MOVED TO: Bites by Kwanghi, 82 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin D02 YY86
TEL: 089 4274176
Jauntily styled, like a bustling Hong Kong street market, Bowls is a modern Asian noodle and dim sum joint, that punches ab ... more...
Open since December 2005, this atmospheric restaurant on two floors - informal ground floor bistro with a more elegant dining room above - is in the former stables of College Green House and there is nothing clichéd about it, giving an intriguin ... more...
Dromineer is one of the Shannon's most-visited places, popular with cruisers, anglers, sailing folk and walkers, as well as tourists and local folk just enjoying a day out.
Joe and Rita Ryan's characterful old place just up from the harbour has a big ... more...
Milko Mihaylov was already well known in Kilkenny when he opened this pleasing destination in the former Café Sol premises, just off High Street, in 2017.
The restaurant is elegant and bright, offering unpretentious fine dining at lunch a ... more...
One of Dublin's best, unspoilt traditional pubs, Kehoe's changed hands relatively recently and added another floor upstairs, but without damaging the character of the original bar.
Very busy in the evening - try it for a quieter daytime pint instead.
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Just the sort of old pub advertising people dream about, this old bar looks as it must have done a hundred years ago, with its low ceilings, an ancient weathered bar and furniture and fires in winter in a big old room and then another behind.
Then it ... more...
Dating back to its opening in 1861 as a school, this attractively located canalside building at Mount Street Bridge has seen many changes, and it is now one of Dublin's trendiest small hotels - and an ideal place to stay while exploring Dublin.
A huge ... more...
This informal restaurant and fish shop is owned by respected chef Andy Rae and business partner Bob McCoubrey, of the original Mourne Seafood Bar in Dundrum, Co Down (see entry), who have their own shellfish beds on Carlingford Lough, and it has become ... more...
One of a flurry of recent hotel openings in Belfast, the AC Hotel by Marriott enjoys an attractive waterside location at Belfast Harbour's City Quays development, just across the river from the Titantic Centre. Although initially a little bare, the ext ... more...
Thankfully, at least the heart of this renowned pub seems to be resistant to change. It's one of those lovely places with a grocery at the front and an unspoilt hard-floored pub with an open fire at the back.
Visitors returning after a long absence wi ... more...