To grab a table at the front of Eileen and Sam McNicholl's atmospheric pub, Connolly’s of Leap, is to be noticed outside one of West Cork’s coolest venues. Inside, the walls drip with musical history; but for now, the iconic but diminutive ... more...
Hidden away next to the Aras an Uachtaráin Visitor Centre, you'll find the Phoenix Café. The modern building is sympathetic to the lush green surroundings and the first floor has a dramatic double height roof, floor to ceiling windows a ... more...
A hit with happy locals since opening in summer 2022 - and now, increasingly, a destination for visitors to the city - Sean Lafferty's buzzy bistro is an ever-evolving labour of love. Bringing together great Asian and Japanese cooking ('Asian fusion wi ... more...
Herbstreet is a restaurant built to last. Located in the recently developed urban leisure area of Hanover Quay – whose Martha Schwartz-designed Grand Canal Square is flanked by the 2,000-seater Grand Canal Theatre on one side and a Manual Aires M ... more...
Sabine and the late Philippe De Mey opened this beautiful Georgian property in a stunning waterside location at the head of Dunmanus Bay in 1981 and it has always been a wonderful place to eat – and to stay. It's now run by the second g ... more...
In a distinctive Victorian building on the College Green corner of D'Olier Street, the eponymous fine dining restaurant opened in late 2022. A collaboration between Anthony Smith, owner of the much-loved Mr Fox on Parnell Square, Australian Executive ... more...
Beginning life in hospitality as a food truck owner, Donal Cahill fitted out a premises in Smithfield in 2015 (beside the Light House Cinema) to bring authentic American-style barbecued food to the masses.
Helped by his friend Cian McHugh in his ques ... more...
Just outside Westport, heading out west from the harbour, this old world thatched pub overlooking Clew Bay enjoys an almost-waterside location just across from the foreshore on the Louisburgh road.
Owned by the Cronin family, it is one of Westport's b ... more...
Good, fast and moderately priced food is the aim at this sister restaurant of Colleen Bennett's famous Holywood restaurant, Fontana(see entry).
Informal ingredients-led dining in bright, informal surroundings has always been the philosophy and here it ... more...
Formerly known as Iragh Tí Connor, which translates as "the inheritance of O'Connor", John and Joan O'Connor's fine establishment in Ballybunion began as a 19th century pub with potential and, thanks to their scrupulous attention to ... more...