Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Artisanal burgers that are so popular, the queues go out the door.
Must-see restaurants in Ireland
North of the Liffey
This is modern Irish cuisine with a subtle French twist, managing to combine hearty comfort food with classic elegance. The saloon-style restaurant is…
Cork City
Reasonably priced American-style barbecue food paired with a good selection of craft beer, including plenty of local options. The kitchen closes at 9pm…
Cork City
La Dolce Vita serves up a mouth-watering Italian menu full of fresh pasta, local meat and seafood, and excellent pizza made in the open woodfired brick…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Guarding the main gate to Dublin Castle is a French cafe that is Gallic through and through, from the fixtures imported from gay Paree to the beautiful,…
Dublin
With strong coffee, ready-to-go gourmet sandwiches, pastries and hearty sausage rolls, this makes for a good pit stop to quickly refuel. Seating is…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Full of books to borrow and couches to sprawl on, Accents has a tempting array of sweet treats, special tea blends from SUKI and hot chocolates – made…
Dublin
Artisanal cookies by Jenny and Elaine, made fresh all day right in front of you. It's always experimenting with new and exciting flavours, and offers…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
An elegant restaurant in a converted rag-trade warehouse…sounds like New York's SoHo, and that's exactly what it's trying to emulate. The food – Italian…
Kilkenny City
This cute retro tearoom with picture-cluttered walls and rose-patterned china serves a triple-tiered afternoon tea (2pm to 4.30pm Tuesday to Saturday)…
North of the Liffey
Right in the heart of Quartier Bloom is this pleasant Italian eatery that serves simple pastas, antipasti and cheeses from the home country. Just a few…
Cork City
Buzzing day and night, this modern restaurant has a swish bar, where you can enjoy creative cocktails while waiting for a table. Some tables are minute –…
North of the Liffey
This Dublin classic has expertly resisted every trendy wave and has been a stalwart of good Irish cooking since opening more than two decades ago. Its…
Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan
If the goods on display at this deli fire up your appetite, its cafe prepares dishes such as pancakes with bacon and free-range eggs, burgers and open…
North of the Liffey
There’s hardly a better way to ruminate over the art in the gallery than over lunch in the basement cafe. The menu features blaas (filled soft bread rolls…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
Cowhide leather banquettes suggest a burger joint with a difference, and Bobo's is just that: a dozen different kinds of burgers with Irish names flesh…
Temple Bar
This sleek food hall is housed in the oldest steel-frame structure in Ireland, and serves as a foodie emporium – pick up high-end groceries (including…
Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan
Located in the Highlanes Gallery, this split-level cafe serves a stylish range of breakfasts, gourmet sandwiches, savoury tarts and daily specials like…
Dublin
Freshly made sushi, sashimi and other Japanese specialities, including a particularly tasty tatsuta chicken, served to an appreciative lunchtime and after…
Meyler's Millhouse Bar & Restaurant
County Wexford
This country pub has a good beer garden overlooked by the Tacumshane Windmill, and serves classic pub grub (such as braised lamb shanks) alongside Asian…
Dublin
The MV Cill Airne, commissioned in 1961 as a passenger liner tender, is now permanently docked along the north quays, where it serves the public as a bar,…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
This popular chain serves terrific Japanese grub – just no sushi. Production-line rice and noodle dishes delivered pronto at canteen-style tables mightn't…
Gap of Dunloe
At the Gap's southern end, the road twists steeply down to the remote Black Valley and Lord Brandon's Cottage, a 19th-century hunting lodge surrounded by…
North of the Liffey
The main restaurant at the Morrison Hotel is really a very fancy grill whose specialities are meats cooked in a Josper indoor barbecue oven. If you don't…
Temple Bar
The dishes at this welcoming restaurant are standard but tasty: corn-fed chicken, barbary duck and a fine 6oz rib eye feature, along with lamb shanks and…
Dublin
Low-power hand driers, one-watt LED bulbs, secondhand furniture and strictly European wines: this restaurant is taking its green responsibilities…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
As old school as a Dublin restaurant gets, this art deco classic has been the social hub of the city's theatrical world for 50 years, a favourite of…
Cliffs of Moher
The steeply slanting picture windows set into the Cliffs of Moher hillside offer broad views of the big-draw bluffs. Food is less striking – firmly of the…
Gap of Dunloe
This 19th-century pub at the northern end of the Gap of Dunloe serves decent pub classics including sausage and mash, Irish stew, steaks and burgers, and…
Galway City
In cones or tubs, Gino's gelato is a treat while shopping around the centre of town. Its 30-plus flavours made on-site include Guinness as well as its…
The Midlands
Perennially popular, Oscar's is the place to go for upmarket comfort food (steaks, stir fries, barbecued rubs, smoky chicken wings, burgers et al) and a…
Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green
A firm favourite on Camden St's corridor of cool is this sleek restaurant that specialises in locally sourced, organic grub – without the fancy price tag…
Dublin
This little coffee hut is a Ranelagh institution and there are frequently lines in the morning for its strong espresso-based coffee, beans and range of…
County Donegal
Seafood gets the royal treatment at this nautically themed restaurant, with bare stone walls and wooden booths. But the menu spans every Irish dinner…
Tralee
Entered via a narrow lane, Denny Lane is most popular for breakfast (pancakes, full Irish fry-ups), served until 11.30am, but also does gourmet sandwiches…
Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan
In a whitewashed, black-trimmed Victorian building, this old-school restaurant is a family-run Monaghan institution. Long-standing house specialities…
Ring of Kerry
Snazzy Dooley's, with grandstand views across the bay, serves with finesse what its name states: local lobster and 21-day dry-aged steaks are a speciality…
