The best restaurants in Dublin

07/07/2024: Food was delicious but the service was not the best although the staff where lovely.

22/06/2025: Fantástica panadería, comida encantadora y excelente café. Fuimos a desayunar cada mañana de nuestra estancia de 3 noches en la zona y qué gran comienzo del día. También compramos bocadillos para el almuerzo en nuestro último día, eran excelentes. Precios razonables y personal servicial encantador.

22/03/2025: Increíbles pasteles y tazón de granola. Buen café. El chocolate caliente y el té matcha también tienen un pulgar hacia arriba. Personal muy servicial.

11/01/2025: Said it was about 10 minutes wait for a table. We waited 40 minutes and still got no table, they gave our table away to someone else. Would not recommend!

17/11/2024: Since it opened recently, the interior was clean and pleasant. We had a generous portion of red and white broth, along with a vegetable platter, mushrooms, fish cakes, beef, and lamb. I think it cost about 30 euros per person. I'm not sure which cut of beef I chose, but it was lean. The lamb definitely paired better with the hot pot broth. They refilled the broth frequently, and I liked that they provided wet wipes at each seat.

29/07/2024: The worst dining experience I have ever had!!! I wouldn't give anywhere a bad review but this was shocking. Firstly me and my wife were greeted with as much as a grunt and a "Sit wherever we are empty anyway" attitude. We were sat at a table where menus were basically thrown at us. The layout of the menu is awful the mezze boards were written all over the place, when my wife tried to order the Syrian platter the owner repeated Beirut, she pointed at the Syrian on the menu and he repeated yes its the Beirut, which of course when it came it was not what we wanted on the platter at all, and at a price of €25 is too much to be wrong. We ordered the rest of our meal which was promptly rushed out of my wife as if he had better things to be doing. All the time we were there we were never asked for drinks so I had to ask as he had no interest, and on the menu it said it came with ice and lemon, but it arrived with neither. Our mains arrived and my Wifes tasted like the yoghurt sauce had turned, and there were no pomegrante seeds as stated on the menu. Mine was rock solid, molten hot (Microwaved) and contained plastic containers for sauce that you would expect from a take away. The meat and rice were so hard and inedible that as I write this I feel physically ill. I proceeded to try and ask could we get the bill and explain that the food had been inedible but to my surprise me and my wife were left completely alone in the restaurant with no one. I went into the kitchen and found someone and asked could we sort the bill and where our waiter was to be told he has left and we would have to wait until whenever hes back. This is outragious he left his customers completely alone in the restaurant and we were expected to stay than pay for attrocious inedible food. The poor kitchen porter was super apologetic and even looked afraid of what will happen when his boss arrives back. AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS!!!!!

14/07/2024: It's lovely place I love the food and the decorations well done 👍

04/01/2025: A must if you love your steak. Just enough on the menu. Top quality ingredients and flavour. Nice atmosphere and lovely staff.

23/12/2024: We enjoyed all the food at FXBs but the service was just a bit scrappy. The main issue was that we weren't offered the Sunday Roast menu option. After having chosen from the main lunch menu, we spotted other tables getting the roast option with Yorkshire puddings which hadn't been on our menu. This caused a bit of consternation at our table. The breads starter took a good while to arrive, and we had to chase up on some soft drinks which had failed to arrive. The food itself was good, nice steak and nice sauces, but the service wouldn't have us rushing back for more.

11/05/2025: best night ever! fantastic service, great (massive) meals. The best landlady who Spoilt us rotten organizing an impromptu live performance from two extremely talented musos 💗

24/04/2025: I had the beef stew and bar none in was the best Beef Stew I have ever had. They even offered more once I had finished which truly shocked me. This pub/Restaurant is a must visit if in Dublin. I wish we were staying longer so we could come again before leaving.

30/05/2024: Went to a Celtic night at the Boardwalk and had an amazing evening, especially thanks to the lovely bartender named Louise. She made incredible cocktails - and mocktails, while being very kind and helpful. Very nice place to try it you stay in Dublin for a couple of nights.

05/05/2024: We’ve been staying here on and off for about 20 years and I’m afraid on our last few stays, the experience hasn’t been as good as it used to be. It’s still an impressive, huge bar but it used to have fairy lights everywhere making it more magical. Some of the staff both at reception and in the bar seem a bit fed up but not all of them. The rooms haven’t changed at all so although comfortable, they really could do with being updated. Impressive reception hall but as you come in the main door there’s a couple of chairs and a very scabby table. Just seems tired and neglected. Our room overlooked a side alley which wasn’t pleasant but that’s no fault of the hotel. Also no fault of the hotel is that there’s quite a few hostels all round it. On a plus side, the breakfasts are still good with something to suit everyone and we were pleased with our fish and chips at dinner one night. Vending machines in the lobbies which is handy. Toilets always clean. No Celtic nights for the three nights we were there but had a good Irish music night. It’s still nice to come back to it at the end of the day for a few drinks rather than roaming about the city at night. We will be back but it’s sad to see changes and would be nice to see some money being spent on it.