different ethnic kitchens offering good value and comfortable dining - there is something here to suit everyone - great place to people watch also!
8 locals recommend
Food Hall
49 Middle Abbey Stgreat mix of ten different ethnic kitchens offering good value and comfortable dining - there is something here to suit everyone - great place to people watch also!
Great eatery - offering a lovely range of nice dishes for both lunch or dinner - recommended!
128 locals recommend
Wuff
23 Benburb StGreat eatery - offering a lovely range of nice dishes for both lunch or dinner - recommended!
Great bar and restaurant - offering really nice food - best bet to book a table for Friday or Saturday night though! enjoy!!
131 locals recommend
L. Mulligan Grocer
18 StoneybatterGreat bar and restaurant - offering really nice food - best bet to book a table for Friday or Saturday night though! enjoy!!
Great indian take away restaurant - their food is just heavenly and not very expensive either - high quality!
13 locals recommend
Namaste India
88 King St NGreat indian take away restaurant - their food is just heavenly and not very expensive either - high quality!
Great cafe - good for breakfast, lunch or a quick snack - yummy yummy food!
207 locals recommend
Brother Hubbard (North)
153 Capel StGreat cafe - good for breakfast, lunch or a quick snack - yummy yummy food!
Wing's Gourmet Burger
46-49 O'Connell Street UpperGreat burgers - good ten euro deal!
Sightseeing
If you appreciate a good whiskey you will enjoy the Jameson Distillery tour! book your tickets in advance on the morning - later tours get booked out!
485 locals recommend
Jameson Distillery Bow St.
Bow StreetIf you appreciate a good whiskey you will enjoy the Jameson Distillery tour! book your tickets in advance on the morning - later tours get booked out!
Specialises in decorative art of recent centuries plus a really interesting permanent and extensive military history exhibition - Soldiers and Chiefs! Free!!
166 locals recommend
National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History
Benburb StreetSpecialises in decorative art of recent centuries plus a really interesting permanent and extensive military history exhibition - Soldiers and Chiefs! Free!!
Really interesting historic jail, open 1796 - 1924, telling the recent history of Ireland's struggle for freedom - very worthwhile visit - adm - 6 euro or 2 euro for students!
568 locals recommend
Kilmainham Gaol Museum
Inchicore RoadReally interesting historic jail, open 1796 - 1924, telling the recent history of Ireland's struggle for freedom - very worthwhile visit - adm - 6 euro or 2 euro for students!
Dublin Castle, for centuries the centre of English administration in Ireland is well worth a visit - the grounds are free and recommended. Make sure you also visit the Chester Beatty Library within!
403 locals recommend
Dublin Castle
Dame StreetDublin Castle, for centuries the centre of English administration in Ireland is well worth a visit - the grounds are free and recommended. Make sure you also visit the Chester Beatty Library within!
Wonderful free library/museum - full of interesting art, books & artefacts collected by Chester Beatty - won European Museum of the Year 2013 - nice balcony, lovely courtyard/garden - very photogenic!
161 locals recommend
Chester Beatty
Wonderful free library/museum - full of interesting art, books & artefacts collected by Chester Beatty - won European Museum of the Year 2013 - nice balcony, lovely courtyard/garden - very photogenic!
Wonderful campus dating back to 1592 with great walks, lawns, statues, oozing with history and academia, not to mention the Book of Kells - you must walk through Trinity whatever else you do!
629 locals recommend
Trinity College
Wonderful campus dating back to 1592 with great walks, lawns, statues, oozing with history and academia, not to mention the Book of Kells - you must walk through Trinity whatever else you do!
Well worth a visit to discover more about Yeats, Joyce and a whole host of other Dublin writers and poets!
58 locals recommend
Dublin Writers Museum
18 Parnell Square NWell worth a visit to discover more about Yeats, Joyce and a whole host of other Dublin writers and poets!
Former centre for education of barristers - now also houses the Registry of Deeds and the lovely Kings Inn Park - opens onto the very historic Henrietta Street home of lords, ladies and tenaments!
King's Inns
Henrietta StreetFormer centre for education of barristers - now also houses the Registry of Deeds and the lovely Kings Inn Park - opens onto the very historic Henrietta Street home of lords, ladies and tenaments!
Europe's largest urban park is a great place for a long walk, cycle or run with Dublin Zoo, Aras an Uactharan, Farmleigh House and many deer and wild life - a lovely place for a morning or afternoon !
1242 locals recommend
Phoenix Park
Europe's largest urban park is a great place for a long walk, cycle or run with Dublin Zoo, Aras an Uactharan, Farmleigh House and many deer and wild life - a lovely place for a morning or afternoon !
The home of Guinness since 1759, come here to learn how Guinness is made, poured and drank from the numerous bars including the great views from the Gravity Bar on the 7th floor!
950 locals recommend
Guinness Storehouse
The home of Guinness since 1759, come here to learn how Guinness is made, poured and drank from the numerous bars including the great views from the Gravity Bar on the 7th floor!
Wonderful gardens, cafe with scrumptious food and victorian greenhouse - great place to explore the beauty of nature - free admission - take the 83 bus across the street to it's entrance!
242 locals recommend
Botanic Gardens, stop 151 station
Wonderful gardens, cafe with scrumptious food and victorian greenhouse - great place to explore the beauty of nature - free admission - take the 83 bus across the street to it's entrance!
Wonderful ancient church, still a functioning anglican centre of worship with its own famous collection of mummies!
36 locals recommend
St. Michan's Church
Church StreetWonderful ancient church, still a functioning anglican centre of worship with its own famous collection of mummies!
Sited in the heart of the walled medieval city, St Audoen's Church is the only remaining medieval parish church in Dublin and has been wonderfully restored with many historic exhibitions - FREE!!
9 locals recommend
St. Audoen's Catholic Church
Sited in the heart of the walled medieval city, St Audoen's Church is the only remaining medieval parish church in Dublin and has been wonderfully restored with many historic exhibitions - FREE!!
wonderful interactive Viking exhibition telling the story of their arrival and life in Ireland - great for child and adult alike!
148 locals recommend
Dublinia
wonderful interactive Viking exhibition telling the story of their arrival and life in Ireland - great for child and adult alike!
beautiful gardens in the heart of Dublin - free admission, great place to chill and wander, enjoy nature & colourful gardens in a park originally gifted by the Guinness family to the people of Dublin!
720 locals recommend
St Stephens Green
Saint Stephen's Greenbeautiful gardens in the heart of Dublin - free admission, great place to chill and wander, enjoy nature & colourful gardens in a park originally gifted by the Guinness family to the people of Dublin!
pre-reformation Cathedral, now anglican, hosting many historical references to the English conquest of Ireland, yet in a very prayerful and spirit arousing building! Try to come for sung Evensong!
391 locals recommend
St Patrick's Cathedral
Saint Patrick's Closepre-reformation Cathedral, now anglican, hosting many historical references to the English conquest of Ireland, yet in a very prayerful and spirit arousing building! Try to come for sung Evensong!
Once containing the city homes of the Lords and Bishops, prior to the Act of Union, the street underwent a metamorphosis to become the homes of scores of poor Dublin families in its tenements!
Henrietta St
Once containing the city homes of the Lords and Bishops, prior to the Act of Union, the street underwent a metamorphosis to become the homes of scores of poor Dublin families in its tenements!
now housing the Modern Art Museum, the gardens of the former Royal Hospital Kilmainham are very beautiful and well worth a visit especially if you are going to the nearby jail and Guinness Storehouse!
53 locals recommend
Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Dublin 8 Military Rdnow housing the Modern Art Museum, the gardens of the former Royal Hospital Kilmainham are very beautiful and well worth a visit especially if you are going to the nearby jail and Guinness Storehouse!
Wonderful new architectural paradise with offices, monuments, a lovely new theatre, 'Bord Gais Energy Theater' and water way - enjoy great people watching on its many terraced restaurants and cafes!
118 locals recommend
Grand Canal Dock
Wonderful new architectural paradise with offices, monuments, a lovely new theatre, 'Bord Gais Energy Theater' and water way - enjoy great people watching on its many terraced restaurants and cafes!
great walks along the banks of the Liffey, many restaurants, cafes, shopping options and the Jeanie Johnson Famine Replica Ship among other attractions - in the backdrop of Dublin's Financial Centre!
8 locals recommend
Docklands station
Sheriff Street Uppergreat walks along the banks of the Liffey, many restaurants, cafes, shopping options and the Jeanie Johnson Famine Replica Ship among other attractions - in the backdrop of Dublin's Financial Centre!
Shopping
Good quality supermarket offering everything you would need plus a nice Insomnia Cafe, ATM and in-store Delicatessen! Opens 7.00 - 22.00 Mon - Sat and Sun 08.00 - 22.00
66 locals recommend
Fresh
SmithfieldGood quality supermarket offering everything you would need plus a nice Insomnia Cafe, ATM and in-store Delicatessen! Opens 7.00 - 22.00 Mon - Sat and Sun 08.00 - 22.00
Europe's first purpose-built shopping arcade - visit the wonderful victorian shoppers mecca with it's many interesting stores, cafes and eclectic selection of goods and souvenirs! Well worth a visit!
73 locals recommend
George's Street Arcade
George's Street ArcadeEurope's first purpose-built shopping arcade - visit the wonderful victorian shoppers mecca with it's many interesting stores, cafes and eclectic selection of goods and souvenirs! Well worth a visit!
Great pedestrianised shopping street on the north of the Liffey, a shopper's paradise - home to Arnott's Department store, check out the many cafes and other stores on the surrounding streets!
239 locals recommend
Henry Street
2-4 Henry StGreat pedestrianised shopping street on the north of the Liffey, a shopper's paradise - home to Arnott's Department store, check out the many cafes and other stores on the surrounding streets!
A wonderful pedestrianised shopper's paradise on Dublin's south side - great array of shops, bars, cafe and restaurants on its side streets!
373 locals recommend
Grafton St. station
2 Grafton StreetA wonderful pedestrianised shopper's paradise on Dublin's south side - great array of shops, bars, cafe and restaurants on its side streets!
Arts & Culture
Cultural and hospitality district of Dublin - famed for it's great bars, restaurants and cultural exhibitions! Check out the Farmers' Market here on a Sat & its differing sides by day and by night!
290 locals recommend
Temple Bar Hotel
13-17 Fleet StCultural and hospitality district of Dublin - famed for it's great bars, restaurants and cultural exhibitions! Check out the Farmers' Market here on a Sat & its differing sides by day and by night!
Cineworld Cinema
Parnell Streetfor all the movie new releases - 17 screens in total!