Guidebook for Churchtown

Sean & Lisa
Sean & Lisa
Guidebook for Churchtown

Food Scene

Great local restaurant, a real favorite for breakfast!
7 locals recommend
Howards Way
11 Braemor Rd
7 locals recommend
Great local restaurant, a real favorite for breakfast!
Jamie Oliver's local outpost.
15 locals recommend
Jamie's Italian
15 locals recommend
Jamie Oliver's local outpost.
A great Asian restaurant
11 locals recommend
Siam Thai Restaurant
11 locals recommend
A great Asian restaurant
Free chocolate with your coffee. A favorite of mine.
Butlers Chocolate Café, Dundrum
Free chocolate with your coffee. A favorite of mine.
Great spot for lunch or dinner if you are in town and looking for a reasonably priced meal.
Carluccio's
52 Dawson Street
Great spot for lunch or dinner if you are in town and looking for a reasonably priced meal.
This place is uber special, you'd have to book well in advance. We can't understand why it doesn't have a michelan star!
19 locals recommend
The Greenhouse
21 Dawson St
19 locals recommend
This place is uber special, you'd have to book well in advance. We can't understand why it doesn't have a michelan star!
A favorite restaurant for a special night out, it has a great tasting menu. You'd need to book.
BANG Restaurant & Bar
11 Merrion Row
A favorite restaurant for a special night out, it has a great tasting menu. You'd need to book.
This place is wonderful and I think it does have a michelan star. Booking essential.
12 locals recommend
L'Ecrivain Restaurant
109A Baggot Street Lower
12 locals recommend
This place is wonderful and I think it does have a michelan star. Booking essential.
Great French food, reasonably priced.
37 locals recommend
La Maison
15 Castle Market
37 locals recommend
Great French food, reasonably priced.
Great Asian food
36 locals recommend
Saba
7 William St S
36 locals recommend
Great Asian food
Excellent local restaurant; 7th most popular in Dublin according to Trip Advisor!
The Arch Bistro
Excellent local restaurant; 7th most popular in Dublin according to Trip Advisor!
Good restaurant, great outdoor smoking area upstairs. You can hang out all night.
13 locals recommend
Fade St Social by Dylan McGrath
6 Fade Street
13 locals recommend
Good restaurant, great outdoor smoking area upstairs. You can hang out all night.
Great restaurant
25 locals recommend
The Pig's Ear
4 Nassau St
25 locals recommend
Great restaurant
Great restaurant. One of my favourites.
53 locals recommend
L'Gueuleton
1 Fade St
53 locals recommend
Great restaurant. One of my favourites.
Great coffee.
Fixx Coffeehouse
13-17 Dawson St
Great coffee.
This is in the former Anglo Irish (ruined the economy) Bank site. Now a coffee shop. Hah.
13 locals recommend
Starbucks Coffee
1 College Green
13 locals recommend
This is in the former Anglo Irish (ruined the economy) Bank site. Now a coffee shop. Hah.
Another great restaurant. Tiny though. Get there early or book.
47 locals recommend
The Vintage Kitchen
7 Poolbeg St
47 locals recommend
Another great restaurant. Tiny though. Get there early or book.
Great coffee and tart shop near Temple Bar's old quarter
149 locals recommend
Queen of Tarts
Cow's Lane
149 locals recommend
Great coffee and tart shop near Temple Bar's old quarter
Hidden cake off the beaten track! Worth the diversion I say!
64 locals recommend
The Cake Cafe
8 Pleasants Pl
64 locals recommend
Hidden cake off the beaten track! Worth the diversion I say!
Quirky Italian, food is great.
22 locals recommend
Dunne and Crescenzi
14-16 Frederick St S
22 locals recommend
Quirky Italian, food is great.
Best food in Dublin at the moment imo, booking essential
8 Sussex Terrace
8 Sussex Terrace
Best food in Dublin at the moment imo, booking essential
Interesting good food close to Stephen's Green.
32 locals recommend
Etto
18 Merrion Row
32 locals recommend
Interesting good food close to Stephen's Green.
Good restaurant.
27 locals recommend
Pichet
14-15 Trinity St
27 locals recommend
Good restaurant.
Bookshop and good restaurant upstairs. V atmospheric, lovely views over the Liffey which is unusual in Dublin.
87 locals recommend
The Winding Stair
40 Ormond Quay Lower
87 locals recommend
Bookshop and good restaurant upstairs. V atmospheric, lovely views over the Liffey which is unusual in Dublin.
Great Indian.
7 locals recommend
Vermilion Indian Cuisine
94 Terenure Rd N
7 locals recommend
Great Indian.

Shopping

V characterful old house now full of lovely shops, momuse especially is lovely. There is a focus on design and craft.
38 locals recommend
Adventure Trails
59 William St S
38 locals recommend
V characterful old house now full of lovely shops, momuse especially is lovely. There is a focus on design and craft.
Lovely jewellery, art too. Great spot.
DesignYard
25 Frederick St S
Lovely jewellery, art too. Great spot.
Boutique devoted to the Margaret Howell brand.
99B Rathgar Rd
99B Rathgar Road
Boutique devoted to the Margaret Howell brand.
Great shop, hard to describe, lots of quirky items. We got our big white lampshades here.
7 locals recommend
Designist
68 South Great George's Street
7 locals recommend
Great shop, hard to describe, lots of quirky items. We got our big white lampshades here.
Another design shop, trending industrial (unsurprisingly)
13 locals recommend
Industry & Co
41 A/B Drury St
13 locals recommend
Another design shop, trending industrial (unsurprisingly)

Entertainment & Activities

Wonderful park, full of activity.
9 locals recommend
Bushy Park
6 Bushy Park House
9 locals recommend
Wonderful park, full of activity.
Great food market here at the weekends.
71 locals recommend
Marlay Park
Grange Road
71 locals recommend
Great food market here at the weekends.
Local child friendly farm & cafe
8 locals recommend
Airfield House
Airfield Court
8 locals recommend
Local child friendly farm & cafe
Delightful outing for small children if a bit expensive. At least they have a nice cafe!
25 locals recommend
Imaginosity, Dublin Children's Museum
25 locals recommend
Delightful outing for small children if a bit expensive. At least they have a nice cafe!
Best playground for miles.
18 locals recommend
Rathfarnham Castle
Rathfarnham Road
18 locals recommend
Best playground for miles.
Lovely day out with the children. Bring a picnic, the food is awful.
351 locals recommend
Dublin Zoo
Zoo Road
351 locals recommend
Lovely day out with the children. Bring a picnic, the food is awful.
A cultural centre in Temple Bar for children. Always something on, workshops etc. Check it out before you come.
20 locals recommend
The Ark, Dublin
11A Eustace St
20 locals recommend
A cultural centre in Temple Bar for children. Always something on, workshops etc. Check it out before you come.

Everything Else

Great market to explore - last Sunday of the month
8 locals recommend
Fusion Sundays World Culture Market
12 Newmarket
8 locals recommend
Great market to explore - last Sunday of the month
A posh spot for cake!
Harvey Nichols (Dublin) Ltd
16 Sandyford Rd
A posh spot for cake!
A 23m walk from here to our front door (yes we've timed it)
109 locals recommend
Dundrum Luas Stop
109 locals recommend
A 23m walk from here to our front door (yes we've timed it)
Best bookshop in Ireland. Go and lose yourself for hours.
14 locals recommend
Hodges Figgis
56-58 Dawson St
14 locals recommend
Best bookshop in Ireland. Go and lose yourself for hours.
Most famous posh shop in Ireland
128 locals recommend
Brown Thomas
88 Grafton Street
128 locals recommend
Most famous posh shop in Ireland
Lovely bric a brac market, on every Sunday.
18 locals recommend
Blackrock Market
19a Main St
18 locals recommend
Lovely bric a brac market, on every Sunday.
Another market. Food. Saturdays this time. Try the savory pancakes, yum.
528 locals recommend
Temple Bar
528 locals recommend
Another market. Food. Saturdays this time. Try the savory pancakes, yum.
A Sunday market, mixed. We go here lot during the Summer as we like to walk the pier too.
34 locals recommend
People's Park
Park Road
34 locals recommend
A Sunday market, mixed. We go here lot during the Summer as we like to walk the pier too.
Saturday craft and design market, there's a shop as well full of Irish craft and design.
Design Lane
Essex Street West
Saturday craft and design market, there's a shop as well full of Irish craft and design.
If you like golf, there is a course right beside us.
6 locals recommend
Milltown Golf Club
Churchtown Road Lower
6 locals recommend
If you like golf, there is a course right beside us.
The races are always good fun! There is a play centre here too and a nice cafe.
19 locals recommend
Leopardstown Racecourse
19 locals recommend
The races are always good fun! There is a play centre here too and a nice cafe.

Drinks & Nightlife

Lively local pub, a very pleasant walk to it along the river (30m)
28 locals recommend
The Dropping Well
Milltown Road
28 locals recommend
Lively local pub, a very pleasant walk to it along the river (30m)
Local pub, the snug is the best bit.
20 Landscape Rd
Local pub, the snug is the best bit.
V cool spot. Highly recommend it.
104 locals recommend
The Bar With No Name
3 Fade St
104 locals recommend
V cool spot. Highly recommend it.
Famous traditional pub.
82 locals recommend
Kehoes Pub
9 Anne St S
82 locals recommend
Famous traditional pub.
Another cool late night bar.
117 locals recommend
Pygmalion
59 William St S
117 locals recommend
Another cool late night bar.
Most of Dublin has been here at one time or another, great late night pub.
85 locals recommend
Café en Seine
40 Dawson St
85 locals recommend
Most of Dublin has been here at one time or another, great late night pub.
Low key but cool bar. I recommend.
82 locals recommend
Hogans
36 South Great George's Street
82 locals recommend
Low key but cool bar. I recommend.
Unique bar, not like anything else in the city. V nice.
22 locals recommend
37 Dawson St
37 Dawson Street
22 locals recommend
Unique bar, not like anything else in the city. V nice.
Tiny pub on Dawson Street. Check it out.
25 locals recommend
The Dawson Lounge
25 Dawson Street
25 locals recommend
Tiny pub on Dawson Street. Check it out.
There's a nice peaceful bar upstairs. Good for some quiet intense talking.
30 locals recommend
Grand Central Dublin
10-11 O'Connell Street Upper
30 locals recommend
There's a nice peaceful bar upstairs. Good for some quiet intense talking.
Great old bar.
119 locals recommend
The Long Hall
51 South Great George's Street
119 locals recommend
Great old bar.
The Bernard Shaw. Looks like it's falling down but somehow it is very hip.
225 locals recommend
The Bernard Shaw
225 locals recommend
The Bernard Shaw. Looks like it's falling down but somehow it is very hip.
Pints and comedy in the middle of town.
26 locals recommend
The International Bar
23 Wicklow St
26 locals recommend
Pints and comedy in the middle of town.
A bar full of bad art and locals.
150 locals recommend
Grogan's Castle Lounge
15 William St S
150 locals recommend
A bar full of bad art and locals.
Restaurant & pub
12 locals recommend
Vaughan's Eagle House, Terenure
107 Terenure Rd N
12 locals recommend
Restaurant & pub

Arts & Culture

This is actually one of our favorite places for a family outing. Great cafe, small maze, interactive exhibits, relatively child friendly (for a museum)
358 locals recommend
Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
Military Road
358 locals recommend
This is actually one of our favorite places for a family outing. Great cafe, small maze, interactive exhibits, relatively child friendly (for a museum)
Again, one for the children, hasn't changed since I visited as a child.
177 locals recommend
National Museum of Ireland
Merrion Street Upper
177 locals recommend
Again, one for the children, hasn't changed since I visited as a child.
Well worth a visit
126 locals recommend
The Little Museum of Dublin
15 St Stephen's Green
126 locals recommend
Well worth a visit
The cinema, need I say more.
28 locals recommend
Mao Dundrum
16 Sandyford Rd
28 locals recommend
The cinema, need I say more.
This art museum actually has Francis Bacon's art studio...
122 locals recommend
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
Parnell Square North
122 locals recommend
This art museum actually has Francis Bacon's art studio...
Cultural and foreign films.
82 locals recommend
Irish Film Institute
6 Eustace St
82 locals recommend
Cultural and foreign films.

Sightseeing

Another good outing if you have children in tow.
Dublin's Viking Adventure
Another good outing if you have children in tow.
Iconic product of Ireland
950 locals recommend
Guinness Storehouse
950 locals recommend
Iconic product of Ireland
Great day trip, lovely gardens, an old house and restaurant, great playground. only about 30m from our house.
96 locals recommend
Powerscourt Waterfall
96 locals recommend
Great day trip, lovely gardens, an old house and restaurant, great playground. only about 30m from our house.
Cool museum, usually interactive and suitable for kids
71 locals recommend
Science Gallery Dublin
Pearse Street
71 locals recommend
Cool museum, usually interactive and suitable for kids