Brú Na Bóinne Visitor Centre

This review is for the food. We got an entrée item and two sides. The smoked chicken pancake was great, the coleslaw was ok and quinoa salad was great.
All the other salads and food looked tasty too.

Came for the tombs, stayed for the food.
Strangely, the café here has some damn good food. I hadn’t been slogging through the days leading up to my visit here eating tasteless gruel to the point where anything else would be haute cuisine; the food here is just really tasty!
Highly recommend taking both the Knowth and Newgrange tours if you have time. I enjoyed Knowth a little more than Newgrange because of the vistas from atop the largest mound, which offer fantastic opportunities for panoramic photography. Unfortunately, all the interesting artifacts have been removed and are located at the National Museum.
There’s a pretty funny and perhaps unintentional rivalry between the guides at both as each seemed to play up their site as the most remarkable, most significant, and so on. All of the guides were knowledgable; I learned quite a bit in a rather short period of time.

My friend and I recently went on a roadtrip around Ireland, and our first stop after Dublin was Newgrange. Our GPS led us to the Brú Na Bóinne Visitor Centre, and we figured we’d buy our admission ticket to Newgrange then be on our merry way in about an hour.
When we walked in, we were greeted by a member of the staff who told us that the next available tour for Newgrange wouldn’t leave for an hour or two, and advised us to consider seeing Knowth while waiting for Newgrange. We agreed to do that. We spent maybe 30 minutes exploring the exhibits in the visitor center before our bus departed for Knowth. The guide at Knowth was extremely knowledgeable and very, very enthusiastic! I’m really glad we decided to add Knowth to our itinerary. We set off for Newgrange right after we got back from Knowth. I really enjoyed going into the mound and seeing the simulated winter solstice.
We decided to grab lunch at the café in the visitors center, which was unexpectedly good. I highly recommend the Brú Na Bóinne Visitor Centre, Newgrange, and Knowth; however, you should allot a whole afternoon rather than just an hour or so if you want to do it justice.

Ultra modern and well-​kept visitors centre that serves to prepare guests an as a launching point for the trip the 5000 year old landmark on the nearby hillside.
Notable for the really full-​service and elegant but VERY expensive cafeteria. It may be the only place to find sustenance within miles, and we were pleased but they are going to make you pay for it through the nose.
Great interpretive complex and a substantial gift shop for you to find souvenirs and literature relative to this historic site.

The visitor centre is where it all begins! I love Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth for the mystery, beauty and history. The visitor centre has great displays explaining the excavation that was carried out, the proposed use of the tombs and the symbols etched on the rocks outside.
On my latest visit during the summer there were local artists having a craft faire inside the centre selling handmade goods that ranged from wooden tables, chairs and other décor, as well as handmade greeting cards and silver Celtic jewelry.
I love the fact that you can enter a drawing in the centre to win a trip back to Newgrange for the winter solstice. I haven’t won yet, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

Just back from my third visit here in the last few years, and I FINALLY had the chance to hang out in the Visitor Center itself as long as I wanted to, read all the displays in the static exhibits, and chat with the folks who work there. I even checked out the replica of the tomb passage.
A great place to spend some time and a great gateway to the tombs at Newgrange and Knowth (not forgetting Dowth, but you can visit that site without stopping at the Center). I also found several books on the tombs that were nearly impossible to find elsewhere.
Plus, the food wasn’t half bad in the café. I opted for a coffee and a pastry while waiting from my crew to return from their visit to the tomb and it was better than many of the city cafes.
Tip for those visiting on their own without a tour group-​it takes about 60 minutes to get there from Dublin, and if you arrive at the Visitor Center 30 minutes before it opens you ought to be able to beat the crowd.
Bottom Line: Sometimes, a fresh scone beats a 5,000 year old tomb.

Decent visitor’s center. They have a small museum which depicts things like how the ancient people transported the giant stones for the passage tombs. They also have a recreation of the inside of Newgrange, but it doesn’t do it justice. The café is pretty good if you need a snack in between visiting the tombs… I highly recommend the sticky toffee muffin.
The tombs themselves require short bus rides from the visitor’s center, and to get to the bus stop you have to take like a 5 minute walk. But all that is totally worth it, because the tombs are great.
There’s also a small shop here which sells postcards, souvenirs, and what-​not.

Very nice visitor’s center to check out Bru na Boinne — in particular Knowth and Newgrange. We did the tour of both sites — the latter letting us walk into the formation with a tour guide. It was pretty cool being able to imagine what the place would look like during the winter solstice with their flashlight re-​enactment. I entered the contest to get a ticket for the 2008 solstice but apparently didn’t win. ;)
Great facts about the information and they let you poke around the area a bit. They also tell you about the surrounding areas that are not open to the public. I would definitely recommend this if you’re looking for some cool Irish ancient history.