I'm going to Dublin tomorrow for 3 days for a mate's 21st! Anyone been before and have any recomendations on where to go etc! Cheers!
Went last Christmas, admittedly with girlfriend, but really enjoyed it. Go to the Temple Bar area, where the Temple Bar is funnily enough, its not cheap tho. There are quite a few pubs around that area. O'Neills is a good pub as well in the Temple Bar area. There are also a couple on the other side of the River. One of them is a massive place that has live music, but I just can't remember what its called. Guinness factory is a good tour to go on as well. You should have a good time though.
If it's a 21st Then the temple bar area will suit you fine.</p> But to be fair for that you could just go on Wellington Street, no difference.</p> However, the Grafton Street area is abetter place to associate with Dublin's finest Corrs-a-like ladies.</p>
Dublins brilliant mate, been twice over the last 12 months on stag doo's, you will have a right time.</p> Best place to go is The Arlington which is on the other side of the river from temple bar, its a massive pub on one floor then downstairs is a nightclub which stays open till about 6am.</p> </p>
Temple Bar Just loads of pubs and major party place. Loads of places to choose from. During the day try the The Brazen Head, it's the oldest pub in Dublin and serves great meals. Has a nice outdoor area as well. Otherwise, the Guiness museum is decent but get there early. (It aint that far from The Brazen Head). There are loads of pubs over the river from Temple Bar. Go there during the day. Otherwise, Dublin is an ugly town with not much to offer than pubs and drunken tarts with wheel barrows
I recommend the Porterhouse in the temple bar area. Has about 1000 beers and lagers from around the world (including some brewed on the premises) for you to try. Big place, good atmosphere. If it's a gang of lads you'll struggle get in anywhere after 8pm - the city centre pubs are really arsey about single-sex parties. If you're a mixed group you'll be welcome everywhere.</p> </p> Edit BTW Dodgy Tyke - your signature pic is doing my box in. Where has Devaney's neck gone?</p>
Don’t know if it’s still the same. Boomerang nightclub just around the corner from Temple Bar Hotel was a decent nightclub. Buskers bar next to the hotel was a decent place to end the night. I was there midweek when it was a student type night and they opened the door letting you through to the nightclub. I’m sure they did it the Saturday night as well the time I went before last year but can’t be sure on that. We met up with a mate from work the 2nd night who is from Dublin who was over there. And he showed us around a few of the bars, most which we didn’t notice the first night. By the way, a very good night out and lost count on the amount of drinks birds insisted on buying for me. Something which had never happened over here. I’d recommend getting a bar crawl route brochure from the hotel reception which I didn’t notice until waiting for the taxi back to the airport. Gave details on the main bars and the bars to go to for your scene. Ah, the drunken tarts. Very much worth going for!!!
Think he is scared of getting his neatly manicured barnet wet and is ducking away from the spray of the champers!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3802925 Sounds good. There's another brew pub close to O'Connell St bridge on the south side. I tend to stay out of the Temple Bar area but I'll have to venture in next time for that place.
RE: good call. nt Pint of Guiness half of cider, 11 euros....have that...... Wouldnt go back there if you paid me....
Cork is miles better.... and Galway better again. But thats probably cos the 21sts/Stags/Hens etc don't go there.....
Ok if you really want a proper Dublin pub guide... avoiding Temple Bar as much as possible The classic Dublin pub is a Victorian creation, frozen in time due to a lack of economic development for most of the 20th century. This means of course that they are now a dying breed, being wiped out by the "Superpubs" of the 1990s and the general need (greed?) to squeeze as many punters as possible into characterless drinking barns in the city centre. Here's a few I like, they tend towards having good Guinness, old world charm and (being honest) plenty of dirt. Most of them are on the South side of the Liffey.... The Flowing Tide - 9 Abbey Sreet Lower Dublin 1 Dublin. Phone:+353 1 8740842 One of relatively few family owned pubs in Dublin city centre. Downstairs in the "Neptune Bar" has a studenty feel. Used to feature a drunken priest but I think he's gone now. Pleasently surly staff. The Long Hall - 51 Great Georges Street South Dublin 2 Dublin. Phone:+353 1 4751590 classic Dublin pub, dark despite lots of mirrors, great guinness, no music. Often packed to the gills with a very mixed crowd (locals, students, business types). The Stags Head - 1 Dame Court Dublin 2 Dublin. Phone:+353 1 6793701 Classic Dublin pub, great guinness, no music. Generally standing room only. Don't make the mistake of going downstairs (unless you're looking for the toilets). The Brazen Head - 20 Lower Bridge St. One of the claimants to thedisputed title of oldest pub in Dublin. Unfortunately a bit touristy but it still has a certain appealing disorder. The Sackville Lounge - Sackville Place, Off O'Connell Street. Tiny pub, more like a converted sitting room. Old-style staff (+toilet facilities!). Favoured by the cast of Abbey plays for an after-work tipple. Toners - 139 Lower Baggot Street Dublin 2 Dublin. Phone:+353 1 6763090 classic Dublin pub, dark, lots of cubby holes for secret drinkers. The Gravediggers (Kavanagh's) - 1 Prospect Square, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. A bit out of town but if you go to the bar it still has sawdust on the floor, dirty big pints of Guinness and locals that will scowl at you. The Ha'penny Bridge Inn - 42 Wellington Quay. An island of old Dublin in the sea of Temple Bar commercialism. The Palace - 21 Fleet Street (Temple Bar) Classic Dublin pub, better off on the ground floor rather than upstairs (which are way too steep when you've had a few anyway). The White Horse - Georges Quay , Dublin Actually I don't like this place but it is an example of an "Early House", i.e. somewhere that opens at 7.30 am as a historical quirk of our licensing laws. The Porterhouse - 16-18 Parliament Street Dublin 2 tel: (+ 353 1) 671 5715. A micro-brewery, also has a large selection of imported beers. Fairly mainstream apart from that (and prone to having loud live music at inappropriate times). Brogans - pretty good city centre pub with a very mixed crowd. Mulligans - 8 Poolbeg Street Dublin 2 Dublin. Phone:+353 1 6775582 Great guinness and atmosphere with traditional decor and old-style toilets. Supposedly favoured by journalists. Hard to find, but it'll be worth it. Bruxelles - Harry Street Dublin 2 Ph: 01-6775362. Downstairs is a rock bar with large jukebox. Isoldes Tower - Temple Bar Dublin 2 Dublin. Phone:+353 1 6711535 Once again not somewhere I'd say I like, but it does seem to always be open which is useful when looking for a drink in the early hours AM. The Bank - converted Victorian bank with great decor, gets a bit noisy though. The Market Bar - Fade Street, Dublin 2. An example of post-smoking ban pub architecture, there is a large roofed area which is legally "outside" so you can smoke but which is heated and supplied with tables/seating. OK thats my selection, there is a fairly comprehensive Dublin pub website. (Where you will find, for example, the five pubs called Madigans in Dublin...none of which are recommended!) - http://www.dublinpubscene.com/ Cheers Richard
RE: O'Donnohughs on Merrion Row, bestist little pub in Dublin nt its where the Dubliners started you know
