Guidebook for Churchtown

Sean & Lisa
Guidebook for Churchtown

Food Scene

Great local restaurant, a real favorite for breakfast!
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Howards Way
11 Braemor Rd
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Great local restaurant, a real favorite for breakfast!
Jamie Oliver's local outpost.
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Jamie's Italian
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Jamie Oliver's local outpost.
A great Asian restaurant
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Siam Thai Restaurant
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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!
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The Greenhouse
21 Dawson St
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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.
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L'Ecrivain Restaurant
109A Baggot Street Lower
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This place is wonderful and I think it does have a michelan star. Booking essential.
Great French food, reasonably priced.
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La Maison
15 Castle Market
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Great French food, reasonably priced.
Great Asian food
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Saba
7 William St S
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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.
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Fade St Social by Dylan McGrath
6 Fade Street
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Good restaurant, great outdoor smoking area upstairs. You can hang out all night.
Great restaurant
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The Pig's Ear
4 Nassau St
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Great restaurant
Great restaurant. One of my favourites.
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L'Gueuleton
1 Fade St
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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.
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Starbucks Coffee
1 College Green
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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.
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The Vintage Kitchen
7 Poolbeg St
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Another great restaurant. Tiny though. Get there early or book.
Great coffee and tart shop near Temple Bar's old quarter
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Queen of Tarts
Cow's Lane
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Great coffee and tart shop near Temple Bar's old quarter
Hidden cake off the beaten track! Worth the diversion I say!
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The Cake Cafe
8 Pleasants Pl
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Hidden cake off the beaten track! Worth the diversion I say!
Quirky Italian, food is great.
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Dunne and Crescenzi
14-16 Frederick St S
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Quirky Italian, food is great.
Best food in Dublin at the moment imo, booking essential
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8 Sussex Terrace
Best food in Dublin at the moment imo, booking essential
Interesting good food close to Stephen's Green.
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Etto
18 Merrion Row
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Interesting good food close to Stephen's Green.
Good restaurant.
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Pichet
14-15 Trinity St
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Good restaurant.
Bookshop and good restaurant upstairs. V atmospheric, lovely views over the Liffey which is unusual in Dublin.
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The Winding Stair
40 Ormond Quay Lower
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Bookshop and good restaurant upstairs. V atmospheric, lovely views over the Liffey which is unusual in Dublin.
Great Indian.
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Vermilion Indian Cuisine
94 Terenure Rd N
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Great Indian.

Shopping

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

Entertainment & Activities

Wonderful park, full of activity.
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Bushy Park
6 Bushy Park House
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Wonderful park, full of activity.
Great food market here at the weekends.
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Marlay Park
Grange Road
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Great food market here at the weekends.
Local child friendly farm & cafe
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Airfield House
Airfield Court
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Local child friendly farm & cafe
Delightful outing for small children if a bit expensive. At least they have a nice cafe!
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Imaginosity, Dublin Children's Museum
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Delightful outing for small children if a bit expensive. At least they have a nice cafe!
Best playground for miles.
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Rathfarnham Castle
Rathfarnham Road
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Best playground for miles.
Lovely day out with the children. Bring a picnic, the food is awful.
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Dublin Zoo
Zoo Road
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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.
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The Ark, Dublin
11A Eustace St
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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
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Fusion Sundays World Culture Market
12 Newmarket
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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)
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Dundrum Luas Stop
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A 23m walk from here to our front door (yes we've timed it)
Best bookshop in Ireland. Go and lose yourself for hours.
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Hodges Figgis
56-58 Dawson St
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Best bookshop in Ireland. Go and lose yourself for hours.
Most famous posh shop in Ireland
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Brown Thomas
88 Grafton Street
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Most famous posh shop in Ireland
Lovely bric a brac market, on every Sunday.
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Isitolo seBlackrock
19a Main St
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Lovely bric a brac market, on every Sunday.
Another market. Food. Saturdays this time. Try the savory pancakes, yum.
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Temple Bar
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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.
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Iphakathi yabantu
Park Road
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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.
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Milltown Golf Club
Churchtown Road Lower
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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.
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Leopardstown Racecourse
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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)
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The Dropping Well
Milltown Road
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Lively local pub, a very pleasant walk to it along the river (30m)
Local pub, the snug is the best bit.
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Local pub, the snug is the best bit.
V cool spot. Highly recommend it.
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The Bar With No Name
3 Fade St
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V cool spot. Highly recommend it.
Famous traditional pub.
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Kehoes Pub
9 Anne St S
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Famous traditional pub.
Another cool late night bar.
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Pygmalion
59 William St S
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Another cool late night bar.
Most of Dublin has been here at one time or another, great late night pub.
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Café en Seine
40 Dawson St
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Most of Dublin has been here at one time or another, great late night pub.
Low key but cool bar. I recommend.
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Hogans
36 South Great George's Street
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Low key but cool bar. I recommend.
Unique bar, not like anything else in the city. V nice.
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37 Dawson Street
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Unique bar, not like anything else in the city. V nice.
Tiny pub on Dawson Street. Check it out.
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The Dawson Lounge
25 Dawson Street
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Tiny pub on Dawson Street. Check it out.
There's a nice peaceful bar upstairs. Good for some quiet intense talking.
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Grand Central Dublin
10-11 O'Connell Street Upper
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There's a nice peaceful bar upstairs. Good for some quiet intense talking.
Great old bar.
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The Long Hall
51 South Great George's Street
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Great old bar.
The Bernard Shaw. Looks like it's falling down but somehow it is very hip.
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The Bernard Shaw
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The Bernard Shaw. Looks like it's falling down but somehow it is very hip.
Pints and comedy in the middle of town.
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The International Bar
23 Wicklow St
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Pints and comedy in the middle of town.
A bar full of bad art and locals.
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Grogan's Castle Lounge
15 William St S
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A bar full of bad art and locals.
Restaurant & pub
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Vaughan's Eagle House, Terenure
107 Terenure Rd N
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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)
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I-Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
Military Road
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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.
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National Museum of Ireland
Merrion Street Upper
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Again, one for the children, hasn't changed since I visited as a child.
Well worth a visit
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I-Little Museum of Dublin
15 St Stephen's Green
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Well worth a visit
The cinema, need I say more.
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Mao Dundrum
16 Sandyford Rd
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The cinema, need I say more.
This art museum actually has Francis Bacon's art studio...
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Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
Parnell Square North
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This art museum actually has Francis Bacon's art studio...
Cultural and foreign films.
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Irish Film Institute
6 Eustace St
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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
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I-Guinness Storehouse
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Iconic product of Ireland
Great day trip, lovely gardens, an old house and restaurant, great playground. only about 30m from our house.
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Powerscourt Waterfall
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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
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Igaleriya yezemfundo eDublin
Pearse Street
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Cool museum, usually interactive and suitable for kids