...never been so any ideas of good things to do? My be blasphemy, but hate Guiness as do the guys I'm going with so not the brewery! Decent Pubs/Clubs and most importantly restaurants!

cheers!

Well...

Dublin being quite compact means loads of strolling from pub to pub on the cards. Temple Bar is the major tourist area. It can be a bit more expensive to drink but the atmosphere is good. The Turks Head is a cracking bar on the edge of TB. Porterhouse is across the road is also a good bar. I tend to booze up Grafton St. Davy Byrnes is a fav. Love the oysters in there with Guinness. The Old Stand, Exchequer St and Wicklow St off Grafton is a great little pub. Food wise, not much on cheap eats front. Elephant and Castle in Temple Bar is pretty good but usually big queues to get in.

http://www.theoldstandpub.com/

http://www.turkshead.ie/

http://www.elephantandcastle.ie/directions.htm

http://www.davybyrnes.com/

Dublin is really friendly and full of laughs when you're out and about, you'll love it.

P.S. If you need a cab give us a shout

cheers for that! will probably be a bit of a pub crawl so nice to know a couple of decent places!