This is a self-guided bar crawl through Dublin run through the Let’s Roam app - part pub crawl, part scavenger hunt, all done at your own pace. You’ll tackle trivia questions, solve puzzles and discover spots around the city while making your way between bars. The app keeps the group engaged between drinks, which is exactly what you want when you’ve got a mix of people who don’t all know each other yet.
Everyone in the group gets an active role in the challenges, so it can get properly competitive if your crowd is that way inclined, or just good craic if you’d rather keep it light. It works well for spontaneous nights out, birthday groups, hen parties or team evenings where you want some structure mixed in with the fun.
No reservations needed on the night. Check the starting location on the Let’s Roam website, download the app, and you’re off.
This is a private, self-guided experience - no guide, no fixed departure time. Start when you’re ready.
Meeting point: Starting location from the Let’s Roam Scavenger Hunt website.
Dublin’s pub culture is unlike anywhere else, and a bar crawl here is a genuinely good way to see several different pubs in one night. The city centre has everything from old Victorian boozers to modern cocktail bars within walking distance. The app tends to route you through a mix of both, which is a good way to get a sense of the range.
The Temple Bar area is loud, touristy and lots of fun on a Friday or Saturday night. Go in with your eyes open - the pints are more expensive here than anywhere else in the city, but the atmosphere can be brilliant. The best pubs in Temple Bar are the ones slightly off the main square. If the app takes you there, lean into it.
Pubs in Ireland close at different times depending on their licence. Most city centre pubs go until around midnight on weekdays and 1.30am at weekends with the right licence. If you’re planning to go late, check ahead. Some of the best pubs stop serving earlier than you’d expect.
Bring cash as well as a card. The vast majority of Dublin pubs accept cards now, but some of the smaller or older places still prefer cash for certain things, and card readers can go down at the worst possible moment on a busy Friday.
The craic is better if you talk to people. Dublin drinkers are genuinely sociable, and sitting at the bar is usually the quickest way into a conversation with locals. The app gives you a good starting topic if you’re stuck.