Murphy’s Ice Cream

Dublin, Ireland

4.6

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24 reviews

Free Wi-Fi

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Telephone:
+353 66 915 2644
Website:
www.murphysicecream.ie
Address:
27 Wicklow Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Dublin 2
South Inner City
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
360 ftTourism Centre Suffolk Street
370 ftSuffolk Street, St. Andrew's Street
400 ftSuffolk Street, Grafton Street
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepted Cards
Credit, Debit
Good For
Dessert
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
No
Waiter Service
No
Caters
No

Today

Today 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Dublin) 4:32 PM Friday, November 29, 2024

Business hours

Monday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tuesday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Thursday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Saturday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Handmade Ice Cream from Dingle. Ice Cream that knows where it’s coming from.

We have 16 different flavours to choose from including Dingle sea salt, Peanut butter, brown bread, honeycomb caramel and raspberry sorbet to name a few. Come in and ask for a taste we will be happy to give you one.

Murphys Ice Cream uses milk from the rare, indigenous breed of Kerry cow because the milk is so wonderful.

We have a great team behind the scenes who are instrumental in what we do, and if you’re in our shops, say hi to Garry, Yohei, Carol, Sara, Graham, Laura, Anita, Justin, etc. — they and all the others are the people who keep Murphys going!

For a list of where you can buy our ice cream visit our website.

History

Established in 2000.

Sean and Kieran Murphy started Murphys Ice Cream in Dingle, Co. Kerry in 2000, with the goal of making the best ice cream in the world.

We now have bigger pots and pans, but we still make ice cream the same way — breaking eggs and using fresh cream, milk and pure cane sugar to make a delicious custard that we flavour with fresh, natural, real ingredients. There’s no real trick to what we do, we just take care and use the best of everything.

2000: Opened Murphys Ice Cream on Strand Street in Dingle, Co. Kerry.

2003: Opened a little ice cream laboratory/​factory in Baile na Buaile, Dingle.

2004: Launched wholesale tubs.

2005: Opened Murphys Killarney

2008: Published The Book of Sweet Things

2009: Opened a seasonal shop on Slea Head Drive.

2010: Opened Murphys in Dublin.

Meet the Business Owner

Sean Kieran M.

Business Owner

Sean and Kieran Murphy started Murphys Ice Cream in Dingle, Co. Kerry in 2000, with the goal of making the best ice cream in the world.

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24 reviews of Murphy’s Ice Cream

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Place rating: 4
State College, PA
I ordered small with two flavors– sea salt and cookies. They said that these two are made by themselves.
Sea salt tastes salty, but then you can taste the sweetness coming out naturally.
Cookie was good as well!
I like the idea that pretty much everything is made by themselves.
Place rating: 5
Stevenson Ranch, CA
Wish they brought this to California. Mom and I had Murphy’s 3 times in one day. Yesssssss. It’s that good. Surprisingly, their ice cream is not too sweet, but flavors are strong, just the way I like it!
Place rating: 4
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
It’s a must, whenever I’m eating downtown I always make a point of skipping dessert and making my way over to Murphy’s.
Engaging staff and always willing to let you sample they’re fare before you buy.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Please let me join the hoard of people who love this ice cream place. This is my new favorite ice cream place ever. My favorite flavors:
Brown bread ice cream
Lavender ice cream
Dingle sea salt
They’re all delicious with that perfect creaminess and excellent flavor. If you’re in Dublin, this is where you need to be. Thank me later.
Place rating: 5
Gloucester, MA
I wish I found Murphy’s before my last day in Dublin because the ice cream was unreal. The first one I tried, just out of curiosity, was the caramelized brown bread and it was delicious. I tried a few others, but eventually ended up ordering that flavor. My boyfriend was very indecisive and they kept pushing him to try other flavors (including the specialty offerings) because they said they enjoyed it. Great customer service and crazy good ice cream.
Place rating: 5
Madison, WI
They let you taste test everything until you find the perfect flavor! The service at Murphy’s is unlike most places. The staff is great and so are the treats. This is a «must» when in Ireland!
Place rating: 5
Nutley, NJ
The ice cream was beyond creamy and the server let us try as many sample as we wished which, being indecisive, I always appreciate. I ended up with a medium with sea salt, honeycomb caramel, and caramelized brown bread. My had already visited Murphy’s and knew she wanted sea salt and Irish coffee. It was a nice portion and I thought the prices were reasonable for a speciality ice cream shop. The shop setting itself is really cute and the workers were very friendly! I’m hoping to make it back for a second visit this trip!
Place rating: 5
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Literally as good as it gets!
The whole point of coming here is to try the great funky flavors which change occasionally. Staff are always great about letting you sample before you buy (just try to restrain yourself a bit though which is difficult!) and are friendly to boot. Central location means you can justify stopping by just about any time.
My personal favorite is their Irish coffee flavor. Now THAT’S the good stuff. Others would have you believe that the best is the brown bread flavor, which isn’t a bad option but obviously can’t top that whiskey and coffee bean taste! You’re sure to find a favorite, and it’s really reasonably priced too, so unfortunately I’ll probably start getting fat off of mine…
Place rating: 3
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
No doubt, their ice cream is excellent and I love especially their sea salt ice cream. Their staff is very friendly and the fact that you can taste their rather unusual flavours first is a very nice touch.
But only three stars due to lack of information about their prices. It looked to me like two scoops are still the small portion but either that was wrong (the picture misleading) or the fact the I went for the offered bigger cone made it a medium size and their ice cream is not cheap so that made quite a difference.
Place rating: 4
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
DELICIOUS!
Usually when I’ve passed Murphy’s, I’ve taken a sample. I believe I’ve tried Sea Salt and Peanut, among others.
This time I decided to stop in. I ordered their masterpiece, the sticky toffee pudding. It was created with brown bread ice cream (this by itself is a crazy thing! Actual chunks of brown bread and a salty/​sweet flavour) and caramel sauce and was insanely good. My only slight objection was the price– five euro for a tiny little cup. But maybe I was just being greedy because I wanted more!
The shop itself is very clean and nice, with comfortable seats and bright lighting. The staff members we encountered were very friendly and joked around with us about Irish slang. I will definitely be back!
Side note: they have gin flavoured ice cream– what can this be like? Will have to return to find out…
Place rating: 3
Pico Rivera, CA
Dropped by due to the high ratings on Unilocal.I had the chocolate chip and their version of cookies and cream (can’t remember the exact name). It took me a few minutes to decide what I wanted because they do have a few selections to choose from. Too bad I didn’t read the other Unilocal reviews about the samples. They didn’t offer us any… funny though because the next two sets of customers that came in after us where offered samples right away. It’s not worth going back there for the ice cream if that’s considered good.
Place rating: 5
Markham, Canada
Seriously amazing ice cream. The sea salt ice cream is out of this world!
Great friendly service. Quality ingredients. Though I no longer live here, this ice cream is some of the best I’ve ever had.
Place rating: 4
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Murphy’s — Dublin’s answer to G&Ds (a reference for all you Oxford people out there). An amazing selection of different ice creams, ranging from «normal”(vanilla, chocolate, etc), to the more interesting (Dingle Gin, sea salt, or brown bread). The staff always seem really friendly, giving out tasters, and selecting combinations of ice cream (gin with lemon sorbet is one of my favourite refreshing ones). There’s a small seating area, so you can sit in to enjoy your dessert (in case the weather outside isn’t quite as nice as you hoped), and it’s open till 10pm.
One downside — they appear to have stopped selling hot chocolate in the Dublin shop (I was looking forward to it as I wandered past on a chilly winter’s evening)
Place rating: 3
Buenos Aires, Argentina
En pleno centro de Dublin se encuentra Murphy’s, una coqueta heladería un toque hipster que cuenta con un pequeño pero bonito local, el cual es cómodo, sumamente moderno y con bastante onda.
Debo decir que el helado es rico, tienen una interesante variedad de sabores, entre los cuales se encuentra un destacado Irish Coffee. La cuestión es que, aunque el producto sea bueno, no llega a la excelencia del helado que conocemos en Argentina o en otros lados, como que tiene buen sabor y se nota que es artesanal, pero tampoco es la gran cosa.
En fin, si están en Dublin y quieren tomar un rico helado, quizás esta sea una muy buena opción, aunque tampoco esperen encontrarse con un producto único o delicioso. Los precios son un tanto elevados, pero vale la pena darle una oportunidad.
Place rating: 5
Reston, VA
Tasty ice cream here
Delightful scoops of ice cream
Grab a scoop right now
Caramel Honeycomb and the Brown Bread flavors are the way to go!
Place rating: 5
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
I love the décor of Murphy’s.
I love all of the more out-​there flavours of ice cream available here. I love that they serve all year round. Sometimes ice cream is just what you crave in winter!
My favourite has to be the peanut butter ice cream. It’s just so delicious.
This is a really fun place to take tourists, as they can try out the likes of ‘sea salt’ or ‘brown bread’ flavoured ice cream. It’s just fun, exciting and something different, and I love it!
Place rating: 5
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
How can you not love Murphy’s? Simply put it’s the best ice cream you can buy in Dublin.
They have a great variety of flavours, some normal, some highly unusual but all delicious. I would specifically recommend Kieren’s Cookies and Brownbread flavours together. Their sea salt flavoured ice cream is also terrific.
You want simple food bliss? Go to Bunsen for a burger, go to Murphy’s for ice cream and then simply laze away the night knowing you’ve done Dublin proud.
Place rating: 5
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Love this place!! There are a lot of ice cream places along Grafton Street but I will go out of my way to return to Murphy’s any time I have a craving. I’m definitely an ice cream snob, I only splurge when it’s all natural and freshly made, because then you know it’s going to be good. It’s the best thing ever when ice cream flavors taste like the actual thing, and not some super sweet nod to a flavor. It’s a kind of no frills type of place which I really respect, no sprinkles and syrups, just great flavors made from natural ingredients. This ice cream is extra creamy and delicious and what other ice creams want to be when they grow up.
First of all, you get all the samples you want. While you wait in line they wouldn’t shun you for trying the full stock of flavors, in fact they would probably encourage it. I loved everything I sampled (try the Caramelized Brown Bread, it’s not what you’d expect but in a good way!) but particularly the Irish Cream, I love coffee flavored ice cream and this was incredible. The Sea Salt would probably be my second fav. I didn’t know what to expect but I love salty sweet and that’s exactly what it is! The chocolate was also perfect, a «grown up» chocolate: nice and rich and not overly sweet (none of them are). I can’t wait to work my way through all of their flavors, and I have a feeling that will probably happen very soon.
The small portion is actually two good-​sized scoops and you get to pick two flavors. It’s the perfect amount in a crispy and delicious cone, served by super friendly staff wearing newsboy caps; it just doesn’t get any better!
Place rating: 5
West LA, CA
HANDS DOWN THE BEST ICE CREAM I’VE EVER HAD and some REALLY interesting flavors as well. You are allowed to basically try all their 8 — 10 flavors and their workers are so friendly and actually come around asking you to try specific flavors!
I tried pretty much all of them and let me say I love each and every one of them. From the Sea Salt Caramel to the Honeycomb to the flowery one (can’t remember which flavor this was) to the Irish Coffee, the Cookie, and my FAVORITE THE BROWN BREAD. Sounds weird but it is DELICIOUS– perfectly creamy and almost like a more tasty vanilla ice cream with little bread crumbs inside which hits the spot. It’s a little like eating graham cracker flavored ice cream with little cracker bits in every single bit. To die for. I want a luggage full of this stuff!
Place rating: 5
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
This place truly is the «cough» cream of the crop when it comes to delicious ice cream for Dublin. It really is as good as anywhere I’ve tasted it abroad and better than most.
My other half and I went for a combo of caramel honeycomb and Irish coffee (with whiskey!!) sooooo goooooood. The milky creaminess really comes through.
The service is also excellent with tastings offered by one of the employees going up and down the queue. Sweet :)
Place rating: 5
Montclair, NJ
Local flavors made from the milk of local cows?!? It doesn’t get any more better than this! BROWN BREAD and GIN flavored ice cream? You best believe I had a scoop of each. Service is super friendly, taste samples are encouraged, and last but not least, free wifi. This place is not to be missed while in Dublin!
P.S– the SEA SALT flavor is great too!
Place rating: 5
Tourcoing, Nord
Salut Murphy, moi c’est Laura et je suis une très très très (et très) grande amoureuse de glaces — qu’il crève de chaud, qu’il pleuve, qu’il vente ou qu’il grêle, en passant par toutes les saisons !
Je suis passée devant ta boutique tous les jours, pendant un mois et demi, en changeant de trottoir parfois, tellement ma gourmandise était attirée par ta douce vritrine colorée (et alléchante!) Et c’est un jour d’hiver glacé irlandais, que j’ai fait le pas.
La nuit venait de tomber, il faisait très frais, mais j’avais envie d’un truc encore plus frais. Me voilà donc dans ta magnifique petite boutique colorée à l’amour de la glacé.
Tu me proposes des petits échantillons à déguster pour être certaine de mon choix (Oui, avec une glacé, on né doit pas se rater niveau parfum me prévient le vendeur !)
Et je tombe amoureuse d’une glacé «Irish Coffee Baileys «que j’associe judicieusement avec une glacé au chocolat noir. C’est cliché mais c’est bon. Très
bon ! Mes papilles se rappellent de tes parfums comme Proust à sa madeleine.
Dans ta boutique, il y a beaucoup de choix, des saveurs locales (la glacé à la Guinness quoi!), plus communes (fraise, chocolat, vanille etc) et savoureuses (fruits de la passion, framboise, caramel beurre salé, pomme, cannelle…)
Les prix sont un peu plus élévés que d’autres «marchands de glaces» de la rue d’à côté, mais sérieusement, la qualité est réellement là. Ca vaut le détour ! (En plus la rue du Murphy’s Ice Cream est très mignonne ^^)
Le personnel est accueillant, agréable et donne de bons conseils. Il est même possible de savoir sur place (attention, c’est tout petit) si le coeur vous en dit :)
Place rating: 5
Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique
Bön, la glacé et moi, en été, c’est l’amour fou. en hiver, par contre, c’est plus délicat. Surtout quand c’est un glacier de rue… mais les vendeurs de Murphy’s né sont pas du genre à baisser les bras!
On nous attire près du comptoir et là, oh bonheur, on peut goûter toutes les saveurs en petit format! De la simple crème à la Guiness, il y a ici un tas de goûts différents tous plus alléchant les uns que les autres! Et au test, avec une simple cuillère, je peux vous assurer qu’on a ici un maître de la glacé!
Place rating: 5
Toulouse
En cherchant quoi faire sur Dublin, j’étais tombée sur un site disant qu’il y avait une boutique Haagen Dazs prêt du Trinity College, je pars donc à sa recherché et je suis un peu déçue de voir que la boutique n’existe plus …
Par contre à sa place, un glacier que je né connais pas mais qui distribue des petits pots devant la porte afin de tester. Je teste donc et oubli vite mes recherches précédentes !
Glacé aux beurre de cacahuète: une vraie tuerie ! Je suis plus que conquise, les glaces de chez Murphys détrônent toutes les glaces que j’ai pu goûter.
Et quel bonheur en plus de savoir qu’elles sont fabriquées en Irlande ! A Dingle plus précisément, où j’ai goûté celle au Baileys qui était tout aussi bonne !