PTG/Rocky/CityGuide

Cafes/Coffee Shops

 * Keoghs Cafe, for fresh pastries and breakfast
 * Bewley's Café

Local Bars

 * Cusack's Pub
 * Temple Bar area
 * The Stag's Head pub, pub & Irish music scene
 * McDaids Pub, once the city morgue that was later converted into a chapel

Open Late:


 * McGowan's
 * 37 Dawson Street, late night whiskey bar and restaurant
 * Coppers (a.k.a. Copperface Jacks), a local institution and the best place to meet the future nurses and gardai (police) of this fine nation. Note for the faint hearted, $

Cocktail bars and restaurants

 * Café en Seine, really pretty interior
 * Xico, Mexican-styled "party cavern", good food and cocktails
 * Alfies, Dakota, cocktail bars with excellent menus
 * Fade Street Social, relaxed yet classy, good gin menu

Dinner
Group-friendly suggestions:
 * The Boxty House
 * The Farm
 * The Vintage Kitchen
 * P. Mac's, gastropub with large tables equipped with board games!
 * The Old Mill Restaurant, seafood & wine bar
 * The Parnell Heritage Bar & Grill
 * Kingfisher, also known for their breakfast and brunch
 * Elephant & Castle, where we've heard the chicken wings are a must-try
 * Bunsen, best burgers in Dublin

Small-group-friendly suggestions:
 * Jewel in the Crown, self identifies as the best Indian food in Dublin, I disagree, perhaps the tandori, which I didn't have, is the basis of their assertion
 * Pickle, Indian food, would return

Transportation
From the airport
 * aircoach route 700 operates every 15 minutes to Drumcondra railway station.

Things to see/do in Dublin

 * Book of Kells, which is Ireland's national treasure, housed in the beautiful library at Trinity College
 * Dublinia Museum, focused on Viking and Medieval things
 * St. Stephen's Green, Ireland's best known Victorian public park
 * |-6.271570|16 St. Patrick's Cathedral, the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland and is the largest Cathedral in the country
 * The Brazen Head Pub, officially Ireland's oldest pub
 * Guinness Storehouse Tour, home of Guinness
 * Old Jameson Distillery, the home of Jameson Irish Whiskey
 * Fab Food Trails Food Tour, explore Dublin's best food on a small group tour
 * Creative Quarter, shops and restaurants south of the Temple Bar area