There's a smart Barcelona vibe to this Dublin 4 favourite. The designer cool ivory and caramel interior is laid out in a well spaced mix of tables and comfortable banquettes with ceilings high enough to keep peak time buzz to pleasant levels.
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Restaurateur siblings Marc and Conor Bereen of Charlotte Quay and the former Coppinger Row have brought another crowd-pleasing operation to Dublin. This time they’re in the suburban village of Rathgar, where the newly opened Orwell Road continues ... more...
It’s taken some 25 years for LPQ to reach Irish shores. Its beginnings go back to 1990, when chef and baker Alain Coumont was unable to find the right bread to serve in his Brussels restaurant. His decision to begin baking it himself has since re ... more...
Former Dublin food truck supremos Dee Kelly and Matteo Grescti moved their popular business to permanent premises in Fethard on Sea just as the pandemic was beginning to bite - but, despite the challenges, they have not only survived but thrived.
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This cheerfully cosmopolitan little restaurant is run by a multinational team of personalities who are well known on the local dining scene. Although quite small, the décor in has a pleasantly contemporary airy feel, and a very large window ... more...
This appealing shop-cum-wine bar is part of the Italian Quarter in Blooms Lane, where you will also find Wallaces Italian Food Shop, Café Cagliostro (great coffees) and a juice café.
Food, while not exactly incidental, certainly plays se ... more...
Glenarm Castle, ancestral home of the McDonnell family, Earls of Antrim, offers much of interest including The Walled Garden and the Castle itself is also open several times a year. The tea room is open to the general public all year and this makes a l ... more...
Ranelagh may be a foodie hot spot but one of its brightest culinary stars shines down a narrow laneway tucked in between a few mews houses and business lock-ups off the main strip. Despite the obscure location, which has never enjoyed the benefits of p ... more...
Upstairs, over a craft shop (which you will find especially interesting if you like Irish pottery), Paddy & Johnny McGuire’s country-style first-floor Killarney restaurants been delighting visitors with its warm atmosphere and down-to-earth f ... more...
Mountjoy Square is the new neighbourhood of El Grito, the popular Mexican taqueria that opened in Merchant's Arch in Temple Bar in 2015. Run by husband-and-wife team, Tomasz and Lucia Oleksy, (he’s Polish and she’s Mexican), they quickly ea ... more...