The Merry Cobbler in Dublin

10/08/2025: One of my favourite wine bars going. I've been here three times. The food is innovative and tasty. Service warm and friendly. Really nice ambience, very relaxing. Definitely worth a venture to Terenure for!

30/06/2025: This is a very pleasant neighbourhood wine bar which I visited for the first time tonight with my family . Food is excellent and creative . Service excellent also. Until you come to pay. There was a “corkage” charge on each bottle of wine we consumed of 15 euros per bottle. Asking about this unusual charge at the till produced impatience and what can only be described as derision . “It’s normal “ was the reply , how “many times do you actually eat out “was the question asked. Many times is the answer. After a rather rough verbal engagement the charges for corkage ( in a restaurant wine bar ) were removed but it was done with bad grace , by a very unpleasant manager. Awful pity. A nice place that could have become a family favourite has presented itself as a rip - off. A feeling that cannot be repaired. I m very happy to pay the price in any restaurant and we eat out a lot , but this establishment appears to be a catering crew operating in a wine bar that needs to charge corkage to the owner on any of his wines they sell as part of their operational agreement . Maybe I'm wrong about this? It’s a bit much lads .