There are certain Dublin-specific experiences that can momentarily make your heart stop beating. The reasons for this peculiar and worrying effect are varied: shock, awkwardness, or straight up horror. Have you had the misfortune of experiencing any of these moments? 1. When there are no Dublin Bikes left at the station Which comes with the sudden […]

9 years ago

Gas. Just gas. Check out this hilarious receipt from Marks & Spencer’s Dundrum, shared by user shanedelahunty, where the customer in question was found to be purchasing not one, but two Giant Choc Butts. Mmm, tasty. M&S staff having fun with product naming from ireland And at €3? BARGAIN! No January diet around here then. […]

9 years ago

Regular readers will know in recent weeks we’ve been running City Spotlight; a series focusing on the many brilliant and varied areas in Dublin. So when Uber Dublin came to us asking us to team up with them for Neighbourhood Love, we couldn’t refuse! All new and existing users €20 off an Uber to or from Dublin […]

10 years ago

Despite only trying Korean food for the first time a few years ago, I’m already a big fan of the comforting yet flavoursome cuisine. As kimchi, a type of fermented cabbage which massively aids digestion, is a national dish of Korea and is eaten with most meals, the cuisine mostly has a very savoury and […]

10 years ago

Now that the dust has finally settled on Christmas, it’s time to take a look at your haul of gifts this year. Was it a successful year? Or are you looking at half of your presents and wondering if your family or friends know you at all? Realistically, how many times are you going to […]

10 years ago

It appears Ireland’s reputation for being a rip-off is well deserved. In the past few weeks we’ve seen a Dublin café charge €21.56 for a salad and a lemonade, a €4 cup of tea, and now this. Have a look at this receipt that one Irish person received after their trip to see The Martian. […]

10 years ago

Yesterday, we told you about a salad and a lemonade in the Avoca Café that cost a mind-boggling €21.56. And now we’ve got further evidence that, at the first sight of an economic recovery, this city is absolutely losing its shit all over again. This example comes from The Marker Hotel at Grand Canal Dock. […]

10 years ago

It’s been an incredible year for us at Lovin Dublin – we’ve grown in just about every way imaginable, and to say we’re stoked for 2016 would be an understatement. And naturally, we couldn’t do that without you, our beloved readers! But before we plough ahead, we wanted to take a look back at the […]

10 years ago

Remember when you thought that being an adult meant being able to eat cereal for dinner? Well, it turns out that a whole lot of conditions that come with those kinda perks…  Here are 18 painfully accurate tweets about the strug of being a fully fledged adult in 2015. 1. The greatest nightmare about weekly food […]

10 years ago

So much for tap water being the free option. One Lovin Dublin reader was eating in Liffey Valley’s Rapid River Spur Steak & Grill yesterday and asked for three tap waters to accompany their meal, he sent us a picture of his receipt.  €3 for tap water. Absolute disgrace. This isn’t the first example of restaurant rip […]

10 years ago

We’ve seen some ridiculous prices in Dublin in our time, and here’s another one for the list. Today FM’s Ed Smith stumbled upon this pricey Apple Jacks snack in Fallon & Byrne on Exchequer Street yesterday and took a picture for Twitter. Of course, the breakfast food obviously commands this high price because it’s been imported from the States, but could you ever […]

10 years ago

Part of finding the best bits of Dublin is calling out the worst bits – that’s why we share some of the best rip-off drinks and foods in the city. And today we have one that is quite possibly the overall winner.  Marie Duffy was in the Black Door last night and sent us the receipt […]

10 years ago