Although it's now more of a busy lunchtime spot and after-work watering hole for local business people and shoppers, this famous Victorian pub has a special place in the history of Dublin life - literary, social, political - and attracts many a pilgrim seeking the ghosts of great personalities who have frequented this spot down through the years.
Just off Grafton Street, Davy Byrnes is one of Dublin's most famous pubs - references in Joyce's Ulysses mean it is very much on the tourist circuit. Despite all this fame it remains a genuine, well-run place and is equally popular with Dubliners, who find it a handy me ...
Margaret and Akim Beskri have run this characterful place just off Grafton Street since 1989 and it's well-known for its cosmopolitan atmosphere, late night opening and lots of chat. This Dublin restaurants excellent wine list of over 350 bins (predominantly French) inc ...
In an imaginatively renovated Georgian townhouse just off St Stephen's Green, this was the first of Erik and Michelle Robson's 'series' of Ely wine bar/ cafés; it first opened in 1999 and, since then, they have built on their commitment to offer some of the greate ...
Unless you’re familiar with the area you’re unlikely to stumble across Bridge Bar & Grill by accident. Tucked beneath a railway bridge off a cobbled street it’s an atmospheric restaurant in a historic setting, close to Grand Canal Theatre yet away f ...
This, the third and most recent of Erik and Michelle Robson's wine bar/cafés, is south of the river in the relatively new Hanover Quay area of the city. On a corner site, it's an angular premises with huge windows and, with hard lines, drum lamp shades, canteen s ...
