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The Temple bar area of Dublin is nice to stroll around, but we found the bars rammed to the brim with tourists getting 'rat-arsed' and the prices were astounding! You can pay 15 Euros for a sandwich in this part of town and we went way over our intended budget in Dublin. Maybe they up the prices in August. Beware, in Temple Bar, Beer is dear!
Read up on other bars north of the Liffey, but be careful where you wander, there were some parts you may be advised to have your witts about you. We also ate a meal in an 'Italian' restaurant in the center of town...The food was awful and very overpriced. Best deal we had all night, was a visit to an off licence where there was (rather fantastically) free Irish Whiskey tasting. he he (We were going in there to have a drink in our hotel room, as we were getting through so much dosh) - What a gas in the offy, tasting all the whiskeys which came in all sizes including teeny weeny handbag size, much to my delight. We emerged some time later, rather rosy -cheeked clutching our Bushmills But really, the prices of drinks in the Temple Bar area are just a killer on the wallet and you can hardly get a seat in most of them. They look cool from the outside, but the reality doesn't live up to the image. I don't know how Dubliners afford to go out so much! (On asking a friend who lives in the City, he siad 'well, no-one pays any tax')!
We found a pub on the north side, off O Connell St, which had traditional music and few tourists (I'll try to remember the name and include it here). KB and I, had a great time there amid some highly amusing Dublin personalities. Leave a Comment
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Just because the guidebook says you should go there, take it from someone who lives here: TEMPLE BAR IS A CRAPHOLE. Unlike what the guidebooks tell you, it is NOT the centre of Dublin nightlife, no self-respecting Dub with any sense of cool or taste will go there. Tourists outnumber the locals in TB. It is so overrated. The pubs in Temple Bar delight in ripping off tourists with watered-down and _very_ expensive beer, you're looking at least €5 for a pint. Temple Bar is soooo overrated. There is so much more to Dublin nightlife than this! Temple Bar is flashy, gaudy, the streets are lined with vomit and litter - it is NOT the real Dublin!!!
The Farmer's Market on Saturdays is good, I enjoy going to that. Also the Irish Film Institute shows arthouse films.
If you are thinking of going to Temple Bar for a stag or hen party - think again. Literally no pub in Temple Bar will let you in. (And if you dont believe me, there are signs posted up in pubs saying "No Stags or Hen parties"). Actually, now that I think of it, this extends across most good bars in Dublin too. The crappy sleazy places like Break for the Border or Copper Face Jacks will let them in, but to us locals, they're like the equivalent of a dodgy burger at 3am - a great idea at the time and then the next time you wonder what on earth possessed you. These days, English stags and hen parties are not really encouraged to come to Dublin unless they're gonna behave and don't barf or whatever. Follow the locals and check out the bars & restaurants along the Dawson & Grafton street areas, South William, Georges and Wexford streets. In fact, I would go as far to say that you should consider going to another Irish city like Cork or Galway for your stag/hen. Leave a Comment
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