Super nice place above Siam Restaurant, hope into the lift and head to the 2nd floor... As the lift…read moreopens, instantly you get why it's named Candlelight bar! The place is dimly light throughout, so whether you come here daytime or night, you get the same experience... Candles make up most of the ambience in here, very inviting! Staff are always friendly, greeting you with a smile and always happy to accommodate you whether it's an intimate table for 2 or a group booking. There is often live music, whether it's a piano player or live singer/band it makes for a nice drink spot at the weekends. Also great for a pre or post dinner drinks! Place offers a full bar so you can get all the usuals you'd expect of a bar however this place is also doing some fantastic things with their cocktail menu... Some interesting and very unique drink concoctions plus let's not go with calling out their unusual presentations, I just got served a gin cocktail in a bathtub with a rubber duck... Was called Bathtub Gin Time which is a serving for 2, oh my it was yummy and refreshing plus topped with a lavender and rose foam, it literally smelled like a freshly run bath tub! I love to visit here and always recommend it to my friends, am excited to tick off another drink from their cocktail menu very soon! Build your own Mimosa sounds appealing, so that might be the next one.

Best cocktail bar in Dundrum area. Their selection of drinks is by far pretty diverse with great…read morecocktail options. I love the whiskey cocktail that comes with 3 glasses for tasting and the cocktail with cachaça fubá.

Nice pub for lunch or a quiet drink away from the hustle and bustle of Dundrum Town Centre…read more 'Traditional' bar on on the left but bright, modern lounge on the left. Good lunch menu and the staff are always helpful. On Dundrum Main Street between the Dundrum and Ballally Luas stops but always seems to be an oasis of calm during the day.

Dundrum house is perfectly located in the middle of dundrum away from the huge dundrum shopping…read morecentre by only a 3 minute walk! Like previous comments the old mans bar is on the left side of the pub has an old mans feel to it but the right hand side had all been done up modern and very nice. New decor and a nice lick of paint has done the place very well! Menu is great and with a new kitchen lately and the added extras and extra miles on the food have gone a long way! Its great pub food more than your average 'pub grub' for sure! Always a hustle and bustle for rugby and big football games with a humongous pull down projector screen down the far end of the pub and multiple other tvs to watch the matches on! Great live music on Fridays and Saturdays but not overpowering if you want a quiet few drinks there's a few spots you can hide in :) Staff are great! Barman most helpful and nothing too big a problem! It's recently turned into a fantastic pub great at night and match days!

Another local establishment in Ballinteer, another pub with the bar for the old men and a bar for…read morethe younger folk (although I admit the old men in the old man section of this pub don't stare like they do in some pubs!). So what's unique about this pub, well it's got a room full of snooker tables! Some pubs just have one but this pub has its own room of well kept snooker tables that is separate from the bar areas, perfect for a game of snooker, if that's your game! Now, I'm no expert at all but as far as I can see it's a very clean well looked after snooker hall and the clientele are a friendly sort, you would not feel intimidated walking in here at all. Other than snooker the Ballinteer house does food which is tasty, a carvery on a Sunday and they do a big breakfast that sorts out a hangover very quickly!

Good location. Beside super value, near bus stop. Nice food but so over priced. Not worth the…read moremoney. Crap atmosphere even when there's a match on. Full of owl fellas. Don't show the match because the older people want to watch the golf. Nice pints good price. All round, I would not recommend but Fiona is so nice!

Recently found this gem of a pub in Churchtown. Did not eat…read morethere so cannot comment on Grub. Service was exceptionally good. Efficient and so so friendly. Probably the friendliest that I have experienced in Dublin. A very chilled vibe ...easy place to relax

A nice place to enjoy a bite to eat, sport on the TV and some fab G+T selections; one of the better…read moresuburban pubs I've been to in recent months amidst the opening and closing of the Irish pubs.

Like many pubs in Ireland this is a pub of two halves, there is the half where the young ones go…read moreand then you have half where the ol' lads sit on bar stools for a pint. Again, like all Irish pubs you WILL get stared at if you wander into the old man half, with this in mind I give you this piece of information, the door you want to go in is the one on the left, unless you're an old man of course! Other than that, it's a very local pub nestled in the middle of a housing estate, nothing out of the ordinary, a good pub for a quiet drink. Oh and there is a function room upstairs which is a good size for a party!

Great pub, great atmosphere and a great pint ;) Snooker,…read moreoff-licence, heated smoking area, texas hold'em

This pub's exterior is actually designed more like a huge house than a cabin, contrary to it's…read morename. It's actually very spacious and charming inside. There are great little nooks and corners that allows for intimacy amongst guests, as well as long tables that can accomodate larger groups. Also, this pub has an excellent beer garden, complete with heaters and a small fountain. The carvery lunch is from 12-3pm, is very popular here, and at times it can be difficult getting a seat for lunch. There is also a large parking lot adjacent to the pub, which allows for plenty of parking, and it's free. The pub is very accessible by bus (the 17 and the 44 stop directly in front of the pub) and by the luas (Dundrum stop), which is about a five minute walk away and can be seen from the bridge of the luas. However, this pub does have a reputation for being a bit of an "old man's pub," which is a shame, since it is actually quite a friendly and delightful place. I don't mind it being known as such, since I consider it a pleasant little secret where I can get away from the usual hectic bar scene in Dublin. Please make note: The map shown here is not accurate. Uncle Tom's Cabin is located directly on Dundrum Road right next to the Topaz Petrol Station which is also easily visible from the Dundrum stop on the luas.

This pub shouldn't be nice, it is small and slightly grotty and smells like the bar cloth could do…read morewith a good rinse... actually no, the bar cloth could do with a good atomic explosion... but you know what? A good pub is a good pub, its about getting the right atmosphere and comfort level and bloody hell where did that night go!? All in all, not at all bad.

Went in for sunday lunch with my mum, she had a half portion at €14.95 of the beef roast which she…read morewas happy with. I am vegetarian and so ordered the "coach house curry" with vegetables which was an astonishing €20.95. This curry comprised of exactly the same veg as my mum had on her plate mixed in what tasted like instant powder curry sauce on top of some rice, the type of generic brown curry sauce you get on chips after a rake of pints. This is the signature "Coach House Curry".4 hours later its still repeating on me. When paying the bill I commented that the curry was extremely bad value with cooked veg mixed with packet curry sauce for €21, the barmaid commented "well I like it". I grew up in the area and its decades since i was in the Coach, and may be again afer that experience. Terrible terrible food experience which was grossly overpriced.

I like the inside of this pub, it's got lots of little corners that you can sit in for a quiet…read moredrink with a friend. They have big screens too if you want to watch football and there is usually a good atmosphere for the bigger games. The Sunday carvery in here is not particularly good in my opinion, I only had it once but I never had it again purely because it was dry and tough and not very tasty the first time I had it. It is a very local pub for those living in ballinteer and you will always get your regulars in here but you don't get an unwelcoming sense when you come in like you would in other local pubs.

I do not like this pub at all at all! I was in here during the summer during the green line Luas…read moreDrinking challenge (I must do a list for that!). So there was a fairly big group of us. We walked in the door ready for our obligatory drink and every head in the place turned around to stare at us! Then we started getting wolf whistles and things shouted at us from a group of locals! The decor in here is not great either, old dingy and dirty looking, not somewhere the ten second rule would work when you drip some food on the table! We downed our drinks hastily at this stop, I would like to say that I will never return but if a Luas challenge is repeated this pub is unfortunately the only one available for the windy arbour stop! We might make it a stop where we do shots! oh wait, there is a littleoutdoor area which i liked ( a bit) when we were there, i knew it had to have one small redeeming factor!

I went to Dundrum Town Centre for something to eat with the wife and on the way home we were…read morelooking for a local bar to have a quiet pint or two before we headed home (the wife kindly offered to drive). Driving back towards town we came across Ryan's Arbour House with ample car park space and an inviting frontage so we stopped and went in. If your looking for a local bar with a great pint and friendly staff then look no further. A little gem of a local bar, no frills no fuss... does exactly what it says on the tin! A cosy fire going in the middle of the lounge added a nice touch and a nice mix of clientele that suits all ages. We'll be back soon.

So first things first, this bar is really ugly--particularly from the outside. It really is just a…read moregiant concrete box. However, it's a bar, and it's cheap, so that bit of aesthetic downfall is easy to overlook. The UCD Student Bar was no more than a three minute walk from where I lived on campus. It was beautiful. While it's not the nicest, fanciest, or most captivating of bars, there isn't anything wrong with it. It was always nice to stop by for a couple drinks on a weeknight when my friends and I didn't feel like going too far. They had decent drink specials from time to time, and a couple times a week, they'd usually have some sort of event going on or band playing. This is a fine place to go if you're studying at UCD, but I wouldn't really recommend for anyone to make a trip to UCD just to check out the student bar.

Students like to drink. An ice-cold beer after class is as vital part of student's life as…read moreattending lectures, and as can be expected, the UCD bar is a popular drinking-destination among students who arrive in herds to blow off some steam after a long day. It's a spacious place with pool tables, TVs, food and drink, usually offering cheap draft, but as it is always Fosters that's on special offer (yuk!), it doesn't make much difference to the wallet. The bar lacks all charm and I wouldn't go there unless I was in the area, but it has served as a great venue to discuss group-assignments (ideas somehow flow more easily when you have a pint in hand). The bar occasionally hosts live concerts as well. I had a great time watching Digitalism over a year ago, well, it was a horrible venue for that kind of a gig and the sound was awful, but the crazyness on the dance floor and all the young students making out in every corner of the place was a hilarious experience. I also remember that the tickets were way cheaper than you can expect in town.

My daughter and I had a lovely meal here. We both had the fish and chips which was so light and…read morecrispy, with a Guinness. Literally, a perfect meal for a dreary day. We started with the cauliflower, we devoured it. I am so glad we ordered the large. My daughter doesn't even really like cauliflower so you can imagine how yummy it was. The atmosphere was comfortable and casual. Our waiter was a delightful young man from Argentina.

We are new to the Goatstown area, and every time we walked by Farmer Brown's the energy looked so…read morefriendly and laid-back. We finally went and I was not disappointed! First, the variety of seating is great (outdoor picnic tables, transition porch with retractable roof, and very cozy interior). Service was fast and friendly, and I loved getting to visit the two donkeys after I ate. I am a vegetarian, so I was going to do my boyfriend a favor + the vibes and didn't anticipate really loving anything on the menu for me. I ordered the cauliflower wings, and they were some of the best I have ever had...plus the portion was generous! My boyfriend got the wings and was so happy (but he also couldn't stop eating my cauliflower wings!). Also, I highly recommend talking a walk along the River Dodder after!