Big Bus Tours Dublin Reviews 72

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The tour guide & driver, Gerry. Great tour! He was very entertaining, knowledgeable, funny & included everyone. Took the time to talk to each person on the tour. Great scenery &food options. All in al... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good tour, and many thanks to our nice driver, John D., who made our tour particular interesting with his personal historical comments !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ross bought our tour to life! He was so good that we didn’t get off the bus anywhere! What a laugh? You made our experience of Dublin a whole lot better. We had fantastic weather too, overall a great... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Our bus driver and guide Jerry was brilliant ! Give this guy a raise , great information , very knowledgeable and personable ; passionate and so proud of Irish history . Really inspirational human... See more

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Enjoy a Big Bus hop-on, hop-off sightseeing tour and journey through the Dublin of old and new. From pub hopping Temple Bar, visiting the home of Guinness, to wandering the impressive gardens at St Stephen’s Green. With stops conveniently located near Dublin’s most popular landmarks and attractions, and our Live Guides telling this city's story along the way, our Dublin sightseeing tour covers all the best bits.


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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Big Bus tour to Howth with Gerry

The tour guide & driver, Gerry. Great tour! He was very entertaining, knowledgeable, funny & included everyone. Took the time to talk to each person on the tour. Great scenery &food options. All in all, the best tour & guide yet!

May 16, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Nice tour

Very good tour, and many thanks to our nice driver, John D., who made our tour particular interesting with his personal historical comments !

May 13, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Our half day trip to Howth was…

Our half day trip to Howth was excellent thanks to our witty and helpful driver DJ Lee Chelsea. You're the best at what you do, but I still hasn't found what I'm looking for... regardless, thank you for going out your way to help us find it. This trip is highly recommended.

February 20, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Half day trip to Howth with Gerry

Half day trip to Howth, Ireland using Big Bus Tours is great! Gerry was our driver who provided a guided tour of center city Dublin all the way to Howth. Gerry knew a lot of interesting facts about Dublin and Howth. He provided recommendations for restaurants, places to visit while in Howth and when to be back on the bus! The views back to Dublin from Howth are great. The trip to Howth is a great to see sites outside of downtown Dublin.

January 25, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT BOOK, ALWAYS LATE

I purchased two days on the Big Bus in Dublin and only road the bus twice because the routes were always late, causing me to be late for my scheduled events. Talking with the company is not helpful as they insist that they deserve to hold onto your money even though the service was not provided. DO NOT BOOK, we ended up having to purchase city bus tickets and took Ubers which were reasonable in price and got us to where we needed to go on time.

January 1, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

All drivers were great

All drivers were great! Made each trip fun, and enjoyed listening to all the information they shared on each stop. Also very helpful when asking for directions.
Thank you for your great service!
Michelle from Ohio~ trip Nov 27th - Dec 5th

November 27, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We enjoyed multiple busses

We enjoyed multiple busses, the best was with Brian narrating and singing for us on the top deck throughout the route. Every guide brings different flavor and he had poems, jokes, and songs galore!
Thank goodness we all survived the pre-Guinness tree!

August 7, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DONT RIDE B B Buses

June 4, 2025 we bought a 2 day trip in Dublin The second day the driver, an upset short and very heavy man was talking loud over the bus microphone saying things that had nothing to do with the city’s sights A passenger received a phone call and this driver yelled at him in the microphone in a nasty matter. Then, I was talking to my wife and he yelled at us very nastily
Big Brown Bus don’t take complaints…. FYI Awful

June 4, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Alan was an amazing driver.

Me and my partner went on the coastal tour from Dublin to Howth, our driver Alan was amazing.
We learnt a lot about Dublin and Howth, which was so beautiful.
The views where spectacular.
Our day was a beautiful sunny one with laughter and good people.
We had a lovely chat with Alan who advised us of lots of places to see.
I would recommend to anyone who visits this beautiful land.
Thank you Alan for that wonderful memory.

January 15, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

James is an excellent tour guide

James was an excellent tour guide. My partner and I were lucky enough to enjoy a private bus tour for 25 stops! James was very professional and fun. I can only recommend his service

November 9, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you James

Thank you James

Thank you James for a lovely experience!!! We were a couple who had a bus all for ourselves for 25 stops!!! Hahah very much private tour and with a lots of knowledge! Pleasure to meet you!!

November 2, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Wow our trip with the big bus was…

Wow our trip with the big bus was brilliant.
Our driver James was brilliant and very knowledgable and was fantastic with little jokes here and there definitely doing it again off to the Guinness storehouse this afternoon.
We are going on the night trip too.
What a fantastic way of seeing Dublin very highly recommended.

November 3, 2024
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Poor driver makes or breaks a bus tour…

Poor driver makes or breaks a bus tour like this. Sadly we had Micheal who constantly referred to his whiskey in his coffee, how over priced the tickets were that we had paid for ( they are very poor value at 35euros each)
To make matters worse the bus broke down 1/2 around and when feedback was given to Micheal that his talk should be more about Dublin and its history then his jokes on ridiculous price we paid and his Irish coffee he got very upset started swearing at me in very colourful language. Absolutely not a professional. Do any of the number of walking tours they are far better value and much more enjoyable

September 1, 2024
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

POOR SPANISH AUDIO

I’m spanish. I bought 2 tickets with audio in spanish on Augost 11. There were a guide in live who speaked english. Our audio spended the most time with music. The information was minimum, even when we pass next the Guiness we don’t have any information and the same in a lot of stops. We paid 64 euros like english people. I think the company must to improve that. Thank you.

August 11, 2024
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