Dublin - need great place for food drink and music

[ja940]

We will be docked overnight in Dublin Wednesday August 1 2012 and we are looking for a great place to enjoy Irish music, food and drink. Prefer someplace we can make reservations and get a table. I've heard there is a very lively area where the bars and restaurants are. Any suggestions for great food and great music and/or show.

[Mairnealach]

Hi,

 

Here are three suggestions, one of which may meet your requirements.

 

Option One: Dinner while watching a show of Irish music and dancing.

 

Johnny Fox's pub in the Dublin mountains is the most famous venue of this type:

 

http://www.jfp.ie/

 

It is the highest pub in Ireland and the bus journey there, details on the website, gives fine views over the city and Dublin Bay. I have been there twice and the show, which includes singers, musicians and dancers, is first rate. The dinner is fine, although it is not of gourmet or top restaurant standard. Johnny Fox's is invariably packed and space is at a premium. You will be seated at your table on benches, shoulder to shoulder with your fellow diners. Booking is essential. It is a good, fun-filled night out, but you need to bear in mind the bus journey there and back.

 

Option Two: Dinner in Temple Bar, followed by a visit to a music pub.

 

Temple Bar, in the centre of the city, is the nightlife/entertainment area of Dublin. There are lots of restaurants, of varying quality, and many pubs with live music in the quarter. Although, to the best of my knowledge, there is no place that puts on a show where you can sit and eat while listening to music and watching dancing. So you would need to have your meal first and then go to a pub. The Eden restaurant is highly rated:

 

http://www.edenrestaurant.ie/

 

The biggest music pub in Temple Bar is the Oliver St John Gogarty:

 

http://www.gogartys.ie/pub/

 

It is open, with live music, until 2:30am every night. It does not put on a 'show'; there will be singers and instrumentalists, but no dancers. It has a restaurant upstairs, with dishes such as Arthur Guinness Casserole and Emigrant's Stew, but the Eden is far higher quality.

 

Option Three: Dinner, followed by a theatre performance of Riverdance, then Temple Bar.

 

The legend that is Riverdance is being performed every evening at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, until the beginning of September:

 

http://www.gaietytheatre.ie/

 

You could have an early dinner in a good restaurant nearby, enjoy Riverdance in comfortable seats in the Gaiety, and then finish up by going to a music pub in Temple Bar for a few scoops and some late night revelry. The Gaiety is a ten minute walk from Temple Bar. If you are interested, I could recommend a few restaurants near the theatre.

 

Good luck, however you decide to spend your night in Dublin.

 

Dermot

[ja940]

Thank you Mairnealach!

We would prefer the Temple bar recommendation, we're heard that part of town has great nightlife. We would like your recommendation for a great restaurant with excellent food, atmosphere and music. We'd love a lively popular place that would give us a real feel of Dublin.

[Mairnealach]

Thank you Mairnealach!

We would prefer the Temple bar recommendation, we're heard that part of town has great nightlife. We would like your recommendation for a great restaurant with excellent food, atmosphere and music. We'd love a lively popular place that would give us a real feel of Dublin.

 

Hi again,

 

For what you are looking for, your best bet is probably the Oliver St John Gogarty bar and restaurant.

 

http://www.gogartys.ie/

 

Click on the 'Live Music' tab for a short video of the type of music played. I have never eaten there and it would not be regarded by most Dubliners as a 'great' restaurant, but such places are sedate affairs filled with geezers in suits. The Gogarty is highly popular and will provide you with a very lively evening indeed. Enjoy!

[45640]

Hi,

 

Here are three suggestions, one of which may meet your requirements.

 

Option One: Dinner while watching a show of Irish music and dancing.

 

Johnny Fox's pub in the Dublin mountains is the most famous venue of this type:

 

http://www.jfp.ie/

 

It is the highest pub in Ireland and the bus journey there, details on the website, gives fine views over the city and Dublin Bay. I have been there twice and the show, which includes singers, musicians and dancers, is first rate. The dinner is fine, although it is not of gourmet or top restaurant standard. Johnny Fox's is invariably packed and space is at a premium. You will be seated at your table on benches, shoulder to shoulder with your fellow diners. Booking is essential. It is a good, fun-filled night out, but you need to bear in mind the bus journey there and back.

 

Option Two: Dinner in Temple Bar, followed by a visit to a music pub.

 

Temple Bar, in the centre of the city, is the nightlife/entertainment area of Dublin. There are lots of restaurants, of varying quality, and many pubs with live music in the quarter. Although, to the best of my knowledge, there is no place that puts on a show where you can sit and eat while listening to music and watching dancing. So you would need to have your meal first and then go to a pub. The Eden restaurant is highly rated:

 

http://www.edenrestaurant.ie/

 

The biggest music pub in Temple Bar is the Oliver St John Gogarty:

 

http://www.gogartys.ie/pub/

 

It is open, with live music, until 2:30am every night. It does not put on a 'show'; there will be singers and instrumentalists, but no dancers. It has a restaurant upstairs, with dishes such as Arthur Guinness Casserole and Emigrant's Stew, but the Eden is far higher quality.

 

Option Three: Dinner, followed by a theatre performance of Riverdance, then Temple Bar.

 

The legend that is Riverdance is being performed every evening at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, until the beginning of September:

 

http://www.gaietytheatre.ie/

 

You could have an early dinner in a good restaurant nearby, enjoy Riverdance in comfortable seats in the Gaiety, and then finish up by going to a music pub in Temple Bar for a few scoops and some late night revelry. The Gaiety is a ten minute walk from Temple Bar. If you are interested, I could recommend a few restaurants near the theatre.

 

Good luck, however you decide to spend your night in Dublin.

 

Dermot

 

Great advice Dermot. Thank you very much ! ! !;)

[mom23guys]

Another vote for Oliver St John Gogerty. Lots of fun. There is also a pub crawl through Temple Bar.