The Black Lion in Dublin

20/07/2025: Very expensive takeaway two main courses €56 most expensive takeaway we have had in Ballsbridge 🥴

02/07/2025: Knowing it was going to be a busy concert day I booked 6 weeks in advance and was shoved into a corner next to the food service hatch. It was an afternoon sitting for 2 adults and 2 children and there was no suggestion that the table was required back. That said a female waitress approached the table 3 times to see if we had finished, we were given the bill without asking and the food at the price was only mediocre. A young waiter spilled the end of a drink down my back when clearing another table and didn’t even notice and finally a male server berated the chefs through the service hatch as we ate our food. Overall it was a very poor experience and I had heard such good things about the restaurant.