Pat’s Rathmines guidebook

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Pat’s Rathmines guidebook

Food (and coffee) for thought

Some places locally I like. Some you might.
My local: "250 Square, a little red-brick cottage tucked away off Rathmines Road Lower is fast becoming a destination for purveyors of fine coffee...roasting all its own beans."
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Two Fifty Square
10 Williams Park
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My local: "250 Square, a little red-brick cottage tucked away off Rathmines Road Lower is fast becoming a destination for purveyors of fine coffee...roasting all its own beans."
Best local pizza, hands down. And they now do takeaway too.
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Manifesto
208 Rathmines Rd Lower
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Best local pizza, hands down. And they now do takeaway too.
A second branch of the much-loved restaurant on Bath Ave. Always busy.
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Farmer Browns Rathmines
170 Rathmines Rd Lower
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A second branch of the much-loved restaurant on Bath Ave. Always busy.
Best local Indian takeaway.
Tadka House Indian Takeaway
146 Rathmines Rd Lower
Best local Indian takeaway.
"We don’t see ourselves as a Takeaway but more a restaurant that specialises in delivery of healthy authentic Thai food to you quickly." So yeah, a local Thai takeaway.
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Camile Thai Rathmines
133 Rathmines Rd Lower
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"We don’t see ourselves as a Takeaway but more a restaurant that specialises in delivery of healthy authentic Thai food to you quickly." So yeah, a local Thai takeaway.
Yet to try this place but apart from a great name it also looks great.
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Pot Bellied Pig
15 Rathmines Rd Upper
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Yet to try this place but apart from a great name it also looks great.
"Unabashedly French in appearance, Voici staff are clad in Breton stripes and crêpes are cooked in a repurposed Citroën."
Voici Crêperie & Wine Bar
1A Rathgar Rd
"Unabashedly French in appearance, Voici staff are clad in Breton stripes and crêpes are cooked in a repurposed Citroën."
Local branch of the world famous city centre takeaway. Just ask them to give the fries an extra few minutes to make sure they're good and crispy.
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Leo Burdock Rathmines
Rathmines Road Lower
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Local branch of the world famous city centre takeaway. Just ask them to give the fries an extra few minutes to make sure they're good and crispy.
Always busy local branch of the nationwide chain serving the classic Middle Eastern food, to eat-in or takeaway.
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Umi Falafel
13 Dame St
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Always busy local branch of the nationwide chain serving the classic Middle Eastern food, to eat-in or takeaway.
Rathmines branch of a Dublin-wide chain located in the Swan Centre, nothing fancy but always busy.
The Art of Coffee Rathmines
Rathmines branch of a Dublin-wide chain located in the Swan Centre, nothing fancy but always busy.
"Food is great. Atmosphere is wonderful and warm. The most important things are here!"
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Ernesto's Coffee & Artisan Foods
15 Rathgar Rd
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"Food is great. Atmosphere is wonderful and warm. The most important things are here!"
Good coffee, nice atmosphere and right outside the front gate.
Baked
142 Rathmines Rd Lower
Good coffee, nice atmosphere and right outside the front gate.
Combine some local coffee-drinking with some book-buying.
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Alan Hanna's Bookshop & Bark Coffee
270 Rathmines Rd Lower
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Combine some local coffee-drinking with some book-buying.
Good coffee but great pastries and cakes.
The Orange Tree
108 Rathmines Road Lower
Good coffee but great pastries and cakes.
Health food store and café,
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The Hopsack
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Health food store and café,
If you must.
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McDonald's
Rathmines Road Lower
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If you must.
On the way into the city centre at the canal bridge
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Grove Road
1 Rathmines Rd Lower
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On the way into the city centre at the canal bridge
"Sister Ray is a song by the Velvet Underground that evolved from a basic funk riff to a seventeen-minute sound of incredible complexity. It took the band one take to make this masterpiece. Much like this song, the food we serve incorporates simple ingredients to form complex flavour combinations that will only take you one visit to know that we are the s***."
FUEL Rathmines
"Sister Ray is a song by the Velvet Underground that evolved from a basic funk riff to a seventeen-minute sound of incredible complexity. It took the band one take to make this masterpiece. Much like this song, the food we serve incorporates simple ingredients to form complex flavour combinations that will only take you one visit to know that we are the s***."
The Rathmines branch of a national chain.
Butlers Chocolate Café
The Rathmines branch of a national chain.
"I think I'm turning Japanese..."
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Tippenyaki Restaurant Rathmines
39-40 Castlewood Ave
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"I think I'm turning Japanese..."
A relatively new sushi kid on the D6 block...
Sushida Rathmines
A relatively new sushi kid on the D6 block...
A new Middle Eastern diner only up the road.
Shaku Maku
A new Middle Eastern diner only up the road.
Sidekick to the Stella Cinema next door: "Serving up an all day menu from 8am in the morning to 10pm at night, The Stella Diner celebrates the best of classic American style diner dishes."
Stella Diner
Sidekick to the Stella Cinema next door: "Serving up an all day menu from 8am in the morning to 10pm at night, The Stella Diner celebrates the best of classic American style diner dishes."

Last call for alcohol

My top five local pubs
If I had a local, this would be it. An old-style pub without any pretensions.
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Martin B. Slattery
217 Rathmines Road Lower
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If I had a local, this would be it. An old-style pub without any pretensions.
A bit noisy for this old fart but a great selection of Irish and international independent beers and spirits.
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Blackbird
82-84 Rathmines Rd Lower
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A bit noisy for this old fart but a great selection of Irish and international independent beers and spirits.
Had a first date here once. I should really go back.
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Mother Reilly's Bar & Restaurant
32 Rathmines Rd Upper
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Had a first date here once. I should really go back.
Victorian pub under wooden-beamed eaves, it says here.
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Rody Bolands
12-14 Rathmines Rd Upper
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Victorian pub under wooden-beamed eaves, it says here.
Another nearby lovely old-style pub.
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J. O'Connell
29 Richmond St S
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Another nearby lovely old-style pub.

Picture this

A right pair of local cinemas
"The restored Stella Theatre is a truly unique cinema experience, an iconic cinematic landmark which sits confidently in the heart of Dublin 6."
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Stella Cinema
209 Rathmines Rd Lower
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"The restored Stella Theatre is a truly unique cinema experience, an iconic cinematic landmark which sits confidently in the heart of Dublin 6."
All the hits...and Tuesdays are half price.
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Omniplex Cinema Rathmines
210 Rathmines Rd Lower
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All the hits...and Tuesdays are half price.

Supermarket sweep

Grocery shop locally til you drop.
Literally just outside the apartment complex front gate, the nearest supermarket to the flat...just.
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ALDI
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Literally just outside the apartment complex front gate, the nearest supermarket to the flat...just.
Once upon a time the poor relation of Irish supermarkets, they've gone a tad upmarket of late, refurbishing their stores and bringing in franchises to look after specialty meats, fish, cheese, bread, salads, etc. The third closest supermarket to the flat.
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Dunnes Stores - Swan Centre
Rathmines Road Lower
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Once upon a time the poor relation of Irish supermarkets, they've gone a tad upmarket of late, refurbishing their stores and bringing in franchises to look after specialty meats, fish, cheese, bread, salads, etc. The third closest supermarket to the flat.
Have never been in it but it's always busy so I should really investigate, huh?
Moldova Stores Rathmines
Have never been in it but it's always busy so I should really investigate, huh?
Tesco sponsored a radio series I made early in 2019 so I won't hear a bad word said about them. Every little helps, innit? The fourth closest supermarket to the flat.
Tesco Metro
Tesco sponsored a radio series I made early in 2019 so I won't hear a bad word said about them. Every little helps, innit? The fourth closest supermarket to the flat.
Literally across the road from the apartment complex, the second closest supermarket to the flat...just.
Lidl
Literally across the road from the apartment complex, the second closest supermarket to the flat...just.

Read 'em and weep

For the bookworms in the house
Support your - or in this case, our - local library.
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Rathmines Library
157 Rathmines Road Lower
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Support your - or in this case, our - local library.
Specialises in Irish interest titles, plus general fiction, kids' books and exam papers.
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Alan Hanna's Bookshop & Bark Coffee
270 Rathmines Rd Lower
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Specialises in Irish interest titles, plus general fiction, kids' books and exam papers.
Rathmines branch of a family owned Irish business consisting of eight shops around the country.
Ulysses Rare Books
10 Duke St
Rathmines branch of a family owned Irish business consisting of eight shops around the country.
Stationery and discount book seller.
Bookstation
Rathmines Road Lower
Stationery and discount book seller.

Medicine heads

Rathmines Pharmacy
114 Rathmines Rd Lower
Bourkes Allcare Pharmacy
220 Rathmines Rd Lower
Deveneys Pharmacy
16 Rathmines Rd Upper
Rathmines Life Pharmacy
Rathmines Road Lower
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LloydsPharmacy
10 Drumcondra Rd Upper
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Boots
302 Rathmines Rd Lower
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Rathmines Clinic
24 Upper Rathmines Road
Walk-In Clinic
104 Rathmines Road Lower
Rathmines Dental
183 Rathmines Rd Lower
Dentist Rathmines
Rathmines Road Dental Clinic
24 Rathmines Rd Upper
Rathmines Eye Centre
187 Rathmines Rd Lower
Mairead O'Leary Opticians
Local dentist
Ivan Power DDS
2a Rathmines Rd Upper
Local dentist
Local GP practice
Rafter's Medical Centre
Local GP practice

Sport for all

One of only four clubs in Dublin with fully playable grass courts during the summer. Email stratfordltc@gmail.com if you fancy trying them out while you're here. Tell them I sent you.
Stratford Lawn Tennis Club
Grosvenor Square
One of only four clubs in Dublin with fully playable grass courts during the summer. Email stratfordltc@gmail.com if you fancy trying them out while you're here. Tell them I sent you.
Almost directly across the road from here if you fancy a swim, a workout, yoga or just a coffee watching everyone else getting active.
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Swan Leisure
161 Rathmines Rd Lower
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Almost directly across the road from here if you fancy a swim, a workout, yoga or just a coffee watching everyone else getting active.