Dublin: any do's and don'ts?

[Springal]

Go to Town Bar Theatre Menus for Sunday lunch, excellent value and great food.

As advised elsewhere, VERY expensive city to eat/drink in

 

[crodonilson]

Go to the Mongolian Barbeque, fantastic food and they do a bowl of your choice of food (kind of like an all you can eat, fill your bowl up and then the chef cooks it on a barbeque in front of you) with a bowl of rice and a drink for 5 euros, which in Dublin is fantastic value.

 

[tonymgc]

Loved it when i went in May, Although it is very expensive.
Found the Guiness tour a bit gash but the view from the Gravity Bar is stunning.
Temple Bar area is best if you're 'Up for the craic' lots of bars, Irish music & drunken revelry
Clubbing wise there was a good club called The Dandilion (I think) Indie night on a Friday & Commercial on a Saturday. There was another bar called the Garage Bar which was like an old 50's garage & had the fittest female DJ i've ever seen
Also if you get a chance try a boxty pancake, Very nice indeed.

 

[Safeway]

There are some much cheaper pubs away from the city centre. The problem with them is that you feel like you could be stabbed at any moment.

 

[Fitzcarraldo]

Don't both wander around the city streets dressed like this:-

Who would have thought that Joanna Lumley was in the orange order?

 

[The Camel]

Best city in the world, I love it there.

Dinner at the Shelbourne Hotel.

Pubs and shopping around Grafton Street (street entertainment there too, a bit like Covent Gardens in London)

Guiness tour.

Racing at Fairyhouse.

Only downside, as been mentioned, its really expensive there.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

For a decent pretty authentic locals-ish pub without wandering miles, Maddigans on O'Connell is worth a look. If you want a decent (not rough) club full of locals (and slutty trainee nurses), head to Copperface Jack's.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

The scoring system is completely, well, Irish but all in all a cracking afternoon's entertainment.

Over the post (rugby style) - 1 point.
In the net (football style) - 3 points.

Mind boggling.

 

[Safeway]

Over the post (rugby style) - 1 point.
In the net (football style) - 3 points.

Mind boggling.

So what did all this mean, smartypants?

 

[The Camel]

Oh I forgot.

There's a barbers at the top of Grafton Street, loads of super fit girls to choose from give you a hot towel shave with a cut throat razor.

They give you a brandy and a cigar and a head and neck massage.

Best 20 Euros you'll ever spend.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

So what did all this mean, smartypants?

It means that Wexford were beating Dublin 21-15, but in case you wanted to know the goals to point ratio, that's there for you.

 

[Mackenzie]

So what did all this mean, smartypants?

1-12 is 1X3pts and 12X1pts = 15pts
2-15 is 2X3pts and 15X1pts = 21pts

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

1-12 is 1X3pts and 12X1pts = 15pts
2-15 is 2X3pts and 15X1pts = 21pts

WHAT. Why dont they just say what it means!?

 

[tonymgc]

For a decent pretty authentic locals-ish pub without wandering miles, Maddigans on O'Connell is worth a look. If you want a decent (not rough) club full of locals (and slutty trainee nurses), head to Copperface Jack's.

Would reccomend Maddigans too

 

[ATFC Seagull]

WHAT. Why dont they just say what it means!?

How exactly do they not? It says what the score is clear as daylight.

Also, perhaps their target audience is not confused English tourists.

 

[cardboard]

For a decent pretty authentic locals-ish pub without wandering miles, Maddigans on O'Connell is worth a look. If you want a decent (not rough) club full of locals (and slutty trainee nurses), head to Copperface Jack's.

Ahhh CopperFace Jacks - Ive had a couple of cracking nights in there!!!!

 

[16bha]

Visit the GPO in O'Connell Street, where the Irish Republic was proclaimed.

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

Go on there ghost bus tour. And visit the prison. And zoo.

 

[mikeyjh]

Do - Go to Belfast, a far, far more interesting city

Don't - Go to Dublin, very dull city.

 

[Rambo]

Very expensive but a great night out to be had.