The best restaurants in Dublin

15/02/2026: Booked for 6 people to celebrate a birthday. It was a short notice booking and valentine's day, so we were happy to secure a table. Looked at the website and the menu shown was good. Lots of choice and a casual burgers, BBQ, fries type of offering. I was looking forward to a vegan burger which sounded really nice (I'm not vegetarian or vegan). We arrived and were shown to a table in the covered outdoor smoking area. Not delighted with being in a smoking area but we were a short notice booking so not to worried about it. It was cold. The heater above us didn't really help so coats were kept on. Again, not too big of a deal. We were left at the table for a little longer than appropriate, so I walked to the bar inside and asked for a server to attend. A server came soon after. The menu we were offered was NOT the menu on the website. This menu was much reduced. No vegan burger on offer. The dishes we ordered were chicken burger, smash burger, pork ribs, chicken wings, boudin balls, Texan smoked beef brisket, Cajun fries. Sides were Mac & cheese and fries included with some of the mains along with "greens". The chicken burger was nice. A large grilled chicken breast, tender & juicy, some cheese, salad leaves, bacon and a nice garlicy sauce on a large brioche bun. I liked it. The smash burger was described as really nice. The chicken wings also described as very nice. The pork ribs, while tasting good weren't as juicy as would have been liked. They are the positives. The Texas Smoked Brisket accompanied by Mac & Cheese and "greens" at €18 was a distant pale imitation of what it claimed to be. Three slices of beef lay, unadorned by any sauce, on a plate beside a small serving of uncooked, limp baby spinach and red chard, the type that comes in a plastic bag preprepared in your local supermarket, over which had been dripped a brown sauce/dressing. On my companion's plate this sauce was dribbled over the beef slices. The beef was NOT smoked, was dry and hard and devoid of any juices. Texan brisket it most certainly was not. Dreadful. No flavour and hard to eat. It was left on the plate. The Mac & Cheese was only ok. Pasta was cooked ok, but the cheese sauce needed seasoning. Some cheese was scattered on the top and not grilled as I would have preferred. The boudin balls, an arrancini type offering with beef brisket through the rice tasted ok. The crumb coating was over fried and too dark. Again, it was a little bland and under seasoned, but that could be my palate and the accompanying bowl of sauce was very nice. Fries were bog standard frozen fries, the Cajun version liberally dusted with a spice mix. Service was a bit sparse, we felt a somewhat neglected at times as we were out in the beer garden. The server was friendly if a little disinterested. When I complained about the beef brisket his response was that he would "tell the chef". The beer garden roof had a leak which dropped on to my head. There was heavy rain that evening, but to be cold and wet in a restaurant?? It was an occasional drip and I was able to reposition my seat to avoid. The bill, had the food been better, was reasonably inexpensive for Dublin city centre. But, apart from one or two exceptions, the food was not good, the response to complaints was not adequate, the seating area was not comfortable, the menu advertised was not available and we, the paying customers, left disappointed.

14/11/2025: Booked this place for a group of 14 with drinks and platters. Worked with João to book it and it was all smooth and everyone enjoyed it!

03/04/2026: Great place for excellent takeaway food.

01/03/2026: The food was delicious and very warm. The service was polite.

09/11/2025: The food is delicious, but the service leaves something to be desired! There are so many staff, yet there are still unpleasant moments with orders, confusion and forgetfulness. Waiting 20 minutes for a slice of pizza?

20/10/2025: I still dream about that ham and cheese toastie. It was absolutely delicious and the perfect meal before our hike in Howth. My sister had the vegan option and was very happy with it. Don't miss out on trying it when you visit Howth!

09/12/2025: Good food good staff! Overall good experience.

23/10/2025: Just a shopping street like the ones you find everywhere

27/12/2025: Great coffee, helpful friendly service

30/11/2025: Staff became new and confused, not really polite and it just is frustrating getting the order they make mistakes and expect you to apologise for them

06/04/2026: An absolute gem of a pizza store. Situated in a neighborhood with houses all around the terraced complex. The food is great, custom pizza orders for the win! Made just the way we like them, it's not the usual pizza style that you find everywhere on Ireland. Lovely pizza and the sides were very complementary. I would recommend Pizza max to anyone who will listen.

09/09/2025: Great atmosphere 👌 Live music 🎶 Very friendly and professional staff. Highly recommended 👌

13/08/2025: Great bar, reasonably priced for the location, great atmosphere with the live music and the bar staff were great too very friendly and efficient too

23/10/2025: Usually nice ice cream selection! Disappointed to say they closed early today! Usually they open till 5 but we were told @ 16:05 its closed and they cant serve

14/09/2025: Great coffee. Good service. Good range of pastries.

18/05/2026: Dear Supermacs, it did the job. could've done with a bit more curry sauce. pleasant atmosphere. would appreciate more vegetarian options, please. Regards, Erica

16/05/2026: Good, but fairly expensive for what you expect

21/01/2026: Quick breakfast break. Fast and friendly service! The products are well-known. There's a good selection.

10/12/2025: Quiet coffee shop, good for meet up, working/studying or just reading a book

20/12/2025: Hi, did I leave a blue jumper Here Friday night? Thanks

04/05/2026: Delicious food and friendly staff. I had the BBQ Chicken Tika and my partner had the Chollo Lamb. Highly recommend.

07/04/2026: Best fast food chain in Dublin. Unfortunately table service was unavailable.

28/03/2026: Really clean and tidy, butThe worst burger I have ever had.

16/03/2026: Got food from here Sunday 15th march at about 11.10 ordered a family box which I thought had 7 pieces of chicken,3 fries and 3 drinks,the 7 pieces of chicken turned out to be 3 pieces of chicken cut in half,the meat inside was very red like bruised the skin was very greasy not tasty at all,shocked because we had eaten here before and it was always delicious but this time a huge disappointment,the quality of the food was gone downhill,only for we had brought the food home then opened it we would have brought it back,also the gravy was atrocious like a solid thick paste, unfortunately won't eat here again with this experience this time..

25/02/2026: I went into the place asked for a gravy chips and the gravy was horrible and I asked could they change it for me and the girl behind the counter got smart and said that it wasn't their mistake and that she won't change it so I just got up and threw it in the bin where it should of been in the first place

06/11/2025: Lovely staff, great (GREAT) coffee, decent pastries. Don't have seating area, only a takeout window but it's a great spot in Clontarf.

18/10/2025: went there a few times but found the bearded chap who works there extremely hostile and eventually took my business elsewhere