The best restaurants in Dublin

18/12/2025: We were there for our Xmas Lunch party. It's a carvery of great yummy choices, we all enjoyed the food and friendly service. Thanks a million.

11/11/2025: 12 euro for a white roll and no side served. Outrageous price and 0 value for money.

18/11/2025: I ordered a doner kebab, smoked cod and a garlic sauce. The kebab was very small with hardly any meat with a sludgy mix of salad and sauce that was stuck to it's wrapper. The meat was cold. I thought the smoked cod was a battered sausage on first glance it was that small. It was tasteless and the batter was tough as if it had been sitting on a hotplate for 5 hours. The garlic sauce had hardly any taste of garlic off it. Shocking food.

02/10/2025: The superfood and the place are very clean, and the food was fresh and tasty Kebab.

19/12/2025: Ludicrous prices, disappointing

10/12/2025: A DECAF coffee costs €4.30! More than an Americano. When I commented to the teller, he said “So you want one or not”. I returned my pasties and left.

23/12/2025: Quite expensive, but the glasses are much more elaborate than those of typical competitors. The waitresses were a bit rude.

17/11/2025: Fast but very unfriendly service particularly from the café manager Emir, who seemed completely disinterested in the job. He was very rude to me in his body language and his tone of voice. The other baristas were extremely friendly but overall, the atmosphere of the place felt tense and claustrophobic. I've been here multiple times in the past but have never had an experience as profound as this. Not worth it coming back here again

09/12/2025: There's only chip size option; large and it's a standard size portion in my opinion. I ordered the chips and a southern fried breast of chicken. I asked for salt and vinegar and when I started eating, the first thing that struck me was how bland the food was. There was very little salt and vinegar on the chips. In fact I suspect it's that watered down 'vinegar' some chippers use. The chicken was a big let down too. Southern fried should have tons of flavour but this tasted of nothing. Overall it was a disappointing meal and service was very slow. Also, leave the chips unwrapped and the salt and vinegar out on display so customers can add more. Will not return.

14/11/2025: The kebab had to much lettuce and cabbage and the curry chips I got were too dry didn’t have much sauce 👍

19/03/2026: My postbox says “no junk” and I’ve got flyers with Apache

14/12/2025: Apache Pzza is NO LONGER OPEN HERE on Newcastle. It is now Romayos chipper

08/03/2026: The bathroom was extremely discusting, it didn't even closed well, not toilet paper. The coffee was not good and it cost 5.80. Support local businesses instead.

07/03/2026: On the website they say the store opens at 7am, but I needed to buy my coffee at exactly that time because I needed to catch a bus for a trip. The attendants were there and told me it would only open at 7:10am. If you can't serve coffee at 7am, don't say you open at 7am.

12/03/2026: The word "accountability" is not in their vocabulary. I feel sorry for the lecturers and disability officers that actually care to do a good job and actually care about student success, because their efforts are completely drowned out by the incompetency of the majority of the administration there.i attended 2 online courses. The first they told me was necessary to complete (certificate in computing) in order to qualify for the Higher Diploma in Computing specialising in AI and ML. Turns out, the certifivate was useless, just a way for the college to demand more monet from students or Springboard. It was an wxact duplicate of half the AI and ML course. I was exempt from half the course, so I wasted an entire year for nothing, when I could have done it all in the 1 year of the HD. TO make matters worse, as class rep, instead of doing class rep duties, I was basically a lecturer admin for the entirety of the second half of the course in 2026. Instead of spending my time studying, I had to spend the majority of the time chasing lecturers and their missing course content for the students who were stopped dead in their tracks from being able to study that week's material, because it didn't exist yet, even though we were expected to access it and learn from it one week PRIOR. I had to escalate all the way to the President, because lecturers were saying they were not in charge of uploading content, the Programme Coordinator (who very clearly is not fit for the position, as she did her best to not do anything if at all possible, and then accuse you of being aggressive when you lose your patience) would send you a two-line email saying they will ask the lecturers, then you'd hear nothing and when following up you'd get a one-line email saying they emailed the lecturers again, and so what other options do I have but to escalate to the highest authority to get anything done? For 3 weeks, students had no material to study from, then there are students with disabilities like myself, that feel even more behind due to the natural consequence of having a learning disability. And don't get me started on the amount of ableism the Programme Coordinator displayed. So much so that I felt I had to start CC'ing the Disability Officers in all our communication to keep her in check, and she would constantly remove them, even after my asking her not to. I had to create a separate email addredsing that specifically so she had no excuse of not having "seen that part of the email". Only then did she stop doing it. I was babysitting the lecturers AND the Programme Coordinator. This disorganisation and inefficiency of their institution is absolutely insane, and that is coming from an ADHD person! Then there's the lecturers themselves... one in particular has paranoia about bring recorded or putting anything in writing and it's obvious why. He has a foul attitude. He says he loves teaching but teaching also means caring for your students and their success, therefore needing patience and grace and he has neither. He did the support classed for OOSE and despite the Springboard rule demanding he records the classes, he refused to do it. He supported nothing. He refused to give examples so we could apply the topic's knowledge and kept treating us like children that just wanted to copy off the teacher's homework, when we repeatedly said that's not what we were asking. Then we found him teaching statistics and it became obvious it's not leaching he loves, but having a position of power over others and talking about his favourite subject. That's not teaching, that's doing presentations at a conpany, so he might as well just go do that instead, so he will yell at disabled students no more. And other lecturers are either broken-English-galore or I-just-want-to-read-you-slides-don't-ask-me-questions galore. What an awful, awful college and I am surprised they are still running. I will be writing to the Minister of Education about them. This was inexcusable for a course that was charging peope €4900. That's half a grand. That's a car. Insane.

07/03/2026: I was a full-time student at NCI from 2015–2020 and part-time in 2020–2021. I returned in September 2025 as a full-time online student. From my experience, full-time on-campus students receive significantly better support and access to resources. NCI organises events, departmental speakers, and other opportunities primarily for on-campus full time students, leaving online and on-campus part time students at a disadvantage. I emailed Academic Operations on 10 February 2026 to request an extension due to a bereavement. I had to follow up myself for updates. On 24 February I emailed again, and they replied on 26 February requesting documentation, which I provided the same day. As of 10 March, the issue remains unresolved. Throughout this process, communication was slow, and there was no acknowledgement or sensitivity regarding my bereavement, which was disappointing. Ideally, requests such as this should be processed promptly, with empathy and clear timelines. Another major concern is the change in assessment format. Semester 1 used TABAs, but Semester 2 had exams. Students were informed of this change only in January 2026, midway through the course, which is unfair and disruptive to planning. Communication from the college regarding such changes has also been insufficient. Overall, my experience highlights significant issues with student support, communication, and fairness, particularly for online students. Prospective students should carefully consider these factors before enrolling.

22/08/2025: I really enjoyed my lunch here. There was a good choice of main courses. My chicken curry was tasty & the cabbage was great too. The Warbler & Wren coffee was delicious. If you bring your own mug of cofeee you get a 10% discount. It's very economical compared with many eateries in the vicinity, The dinning area is extensive and I enjoyed talking to some students eating lunch with me.

10/08/2025: It's advertised as open until 10:30am for breakfast. We went in at 09:55 and they had already stopped serving. We asked one of the staff, who was quite grumpy about telling us food was only served till 10. Went to Keoghs instead.

10/11/2025: One of my favourite chippers in Shankill every Fridays when I go in I say the usual they really do know us Best Regards Joshua

05/11/2025: This place is class! on my door step and for years l have been getting take out but only just realised yesterday..its always the same ' reliable tasty takaway '. thanks folks :)

11/02/2026: Bad smells in store, tables are dirty.

22/01/2026: Probably the best Starbucks in Dublin. Very chill atmosphere with decent coffee and fast wi-fi. The Staff are Friendly and helpful, especially the American barista.

21/02/2026: Went to the restaurant this morning for breakfast, was quite busy, as we walked in to have a look for a free table, a waitress, aggressively shouts as she’s marching up towards us “tables outside”. I looked at my husband and we walked out. That’s no way to speak to customers. Manners and attitude goes along way in hospitality. We would have breakfast quite a lot here but never again after this morning.

14/02/2026: This place is really nice ,a amazing wave pool,waterslide ,lane pool,bubble pool and lazy river but i would recomend operating the waterslides a bit more and for longer but they were still so funthe rest of it is amazing

04/12/2025: Burnt roast, coffee could do with being a little cooler, boiling hot temperatures ruin the taste

30/08/2025: We love this spot. The bakery stuff is pretty good, I wish they had a microwave to warm the them. Coffee is okay and the environment is already pretty. You could swing by Box’d for a coffee after a walk in the path.

25/02/2026: Had the McPlant friends meal 🌱🍔, plus a basic side salad 🥗, an iced latte ☕️❄️ and a mango smoothie 🥭. To be honest, everything was… just okay 😐 — nothing really stood out. The salad felt very simple and not very fresh 🥬🥲, the iced latte was fine but forgettable, and the mango smoothie was decent but nothing special. 🍟 The real winner? The fries. I used the classic trick — ordering fries with no salt so they make them fresh 🔥😉 — and yes… hot, fresh and actually the best part of the whole meal 😄🍟✨ Overall, it’s a more like a 3.5-star experience for me ⭐⭐⭐½ Convenient, quick and fine for a casual stop — but apart from the fries, nothing really wowed me today 🙂👍

20/02/2026: That's my big mac! Highly not recommend !