Guidebook for Dublin
Food Scene
This a great local cafe - an authentic Italian bakery with excellent coffee, handmade made cakes & sandwiches, and very friendly staff.
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Il Valentino Bakery & Cafe
This a great local cafe - an authentic Italian bakery with excellent coffee, handmade made cakes & sandwiches, and very friendly staff.
This a casual, relaxed bar and restaurant in a great location overlooking the water. There is a good selection of wine and craft beers, and it's a nice place to watch the rugby.
65 moradores locais recomendam
HQ Gastrobar
1 Grand Canal SquareThis a casual, relaxed bar and restaurant in a great location overlooking the water. There is a good selection of wine and craft beers, and it's a nice place to watch the rugby.
3FE
32-34 Grand Canal Street LowerSuper-hipster coffee - about ten minute's walk away.
A good, authentic local Italian restaurant in a nice location under the railway arches.
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Osteria Lucio
Clanwilliam TerraceA good, authentic local Italian restaurant in a nice location under the railway arches.
This is a very cool restaurant, in a nice part of town, specialising in fish dishes.
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Super Miss Sue
3 Drury StThis is a very cool restaurant, in a nice part of town, specialising in fish dishes.
Saba
7 William St SThis is a lovely restaurant serving authentic Thai food.
This is a nice, casual Japanese restaurant, with great sushi.
41 moradores locais recomendam
Yamamori South City
72 South Great George's StreetThis is a nice, casual Japanese restaurant, with great sushi.
A great food store, cafe, wine bar and restaurant - an ideal place to stop off any time of the day or evening.
175 moradores locais recomendam
Fallon & Byrne, Food Hall
11-17 Exchequer StA great food store, cafe, wine bar and restaurant - an ideal place to stop off any time of the day or evening.
This is an excellent Irish cafe and craft shop, with a cafe downstairs, and a restaurant serving great Irish food on the top floor.
75 moradores locais recomendam
Avoca Suffolk Street
11-13 Suffolk StThis is an excellent Irish cafe and craft shop, with a cafe downstairs, and a restaurant serving great Irish food on the top floor.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Marker is a very smart hotel, with a very good restaurant on the ground floor, and a roof terrace bar with great views of the neighbourhood.
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The Marker Hotel Dublin
Grand Canal QuayThe Marker is a very smart hotel, with a very good restaurant on the ground floor, and a roof terrace bar with great views of the neighbourhood.
This is a really nice bar - good cocktails and a cool space. It doesn't have a name, but it has a wooden sign of a snail hanging above the door. Go in this door - the bar is upstairs.
104 moradores locais recomendam
The Bar With No Name
3 Fade StThis is a really nice bar - good cocktails and a cool space. It doesn't have a name, but it has a wooden sign of a snail hanging above the door. Go in this door - the bar is upstairs.
Hogans
36 South Great George's StreetThis is a lively late night bar in a great location.
This is a concert venue, also known as The Point. It is a 15 minute walk from the apartment.
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3Arena
North Wall QuayThis is a concert venue, also known as The Point. It is a 15 minute walk from the apartment.
Everything Else
This is your closest DART (overground rail) station.
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Grand Canal Dock Dart Station
This is your closest DART (overground rail) station.
Mayor Square - NCI station
This is the closest Luas (tram) stop
You can take a boat from here, to Howth or Dun Laoghaire. Boats leave every day at 11am. http://www.dublinbaycruises.com/
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Dublin City
You can take a boat from here, to Howth or Dun Laoghaire. Boats leave every day at 11am. http://www.dublinbaycruises.com/
This is my favourite pub in Dublin - a small, quiet, ornate old-fashioned pub, with an excellent whisky selection.
10 moradores locais recomendam
Bowes Bar
31 Fleet StThis is my favourite pub in Dublin - a small, quiet, ornate old-fashioned pub, with an excellent whisky selection.
This is the local theatre, showing musicals and ballets throughout the year.
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Teatro Bord Gais Energy
This is the local theatre, showing musicals and ballets throughout the year.
A boat leaves from this point every day at 11am, going out into Dublin bay, to the seaside towns of Dun Laoghaire and Howth. Howth is especially nice - there is a great walk around the cliffs.
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Dublin Bay Cruises
East PierA boat leaves from this point every day at 11am, going out into Dublin bay, to the seaside towns of Dun Laoghaire and Howth. Howth is especially nice - there is a great walk around the cliffs.
This is a bookstore by day, restaurant by night. It serves very good Irish food in a lovely location, overlooking the river.
15 moradores locais recomendam
Winding Stair Bookshop
This is a bookstore by day, restaurant by night. It serves very good Irish food in a lovely location, overlooking the river.
Sightseeing
There walking are tours of the college every half hour, which are very interesting, and allow access to the old Library and the Book of Kells.
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Trinity College
There walking are tours of the college every half hour, which are very interesting, and allow access to the old Library and the Book of Kells.
This is really worth a visit - a great exhibition about the history of Guinness, ending with a pint overlooking the city. I recommend reserving tickets online - you can then skip queues & collect.
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Guinness Storehouse
This is really worth a visit - a great exhibition about the history of Guinness, ending with a pint overlooking the city. I recommend reserving tickets online - you can then skip queues & collect.
Shopping
This is a luxury department store on Grafton Street, which is the main shopping street in Dublin.
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Brown Thomas
88 Grafton StreetThis is a luxury department store on Grafton Street, which is the main shopping street in Dublin.
Essentials
This is a food store with a decent selection of food, wine & beer
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Fresh Grand Canal
Grand Canal SquareThis is a food store with a decent selection of food, wine & beer
Located beside Il Valentino's cafe, this is a gourmet food store with a small but very nice selection of food & drinks.
10 moradores locais recomendam
Donnybrook Fair
13 Baggot Street UpperLocated beside Il Valentino's cafe, this is a gourmet food store with a small but very nice selection of food & drinks.
A small branch of M&S with a nice selection of good quality food
16 moradores locais recomendam
M&S Clarion Quay Simply Food
4A Excise WalkA small branch of M&S with a nice selection of good quality food