Buskers Bar
Buskers Bar
4.5
11:00 - 02:30
Monday
11:00 - 02:30
Tuesday
11:00 - 02:30
Wednesday
11:00 - 02:30
Thursday
11:00 - 02:30
Friday
11:00 - 02:30
Saturday
11:00 - 02:30
Sunday
11:00 - 02:30
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The area
Address
Neighbourhood: Temple Bar
How to get there
  • Abbey St • 5 min walk
  • Jervis • 5 min walk
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  • Lolly776
    Manchester, United Kingdom120 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Outstanding customer service
    Travelled to Dublin with the girls on a day trip from manchester, was due to fly back in short of 2hours ended up in buskers bar as our last bar crawl to be greeted by a lovely front of house lady called Andrea with a warm smile I approached her as I ran out of phone battery 🪫 in which my boarding pass was on as you can imagine the sheer panic kicked in. She took me to the charging points in the bar however I had no euros left only English cash Andrea gave me the correct change to be able to get some sort of charge! I cannot thank this lady enough and she’s a massive credit to your company! I will definitely be back to buskers again, Thank you for looking after me Andrea your hospitality is second to none.
    Visited October 2023
    Travelled with friends
    Written 16 October 2023
  • HouseStark987
    Glasgow, United Kingdom47 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Good for pool
    Played pool and table tennis here. A nice big venue with a pool bar downstairs and a bar with live music upstairs. The staff at the sports bar are a bit glum.
    Visited October 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 16 October 2023
  • Leanne B
    Glasgow, United Kingdom43 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Food stop
    Stopped in at Buskers for some food after a long delay with our flight. I ordered the Irish bangers and mash, and it didn't disappoint. Was served with gravy and crispy onions, was absolutely delicious and a good sized portion. Was approximately €18, as its Temple Bar area nothing is going to be particularly cheap, but the food and service was excellent.
    Visited December 2023
    Travelled with friends
    Written 11 December 2023
  • Teresa D
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Best experience ever
    Did cocktail making session with a hen do. Was the best experience I’ve had in a long time . Alex was the perfect bartender who assisted us and joined in with our jokes . Definitely took away some memories 🤩
    Visited March 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 29 March 2024
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cormac d
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2020
Poor service, very unprofesional downstairs. this included the waitress' scowling when we wanted to order something that they had in the bar upstairs (which shouldn't be a problem but they admitted they were too lazy to go upstairs and grab it). Rude manager who kept coming over to us bothering us. got told false information about the food we ordered (this is minor but they gave us no knives/ forks, napkins, or sauces with our food) and much much more! made us feel really uncomfortable and basically acted like they wanted us out from the start. a group of girls beside us also left early I don't know the exact reason why but it looked like they were having trouble too, we were just stupid enough to stay a bit longer. retrain staff and tell managers to be polite. (even another manager who never talked to us kept pointing at us and him and the waitress' laughing from across the room. This all happened in the downstairs part btw we didn't get to experience the upstairs but hopefully it's a bit better than downstairs. This isn't even everything that happened.
Written 13 December 2020
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Good Afternoon Cormac, We are sorry to hear of your experience while in Buskers On The Ball, Could you please contact us so we can discuss it further? You can reach the Director of Food & Beverage on Ciaran.carroll@pyramidhotelgroup.com We look forward to hearing from you, Buskers Team
Written 15 December 2020
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Carolina R
Dublin, Ireland12 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Friends
Just left that horrible place 2 hours ago. I got there with a friend and co-worker after a long day after work. We were ignored at the bar, I decide to stand and walk to the other way. It 23:16 pm when we could have our drinks and 15 minutes after the Iive music was cut off and all the bright lights were turned on - the staff who charged me almost €18 for 2 glasses of wine probably did not think about let me know I would have about 20 minutes to finish my drink and go.
When the security man turned just to my colleague and I and sad that the pub wascl closing and we need to finish and go. Then I told:
Oh the bar staff never told me about it. Then he said: Where are you from? Extremely shocked I asked him "how relevant it would be at that time" and then he said that I needed to leave. It was personal and xenophobic as we asked around and he did not go to talk to others before or after us. I asked to talk to the manager as because I work in customer service, for me it's extremely important that people should be treated with respect.

I went out after 8h shift from work to have a good time and I had a horrible experience.

The manager said he would address the situation and I hope with my honest review, people be aware to avoid this place!!!
Written 19 January 2023
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Dear Carolina, Many thanks for visiting Buskers Bar last night to relax after the day you had. Our man focus is our customer service and to ensure all our guests have a pleasant evening with ourselves, unfortunately on this occasion the night didn’t end as you expected, we are sorry you felt that way, all members of the team have completed diversity training, as we have a multi-cultural work force.. If you would like to discuss it further please contact myself fiona.rafferty@pyramidglobal.com or Ciaran on ciaran.carroll@pyramidglobal.com Kind regards, Fiona
Written 27 January 2023
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Natasha
Manchester, UK178 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021 • Friends
This is a great place to visit. Mainly for the cocktails as they are all so delicious. The cocktails are reasonably priced and the frozen cocktails are the best I’ve ever tasted. Especially the passion fruit or raspberry. The staff are friendly and serve you quickly. Food is pretty good too. Cooked to a high standard and tasted delicious.
Written 25 August 2021
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Laura B
44 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022 • Couples
This was a regular bar we visited on our Dublin trip. We loved the live music and the singers were all super talented. Staff we were friendly - drinks a little over priced but good atmosphere and we’d return if we came back to Dublin again.
Written 2 June 2022
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Niamh
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2020 • Family
We arrived when the bar had just opened and they were still setting up which was fine. However the manager was so rude and disrespectful to staff right in front of us. He was shouting at staff members over a social media post and didn’t even attempt to pull the staff to the side and say what he had to say. Our party felt really sorry for the staff as no one should be spoken to like that in work. We felt as if the staff members were then walking on egg shells for the rest of the time that we were there in fear that they would get told off for something else by their manager.
Written 12 September 2020
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Good morning 96niamh--c, We at Buskers Bar appreciate all the feedback given as we do try and ensure the best customer experience is given to all guests who visit us. We do apologies for the inconvenience caused to you and your guests and we will ensure the feedback is sent to our senior management team in order to investigate the situation.
Written 16 September 2020
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Carole G
Belfast, UK36 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022 • Friends
Service here was very poor. Had to go to the bar twice to ask for someone to take our food order and that took 30 minutes. When the food arrived it had to be sent back because they got the order wrong. Although the food was quite nice when we got it. We also paid 25 euros for 2 pina coladas which took forever for her to make and all we could taste was milk. Think she forgot to put the alcohol in. On the whole not a good experience
Written 10 August 2022
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Michael D.
World43 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2022 • Solo
Fast service and good food. I was given my promised 10% discount on my first meal there (because of being a Temple bar Hotel guest). Sadly I was not given my 10 % discount on my second meal on another occasion. I tried to explain to the waiter that 0.75pence is not 10% of the price of the salmon main meal and brownie dessert. It appeared that the waiter thought I was a bit thick and he was just trying to cover his mistake. I did not want to make a scene ,so I just paid and left. A bit disappointed about that.
Written 21 April 2022
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SandyToes91
63 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2023 • Friends
Cocktail making class for 8 girls on a hen do. Definitely the highlight of the break - absolutely fantastic. Serkan was so professional, polite and skilled in making/ teaching us the best cocktails!! This is an absolute must!!
Written 15 April 2023
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paisleyrae29
Manchester, UK56 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2022 • Friends
This bar was buzzing, live music every night. It's attached to temple bar inn which has a side door you can just walk in if you're staying there and don't have queue.
The prices were reasonable compared to the rest of Dublin.
Staff were friendly. Bouncer was an older gentleman who was lovely. There was a guy in there chatting to us very very drunk and a bit annoying, we didn't have to say a word the bouncer clocked him and said come on mate time to ho you can finish your pint with me.
The food in here was slso good and good value.
Written 24 December 2022
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evobaz
9 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2024 • Friends
Was in here yesterday with friends having drinks and food. We were asked to pay the bill before the food had even been served. We politely declined saying that we'd pay for food and drinks once we'd finished the meal (perfectly normal behaviour is it not?). The waitress spat the dummy and got the manager over. The manager was rude and demanded that we eat up, pay and leave! Unbelievable. Never have I been asked to pay for a meal while eating it. Outrageous. On the plus side, the food was ok.
Written 25 April 2024
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