Guidebook for Dublin
Food Scene
Bibi's Café
14A Emorville AveGreat, chic place for breakfast with outside tables.
Like a small piece of Berlin or Brooklyn that's dropped out of the sky onto a street corner in the Liberties. Great coffee, delicious and healthy food, no shortage of beards and horn-rimmed spectacles
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The Fumbally
Fumbally LaneLike a small piece of Berlin or Brooklyn that's dropped out of the sky onto a street corner in the Liberties. Great coffee, delicious and healthy food, no shortage of beards and horn-rimmed spectacles
REALLY good, surprisingly affordable food for a formerly Michelin-starred restaurant. Right around the corner, with lovely views over the leafy Grand Canal.
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Locks Restaurant - Fine Dining Restaurant Dublin
REALLY good, surprisingly affordable food for a formerly Michelin-starred restaurant. Right around the corner, with lovely views over the leafy Grand Canal.
Very tasty, good value Indian food just around the corner. They also deliver.
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Konkan Indian Restaurant Clanbrassil Street
46 Clanbrassil Street UpperVery tasty, good value Indian food just around the corner. They also deliver.
Wonderful cakes and much more, served in miss-matched crockery in a leafy oasis just off the bustle of Camden Street
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The Cake Cafe
8 Pleasants PlWonderful cakes and much more, served in miss-matched crockery in a leafy oasis just off the bustle of Camden Street
Authentic, affordable and very tasty Lebanese food, with hookahs outside if you like that kind of thing.
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Rotana Cafe Lebanese Restaurant
31 Richmond St SAuthentic, affordable and very tasty Lebanese food, with hookahs outside if you like that kind of thing.
Great, reasonably priced and inventive food in a nice space with seats outside both front and back.
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Noshington Café
186 S Circular RdGreat, reasonably priced and inventive food in a nice space with seats outside both front and back.
Bewildering array of hippy teas, served in vaguely Oriental-looking contraptions. Good music, friendly staff, decent food and free wifi - a good place to while away an hour or two.
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Wall & Keogh Superior Teas
45 Richmond St SBewildering array of hippy teas, served in vaguely Oriental-looking contraptions. Good music, friendly staff, decent food and free wifi - a good place to while away an hour or two.
Buzzy tapas place with delicious food. Be prepared to wait for a table, it's worth it.
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Las Tapas De Lola
12 Wexford StBuzzy tapas place with delicious food. Be prepared to wait for a table, it's worth it.
Really good Mediterranean cafe in the ground floor of the Chester Beatty Oriental library in Dublin Castle.
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Silk Road Cafe
Castle StreetReally good Mediterranean cafe in the ground floor of the Chester Beatty Oriental library in Dublin Castle.
The best burgers in Dublin, bar none. They bake their own brioche-like burger buns.
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Bunsen Wexford Street
36 Wexford StThe best burgers in Dublin, bar none. They bake their own brioche-like burger buns.
Great, affordable food (mains are usually €10) in a bright and buzzy setting.
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Green 19
19 Camden Street LowerGreat, affordable food (mains are usually €10) in a bright and buzzy setting.
Camden Kitchen
3A Grantham StUpmarket food in a stylish room.
Irish cuisine doesn't really exist ( bacon & cabbage is our national dish), but this place comes close to it with imaginative dishes from the best of locally-sourced food. Not cheap, but worth it.
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The Winding Stair
40 Ormond Quay LowerIrish cuisine doesn't really exist ( bacon & cabbage is our national dish), but this place comes close to it with imaginative dishes from the best of locally-sourced food. Not cheap, but worth it.
Antoinette's Bakery
Great new bakery, with 100% gluten-free cakes and bread.
Great pub with excellent, inventive food, around the corner from The Lighthouse, Dublin's best cinema.
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Mulligan's Stoneybatter
Great pub with excellent, inventive food, around the corner from The Lighthouse, Dublin's best cinema.
New to the area, very good quality Lebanese restaurant with all kinds of delicious Middle Eastern food.
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Damascus Gate Restaurant
10 Camden Street UpperNew to the area, very good quality Lebanese restaurant with all kinds of delicious Middle Eastern food.
Made in County Kerry, this is the best ice-cream in Ireland, with an ever-changing list of flavours ( currently including oatmeal, sea salt and er, gin. Can't vouch for the gin) Open till 23:00.
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Murphys Ice Cream
27 Wicklow StMade in County Kerry, this is the best ice-cream in Ireland, with an ever-changing list of flavours ( currently including oatmeal, sea salt and er, gin. Can't vouch for the gin) Open till 23:00.
Home of the best sandwich in Dublin, and much more besides - great coffee, inventive food - a popular addition to the area
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Brother Hubbard (South)
46 Harrington StHome of the best sandwich in Dublin, and much more besides - great coffee, inventive food - a popular addition to the area
Really good coffee- and if you're lucky a space on the bench outside to drink it on, while watching the world go by
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Kaph
31 Drury StReally good coffee- and if you're lucky a space on the bench outside to drink it on, while watching the world go by
Healthy, Mediterranean- inflected food with daily specials and outside tables.
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Coppinger Row
1 Coppinger RowHealthy, Mediterranean- inflected food with daily specials and outside tables.
Recently celebrated by the Irish Times food critic with a rare 9.5 rating, one of the best restaurants in Dublin. Advance booking required.
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Bastible
111 S Circular RdRecently celebrated by the Irish Times food critic with a rare 9.5 rating, one of the best restaurants in Dublin. Advance booking required.
A favorite - high quality French bistro, in a warm, dark wood-panelled room.
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L'Gueuleton
1 Fade StA favorite - high quality French bistro, in a warm, dark wood-panelled room.
New coffee'n'yoga place - so far I can vouch for the coffee and granola, and I hear the yoga is good too...
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Little Bird, coffee & yoga
82 S Circular RdNew coffee'n'yoga place - so far I can vouch for the coffee and granola, and I hear the yoga is good too...
The most beautiful dining room in Dublin, with great food and smart service. Try for the window booth. They've justed added a very civilized cocktail bar upstairs.
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Delahunt
39 Camden Street LowerThe most beautiful dining room in Dublin, with great food and smart service. Try for the window booth. They've justed added a very civilized cocktail bar upstairs.
Probably the best Italian place in town - try the squid-ink pasta with seafood.
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Dunne & Crescenzi
11 Seafort AveProbably the best Italian place in town - try the squid-ink pasta with seafood.
New to the area - a modern, inventive take on Indian food. Not particularly cheap but very tasty indeed.
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Pickle Restaurant
43 Camden Street LowerNew to the area - a modern, inventive take on Indian food. Not particularly cheap but very tasty indeed.
Food is a cut above the usual brunch fare, with healthy, original dishes made from local ingredients by Fink, a delightful artist/chef. Coffee lovers are in good hands here with the cafe being run by Brian O' Keeffe, the 2015 Irish Brewers Cup Champion.
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Meet Me in the Morning
49 Pleasants StreetFood is a cut above the usual brunch fare, with healthy, original dishes made from local ingredients by Fink, a delightful artist/chef. Coffee lovers are in good hands here with the cafe being run by Brian O' Keeffe, the 2015 Irish Brewers Cup Champion.
Dublin has been having a serious coffee moment for the last while, with the World barista championships taking place here amongst other events. They tell me the water in Dublin is conducive to making really great coffee, and who am I to argue? In a town that has only recently been over-run by boutique coffee-houses, this is one of the best.
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Clement & Pekoe
50 William St SDublin has been having a serious coffee moment for the last while, with the World barista championships taking place here amongst other events. They tell me the water in Dublin is conducive to making really great coffee, and who am I to argue? In a town that has only recently been over-run by boutique coffee-houses, this is one of the best.
Just when we thought Portobello had absolutely everything the heart desires, along came G&G with their wood fired oven and Emmental cheese helping to make the best pizza in Dublin. They also bake fantastic sourdough bread and pastries in the morning. An instant success, get there early before they run out of pizza dough (or do as I do, ring in an order and nip round to collect)
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Gaillot et Gray
59 Clanbrassil Street LowerJust when we thought Portobello had absolutely everything the heart desires, along came G&G with their wood fired oven and Emmental cheese helping to make the best pizza in Dublin. They also bake fantastic sourdough bread and pastries in the morning. An instant success, get there early before they run out of pizza dough (or do as I do, ring in an order and nip round to collect)
My current favourite local restaurant ( also won best neighbourhood restaurant of 2016 in the Irish Times). Great food, terrific service, lovely cosy room.
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Richmond
43 Richmond St SMy current favourite local restaurant ( also won best neighbourhood restaurant of 2016 in the Irish Times). Great food, terrific service, lovely cosy room.
This place is a once-off, a tiny cafe serving daily specials, mainly Italian and Mediterranean influenced. A complete labour of love by the couple who run it, with remarkably good food.
Assassination Custard
19A Kevin Street LowerThis place is a once-off, a tiny cafe serving daily specials, mainly Italian and Mediterranean influenced. A complete labour of love by the couple who run it, with remarkably good food.
Well-stocked butchers and deli, with fresh fish, vegetables and lots of fine foods (they have Taleggio!)
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Ennis Butchers
463 S Circular RdWell-stocked butchers and deli, with fresh fish, vegetables and lots of fine foods (they have Taleggio!)
The best Nepalese take-away in Dublin - don't bother with the standard Indian & Japanese offerings, go for the tasting menu and/or the MO:MO (dumplings)
Three Monks Asian Street Food
The best Nepalese take-away in Dublin - don't bother with the standard Indian & Japanese offerings, go for the tasting menu and/or the MO:MO (dumplings)
Basically a fairly posh, outdoors food court - good selection of food trucks, with vegan options. The Dahl is very good. Gets pretty crowded later in the evening.
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Eatyard
Basically a fairly posh, outdoors food court - good selection of food trucks, with vegan options. The Dahl is very good. Gets pretty crowded later in the evening.
Great pizza from a hole-in-the-wall outfit. Try the black garlic & truffle aioli. They deliver.
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Dublin Pizza Company
2 Aungier StGreat pizza from a hole-in-the-wall outfit. Try the black garlic & truffle aioli. They deliver.
Don't be put off by what is currently the worst terrace in Dublin ( it's in the middle of roadworks) this is one of the best places for a really good coffee and a tasty, inventive breakfast. Great service as well.
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Two Pups
74 Francis StDon't be put off by what is currently the worst terrace in Dublin ( it's in the middle of roadworks) this is one of the best places for a really good coffee and a tasty, inventive breakfast. Great service as well.
Fantastic pizza (with emmental cheese) and fresh baked sourdough that people queue up for every morning, served bu a lovely Franco/Irish couple
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Gaillot et Gray
59 Clanbrassil Street LowerFantastic pizza (with emmental cheese) and fresh baked sourdough that people queue up for every morning, served bu a lovely Franco/Irish couple
TriBeCa
65 RanelaghBest spicy chicken wings in town
New addition - more spacious than the city centre branch, and with more eat-in food options
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Fallon & Byrne - Rathmines
New addition - more spacious than the city centre branch, and with more eat-in food options
Lovely place, run by champion barista Ger, and now open some weekday evenings as well
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First Draft Coffee & Wine
34 Lennox StLovely place, run by champion barista Ger, and now open some weekday evenings as well
Arts & Culture
Fascinating museum about Jewish Ireland, just around the corner in the middle of Portobello, which was once known as "Little Jerusalem".
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Irish Jewish Museum
3 Walworth RdFascinating museum about Jewish Ireland, just around the corner in the middle of Portobello, which was once known as "Little Jerusalem".
Unmissable, small museum packed to the gills with memorabilia and art. A museum run by people who are passionate about Dublin, as everyone should be. They have some of my photographs in the exhibit.
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The Little Museum of Dublin
15 St Stephen's GreenUnmissable, small museum packed to the gills with memorabilia and art. A museum run by people who are passionate about Dublin, as everyone should be. They have some of my photographs in the exhibit.
It is itself a museum of museums - an unchanged Victorian cabinet of curiosities, known by generations of Dublin schoolkids as 'The Dead Zoo'. Check out the orang-utan on the first floor, stuffed by taxidermists in the 19th century who'd never even seen a picture of one.
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National Museum of Ireland
Merrion Street UpperIt is itself a museum of museums - an unchanged Victorian cabinet of curiosities, known by generations of Dublin schoolkids as 'The Dead Zoo'. Check out the orang-utan on the first floor, stuffed by taxidermists in the 19th century who'd never even seen a picture of one.
Unmissable mix of science and art, with events and new exhibitions every three months.
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Science Gallery Dublin
Pearse StreetUnmissable mix of science and art, with events and new exhibitions every three months.
Rotating exhibitions of contemporary and classical art, with an unmissable Summer show every year. Nice cafe as well
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RHA Gallery (Royal Hibernian Academy)
15 Ely PlRotating exhibitions of contemporary and classical art, with an unmissable Summer show every year. Nice cafe as well
Drinks & Nightlife
Interesting, alternative pub with great street art outside ( a well known graffiti artist has a studio upstairs). They have events and markets out the back sometimes. Good lunch as well.
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The Bernard Shaw
Interesting, alternative pub with great street art outside ( a well known graffiti artist has a studio upstairs). They have events and markets out the back sometimes. Good lunch as well.
A mainstay of the Dublin music scene, with gigs by local heroes and visiting stars
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Whelan's
25 Wexford StA mainstay of the Dublin music scene, with gigs by local heroes and visiting stars
A good mix of old Dublin pub with new craft beers and an interesting food menu. Cosy and comfortable.
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57 The Headline
56-57 Clanbrassil Street LowerA good mix of old Dublin pub with new craft beers and an interesting food menu. Cosy and comfortable.
A lovely old Dublin pub, far better than the inauthentic superpubs in nearby Temple Bar.
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The Stags Head
1 Dame CtA lovely old Dublin pub, far better than the inauthentic superpubs in nearby Temple Bar.
Good place to have an outside drink on the banks of the canal
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The Barge Gastro Bar
42 Sráid CharlemontGood place to have an outside drink on the banks of the canal
A proper Dublin "old man" pub, great for traditional Irish music sessions. Also featured in the film "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold", which used Smithfield as a location for Checkpoint Charlie.
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The Cobblestone
77 King St NA proper Dublin "old man" pub, great for traditional Irish music sessions. Also featured in the film "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold", which used Smithfield as a location for Checkpoint Charlie.
Home to generations of vinegary bohemians, this place at the back of the Powerscourt centre also offers some of the best people-watching in Dublin. Great toasted sandwiches too.
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Grogan's Castle Lounge
15 William St SHome to generations of vinegary bohemians, this place at the back of the Powerscourt centre also offers some of the best people-watching in Dublin. Great toasted sandwiches too.
Nice, hipstery refit of a traditional bar, with regular, interesting spoken-word events and the like.
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MVP
29 Clanbrassil Street UpperNice, hipstery refit of a traditional bar, with regular, interesting spoken-word events and the like.
The J stands for Jeremiah. Whiskey specialists, established in 1832.
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J. O'Connell
29 Richmond St SThe J stands for Jeremiah. Whiskey specialists, established in 1832.
Mother Reilly's Bar & Restaurant
32 Rathmines Rd UpperPub quiz every Tuesday
The Bar With No Name
3 Fade StUpstairs bar that plays good music
The Chelsea Drugstore
25 South Great George's StreetSlightly pricier drinks but a good atmosphere
Essentials
Great, reasonably-priced deli, wine, and grocery store on Camden Street. You can pick up some fresh, cheap fruit and veg from the street traders right outside the door.
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Listons Food Store
25 Lower Camden PlGreat, reasonably-priced deli, wine, and grocery store on Camden Street. You can pick up some fresh, cheap fruit and veg from the street traders right outside the door.
Becoming a Dublin institution, F&B has three floors of foodie delights, from a wine cellar to a posh restaurant on the first floor, with a bustling cafe and great deli in the middle.
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Fallon & Byrne, Food Hall
11-17 Exchequer StBecoming a Dublin institution, F&B has three floors of foodie delights, from a wine cellar to a posh restaurant on the first floor, with a bustling cafe and great deli in the middle.
Cheap, not particularly cheerful but has all the basics. Open till 11.
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Tesco Express
Cheap, not particularly cheerful but has all the basics. Open till 11.
South Circular Late Night Pharmacy
80 S Circular RdThe closest late night pharmacy, open till 22:00
Entertainment & Activities
Swan Leisure
161 Rathmines Rd LowerNewly-built leisure centre with a great pool
The best cinema in Dublin, beautifully designed with great facilities. Offers a mix of art-house films and mainstream movies.
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Light House Cinema
Market Street SouthThe best cinema in Dublin, beautifully designed with great facilities. Offers a mix of art-house films and mainstream movies.
Closest cinema to the house - blockbusters, some art-house, mid-sized IMAX screen
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Omniplex Cinema Rathmines
210 Rathmines Rd LowerClosest cinema to the house - blockbusters, some art-house, mid-sized IMAX screen
Parks & Nature
Beautiful, almost secret garden right in the centre of town. The sunken field to the left of the main entrance was once an archery range for students from University College.
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Iveagh Gardens
Saint Stephen's GreenBeautiful, almost secret garden right in the centre of town. The sunken field to the left of the main entrance was once an archery range for students from University College.
Often overlooked in favour of the nearby Phoenix park, this is a beautiful riverside park featuring a classical Garden of Remembrance memorial by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
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Irish National War Memorial Gardens
Island BridgeOften overlooked in favour of the nearby Phoenix park, this is a beautiful riverside park featuring a classical Garden of Remembrance memorial by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Getting Around
Hertz Car Hire
151 S Circular Rd