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It's a good first activity when in Dublin.
Reviewed by: James T, United States, May 2008
We had a great time - the guides were wonderful and knowledgeable, and the pubs were grand. I would have liked some more traditional songs that we were all familiar with, but it was great, and I would do it again!
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States, April 2008
The Pub Crawl was one of the highlights of Dublin. Five of us there on St Paddy's weekend and I'd definitely recommend it, especially to get acquainted with the pubs in Dublin. One area to improve - travelling between the pubs was very unorganized. We actually got lost and thankfully my daughter was upfront in the crowd and called us with directions. There was no guidance or help from the tour planner. We would never have found the second pub as we had to cross the river to get there.
Reviewed by: Jim S, United States, March 2008
I had a great deal of fun. The musicians were great, and explained Irish music very well. It was a bit crowded; some people had to stand or sit on the floor. The prices for beer were very high by United States standards, but I expected that to be the case.
Reviewed by: Andrew B, United States, March 2008
Went to 2 pubs. Another would have been great. Walk between pubs at extra fast pace, too fast for seniors.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States, March 2008
We booked this excursion for the older travellers in our group who had a particular interest in Irish music. Everyone in the group ending up enjoying it, though it was a little more laid-back than many would have liked. The crawl only included two bars, both within 2-3 blocks of the starting point and each other. So walking wasn't a problem, but you don't get to see much of the pub scene if that's on your agenda.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States, January 2008
We had a wonderful time. Learned a lot about traditional music, the musicians were quite good and had a nice range of tunes and songs. All Americans should know that a five or six block walk from pub to pub may occur. Only makes you more thirsty.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States, May 2007
A good time was had by all.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States, March 2007
We had a fun time on this tour of a few of the Temple Bar area pubs, the history and information was well worth the trip.
Reviewed by: Holly M, United States, September 2006
It was great. I wish we had not had dinner before we went because we were too full to appreciate beer. Music, great atmosphere, superb!!!
Reviewed by: Lesley B, United Kingdom, August 2006
We enjoyed the musicians so much. We were still tired from the trip over, so we did not tour all the Pubs but it was well worth the tour and price. The meeting place is fine, but directions on the voucher would have been beneficial. All and all, we recommend the tour of the pubs. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
Reviewed by: Belinda A, United States, August 2006
Very entertaining and informative. Our two hosts were talented and delighted to share their knowledge with a very large group. The pubs chosen were excellent examples and we actually went back to Gogarty's for more music and dinner. We felt very safe walking back to our hotel late at night after the event.Thank you for putting together an event which shared the Irish musical heritage with us.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States,
The pub crawl was very interesting, but there was too much talking and not enough singing by the musicians. We only went to 2 pubs, so it wasn't much of a crawl.
Reviewed by: Carol L, United States, December 2007
I enjoyed it to some extent but 2 pubs is not really a pub crawl and on the 2nd pub the audience mainly took over. I was slightly disappointed that there wasn't more songs by the musicians, or more variety in the instruments played. I would say go along, but it could have been better!
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Australia, December 2007
When I met up with the group for this activity, there were 70 other participants, which I thought was too big of a group. We only went to 2 pubs. I thought that it would have been more interesting to visit some of the others. The 2 musicians were extremely enthusiastic and informative, but the whole explanations about the music got boring after the first hour, and the whole activity was too much of a tourist trap. I thought that the music explanations could have been a lot shorter and the pub crawl, seeing the pubs, could have been longer.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States, December 2007
