Dunnes Stores

Well, I have been in this place so many times! Shopping groceries on the underground floor (it’s not a huge supermarket, but it comes handy when you’re in a hurry to go home after hours shopping).
The ground floor is all about clothes and accessories and then the second floor, they have lovely home furnitures. Whenever in town I always go to their top floor, they have a restaurant and a canteen. In the canteen you can buy a sandwich with coffee or tea for 4.95, a bargain, considering the location.

Meh… Dunnes is dunnes. All a standard layout.

while arnotts across the way may contain all the big names and big prices Dunnes sell their own brands with much more reasonable price tags and can stand on their own two feet in the fashion stakes. the store has a real feel of the high street and i love the bling and other fashion assessories dotted all around the store.
you can try on the whole outfit then add your handbag, tights, shoes, jewellery, coat, hat and scarf and sunglasses and never have left the store. then head upstairs to the swanky restaurant on the 3^rd floor for a coffee or 3 course meal.
another great plus for Dunnes is that when you try on YOUR size they actually fit, unlike the big names which never do.

I still see this store as being new, but it’s open a few years now. It’s pretty impressive too — very big and well laid out with lots of good stuff in stock. They have a great womens’ tights section and there is a fairly extensive health and beauty section upstairs too. And a lot of the female fashion is really wearable, yet reasonable. When there’s a sale on you can really pick up a bargain. The only issue I have here is that I’m always wandering around in circles trying to find the escalators. Well, I can find them but I always seem to go to the wrong one first! That could be just me and my terrible sense of direction though! They tend to rearrange things every once in a while too, which confuses me more! The last time I was in there the shoes had been moved downstairs.

Thank goodness for Dunnes. They make having nice-​looking thing easy and affordable. I applaud places that make fashion accessible for people who don’t have a ton of money to throw around, and Dunnes does an amazing job doing just that. I think a lot of their selection is very cute and wearable, and it doesn’t feel like it’s going to fall apart at any second. I do think that the women’s and kid’s selections are better and broader than the men’s, but guys are less choosy anyway, right?
Their shoes are also pretty darn cute, but I find that overall they’re really uncomfy. Don’t overlook the lingerie section either. The bras are relatively sturdy and some are really pretty. They also usually have some great sales, I found a bra and undies set for 4 euros!
The best thing about Dunnes though is definitely the home section. Dunnes is THE best location to find budget home décor items that are stylish and high-​quality. Their selection of throw pillows is especially impressive. But this is also a must-​go if you’re on the market for dishes, pots and pans and other kitchenware. They’re the cheapest I’ve seen in the city, even more so than Euro 2 and other junk shops.

This new store is an effort by the Dunnes group to compete in high street fashion, they renovated this enormous store which also opens into the Ilac centre and filled it to the brim with all their fashion lines, cosmetics and accessories.
I have to say they did a really good job and this store certainly has the high street feel of River Island or Oasis and feels like it’s a long way from the supermarket. The stock is pretty good too… probably the best clothing range of any Dunnes, and all with Dunnes prices which are certainly competitive.
On the top floor they have quite a nice restaurant and café bar which you might find yourself gravitating too once you’ve tried it.

Reflection is on the top floor of Dunnes Henry Street. It’s modern and good looking. The menu was small but I was impressed with what I ordered. A great place for relaxing from shopping!