Guidebook for Ringsend
Entertainment & Activities
A 10 minute walk from the apartment - smart cinema complex showing all the latest releases, with 3-D and iSense screens. Popcorn supplied in the largest buckets you'll see in the city!!
71 locals recommend
ODEON Point Square
East Wall RoadA 10 minute walk from the apartment - smart cinema complex showing all the latest releases, with 3-D and iSense screens. Popcorn supplied in the largest buckets you'll see in the city!!
Beautiful park with extensive sports facilities, children's playground, tennis courts and running tracks.
22 locals recommend
Ringsend Park
Cambridge RoadBeautiful park with extensive sports facilities, children's playground, tennis courts and running tracks.
Stunning state-of-the-art gym & spa. The pool has a fire pit dividing it from the sauna area...!!
Eden One
Shelbourne RoadStunning state-of-the-art gym & spa. The pool has a fire pit dividing it from the sauna area...!!
Easy to access gym - perfect for a quick drop-in drop-out workout.
14 locals recommend
Flye Fit - Macken Street
32 Macken StEasy to access gym - perfect for a quick drop-in drop-out workout.
Arts & Culture
The venue of choice in Ireland for the biggest names in pop, rock, country and entertainment. Located in a beautiful listed building overlooking the River Liffey.
254 locals recommend
3Arena
North Wall QuayThe venue of choice in Ireland for the biggest names in pop, rock, country and entertainment. Located in a beautiful listed building overlooking the River Liffey.
Know locally as "the falling tin can..." Gravity-defying architecture at its best - the view from the top of the internal atrium is breath-taking. Hosts large conferences and entertainment shows.
104 locals recommend
The Convention Centre station
Know locally as "the falling tin can..." Gravity-defying architecture at its best - the view from the top of the internal atrium is breath-taking. Hosts large conferences and entertainment shows.
Amazingly futuristic-looking building, hosting music concerts, conferences, theatre plays, comedy, musicals, operas - matinees and evening performances.
244 locals recommend
Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Amazingly futuristic-looking building, hosting music concerts, conferences, theatre plays, comedy, musicals, operas - matinees and evening performances.
The home of Leinster rugby, the Dublin Horse Show and many concerts, exhibitions and trade shows.
88 locals recommend
RDS Main Arena
Merrion RoadThe home of Leinster rugby, the Dublin Horse Show and many concerts, exhibitions and trade shows.
Food Scene
Great brunch and people-watching from the from deck - very popular at the weekends, be sure to get there early...
187 locals recommend
herbstreet
9 Hanover QuayGreat brunch and people-watching from the from deck - very popular at the weekends, be sure to get there early...
Great pizza, great atmosphere, great terrace outside on a sunny day. Very child-friendly.
101 locals recommend
Milano
Great pizza, great atmosphere, great terrace outside on a sunny day. Very child-friendly.
Fantastic Italian coffee and savoury bites, and the best fresh pastries!! Free wifi and free flamboyant interaction with the Italian staff - great authentic spot to while away an hour...
141 locals recommend
Il Valentino Bakery & Cafe
Fantastic Italian coffee and savoury bites, and the best fresh pastries!! Free wifi and free flamboyant interaction with the Italian staff - great authentic spot to while away an hour...
Best lunchtime sandwiches bar none - the daily special is always a treat. The evening menu is delicious innovative global cuisine, with the best baked cheesecake dessert you'll ever taste!! Saturday and Sunday brunch is hard to beat and very popular with locals and visitors alike.
81 locals recommend
Juniors Deli & Cafe
2 Bath AveBest lunchtime sandwiches bar none - the daily special is always a treat. The evening menu is delicious innovative global cuisine, with the best baked cheesecake dessert you'll ever taste!! Saturday and Sunday brunch is hard to beat and very popular with locals and visitors alike.
Definitely worth a trip to try their award-winning homemade burger - hard to beat!!
129 locals recommend
Farmer Browns Bath Avenue
25A Bath AveDefinitely worth a trip to try their award-winning homemade burger - hard to beat!!
Superb award-winning gastro pub with delicious lunch and dinner menu, excellent cocktails, and a very cool range of craft beers on offer, served in proper old-style glass tankards!
68 locals recommend
The Old Spot
14 Bath AveSuperb award-winning gastro pub with delicious lunch and dinner menu, excellent cocktails, and a very cool range of craft beers on offer, served in proper old-style glass tankards!
Award-winning restaurant - great fish and meat platters, and an extensive wine list.
88 locals recommend
The Chophouse
2 Shelbourne RdAward-winning restaurant - great fish and meat platters, and an extensive wine list.
Best New York style pizza in town, created from scratch by genuine Italian pizza masterchefs. Tasty pasta dishes and delicious cocktails from Barry's Bar upstairs make for a perfect evening.
180 locals recommend
Paulies Pizza
58 Grand Canal Street UpperBest New York style pizza in town, created from scratch by genuine Italian pizza masterchefs. Tasty pasta dishes and delicious cocktails from Barry's Bar upstairs make for a perfect evening.
Stunning views across Grand Canal Dock and a delicious menu make this gem of a restaurant an absolute favourite with locals!!
21 locals recommend
Charlotte Quay
Ringsend RoadStunning views across Grand Canal Dock and a delicious menu make this gem of a restaurant an absolute favourite with locals!!
Drinks & Nightlife
Stunning 5* hotel with the best roof-top bar in the city - incredible 360 degree views of the city and Dublin bay. Also has a luxurious spa and pool for those all-important treat days...
104 locals recommend
The Marker Hotel Dublin
Grand Canal QuayStunning 5* hotel with the best roof-top bar in the city - incredible 360 degree views of the city and Dublin bay. Also has a luxurious spa and pool for those all-important treat days...
Where all the pretty young things congregate! You might even spot the odd Ireland rugby player enjoying a pint at the bar...
98 locals recommend
The Bath Pub
26 Bath AveWhere all the pretty young things congregate! You might even spot the odd Ireland rugby player enjoying a pint at the bar...
Hopping venue most nights of the week - great for watching sports on their outdoor terrace.
133 locals recommend
Slattery's
62 Grand Canal Street UpperHopping venue most nights of the week - great for watching sports on their outdoor terrace.
Shopping
Good food store with everything you could need from fresh coconut milk and 28-day fillet steaks, to biltong and toilet rolls...and everything inbetween!
87 locals recommend
Fresh Grand Canal
Grand Canal SquareGood food store with everything you could need from fresh coconut milk and 28-day fillet steaks, to biltong and toilet rolls...and everything inbetween!
Parks & Nature
Lovely small park just around the corner from the cottage with a great kids' playground and enclosed soccer pitch area.
6 locals recommend
South Dock Street Park
Lovely small park just around the corner from the cottage with a great kids' playground and enclosed soccer pitch area.
Wonderful beach that is easily accessible, very shallow, and great for walking or playing sports when the tide is out! When the tide is in, the promenade is a lovely area to walk or to sit and watch the world go by...
18 locals recommend
Sandymount Strand
Wonderful beach that is easily accessible, very shallow, and great for walking or playing sports when the tide is out! When the tide is in, the promenade is a lovely area to walk or to sit and watch the world go by...
Easily accessible beach, very shallow, great for walking or playing sports when the tide is out. When the tide is in, the promenade is lovely for a run, walk, or to sit and watch the world go by!!
52 locals recommend
Sandymount Beach
Easily accessible beach, very shallow, great for walking or playing sports when the tide is out. When the tide is in, the promenade is lovely for a run, walk, or to sit and watch the world go by!!
Essentials
The BEST store for delicious fresh fish, finest steaks, succulent freshly-cooked rotisserie chickens, hot chicken sandwiches, delicious ready-cooked meals, finest wines, pastries and treats galore!!
50 locals recommend
Lotts & Co.
7 S Lotts RdThe BEST store for delicious fresh fish, finest steaks, succulent freshly-cooked rotisserie chickens, hot chicken sandwiches, delicious ready-cooked meals, finest wines, pastries and treats galore!!
Everything you need just around the corner from the cottage - groceries, Insomnia coffee dock, fresh stir-fry counter if you don't fancy cooking, free wifi!!
32 locals recommend
EuroSpar Barrow Street
Barrow StreetEverything you need just around the corner from the cottage - groceries, Insomnia coffee dock, fresh stir-fry counter if you don't fancy cooking, free wifi!!
Super efficient laundrette service - Geraldine and Bay will look after ypu well.
12 locals recommend
Whitewash Laundry
60 Grand Canal Street UpperSuper efficient laundrette service - Geraldine and Bay will look after ypu well.