Temple Bar Food Market

It’s hard to review a food market because it keeps changing, but this one is definitely worth a look.
Because it’s in Temple Bar it will always be relatively crowded and it will have a fair share of tourists, so some stalls will be aiming at getting at those pockets. But most are really honest great businesses that are proud of what they’re selling.
The Pork Box place (forgot the name!) is just outside the main market square and it’s great. Get a big one if you’re sticking with that, but I’d recommend sharing a small one with someone and then diving into the stuff inside.
And inside you’ll find anything from fresh oysters to a perfectly cooked burger. The shrimp skewers are great, the noodles I haven’t tried but smell delicious, the crepes are awesome, the stall that sells the sausage sandwich should be forced to be open ²⁴⁄₇ and the butcher stall makes a killer burger!
Once you’re done eating, check out the veggie/​fruit stand just outside, but most of all get something at the organic food stall. I would dare you to try one of their olives and not taking some home. The hummus and pesto is also divine.
Just as a tip, that stall sells some Iberian stuff that is amazing: their chorizo is the best I’ve had in Dublin, and you can get real Portuguese canned tuna — yes, it’s preserved in olive oil.

A great way to spend a sunny afternoon browsing the stalls in Meeting House Square.
As other reviewers mention, you can grab a quick lunch here, do your hipster organic grocery shop or buy some treats to enjoy back home.
There’s a good selection of the latter so here are my tried-​and-​tested:
Corleggy Cheeses — Coolattin cheddar and Wicklow blue (brie style)… if I could get full wheels of them, I would! And I’m lactose intolerant ;)
Piece of Cake — Lemon and coconut cheesecake, cheese soda bread — so good lightly toasted with lashings of butter
Real Olive Co. — Chili and coriander olives (they are giant, you won’t miss them!)
It’s your choice of your lips over your hips! ;)

This Market was not at all what I was expecting, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t awesome! I thought it would be easy to find, and I thought it would be big, it’s neither but it IS a gem and definitely worth visiting!
Tucked in a small square between buildings under a canopy, there are maybe 20 stalls with everything from street food to produce, meats to sweets, everything artisanal and most ticking all of today’s crucial boxes: organic, local, gluten-​free, vegan etc. The food all smells delicious (burritos, sushi, sandwiches, crepes, oysters…) but be prepared to stand and eat, or take it with you on the go, there is very little seating and what is available is always full. But it is street food so it’s not that inconvenient, and the square is secluded and under a canopy so it’s still doable in bad weather. There is only a bit of produce, some organic veg, Irish apples, a selection of bread and baked goods, olives and pesto, meat and cheese, fresh juice. Definitely worth stopping by for lunch on Saturday, and/​or to shop for a few specialty items/​treats. Great prices and selection even though there are only a few stalls, and everyone is very friendly and helpful. From now on our Saturdays will always include a visit to the Food Market!
You can see the full list of vendors here:
If you go unprepared (like us) stop by the tourist center at Temple Bar Square, they can show you on a map that it’s just two blocks over. It’s good to take the path down Curved Street (there are some extra stalls there too) then take the narrow corridor across the street down to Meeting House Square, it might seem shady but the market is at the other end, promise!

Enjoy swinging by on a Saturday afternoon when in town, even if it is just for a coffee and a wander around the stalls. Always a good buzz about the place especially on a fine day. Stall owners are always very friendly and helpful in explaining their produce.

Fresh food ahoy!
Would be great if this was actually expanded as the choice is not huge, but the stalls that are there just leave you dribbling at the mouth and having to choose between the baked goods, the cheeses, the fresh fruit and Veg, the ciders, the seafood, basically all the fresh produce is HARD! So on second thoughts, maybe it’s good the markets aren’t bigger!
My personal favourite is the cheeses mixed in with some of the gourmet breads sold there, such as olive bread or sun dried tomato bread. For the tourists, you can also get Guinness bread, which is sure to be a winner.
Last time I visited here over the weekend it was quite chilly out, but for the approaching summer days it would actually be great to have some more benches and the likes to sit on, as opposed to just the seats offered by a small amount of the food providers so that you could enjoy your food amongst the market vibe, before stepping out again onto the hustle and bustle that is Temple Bar on any given Saturday

Perfect way to brighten up your Saturday. Go in just for a stroll, to buy some groceries, have lunch, or maybe just for a sweet and coffee al fresco. It’s quite a small market, but there is something here for everybody, including a vegetarian food truck and a gelato cart! Don’t forget that’ll you find a couple more stands across the street, outside the Meeting House Square.
It’s relatively inexpensive if you’re there just to grab a bite — for instance, a veal burger sets you back 7 €, a burrito or a generous curry portion € 6 and the seafood chowder € 5, a single espresso is € 1.
On the other hand, if you want to buy stuff like chocolate, olive oil or cheeses, you’ll find that these products are a bit more pricey, mainly because they’re select imports or artisanal.
I like to shop here for organic vegetables, like watercress or wild rocket, and also fresh herbs. I think it’s a good place to visit if you’re looking for some seasonal inspiration or maybe a special ingredient.
It’d be perfect if there were some more places to sit while eating or just open spaces, but I understand that it’s a small area and it gets crowded fairly easily. If you want to sit down and just watch the people go by, try the oyster bar and treat yourself to a glass of wine while you’re at it :)

There’s no better way to start your weekend in Dublin. Get some olives, some organic natural yogurt, any scone or cronut… whatever floats your boat. Then you can go to the IFI Shop to look for some sale DVDs… after that you should stop for lunch at Yamamori… ooops, I’m doing it again. How am I supposed to save some money?!

If I’m ever in town on a Saturday morning, I always try to make it here for some brunch. I discovered it by accident strolling around temple bar while doing some xmas shopping in November and just thought that it was amazing. Its quite small but saying that, every stand is completely different so theres lots to choose from including gelato, crepes, smoothies, juices, oysters, pulled pork, bakery, pies, mexican food and artisan chocolate to name a few. I really love their crepes stand, ‘Crepes in the City’. I usually opt for the savoury crêpe with honey glazed ham, cheddar, sundries tomato pesto and spinach with a good dash of pepper! So so good.
Recommended gem!

Not huge, but one of my favorite food markets in the world. Always has a nice spectrum of options and everything I have purchased here has been of great quality.

Oysters and wine for breakfast? Surely will make your hangover fadeaway!
The amount of local organic produce in the place is just right! Everything in one place!
One of the newest additions is amazing fresh fish!
Sweet tooth? The bakers stock all kinds of goods (yes, and cronuts too).
It’s the perfect place to be on a Saturday afternoon! You will go home stuffed and with a bag full of affordable goodness.

I only came in for a look and to kill time while I waited for a nearby juice order to be prepared, but I ended up coming away with a sausage roll, a bottle of cider, a tub of natural yoghurt and a selection of artisan cheese!
I’ve dipped in and out of the Temple Bar Food Market semi-​regularly since it’s inception and I really don’t know why I don’t get back here more often.
There is a wide range of ready to eat foods and drinks, such as oysters, wine, sausage, coffee, juices, cakes etc. As well as take away foods such as veg, bread, eggs, cheese, olives, jams, yoghurts… You get the idea. All of it good quality, locally prepared stuff.
The Meeting House Square umbrellas were open today, so the whole place was sheltered from the rain when heavens opened.
Highly recommended.

I love food markets. I love supporting the localvore movement. I love the idea of small vendors selling items that are made a short distance away. This place has all of that. Artisan breads, cheeses, patés, sauces, and more can be found here every Saturday morning. Nothing beats a stroll through to get some of those hard to find bits for your kitchen.

This place is pretty cool i must say they have a great selection of foods and its a unique selection.
all there stuff is fresh and you will enjoy eating it.
There hummus and pâté does be amazing on a bit of bread.
Some really nice staff on the stalls i havnt went to all them but the ones i have tried have been great.

I LOVE THIS MARKET.
It’s such a lovely way to spend your Saturday afternoon strolling around the cosy selection of stalls here. The atmosphere in general is really friendly and most vendors are very nice about giving out samples before you buy something so you’re likely to come out positively stuffed after only buying one or two things!
One really cool thing that I was tempted to buy (but I’m not sure if it’s still there) is the 5 litre container of fizzy apple juice which you allow to ferment at home for 2weeks until it becomes cider! A very cool thing to try if I didn’t have to lug it back on my bike.
Great selection of baked goods, artisan bread, cheese and olives in particular.

There’s so many sights, smells and tastes to be experienced at the Temple Bar Food Market. Bread! Cheese! Crêpes! Hot dogs! Fresh produce! Just about anything you can think of is offered by friendly people showcasing what they make best!
As some of my fellow Unilocalers have shared — it’s definitely a motivator for getting out of bed on Saturday morning!

I am torn about the stars.
I live nearby and have been there many times. The atmosphere is great, busy, and there are a few gems.
I give full 5 stars to the cheesemongers who offer a nice array of delightful irish cheeses, the juice bar, the oyster bar, the pork and the skewered guys (although they tend to overcook the meat).
The rest however is grossly overpriced and quite average in quality. I see the word fresh bread, but the bread is definitely not so. Food is overly greasy, tired and pretentious.
I had another go today and picked 3 new items from the middle stall in the market, the bags were soaked in grease in no time (even dessert!) and flavor was lacking.

Thank you for the recommendation, Fodor’s! (yes, I bought their travel guide like a true tourist.)
My friends and I wanted to try some Ireland oysters because we heard they were supposedly super fresh. We were running out of time on our hunt to find them when I realized, ‘I’ve got my trusty guidebook!!’ And that’s how we ended up here.
It was 12 Euros for 6 oysters and a glass of wine. Since there were four of us, the lady was nice enough to give us 4 cups of wine (yes, plastic cups — it’s a farmer’s market, what do you expect!) They even threw in an extra oyster!
SO FRESH! SO BIG! (cue that’s-what-she-said joke). Compared to NYC oysters, these babies looked like they were on steroids! They also have this dipping sauce (had onions and was really vinegar-​y, but good. But if you don’t like the sour, you should just take the oyster straight.)
Didn’t eat anything else from other stands because we just had lunch. However, I believe they had shish kebabs, crepes, and bread. Oh and FYI — Sheridans Cheesemongers was there (saw this place on Anthony Bourdain when he went to Dublin so thought this might be worth mentioning).
Definitely check out this farmer’s market!

There’s nothing more to say than I could LIVE at this market and be content for all time.
We were warned that Ireland might be lacking in cuisine, but after a visit to this gem on our second day in town, our worries were soothed and we spent the rest of the trip talking about all the things we ate here.
My eyes were bigger than my stomach, but fortunately I arrived with two sisters in tow, so between us, we were able to get a fairly thorough sampling of the spread. In all, I remember tasting a scone, a taco, fresh yogurt, multiple cheeses, a quiche, alcoholic apple cider, olives, and a few other treats. There’s simply nothing better than freshly prepared and locally grown food served up by the hard-​working people who make it.
As a self-​admitted farmers’ market enthusiast, I’ve been to more than my share of similar setups and can honestly say I have never been more excited to find an artisan gathering than I was on this day. It’s lively, the size is just perfect, it’s actually in a quaint square rather than on a sprawling street, and the people were delightful. All the vendors were so friendly and adorable. I developed an instant crush on the apple cider guy, and I might be destined for a career in cheese mongering down the line.
In all seriousness, I rarely gush about an experience, but this place has my highest praise and I would go back to Dublin solely to revisit it.

They now have covering! Back to their old area and set up so its perfect again! I think I have eaten everything they offer vegetarian.

The Temple Bar farmers’ market has me anticipating the next weekend as soon as Sunday comes. Though I don’t go as regularly now (especially since I discovered the Co-​op right in my neighbourhood, and since I’m in a Saturday morning class), it still charms me every time I do.
I first came as a study abroad student with a hankering for organic fruit, and immediately bumped into Gus & Theresa Hernandez’s Mero Mero Mexico stall. Gus and I bonded immediately over my Colorado Rockies baseball team (who were in the running towards the World Series at the time). Their burritos, the authentic Mexican way with potatoes and carrots, were not at all the American experience I knew, but the fajitas were great. Nowadays when I stop by I get a taco or, more often, just a jar of their beautiful chipotles en adobo. Gus heads straight to the source to get these beauties, going to Mexico himself to pick them out. I love the stories these two tell and I like feeling like I’m some sort of friends with them, even though I’m actually really a customer.
McNally’s, in the corner next to Mero Mero, is great as well — a small organic farm selling root vegetables, leaf vegetables, eggs, preserves and a couple of dairy products. Their stuff is a) generally a bit cheaper than Healy’s and b) local (and therefore seasonal), while Healy’s imports organic stuff from around the globe. In front of the Button Factory across the street, Healy’s is great for its year-​round choice, but always pings at my conscience — shouldn’t «organic food» and «small carbon footprint» go hand-​in-​hand? Why fly apples from Chile when Llewellyn’s manages to get them in Ireland? Same for carrots, potatoes, etc– things that I know can be grown here. I always go there for heirloom tomatoes, though.
The bakery whose name I can’t remember, who brings things in from Belfast, has amazing blueberry scones. They have white chocolate chips in them. Get there early to try one as they always sell out. I have to say I haven’t tried the other bakeries’ stuff, but not because I haven’t been tempted.
The cheese, oh, the cheese. Sheridan’s is great as they’re all so knowledgeable there and have a bigger shop off Grafton Street, and Paddy Jack is wonderful as they have so many other products as well (their farmer’s lunch is nice, too– a lamb and cheese sandwich). Corleggy make their own. Please try the eponymous cheese. You’ve never known a goat cheese that tasted like this.
If you want fish but don’t want to trek to Howth, here’s the place to get it. Again, get here before noon as this guy sells out early. The Real Olive Co does amazing stuffed olives and gorgeous salads, sold by weight. Llewellyn’s apples are gorgeous things. My favourite’s Jonagord. The flowers that are sold in summer are beautiful, too. The raw food stall’s even higher-​priced than the other places, but good for the food-​allergic of many types. I once got a slice of cashew-​cream cake for my friend who hasn’t been able to eat cheesecake in years. She was in heaven.
Last but not least of the stalls I try often is Karuna’s Kitchen. Their chutneys are fantastic and their vegetarian food is so tasty. Just about anything you try there is a hit.
Obviously I’m missing a few producers here, but that’s a list of my faves. Please go up to the bright Mexican stall just to have a chat! If Gus says hello, don’t think he’s obligating you to buy his food; he’s just genuinely friendly. Say hi back.