Century City arcade is situated beside the Cineworld on Parnell street, in behind the Woolshed…read more It's a perfectly functional arcade. A few racing games, a few shooters. They have Time Crisis 4, which gave me a big pang of nostalgia. Anyway, this is all beside the point. I include these details for those of you who might go to arcades for anything other than Dance Dance Revolution (DDR). I swear I've spent so much money on this machine, I'm basically keeping Century City afloat. It's not like it's a particularly good DDR machine, the songs are all J-pop, the price is €1 a pop, but it's very addictive. Very addictive. Thanks to those obsessive Japanese (even more so than yours truly), the game has 5 levels of difficulty, ranging from "bloody hard" to "break down in tears". I have yet to complete a mission on the 2nd easiest level of difficulty, something I find very emasculating. Not content with making you move your feet with the timing and precision of MJ himself, they also have a great laugh randomly changing the tempo, gah!

I used Century City for an impromptu location for a fashion shoot for Prowlster Magazine. The lady…read morein charge was very nice letting me use the arcade (people can be narky about people photographing in their premises for reasons unbeknownst to me). I was surprised at how many people were playing the games, this being at 11am and the year 2013, especially when you can download most of the games on your phone for 89 cent. A nice place, somewhat a look into the past when entertainment was simpler.

I find it really hard to rate Dr. Quirkeys because I don't want to encourage gambling. In these…read moretough economic times, I wouldn't want anyone to lose their hard earned cash... That being said I've been dragged in here a few times and sometimes it can be fun to get rid of your loose change or win an ugly stuff animal that isn't worth the 4 Euros you spent trying to get it. Be warned though that these games are rigged!! Watch out for the people eying your machine too. They're waiting for you to put in all your money so they can swoop in afterwards and collect your reward. Another word of caution for the Dr. Quirkey's newbie: there are some rough people that hang out here. Because it's located on the top of O'Connell Street, you get a lot of bratty little kids that are bored and looking to rattle some cages. This place is good for a cheap thrill or if you need to kill time before you catch your bus out of town.

I'm not sure I've ever been to a place like this. Sure, I've been to Las Vegas and casinos in other…read morecities; but I don't think I've ever seen parents walking the kiddos past all the slot machines to get to the air hockey tables in the back, and then letting the DDR machine babysit while they go spin the slot machines. There's no drinks here, so you don't have the drunken debauchery that sometimes accompany casinos. There is a decent variety of games (blackjack, roulette, video poker) but they're all automated (no dealers, no chips, no cashier) and honestly it gets boring pretty quickly. Dr. Quirkey's is good for an hour or so of (relatively) inexpensive entertainment, but not much beyond that.

So fun! Bring your own beverage - they have fridges - especially beer. American pool is in the…read morebasement. Reasonable rate $0.25 per minute I think. Sticks were in great condition (or bring your own). There's also a room with foosball and one arcade machine off the first floor. They can make pizza or coffee if you need a snack. Clean quiet and we met nice people. Thank you!

To know, I only inspected the place and left. Can't properly judge it…read more To keep in mind, they have only snooker tables (that's what I call 'em). No 8 ball pool tabled here. Two things got worried me. First, entrance door has been lock and we were let in by staff once he identified us over the window. Second, there was only a single guy (a member of staff) sitting in the glass protected booth. Didn't give us the "safest place in Dublin" feeling. Tables are nice and tidy, tho. There's second level with few more tables. We ended up going to Planet Murphy's, which appeared to be degraded even more since my last visit. But still, a good value and no trouble there.

Funland, a place where you curl up in a ball and cry. Funland really has set the bar high for…read moreitself with that name. If playing slot machines and arcade style games is your idea of fun then get your passport stamped at Funland. It's located in a dirty and somewhat dodgy alleyway which is not fun. It's not as roomy as Dr Quirkeys, I had an alright time there.

This building and business has undergone a big upgrade both decoratively and machines. Has a floor…read morededicated to roulette with 3 machines. Developing a 3rd floor at present. The entrance is on 67 O'Connell St opposite the Spire! The picture shows the back door/fire escape in the back lane! Liam

Surprisingly deep stock of vinyl across many genres. Rock, metal, jazz, and especially multiple…read moresubgenres of electronic music are well represented. Lots of cassettes as well. Found some good used vinyl. Prices are nice and the folks minding the shop are friendly. Hard to spot the door to this basement shop.

It could be a five star review but the guy he calls itself "the boss here", then it still is a four…read morestar review becouse I liked the place a lot first time I've been there and I will come back when I visit Dublin again. I discovered this place via Yelp and I heard it named by some local record collector and when I visited I found it pretty cool even if I do not collect or even play retro games. What I liked in this store in the first was the attitude: lotsa records everywhere, lotsa turntables to try them by yourself, lotsa selection and fair prices. The place is little, is literally underground and the people working there are pretty young and they listen to very good music with old time stereo systems that sound ok especially for the place. Someone in Dublin said to me this businness is run by Trinity College students (and it could be considering, lucky them, they are pretty young: I met three of them, a guy looking like a young Mick Jagger, a very nice lady spinning great country infected records and the self called Boss I said before (he played Sufjan Steve records, so he shouldn't be that bad :-). The young Jagger played a super cool The Clean record after we had a talk about new psychedelia and paisley underground (I found a True West record for 5 euro, or 3 records for 12 euro department down below) and I recommended it to him to check it out. So, what I really like in this store, was diggin' in that "3 records for 12 euro department", were you can really find everything, a lot of any and every type of stuff in various configurations and conditions! Some have broken covers, some got terrible vinyl condition, then same, many, are good and they can be a real deal, then they still are like they presented them: second rate purchase for one reason or another and it needs someone like me to appreciate it and buy it, just if the price is reasonable. So the first time I was very happy becouse, after having all the fun in the store listen to those records, selecting them and finally choosing a big bunch of them to buy, I was greeted by the "young Mick Jagger guy" an appreciable, appreciated and expected discount. I went out of the store very happy and find the time to come back two or three hours before the fly to come back home few days later. Sadly "the young mick jagger" left the store before I completed my new selection to purchase and when it was time to pay there was "the boss" to the register and the attitude was completely different related with the price policy even if I said the other guy had a completely different approach and it was in that moment he explained to me he was the boss there. I let my selection there literally in his hands (no purchase) becouse it was impossible to find a fair agreement (and I was a bit disappointed) then I still recommend this place becouse it is still my fav place for records in Dublin (hoping to find the right guy at the register). PS: I was still lucky: pretty much what I was interested for (circa 30 records) was bought in my first visit, those additional 10 records I left at the register wasn't essential so "the boss" didn't impacted too much on my The Rage experience. No too much "rage" at the end. :-)

my ex made an online booking for our daughters 12th birthday for bowling to receive a rather rude…read moreand abrupt phone call and email the following day in the phone call she was told the booking was cancelled due to an event (then why let her book it in the 1st place) and I the email they were blaming my daughters mum for cancelling, they are an absolute joke

If you want to bowl in Dublin, then the Leisureplex is really your only option. However, beware, as…read moreyou will likely raise the age profile - this is a top spot for teenagers. Extras that you can add include Q-Zar laser tag, pool and snooker, but my personal bete noire is those machines with the grabby claw where you purportedly can win a cheap cuddly toy.

This was a fab venue for a recent concert. Not too large, good sound and great seating so everyone…read morehas a good view of the stage.

BRILLIANT VENUE, lots of big artists, I saw Melanie Martinez's Trilogy Tour here in September,…read moregreat costumer service, HUGE VENUE, we were in standing and we were AMAZED!

Unfortunately this location is closed. It used to have so many memories bowling, playing snooker…read moreand the video games!

Ah the Bowler, the place of my youth, i think the pay in at the door thing came just around the…read moretime i stopped going there. i remember getting the 75 to Stillorgan every Friday evening after school to hang out at the bowler, spend some time playing air hockey and sometimes attempting a bit of snooker. Everyone in secondary school who was cool used to come here on the weekends for a while, it was the cool thing to do! then it got boring and we stopped going, they introduced an entrance fee, we realised the food wasn't nice and the bowling went up a bit in price. this wasn't our dream hang out spot anymore. its still a grand spot for a spot of bowling and i have gone back quite a few times but i have only ever indulged in the bowling. I have had a great time to be honest. Bowling isn't something i do regularly so i always have a good time when i go

Screens good but service is non existent. Never have ice, no salsa , often out of pepsi max…read more Toilets filthy all the time. Staff doesn't smile. Either there is no management or haven't got clue what entertainment means.

As Ireland's only IMAX-capable cinema, the IMAX theater performance was great, large screen and…read morethundering stereo. A great concession snack place with a huge variety of snacks, drinks, and ice cream. But the chairs left much to be desired. No adjustable reclining back, and the armrests were old and the paints were falling. Also the spacing was rather narrow. Still, the overall experience was good.

Max was very helpful and a pleasure to work with!! Thank you for a memorable experienceread more

Written by my daughter Sienna: On a particularly lazy day…read moreduring our trip to Dublin, we decided on a whim to book an escape room time at Escape Dublin, which was within walking distance of where we were staying. This was our first escape room as a family, and we came in with no real expectations, as well as a complete lack of experience. From the first moment we entered, our game coordinator, Sarah, was friendly, accommodating, and flexible, and even allowed us the choice between the room we had booked and another that was also open. We ended up picking Witchcraft and Wizardry, instantly folding ourselves into the world of enchantments, potions, secret passageways and clever clues. Despite our slow start as we adjusted to the new environment, we quickly began to uncover the hidden messages, reading between the lines and working closely with one another to eventually finish, with little time to spare. It was our first completed escape room, and we had the most exhilarating, hectic, and absolutely awesome experience. We are definitely coming back with our newfound puzzle-solving skills gathered from the first room, and it created so many exciting memories for our family. We implore anyone else that happens to find themselves in Dublin to visit this delightful place, which is excellent for those who want to exercise their wits and strengthen bonds while having an absolute blast with family or friends.