From a solid team that benefits from the food and beverage expertise of sommelier Harshal Shah together with father and daughter duo Matthew and Alexandra Farrell of Diep fame, Dorian is a wine bar and bistro with distinctly fun-fuelled clubby vibes in ... more...
Opened by chef Shaun Tinman and manager James Fox in 2021, this unassuming little place turned expectations upside down with its deceptively low-key setting and stellar cooking.
Shaun’s pared-back menus give little away with their combination of ... more...
Eunice Power’s fine house in Dungarvan had a well-earned reputation as one of the area's best B&Bs, but Eunice is an enthusiastic professional cook and has also run a successful outside catering company since 2001 - and this, together with t ... more...
Long before there was so much as a hint that fashionable restaurants might open in this area, Romano's was widely recognised as one the best value Italian restaurants in town, especially at lunch.
Friendly and generous-spirited, this Dublin restaurant ... more...
Thérèse Staunton runs this great little pub near the beginning of the ascent to Croagh Patrick - genuinely traditional, with an open fire, it has the feeling of a real ‘local’.
Not really a food place, but home-made soup and ... more...
Julien Lefebvre is from Lille in Northern France; his wife, Alison hails from Greystones. They met in Dublin some years ago, then moved to France where Julien worked in a crêperie In Annecy. Having honed his trade – he first learned how to ... more...
The Guide has long had a soft spot for this pub on the seafront in the pretty village of Blackrock – which, although very close to Dundalk, is not at all suburban and retains the atmosphere of an independent community.
The Brake has a loyal loca ... more...
Although many others have since followed suit, the idea of opening a restaurant in a church was highly original when the late Hans-Peter Matthiae did so in Cashel in 1968. The scale - indeed the whole style of the place - is superb and provides an un ... more...
With its jaunty blue and white awning, pretty pavement tables and a cheerful window display always themed for the season, the Johnston family’s Jolly Sandwich Bar is hard to pass by.
A beacon of simple excellence, it’s a lunch place of cho ... more...
Owner Geoff Nordell did much to liven up this stretch of Aungier Street with his cheerful and hugely popular Whitefriar Grill, which was later joined next door by the equally popular Bow Lane. Now he has merged the two, to create the larger Bow Lane Gr ... more...