Ireland — Restaurants
Abbey Tavern
Renowned for its traditional music ballad sessions, this 16th century tavern, complete with blazing fires, original stone walls and gas lights, features a wonderful restaurant upstairs. The menu changes on a seasonal basis but features such culinary delights as crepes fruits de mer(seafood crepes), roast duckling with ginger and pineapple, or spinach and ricotta tortellini. After the meal, guests can enjoy the live entertainment downstairs in the form of some tradition Irish music. Open for dinner Monday to Saturday from 7pm to 11pm. Bookings are recommended and credit cards accepted.
- Food Type
- International
- Price
- 4
- Address
- Abbey St., Howth, Northern Suburbs
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.abbeytavern.ie
Café Mao
The iconic Café Mao has been a firm favorite with Dubliners since its opening a few years back and is frequented by anyone who's in the mood for a little Asian flair. The exposed kitchen lines an entire wall, and the rest of the space is wide open which makes this an excellent environment for people watchers. The menu comprises everyone's favorite Asian dishes, such as Thai fish cakes, nasi goreng,chicken hoisin and salmon ramen, to name a few. Everything on the menu is delicious and it is hard to go wrong when dining here. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Asian
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 2 - 3 Chatham Row
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.cafemao.com
Nosh
This trendy laid-back restaurant is highly popular with Dubliners for a tasty weekend brunch where club sandwiches, soups and salads are the order of the day. Dinners are slightly more exotic with Nosh offering some wonderfully different dishes such as grilled filet of plaice with crabmeat. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from noon until 10pm. Closed on Mondays. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- International
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 111 Coliemore Rd, Dalkey
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.nosh.ie
Jacob's Ladder
Offering wonderful views of Trinity College, Jacob's Ladder serves some of Dublin's finest Irish fare, from a rich prawn bisque with sautéed spinach for starters to a roast loin of wild boar with a tarte fineof red onions. The food and service here are excellent. And there is also a good range of vegetarian dishes on the menu. Open Tuesday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only, closed on Sunday and Monday. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 4
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 4 - 5 Nassau St
- City
- Dublin
L'Ecrivain
One of Dublin's finest restaurants, L'Ecrivain offers diners a relaxed and unpretentious experience. Chef Derry Clarke's food is absolutely mouth-watering, from his seared wild Irish venison loin with caramelized pear, or seared Bere Island scallops with lobster strudel. Menu prices are changed regularly and are extortionate but L'Ecrivain gives guests the opportunity to sample some of its dishes in the form of a two-course lunch menu at a more reasonable price. Open Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only, closed Sunday. Reservations essential.
- Food Type
- French
- Price
- 5
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 109 Lower Baggot St, Fitzwilliam Square
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.lecrivain.com
The Wicked Chef
This affordable neighborhood eatery serves some of the most humble Irish cuisine Dublin has to offer. It's a firm favorite packed with locals who come to enjoy its flagship dish of Irish stew cooked in Guinness as well as its 'Dublin Coddle', among other local specialties. Open Sunday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Café
- Price
- 3
- Address
- 73 Meath St
- City
- Dublin
The Bad Ass Café
This loud and busy restaurant has been a much-loved eatery with Dublin's locals for over 20 years. The menu serves old favorites such as burgers, pasta, steaks and salads, appealing to just about everyone. This quirky restaurant in the lively Temple Bar District, where orders are clipped to a wire before being whizzed off to the kitchen, is known as the place where Sinead O'Connor used to wait tables. Open daily from 11.30am until late.
- Food Type
- American
- Price
- 1
- Address
- 9-11 Crown Alley
- City
- Dublin
Tante Zoé's
Located in Dublin's lively Temple Bar District, Tante Zoé's serves some of the finest Creole and Cajun cuisine this side of the Mississippi. With cosy and colorful décor, calypso music and warm hearty meals, this restaurant does not disappoint. Try the fresh fillet of pan-fried seabass served with a coconut lime and chilli sauce, or the Dooky gumbo, a hearty Cajun stew with whiskey salami, Kabonossi sausage, chicken, pork & beef. Open Monday to Sunday. Closed Sunday lunch. Bookings recommended.
- Food Type
- Cajun
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 1 Crow Street, Temple Bar
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.tantezoes.com
Yamamori Noodles
Popular at lunchtime, Yamamori Noodles has a casual yet lively atmosphere with an exciting menu to boot. Prices range from bargain to complete over indulgence and meals like chile chicken ramen or the yamamori yaki sobawith its mound of wok-fried noodles piled high with prawns, squid, chicken, and roast pork won't break the bank. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations only for parties of four or more.
- Food Type
- Japanese
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 71 - 72 S. Great George's St
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.yamamorinoodles.ie
Juice
This aptly named restaurant situated in the Trinity College area offers around 30 types of juices and smoothies. With a wonderfully light and airy décor and such a diverse and exciting menu, most guests at Juice probably wouldn't even notice that it's a vegetarian restaurant. Brunches include pancakes and French toast with fresh fruit and maple syrup, while the rest of the day can be spent sampling dips such as hummus, tapenade and roasted carrot pâté with crudités. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations are recommended. A seated service charge of 10% is charged to all tables.
- Food Type
- Vegetarian
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 73 - 83 S. Great Georges St
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.juicerestaurant.ie
Yamamori Sushi
With its long wooden bench tables, stone pillars, clean lines and light, airy atmosphere, this spacious eatery lends itself perfectly to the ritualistic art of eating sushi. A favorite with locals and tourists alike, Yamamori Sushi is one of Dublin's favorite Asian restaurants, and for very good reason. Feast on Karubi beef, salmon teriyaki and Yamamori Ramen, which is made up of char-grilled chicken, king prawns and char shu with crispy tofu, egg, wakame, menma and spring onion in a chicken and pork stock. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Japanese
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 38 - 39 Lower Ormand Quay
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.yamamorisushi.ie
One Pico
One of Dublin's most popular eateries, One Pico has becoming something of an institution in dining out in Dublin. Thus multi award winning restaurant serves delicious local fare including organic smoked salmon with pickled cucumber, remoulade and herb crème freche, and a firm favorite on the menu, the fillet of Irish Hereford Beef served with a white onion puree, parmesan fondue and crispy tempura onion. Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Reservations essential.
- Food Type
- Irish
- Price
- 4
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 5 - 6 Molesworth Place Schoolhouse Lane
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.onepico.com
Café Paradiso
Café Paradiso is renowned for being one of the top vegetarian restaurants in Cork. The menu focuses on locally-produced fare, but includes exotic combinations like pumpkin mezzaluna in lemon-chilli butter, or feta, pistachio, and couscous cake. Their fixed-price early bird dinners are good value at less than EUR30.
- Food Type
- Fusion
- Price
- 2
- Address
- Western Road (across from Jurys hotel)
- City
- Cork
- Website
- www.cafeparadiso.ie
Market Lane
This award-winning double-story restaurant focuses its menu around local produce and delicious irish meats and cheeses. Always bustling, the dining room is too noisy for an intimate night, but fun for big groups, and you can enjoy Irish dishes with seafood, steak, ham, or vegetarian options. Market lane only takes bookings for groups of six or more, so small parties should arrive early (before 8pm).
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 2
- Address
- 5/6 Oliver Plunkett Street
- City
- Cork
- Website
- www.marketlane.ie
Abbey Tavern
Renowned for its traditional music ballad sessions, this 16th century tavern, complete with blazing fires, original stone walls and gas lights, features a wonderful restaurant upstairs. The menu changes on a seasonal basis but features such culinary delights as crepes fruits de mer(seafood crepes), roast duckling with ginger and pineapple, or spinach and ricotta tortellini. After the meal, guests can enjoy the live entertainment downstairs in the form of some tradition Irish music. Open for dinner Monday to Saturday from 7pm to 11pm. Bookings are recommended and credit cards accepted.
- Food Type
- International
- Price
- 4
- Address
- Abbey St., Howth, Northern Suburbs
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.abbeytavern.ie
Café Mao
The iconic Café Mao has been a firm favorite with Dubliners since its opening a few years back and is frequented by anyone who's in the mood for a little Asian flair. The exposed kitchen lines an entire wall, and the rest of the space is wide open which makes this an excellent environment for people watchers. The menu comprises everyone's favorite Asian dishes, such as Thai fish cakes, nasi goreng,chicken hoisin and salmon ramen, to name a few. Everything on the menu is delicious and it is hard to go wrong when dining here. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Asian
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 2 - 3 Chatham Row
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.cafemao.com
Nosh
This trendy laid-back restaurant is highly popular with Dubliners for a tasty weekend brunch where club sandwiches, soups and salads are the order of the day. Dinners are slightly more exotic with Nosh offering some wonderfully different dishes such as grilled filet of plaice with crabmeat. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from noon until 10pm. Closed on Mondays. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- International
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 111 Coliemore Rd, Dalkey
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.nosh.ie
Jacob's Ladder
Offering wonderful views of Trinity College, Jacob's Ladder serves some of Dublin's finest Irish fare, from a rich prawn bisque with sautéed spinach for starters to a roast loin of wild boar with a tarte fineof red onions. The food and service here are excellent. And there is also a good range of vegetarian dishes on the menu. Open Tuesday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only, closed on Sunday and Monday. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 4
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 4 - 5 Nassau St
- City
- Dublin
L'Ecrivain
One of Dublin's finest restaurants, L'Ecrivain offers diners a relaxed and unpretentious experience. Chef Derry Clarke's food is absolutely mouth-watering, from his seared wild Irish venison loin with caramelized pear, or seared Bere Island scallops with lobster strudel. Menu prices are changed regularly and are extortionate but L'Ecrivain gives guests the opportunity to sample some of its dishes in the form of a two-course lunch menu at a more reasonable price. Open Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only, closed Sunday. Reservations essential.
- Food Type
- French
- Price
- 5
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 109 Lower Baggot St, Fitzwilliam Square
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.lecrivain.com
The Wicked Chef
This affordable neighborhood eatery serves some of the most humble Irish cuisine Dublin has to offer. It's a firm favorite packed with locals who come to enjoy its flagship dish of Irish stew cooked in Guinness as well as its 'Dublin Coddle', among other local specialties. Open Sunday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Café
- Price
- 3
- Address
- 73 Meath St
- City
- Dublin
The Bad Ass Café
This loud and busy restaurant has been a much-loved eatery with Dublin's locals for over 20 years. The menu serves old favorites such as burgers, pasta, steaks and salads, appealing to just about everyone. This quirky restaurant in the lively Temple Bar District, where orders are clipped to a wire before being whizzed off to the kitchen, is known as the place where Sinead O'Connor used to wait tables. Open daily from 11.30am until late.
- Food Type
- American
- Price
- 1
- Address
- 9-11 Crown Alley
- City
- Dublin
Tante Zoé's
Located in Dublin's lively Temple Bar District, Tante Zoé's serves some of the finest Creole and Cajun cuisine this side of the Mississippi. With cosy and colorful décor, calypso music and warm hearty meals, this restaurant does not disappoint. Try the fresh fillet of pan-fried seabass served with a coconut lime and chilli sauce, or the Dooky gumbo, a hearty Cajun stew with whiskey salami, Kabonossi sausage, chicken, pork & beef. Open Monday to Sunday. Closed Sunday lunch. Bookings recommended.
- Food Type
- Cajun
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 1 Crow Street, Temple Bar
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.tantezoes.com
Yamamori Noodles
Popular at lunchtime, Yamamori Noodles has a casual yet lively atmosphere with an exciting menu to boot. Prices range from bargain to complete over indulgence and meals like chile chicken ramen or the yamamori yaki sobawith its mound of wok-fried noodles piled high with prawns, squid, chicken, and roast pork won't break the bank. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations only for parties of four or more.
- Food Type
- Japanese
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 71 - 72 S. Great George's St
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.yamamorinoodles.ie
Juice
This aptly named restaurant situated in the Trinity College area offers around 30 types of juices and smoothies. With a wonderfully light and airy décor and such a diverse and exciting menu, most guests at Juice probably wouldn't even notice that it's a vegetarian restaurant. Brunches include pancakes and French toast with fresh fruit and maple syrup, while the rest of the day can be spent sampling dips such as hummus, tapenade and roasted carrot pâté with crudités. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations are recommended. A seated service charge of 10% is charged to all tables.
- Food Type
- Vegetarian
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 73 - 83 S. Great Georges St
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.juicerestaurant.ie
Yamamori Sushi
With its long wooden bench tables, stone pillars, clean lines and light, airy atmosphere, this spacious eatery lends itself perfectly to the ritualistic art of eating sushi. A favorite with locals and tourists alike, Yamamori Sushi is one of Dublin's favorite Asian restaurants, and for very good reason. Feast on Karubi beef, salmon teriyaki and Yamamori Ramen, which is made up of char-grilled chicken, king prawns and char shu with crispy tofu, egg, wakame, menma and spring onion in a chicken and pork stock. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Japanese
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 38 - 39 Lower Ormand Quay
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.yamamorisushi.ie
One Pico
One of Dublin's most popular eateries, One Pico has becoming something of an institution in dining out in Dublin. Thus multi award winning restaurant serves delicious local fare including organic smoked salmon with pickled cucumber, remoulade and herb crème freche, and a firm favorite on the menu, the fillet of Irish Hereford Beef served with a white onion puree, parmesan fondue and crispy tempura onion. Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Reservations essential.
- Food Type
- Irish
- Price
- 4
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 5 - 6 Molesworth Place Schoolhouse Lane
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.onepico.com
Café Paradiso
Café Paradiso is renowned for being one of the top vegetarian restaurants in Cork. The menu focuses on locally-produced fare, but includes exotic combinations like pumpkin mezzaluna in lemon-chilli butter, or feta, pistachio, and couscous cake. Their fixed-price early bird dinners are good value at less than EUR30.
- Food Type
- Fusion
- Price
- 2
- Address
- Western Road (across from Jurys hotel)
- City
- Cork
- Website
- www.cafeparadiso.ie
Market Lane
This award-winning double-story restaurant focuses its menu around local produce and delicious irish meats and cheeses. Always bustling, the dining room is too noisy for an intimate night, but fun for big groups, and you can enjoy Irish dishes with seafood, steak, ham, or vegetarian options. Market lane only takes bookings for groups of six or more, so small parties should arrive early (before 8pm).
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 2
- Address
- 5/6 Oliver Plunkett Street
- City
- Cork
- Website
- www.marketlane.ie
Abbey Tavern
Renowned for its traditional music ballad sessions, this 16th century tavern, complete with blazing fires, original stone walls and gas lights, features a wonderful restaurant upstairs. The menu changes on a seasonal basis but features such culinary delights as crepes fruits de mer(seafood crepes), roast duckling with ginger and pineapple, or spinach and ricotta tortellini. After the meal, guests can enjoy the live entertainment downstairs in the form of some tradition Irish music. Open for dinner Monday to Saturday from 7pm to 11pm. Bookings are recommended and credit cards accepted.
- Food Type
- International
- Price
- 4
- Address
- Abbey St., Howth, Northern Suburbs
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.abbeytavern.ie
Café Mao
The iconic Café Mao has been a firm favorite with Dubliners since its opening a few years back and is frequented by anyone who's in the mood for a little Asian flair. The exposed kitchen lines an entire wall, and the rest of the space is wide open which makes this an excellent environment for people watchers. The menu comprises everyone's favorite Asian dishes, such as Thai fish cakes, nasi goreng,chicken hoisin and salmon ramen, to name a few. Everything on the menu is delicious and it is hard to go wrong when dining here. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Asian
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 2 - 3 Chatham Row
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.cafemao.com
Nosh
This trendy laid-back restaurant is highly popular with Dubliners for a tasty weekend brunch where club sandwiches, soups and salads are the order of the day. Dinners are slightly more exotic with Nosh offering some wonderfully different dishes such as grilled filet of plaice with crabmeat. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from noon until 10pm. Closed on Mondays. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- International
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 111 Coliemore Rd, Dalkey
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.nosh.ie
Jacob's Ladder
Offering wonderful views of Trinity College, Jacob's Ladder serves some of Dublin's finest Irish fare, from a rich prawn bisque with sautéed spinach for starters to a roast loin of wild boar with a tarte fineof red onions. The food and service here are excellent. And there is also a good range of vegetarian dishes on the menu. Open Tuesday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only, closed on Sunday and Monday. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 4
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 4 - 5 Nassau St
- City
- Dublin
L'Ecrivain
One of Dublin's finest restaurants, L'Ecrivain offers diners a relaxed and unpretentious experience. Chef Derry Clarke's food is absolutely mouth-watering, from his seared wild Irish venison loin with caramelized pear, or seared Bere Island scallops with lobster strudel. Menu prices are changed regularly and are extortionate but L'Ecrivain gives guests the opportunity to sample some of its dishes in the form of a two-course lunch menu at a more reasonable price. Open Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only, closed Sunday. Reservations essential.
- Food Type
- French
- Price
- 5
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 109 Lower Baggot St, Fitzwilliam Square
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.lecrivain.com
The Wicked Chef
This affordable neighborhood eatery serves some of the most humble Irish cuisine Dublin has to offer. It's a firm favorite packed with locals who come to enjoy its flagship dish of Irish stew cooked in Guinness as well as its 'Dublin Coddle', among other local specialties. Open Sunday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Café
- Price
- 3
- Address
- 73 Meath St
- City
- Dublin
The Bad Ass Café
This loud and busy restaurant has been a much-loved eatery with Dublin's locals for over 20 years. The menu serves old favorites such as burgers, pasta, steaks and salads, appealing to just about everyone. This quirky restaurant in the lively Temple Bar District, where orders are clipped to a wire before being whizzed off to the kitchen, is known as the place where Sinead O'Connor used to wait tables. Open daily from 11.30am until late.
- Food Type
- American
- Price
- 1
- Address
- 9-11 Crown Alley
- City
- Dublin
Tante Zoé's
Located in Dublin's lively Temple Bar District, Tante Zoé's serves some of the finest Creole and Cajun cuisine this side of the Mississippi. With cosy and colorful décor, calypso music and warm hearty meals, this restaurant does not disappoint. Try the fresh fillet of pan-fried seabass served with a coconut lime and chilli sauce, or the Dooky gumbo, a hearty Cajun stew with whiskey salami, Kabonossi sausage, chicken, pork & beef. Open Monday to Sunday. Closed Sunday lunch. Bookings recommended.
- Food Type
- Cajun
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 1 Crow Street, Temple Bar
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.tantezoes.com
Yamamori Noodles
Popular at lunchtime, Yamamori Noodles has a casual yet lively atmosphere with an exciting menu to boot. Prices range from bargain to complete over indulgence and meals like chile chicken ramen or the yamamori yaki sobawith its mound of wok-fried noodles piled high with prawns, squid, chicken, and roast pork won't break the bank. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations only for parties of four or more.
- Food Type
- Japanese
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 71 - 72 S. Great George's St
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.yamamorinoodles.ie
Juice
This aptly named restaurant situated in the Trinity College area offers around 30 types of juices and smoothies. With a wonderfully light and airy décor and such a diverse and exciting menu, most guests at Juice probably wouldn't even notice that it's a vegetarian restaurant. Brunches include pancakes and French toast with fresh fruit and maple syrup, while the rest of the day can be spent sampling dips such as hummus, tapenade and roasted carrot pâté with crudités. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations are recommended. A seated service charge of 10% is charged to all tables.
- Food Type
- Vegetarian
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 73 - 83 S. Great Georges St
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.juicerestaurant.ie
Yamamori Sushi
With its long wooden bench tables, stone pillars, clean lines and light, airy atmosphere, this spacious eatery lends itself perfectly to the ritualistic art of eating sushi. A favorite with locals and tourists alike, Yamamori Sushi is one of Dublin's favorite Asian restaurants, and for very good reason. Feast on Karubi beef, salmon teriyaki and Yamamori Ramen, which is made up of char-grilled chicken, king prawns and char shu with crispy tofu, egg, wakame, menma and spring onion in a chicken and pork stock. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Japanese
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 38 - 39 Lower Ormand Quay
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.yamamorisushi.ie
One Pico
One of Dublin's most popular eateries, One Pico has becoming something of an institution in dining out in Dublin. Thus multi award winning restaurant serves delicious local fare including organic smoked salmon with pickled cucumber, remoulade and herb crème freche, and a firm favorite on the menu, the fillet of Irish Hereford Beef served with a white onion puree, parmesan fondue and crispy tempura onion. Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Reservations essential.
- Food Type
- Irish
- Price
- 4
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 5 - 6 Molesworth Place Schoolhouse Lane
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.onepico.com
Café Paradiso
Café Paradiso is renowned for being one of the top vegetarian restaurants in Cork. The menu focuses on locally-produced fare, but includes exotic combinations like pumpkin mezzaluna in lemon-chilli butter, or feta, pistachio, and couscous cake. Their fixed-price early bird dinners are good value at less than EUR30.
- Food Type
- Fusion
- Price
- 2
- Address
- Western Road (across from Jurys hotel)
- City
- Cork
- Website
- www.cafeparadiso.ie
Market Lane
This award-winning double-story restaurant focuses its menu around local produce and delicious irish meats and cheeses. Always bustling, the dining room is too noisy for an intimate night, but fun for big groups, and you can enjoy Irish dishes with seafood, steak, ham, or vegetarian options. Market lane only takes bookings for groups of six or more, so small parties should arrive early (before 8pm).
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 2
- Address
- 5/6 Oliver Plunkett Street
- City
- Cork
- Website
- www.marketlane.ie
Abbey Tavern
Renowned for its traditional music ballad sessions, this 16th century tavern, complete with blazing fires, original stone walls and gas lights, features a wonderful restaurant upstairs. The menu changes on a seasonal basis but features such culinary delights as crepes fruits de mer(seafood crepes), roast duckling with ginger and pineapple, or spinach and ricotta tortellini. After the meal, guests can enjoy the live entertainment downstairs in the form of some tradition Irish music. Open for dinner Monday to Saturday from 7pm to 11pm. Bookings are recommended and credit cards accepted.
- Food Type
- International
- Price
- 4
- Address
- Abbey St., Howth, Northern Suburbs
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.abbeytavern.ie
Café Mao
The iconic Café Mao has been a firm favorite with Dubliners since its opening a few years back and is frequented by anyone who's in the mood for a little Asian flair. The exposed kitchen lines an entire wall, and the rest of the space is wide open which makes this an excellent environment for people watchers. The menu comprises everyone's favorite Asian dishes, such as Thai fish cakes, nasi goreng,chicken hoisin and salmon ramen, to name a few. Everything on the menu is delicious and it is hard to go wrong when dining here. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Asian
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 2 - 3 Chatham Row
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.cafemao.com
Nosh
This trendy laid-back restaurant is highly popular with Dubliners for a tasty weekend brunch where club sandwiches, soups and salads are the order of the day. Dinners are slightly more exotic with Nosh offering some wonderfully different dishes such as grilled filet of plaice with crabmeat. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from noon until 10pm. Closed on Mondays. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- International
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 111 Coliemore Rd, Dalkey
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.nosh.ie
Jacob's Ladder
Offering wonderful views of Trinity College, Jacob's Ladder serves some of Dublin's finest Irish fare, from a rich prawn bisque with sautéed spinach for starters to a roast loin of wild boar with a tarte fineof red onions. The food and service here are excellent. And there is also a good range of vegetarian dishes on the menu. Open Tuesday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only, closed on Sunday and Monday. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 4
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 4 - 5 Nassau St
- City
- Dublin
L'Ecrivain
One of Dublin's finest restaurants, L'Ecrivain offers diners a relaxed and unpretentious experience. Chef Derry Clarke's food is absolutely mouth-watering, from his seared wild Irish venison loin with caramelized pear, or seared Bere Island scallops with lobster strudel. Menu prices are changed regularly and are extortionate but L'Ecrivain gives guests the opportunity to sample some of its dishes in the form of a two-course lunch menu at a more reasonable price. Open Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only, closed Sunday. Reservations essential.
- Food Type
- French
- Price
- 5
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 109 Lower Baggot St, Fitzwilliam Square
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.lecrivain.com
The Wicked Chef
This affordable neighborhood eatery serves some of the most humble Irish cuisine Dublin has to offer. It's a firm favorite packed with locals who come to enjoy its flagship dish of Irish stew cooked in Guinness as well as its 'Dublin Coddle', among other local specialties. Open Sunday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Saturday dinner only. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Café
- Price
- 3
- Address
- 73 Meath St
- City
- Dublin
The Bad Ass Café
This loud and busy restaurant has been a much-loved eatery with Dublin's locals for over 20 years. The menu serves old favorites such as burgers, pasta, steaks and salads, appealing to just about everyone. This quirky restaurant in the lively Temple Bar District, where orders are clipped to a wire before being whizzed off to the kitchen, is known as the place where Sinead O'Connor used to wait tables. Open daily from 11.30am until late.
- Food Type
- American
- Price
- 1
- Address
- 9-11 Crown Alley
- City
- Dublin
Tante Zoé's
Located in Dublin's lively Temple Bar District, Tante Zoé's serves some of the finest Creole and Cajun cuisine this side of the Mississippi. With cosy and colorful décor, calypso music and warm hearty meals, this restaurant does not disappoint. Try the fresh fillet of pan-fried seabass served with a coconut lime and chilli sauce, or the Dooky gumbo, a hearty Cajun stew with whiskey salami, Kabonossi sausage, chicken, pork & beef. Open Monday to Sunday. Closed Sunday lunch. Bookings recommended.
- Food Type
- Cajun
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 1 Crow Street, Temple Bar
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.tantezoes.com
Yamamori Noodles
Popular at lunchtime, Yamamori Noodles has a casual yet lively atmosphere with an exciting menu to boot. Prices range from bargain to complete over indulgence and meals like chile chicken ramen or the yamamori yaki sobawith its mound of wok-fried noodles piled high with prawns, squid, chicken, and roast pork won't break the bank. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations only for parties of four or more.
- Food Type
- Japanese
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 71 - 72 S. Great George's St
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.yamamorinoodles.ie
Juice
This aptly named restaurant situated in the Trinity College area offers around 30 types of juices and smoothies. With a wonderfully light and airy décor and such a diverse and exciting menu, most guests at Juice probably wouldn't even notice that it's a vegetarian restaurant. Brunches include pancakes and French toast with fresh fruit and maple syrup, while the rest of the day can be spent sampling dips such as hummus, tapenade and roasted carrot pâté with crudités. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations are recommended. A seated service charge of 10% is charged to all tables.
- Food Type
- Vegetarian
- Price
- 2
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 73 - 83 S. Great Georges St
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.juicerestaurant.ie
Yamamori Sushi
With its long wooden bench tables, stone pillars, clean lines and light, airy atmosphere, this spacious eatery lends itself perfectly to the ritualistic art of eating sushi. A favorite with locals and tourists alike, Yamamori Sushi is one of Dublin's favorite Asian restaurants, and for very good reason. Feast on Karubi beef, salmon teriyaki and Yamamori Ramen, which is made up of char-grilled chicken, king prawns and char shu with crispy tofu, egg, wakame, menma and spring onion in a chicken and pork stock. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Reservations recommended.
- Food Type
- Japanese
- Price
- 3
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 38 - 39 Lower Ormand Quay
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.yamamorisushi.ie
One Pico
One of Dublin's most popular eateries, One Pico has becoming something of an institution in dining out in Dublin. Thus multi award winning restaurant serves delicious local fare including organic smoked salmon with pickled cucumber, remoulade and herb crème freche, and a firm favorite on the menu, the fillet of Irish Hereford Beef served with a white onion puree, parmesan fondue and crispy tempura onion. Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Reservations essential.
- Food Type
- Irish
- Price
- 4
- Style
- Romance
- Address
- 5 - 6 Molesworth Place Schoolhouse Lane
- City
- Dublin
- Website
- www.onepico.com
Café Paradiso
Café Paradiso is renowned for being one of the top vegetarian restaurants in Cork. The menu focuses on locally-produced fare, but includes exotic combinations like pumpkin mezzaluna in lemon-chilli butter, or feta, pistachio, and couscous cake. Their fixed-price early bird dinners are good value at less than EUR30.
- Food Type
- Fusion
- Price
- 2
- Address
- Western Road (across from Jurys hotel)
- City
- Cork
- Website
- www.cafeparadiso.ie
Market Lane
This award-winning double-story restaurant focuses its menu around local produce and delicious irish meats and cheeses. Always bustling, the dining room is too noisy for an intimate night, but fun for big groups, and you can enjoy Irish dishes with seafood, steak, ham, or vegetarian options. Market lane only takes bookings for groups of six or more, so small parties should arrive early (before 8pm).
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 2
- Address
- 5/6 Oliver Plunkett Street
- City
- Cork
- Website
- www.marketlane.ie
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