Restaurant guide

Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras (Hunger is a tasty sauce.)
Irish proverb

There are scores of restaurants and other eateries in central Dublin; the list below is only a selection, mostly of places we (the local organisers) have been to. Note that smoking is banned in all indoor areas of all restaurants, cafes and pubs in Ireland.

The prices are indicated by the number of symbols:

Temple Bar

Trastevere
Temple Bar Square
New York Italian, one of the regular eateries of the local organisers.
Botticelli
Temple Bar.
Italian, more notable for its home-made ice cream than for anything else.
Poco Loco
Parliament Street. Tex-Mex
Monty's of Kathmandu €€
Eustace Street. Nepalese food
Afsana
Temple Lane
Cheap, no-frills Indian food
The Chameleon €€€
Lower Fownes Street (off Temple Bar).
Indonesian, good, expensive and very crowded - so you will need to book.
Tante Zoe's €€
Crow Street
Cajun food
Hô Sen €€
Cope Street (behind the Central Bank on Dame Street)
Vietnamese food, strongly recommended by the Irish Times. Not suitable for vegetarians.
The Mongolian Barbecue €€
Cope Street
Thai Orchid
Corner of Fleet Street and Westmoreland Street
The Shack
Boxty House
Oliver St John Gogarty
Irish food, catering for tourists.

South of Dame Street

Yamamori €€
South Great George Street
Almost acceptable Japanese food says Keisuke (aka Jimmy).
Juice
South Great George Street. Vegetarian restaurant
Jaipur €€€
South Great George Street
Indian, very good, expensive.
Govinda
Aungier Street (continuation of South Great George Street)
Hare Krishna restaurant: cheap, vegetarian and quite tasteful
Jewel in the Crown
William Street South
Indian, almost as good as the takeaway in Smithfield (see below)
Siam Thai
St. Andrew Street
Salamanca
St. Andrew Street
Tapas bar, recommendable. Larger than average portions for a tapas bar
The Cedar Tree
St. Andrew Street
Lebanese. Eat here every day says Waseem
El Bahia €€
Corner Wicklow Street/Clarendon Street
Moroccan, pretty good. Watch out for the belly dancer!
Aya
Clarendon Street
Japanese Tapas Bar: all you can eat in 55 minutes for 26 Euro (kaitenzushi)
Rajdoot €€
Clarendon Street
Indian. Good, slightly pricy
Pasta Fresca
Chatham Street
Another one of our regular eateries, approved by our Sicilian ex-postdoc.
Wagamama
South King Street. Some things that resemble Japanese food, according to Keisuke.
New Millennium
South King Street
Chinese
Café Bar Deli
South Great Georges Street and Bewley's, Grafton Street
Popular, tasty, inexpensive.
Mackerel €€
Bewley's, Grafton Street
Good seafood, by the same people who run Café Bar Deli

North of the Liffey

Ristorante Romano
Capel Street
A good, friendly, reasonably priced pizzeria using organic flour. The interior features bicycle pictures hanging on every wall.
Baritalia
Millennium Walkway, Ormond Quay
Part of the new, trendy "Italian quarter" on the north side of the Millennium Bridge. Booking essential since it is nearly always full.
Enoteca delle Langhe
Millenium Walkway
Another very popular Italian eatery in this quarter. Featured in the Irish Times 100 best restaurants in Ireland.
Radha Govinda
Middle Abbey Street (off O'Connell Street)
Hare Krishna restaurant: cheap, vegetarian and quite tasteful
Beshoff's Fish and Chips
O'Connell Street
Dublin's second most famous fish and chips restaurant
101 Talbot €€
101 Talbot Street
Highly recommendable, featured in the Irish Times top 100 restaurants list
Alilang Korea
Parnell Street east
Korean food. Service can be erratic if you are a big crowd ordering different dishes: barbecue and bo bim bop are safe bets for larger groups
Namaste India
North King Street, Smithfield
If you are visiting Jameson's distillery or going for a live music session and beer in Cobblestone, get a takeaway from this place. The taste of the food puts most of the Indian restaurants in Dublin to shame (except the naan bread, which is not so great)

South and southeast of Trinity College

Dunne & Crescenzi
South Frederick Street
Enoteca, very close to Trinity College. Also serves lunch. You may have to wait to get a table here.
Samsara
Dawson Street
More an opulent bar than a restaurant, but you can get fairly good Thai food here to a reasonable price. There is a restaurant downstairs in the same building, but it is quite pricy.
Jacob's Ladder €€€
Nassau Street
Continental/Irish
Tulsi €€
17A Lower Baggot Street
Good food, overhelpful staff.
TK's €€
Baggot Street
Possibly the best Thai restaurant in Dublin
L'Ecrivain €€€
Lower Baggot Street
One star in the Michelin guide
Patrick Guilbaud €€€€€€
Merrion Hotel, 21 Upper Merrion Street
Dublin's grandest and greatest restaurant, with two stars in the Michelin guide

Is fearr a bheith ag lorg bí ná goile.
(Looking for food is preferable to looking for an appetite.)
Irish proverb

Last updated 20 July 2005