Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This top-floor cafe, part of the marvellous Avoca group, is very popular with discerning shoppers who enjoy a gourmet lunch: how about a Toonsbridge…
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Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Dark and sultry, this upstairs Moroccan restaurant looks a little like how we imagine a desert harem might. There are some rather fetching geometric…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Looking over the playing fields of Trinity College – which counts as a view in Dublin – this fashionably formal restaurant is spread over two floors and…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
New York's SoHo meets Parisian brasserie at this stylish spot, where elegance and economy live side by side. If you don't fancy gorging on oysters or…
Dublin
Saturday lunch at this Italian restaurant in a laneway off Merrion Row is a tradition for Dublin’s media types, socialites, politicos and their cronies…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
A great place to grab a bite and go. Served from a wooden hatch, this is some of the best pizza in the city, helped by its woodfire oven and organic…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Superstar chef Andy McFadden returned to Dublin to head up this fine-dining restaurant, where you'll find exceptional dishes served with style and panache…
Temple Bar
If it’s massive New York–style sandwiches or sticky chicken wings you’re after, this bustling upmarket diner – a long-time presence in Temple Bar – is…
Dublin
This fine sprawling bar is a terrific gastropub where the focus is on juicy cuts of steak, but reluctant carnivores also have a choice of fish, chicken or…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
With a Middle Eastern feel to the dishes, this is the perfect spot for a lazy, all-day brunch. The Turkish Eggs Menemen is particularly dreamy, topped…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
To truly appreciate the quality of the southside's best Chinese restaurant, ignore the green Western-style menu and stick to the black-covered one, which…
North of the Liffey
Not the capital from the Hunger Games but a long-standing quayside cafe that serves delicious sandwiches and wickedly sweet and savoury pastries, which…
Dublin
No surprise that this terrific spot specialises in meat, which is locally sourced and cooked to perfection in its wood-smoked grill. From venison to a…
Dublin
Scrummy organic burgers, nine-hour braised beef cheek and perfectly charred steaks are all on the menu in this basement restaurant. Meals are prepared…
North of the Liffey
Queues are a regular feature outside this fabulous spot which specialises in soups on the go – but it also does superb stews, sandwiches, bagels and…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Ostensibly a cheese shop with a few stools, at Loose Canon you can prop yourself up at the counter for a platter of cheese or Irish charcuterie, with a…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
The basement of Mary's Bar is home to a reliable burger joint: hamburgers, cheeseburgers and a sinful bacon cheeseburger come in two sizes (double or…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
There's perhaps no better setting in all of Dublin – a top-floor glasshouse restaurant with superb views of the city – in which to enjoy this quirky take…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
It's a 1950s-style cocktail bar, but with a standout menu. Main dishes are hearty – think West Cork Wagyu beef burgers or meltingly soft lamb shanks, and…
North of the Liffey
A classic fish-and-chip shop with a gourmet, sit-down twist – not only is the fish the best you'll taste in battered form, but you'll wash it down with a…
North of the Liffey
Delicious breakfasts and excellent sandwiches make this cafe one of the standout places for daytime eating on the north side of the Liffey. Locally baked…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This exceptional Italian joint delights its regulars with a basic menu of rustic pleasures, such as venison bresaola, classic pasta dishes and a superb…
North of the Liffey
Styling itself as a modern Irish brasserie, this restaurant spread over two floors serves a spruced-up version of Irish farmhouse cooking, from tasty…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
A candidate for best ethnic cuisine in town, this friendly spot serves a mix of Lebanese and Palestinian dishes that range from the familiar (hummus,…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Tucked away on a lane alongside Dublin Castle is this wonderful Italian restaurant with five tables and a maximum of 12 customers. It only opens for…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This bustling Moroccan restaurant has an atmospheric, low-lit dining room, spread about lots of alcoves so as to give the feel of a medina, and a…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
It's always lively at this funky little joint, where the music is loud and the dim sum just keeps coming. Order from the ever-rotating menu or keep things…
Dublin
Unsurprisingly, American comfort food is at the heart of this stylish spot, where diners tuck into hot dogs and burgers from red-leather booths. If you…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This sultry bar from culinary superstar Dylan McGrath serves cocktails with a Japanese twist (the Sakura Blossom blends gin, pink grapefruit and sparkling…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
You won't eat better, more authentic Mexican cuisine in Dublin – the tostadas (crispy corn tortillas with various toppings) and taquitos (filled, soft…
North of the Liffey
The menu changes daily at this tiny restaurant (it has only 16 seats) to reflect what's good and fresh, but you'll have to trust them: your only choice is…
Temple Bar
Michelin-starred chef Oliver Dunne has brought his cooking chops to bear in Cleaver East, where the decor (think New York brasserie but with cleavers…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Dublin's best-known vegetarian restaurant is a terrific eatery that serves wholesome salads, sandwiches, and a selection of hot main courses from a daily…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Sure, the cakes are dreamy — fluffy espresso walnut sponges and pretty cupcakes — but the savoury brunch options are just as fabulous. The homemade baked…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
You could order seafood or a plate of vegetables, but you'd be missing the point of this supremely elegant steakhouse: the finest cuts of juicy and tender…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
You'll need a reservation to get a seat at the bar or in one of the carriage booths of this super-trendy spot, designed to look like the inside of a…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
A contender for sexiest restaurant in the city, Luna is a sleek basement joint with intimate booths and waiters decked out in velvet smoking jackets. The…
North of the Liffey
A sibling of the long-established Yamamori on S Great George's St, this large restaurant – spread across two converted Georgian houses and including a…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This New York–style brasserie's speciality is rotisserie chicken, done four different ways at any given time. For that special occasion, there's a whole…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This all-day brasserie has a chic New York vibe, with leather banquettes and a small heated terrace luring a perpetually stylish crowd. While the menu…