Dublin travel guide — where to stay, what to do, and where to eat in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.
Top food tours
Guided experiences that show you Dublin through its food.
Fab Food Trails Dublin
A small-group walking tour that pairs 8+ tastings — from Irish cheese and charcuterie to chocolate and craft beer — with the history of Dublin's oldest streets, led by a guide with direct relationships to the producers.
Includes: Tastings inside independent delis and specialty shops, not chain restaurants · Saturday departures walk directly through the Temple Bar Food Market
Teeling Whiskey Distillery Tour
A compact, working-distillery tour through the mash tun, fermentation room and copper pot stills, ending with a guided flight of three Teeling whiskeys in the on-site bar.
Includes: Distillery is fully operational — visitors see live production, not a museum set · Flight includes Teeling's small-batch and single-grain expressions, not just the standard blend
Jameson Distillery Bow Street Experience
A polished, multimedia-driven tour through the history of Jameson whiskey on the site of its founding distillery, finishing with a comparative tasting against Scotch and bourbon.
Includes: Tasting compares Jameson against a Scotch and a bourbon side by side · Bow Street Bar cocktail masterclass upgrade covers classic whiskey cocktail recipes
Dublin Food Company Walking Tour
A guided walk through Dublin 2's food scene — bakeries, cheesemongers, chocolatiers and a traditional pub stop — framed with commentary on Irish food history from famine to modern revival.
Includes: Thursday departures route through the Dún Laoghaire Farmers' Market · Small group cap of 12 keeps tastings unhurried at each stop
Irish Cooking Class at Dunne & Crescenzi
A small-group class in Dunne & Crescenzi's kitchen focused on fresh pasta technique, finishing with a seated three-course meal of the dishes made in class, paired with Italian wines.
Includes: Class is genuinely hands-on rather than a cooking demonstration · Meal afterward is served in the restaurant's dining room, not a separate function space
Guinness Storehouse Connoisseur Experience
An upgrade over the standard Storehouse ticket: a dedicated bar session led by a Guinness expert covering flavour profiles, brewing history and pouring technique, on top of full self-guided access to all seven floors of the Storehouse building.
Includes: Strictly over-18s, keeping the tasting session focused rather than family-oriented · Ends at the rooftop Gravity Bar with 360-degree views over Dublin
Delicious Dublin Tours: Original Dublin Food Tour
Departing from the Spire on O'Connell Street, this tour threads through five award-winning food stops spotlighting Irish artisan cheese, Carlingford Lough oysters, Burren smoked salmon and specialty coffee, told through the stories of the producers behind each product.
Includes: Route stays north of the river, complementing the Temple Bar-focused tours on this list · Oyster and smoked salmon tastings represent Ireland's coastal food traditions specifically
Pearse Lyons Distillery Tour & Tasting
A compact tour combining working distillery equipment with the architecture and graveyard of St. James's Church, ending with a tasting flight of Pearse Irish whiskeys named for the distillery's founder.
Includes: One of the few Dublin whiskey experiences set inside a historic deconsecrated church · Walk-in visitors can often be slotted into the next available tour without a booking
Rascals Brewing Company Tour
A 45-minute walk through Rascals' working brewhouse, from raw malted barley to finished beer, run directly by the founders and followed by tastings of the core range in the on-site taproom.
Includes: Tours are personally led by the brewery's founders rather than rotating staff guides · Taproom and pizza restaurant stay open after the tour for a full evening out
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Foodie tips
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The best introduction to traditional Irish food is a visit to Dún Laoghaire Farmers' Market (Thursday 09:00–15:00) — producers sell direct and are happy to explain their ingredients
Teeling Distillery (13–17 Newmarket, D08) and the Jameson Distillery Bow Street (Bow Street, Smithfield, D07) both offer tours with tastings — Teeling for craft whiskey, Jameson for the mainstream heritage experience
Leo Burdock's chippy (Werburgh Street, D8, open since 1913) is the quintessential Dublin street food experience — queue, order cod and chips (~€12 / ~$13.20), eat on the street
For a self-guided food walk: start at St. Patrick's Cathedral, walk through the Liberties to Cornmarket, then east to Dame Street for coffee, finishing at Meeting House Square for the Saturday market