Guidebook for Dublin
Drinks & Nightlife
The Back Page
199 Phibsborough RdGreat Pizza and Craft Beer
Brian Boru
5 Prospect RdGreat traditional pub - with good Guinness
The Hut
159 Phibsborough RdOld School Dublin Pub - small and local
More popularly known as The Gravediggers this is a Dublin institution. Proper spit and sawdust pub!
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John Kavanagh The Gravediggers
1 Prospect SquareMore popularly known as The Gravediggers this is a Dublin institution. Proper spit and sawdust pub!
Really popular bar with good food and a good selection of beers. No Guinness though!
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L. Mulligan Grocer
18 StoneybatterReally popular bar with good food and a good selection of beers. No Guinness though!
Great traditional pub with a real reputation for live Irish music - not touristy - the real deal!
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The Cobblestone
77 King St NGreat traditional pub with a real reputation for live Irish music - not touristy - the real deal!
The perfect place for a pint after a walk in Phoenix Park - serves great food and has an outside seating area for in the summer
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The Hole in the Wall
345-347 Blackhorse AveThe perfect place for a pint after a walk in Phoenix Park - serves great food and has an outside seating area for in the summer
Parks & Nature
Beautiful Gardens and Glasshouses
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Botanic Gardens, stop 151 station
Beautiful Gardens and Glasshouses
A lovely local park - with playground, stream and lovely flowers
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Griffith Park
A lovely local park - with playground, stream and lovely flowers
Unusual city park - a reservoir that used to feed water to the nearby Jameson Distillery!
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Blessington Street Basin
Unusual city park - a reservoir that used to feed water to the nearby Jameson Distillery!
Donabate
Food Scene
Camile Thai Phibsborough
143a Phibsborough RdPopular Local Thai Take Away
A SLICE of Cake Cafe
56 Manor PlLovely cafe - great for brunch
Great coffee shop for take away coffee and sweet treats!
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Love Supreme Coffee Stoneybatter
57 Manor StGreat coffee shop for take away coffee and sweet treats!
Very cool cafe, which does great breakfasts and tasty coffee.
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Brother Hubbard (North)
153 Capel StVery cool cafe, which does great breakfasts and tasty coffee.
Really great sushi, wonderful staff, very relaxed. Also good with kids - although there's not much pram space.
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Musashi Dublin
15 Capel StReally great sushi, wonderful staff, very relaxed. Also good with kids - although there's not much pram space.
Phở Việt
162 Parnell StCheap and cheerful vietnamese. Tasty but not fancy!
If you want to treat yourself - this is one of Ireland's few Michelin starred restaurants. Lunch is the cheaper option - and it is well worth it! Atmosphere is quite old school - don't expect hip!
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Chapter One Restaurant
18-19 Parnell Square NIf you want to treat yourself - this is one of Ireland's few Michelin starred restaurants. Lunch is the cheaper option - and it is well worth it! Atmosphere is quite old school - don't expect hip!
A local favourite and a real Phibsboro institution. Not a hipster hang-out, but a community cafe - with a mad mix of old people, cool kids, men eating fried breakfasts and local theatre people!
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Monck's Green
156 Phibsborough RdA local favourite and a real Phibsboro institution. Not a hipster hang-out, but a community cafe - with a mad mix of old people, cool kids, men eating fried breakfasts and local theatre people!
A lovely little local deli serving coffee, sandwiches and cakes. As well as gifts and foodie treats!
Treat
3 Imaal RdA lovely little local deli serving coffee, sandwiches and cakes. As well as gifts and foodie treats!
Great sandwich place - grab a couple as you walk into town. They are big and inventive!
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147 Deli
147 Parnell StGreat sandwich place - grab a couple as you walk into town. They are big and inventive!
Lovely little genuinely French cafe - specialising in crepes. Perfect after a stroll along the canal.
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Le Petit Breton Artisan Crêperie
1A Drumcondra Rd LowerLovely little genuinely French cafe - specialising in crepes. Perfect after a stroll along the canal.
Good value "greasy spoon" with a modern twist. A great place to get a full Irish breakfast.
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Cowtown Cafe
73 Manor StGood value "greasy spoon" with a modern twist. A great place to get a full Irish breakfast.
Our new favourite place. A proper local cafe, run by a lovely brother and sister team. The breakfast burger (not an actual burger) is a revelation. Great coffee and a lovely deli to boot!
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Bang Bang
59A Leinster St NOur new favourite place. A proper local cafe, run by a lovely brother and sister team. The breakfast burger (not an actual burger) is a revelation. Great coffee and a lovely deli to boot!
Arts & Culture
Great smaller gallery with a loving re-creation of Francis Bacon's extraordinary studio
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Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
Parnell Square NorthGreat smaller gallery with a loving re-creation of Francis Bacon's extraordinary studio
Ireland's National Theatre - check out some of Ireland's great writers
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Abbey Theatre
26/27 Abbey Street LowerIreland's National Theatre - check out some of Ireland's great writers
Another fantastic and atmospheric theatre - that has great productions of classic plays.
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Gate Theatre
Another fantastic and atmospheric theatre - that has great productions of classic plays.
Fascinating museum in an old army barracks. Great for kids - lots of space to run around and there's tanks and dressing up opportunities!
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Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Irlanda - Arti Dekorattivi u Storja
Benburb StreetFascinating museum in an old army barracks. Great for kids - lots of space to run around and there's tanks and dressing up opportunities!
Entertainment & Activities
Light House Cinema
Market Street SouthAwardwinning art house cinema
Dublin Zoo
Zoo RoadGreat day out for families or just animal lovers!
Sightseeing
South Wall
South WallShopping
This is a lovely food market, which runs on Saturdays. It's a bit of walk away - or a quick taxi or bus ride. Lots of Irish produce - cheese, meat, baked goods.
Honest 2 Goodness Food & Wine
This is a lovely food market, which runs on Saturdays. It's a bit of walk away - or a quick taxi or bus ride. Lots of Irish produce - cheese, meat, baked goods.