Kilkenny Design

When I'm in Dublin, I inevitably head to Kilkenny Design Centre. It's definitely touristy, a tourist attraction, but it has a good selection of authentic Irish products from Beleek china to Waterford crystal to woolen items from Donegal and elsewhere. It's a nice place to buy a few gifts to bring home from a trip, a one-stop shopping destination. And prices are not particularly bad, and service is good.

This is just in relation to the cafe upstairs, shop below is lovely. Not much value for a 5 item Irish breakfast, given that it’s self service and doesn’t include coffee/tea. By the time we had gotten the food and made our own machine coffee and waited at the till.. the food was no longer warm. Staff pleasant

The food hear is so tasty!! Had the full breakfast and I was pleased. Also so the lunch paid out so nicely. The service is fast and the environment is perfect, the staff were very friendly. Highly recommended. You must try thier Guinness cake, it was delicious!

Very nice cozy Irish department store! You would love this place and make sure to find one of the stores and take a look before leaving Ireland! Amazing blankets, hats, and all sorts of clothing, home decors and so on that you wanna buy it all!!

I love Kilkenny Design stores. The Dublin store is the best, for sure. They have a great range of classy gifts to treat either yourself or someone else to whilst shopping in Dublin. A lot of the gift stores in Dublin are pretty samey, whereas Kilkenny Design does something different. It's a touch above whilst being affordable.

A great shop to go in and have a look around, showcases some of the best Ireland has to have in terms of ceramics, wool, and art. It’s a really unique little shop that also has a lovely restaurant upstairs where you can have a coffee/tea or a lunchtime roast. The portions are good and the value is too usually around 13€ or so. Whenever I have been the staff have been friendly and helpful and they also offer tax free shopping to non-EU visitors as well as worldwide shipping anywhere for 29.99€ which is pretty fantastic for getting stuff back home (especially some of the heavier pottery and ceramics).

Great shop for Irish made gifts. But cafe on first floor serves good coffee with a wicked view over the grounds of Trinity College and possibly the best brownie this side of the Atlantic.

The extra mile service is what I will keep coming back to Kilkenny Design for. Today, I had a unique request for Ruth who was serving me & she went above & beyond to make gift giving not only special for my friend, but also for me as the giver. Thank you Kilkenny Design! 💝 Xxx