What areas to live in in County Dublin and areas to avoid?

The_Conductor

There are many really nice pubs in the city centre, including a few who brew their own beer (The Porterhouse on Parliament Street and another one on Nassau Street for example). Continental beers are widely available- and appreciated- here. Wine is a different story- you can go to the likes of Dunne and Crescenzi on South Frederick Street for a good range of Italian wines at semi sane prices- or indeed Little Italy (on King Street at the back of Smithfield). After that- you're looking at specialist wine shops- or even the likes of O'Briens, who are all over the place, and generally have good special offers on a weekly basis. People don't really tend to go out to pubs to drink wine- while you can get wine in any pub- you don't really tend to get much choice- and if you have the gall to ask for a Petit Chablis or anything considered out of the ordinary, you'll get blank stares.

Plenty of really nice restaurants as well- including a few very near DBS where your girlfriend will be studying.

miss no stars

Ah now to be fair there are a good number of wine bars in the city centre

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Then there are plenty of places outside the city where people go for wine. Like in Howth there are two wine bars.

strandroad

Judoman27 wrote: »

Wow! Great! Thanks a bunch mhge. Your message was very informative, well i believe we have pinpointed the area we want to live and dwell now, since you say all the good shops, restaurant and cafes are south of city, thats what we're after for weekend day trips to the city, we will most likely end up looking for property south of Dublin. But have not narrowed down to any specific city or town as i believe our dogs will be an issue so we will have to be flexible in terms of location even after increasing our budget to 800-1000 now.

But thanks a bunch! Looking forward to cycling on some hills and mountains now, unlike the flat pancake type of terrain here.

Ha! Don't say things are all better on the southside or you'll place yourself firmly in the northside/southside debate before you even move here Southside might be somewhat fancier but there are fancy things on the northside too! If someone had one day only to see Dublin I would absolutely tell them to go to Howth for their cliff walk and harbour lunch, it's the best thing ever.

There's shedloads of options for city pubs and wine bars. Rather than having preset destinations, I recommend checking out Yelp whenever you're online to search for best reviewed options in your vicinity. They might be just around the corner.

The_Conductor

miss no stars wrote: »

Ah now to be fair there are a good number of wine bars in the city centre

Link

Then there are plenty of places outside the city where people go for wine. Like in Howth there are two wine bars.

I genuinely didn't know we had 7 winebars in the city centre- though of course I should have thought of Fallon and Byrne and the Ely Bar (the others I've never heard of).

Point taken- there do seem to be some nice places that even locals haven't found- where you're sure to discover some places you'll hopefully fall in love with.

riclad

Plenty of good restaurants all around the city centre.
see yelp,
SEE rent.ie ,
Generally ,houses, apartments of the same size tend to be more expensive,
on the south side of the liffey.
I,M NOT saying dublin is any worse than any other city ,
but sometimes tourists are targets for phone, handbag theft ,as they tend to stand out ,mode of dress, carrting camera,s , bags etc.
I cycle alot, my rule is yield ,to trucks ,vans etc,cycle slow in the city centre .
Watch out for people ,opening car doors.There are nice area,s on the southside ,
and the northside.I think landlord,s expect 6 weeks plus rent as a deposit ,
give deposit as a cheque, not cash.

Judoman27

The_Conductor wrote: »

There are many really nice pubs in the city centre, including a few who brew their own beer (The Porterhouse on Parliament Street and another one on Nassau Street for example). Continental beers are widely available- and appreciated- here. Wine is a different story- you can go to the likes of Dunne and Crescenzi on South Frederick Street for a good range of Italian wines at semi sane prices- or indeed Little Italy (on King Street at the back of Smithfield). After that- you're looking at specialist wine shops- or even the likes of O'Briens, who are all over the place, and generally have good special offers on a weekly basis. People don't really tend to go out to pubs to drink wine- while you can get wine in any pub- you don't really tend to get much choice- and if you have the gall to ask for a Petit Chablis or anything considered out of the ordinary, you'll get blank stares.

Plenty of really nice restaurants as well- including a few very near DBS where your girlfriend will be studying.

Interesting that theres a Little Italy in Dublin, can't wait to see that. Thanks for all the info.

Judoman27

mhge wrote: »

Ha! Don't say things are all better on the southside or you'll place yourself firmly in the northside/southside debate before you even move here Southside might be somewhat fancier but there are fancy things on the northside too! If someone had one day only to see Dublin I would absolutely tell them to go to Howth for their cliff walk and harbour lunch, it's the best thing ever.

There's shedloads of options for city pubs and wine bars. Rather than having preset destinations, I recommend checking out Yelp whenever you're online to search for best reviewed options in your vicinity. They might be just around the corner.

Ok thanks alot mhge, i think we really have to go over there for atleast a week and drive around abit to the areas recommended and then actually try it out for awhile. What do you think about Bray in County Wicklow, been seeing reasonable prics there.

Judoman27

riclad wrote: »

Plenty of good restaurants all around the city centre.
see yelp,
SEE rent.ie ,
Generally ,houses, apartments of the same size tend to be more expensive,
on the south side of the liffey.
I,M NOT saying dublin is any worse than any other city ,
but sometimes tourists are targets for phone, handbag theft ,as they tend to stand out ,mode of dress, carrting camera,s , bags etc.
I cycle alot, my rule is yield ,to trucks ,vans etc,cycle slow in the city centre .
Watch out for people ,opening car doors.There are nice area,s on the southside ,
and the northside.I think landlord,s expect 6 weeks plus rent as a deposit ,
give deposit as a cheque, not cash.

Deposit as cheque not cash huh? Good advice, that sounds safer. Yea like in any other country, we'll be vigilant and we dont walk around with cameras around our neck, i make it a point to be as low profile as possible & blend in.

The_Conductor

Judoman27 wrote: »

Interesting that theres a Little Italy in Dublin, can't wait to see that. Thanks for all the info.

Its a Supermarket chain- that stocks fresh produce from Italy, brought in 3-4 times a week- its not like an Italian quarter- just to clarify, in case I got your hopes up

Cuddlesworth

The_Conductor wrote: »

in case I got your hopes up

You really did.

strandroad

Ok thanks alot mhge, i think we really have to go over there for atleast a week and drive around abit to the areas recommended and then actually try it out for awhile. What do you think about Bray in County Wicklow, been seeing reasonable prics there.

Bray would be considered more working class than middle/upper middle as you indicated originally, it's somewhat run down in places, but really it's a mix of vibes and hardly horrible. The beach, promenade and Bray Head hill are all nice to have. Greystones would be more upmarket but it's smaller with less stock.
Your sweet spot might be somewhere there though, in the vicinity of either of them. You could have access to the Dart or the 145 bus (fairly fast bus into town), or both. It's out of town enough to have space for your dogs and lovely scenery but the amenities are there too.

Judoman27

The_Conductor wrote: »

Its a Supermarket chain- that stocks fresh produce from Italy, brought in 3-4 times a week- its not like an Italian quarter- just to clarify, in case I got your hopes up

Hahaha aaww.. Man got me excited, but thats still interesting. Love to cook Fresh Italian so... :-P

Judoman27

mhge wrote: »

Bray would be considered more working class than middle/upper middle as you indicated originally, it's somewhat run down in places, but really it's a mix of vibes and hardly horrible. The beach, promenade and Bray Head hill are all nice to have. Greystones would be more upmarket but it's smaller with less stock.
Your sweet spot might be somewhere there though, in the vicinity of either of them. You could have access to the Dart or the 145 bus (fairly fast bus into town), or both. It's out of town enough to have space for your dogs and lovely scenery but the amenities are there too.

Great! The prices in Bray are tempting and Greystones looks nice, but somewhere in between sounds just about right. I will focus my search there, don't mind living in a working class area as i grew up in one, but prefer one with just a bit of diversity and not known for violent crime. Plus everything is so expensive so

Judoman27

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

You really did.

Hahaha and i was expecting a small corner or quarter filled with Italian restaurants and food stands and supermarkets lol w/the language in the air hahaha

strandroad

Judoman27 wrote: »

Great! The prices in Bray are tempting and Greystones looks nice, but somewhere in between sounds just about right. I will focus my search there, don't mind living in a working class area as i grew up in one, but prefer one with just a bit of diversity and not known for violent crime. Plus everything is so expensive so

You can always google for "the name of the area/estate + antisocial" to see if there's anything dodgy going on.

Judoman27 wrote: »

Hahaha and i was expecting a small corner or quarter filled with Italian restaurants and food stands and supermarkets lol w/the language in the air hahaha

There's a good few around Parliament St and another few in the Italian Quarter (it's tiny, mind) on the quays so it could be a good spot to check out...

Roselm

Judoman27 wrote: »

Just one more thing, any recommendations for nice, lively and tourist friendly PUBS in the city? :-D ..... My wife and I are fanatics of good wine and beer!

There have been lots of pubs popping up in the past couple of years that have craft beers. Would recommend you check out an app by beoir where you can see local pubs which have craft beers. You'll get an open minded friendly crowd in these places in my experience(not to suggest that other pubs don't have).
The following are good: Mulligans in Stoneybatter, Bull and Castle opposite Christ Church Cathedral, Porterhouse in Temple bar or Nassau Street, The Port House (Wine and tappas) on South William Street,The Long Hall on GeorgesStreet on south side...

Judoman27

mhge wrote: »

You can always google for "the name of the area/estate + antisocial" to see if there's anything dodgy going on.



There's a good few around Parliament St and another few in the Italian Quarter (it's tiny, mind) on the quays so it could be a good spot to check out...

Thanks! Thats a good tip, will try that

Judoman27

Thanks guys for all the info, advice and recommendations! It has made the search a lot more easier!