The best restaurants in Dublin

25/08/2025: Piccolo start aura farming outside the building other than that the food was pretty good

23/08/2025: It's an Italian place with a wonderful atmosphere. The sandwiches have delicious, crunchy bread, and the ingredients are specially designed to leave you with a great taste in your mouth. Their coconut biscuits are also delicious.

28/12/2025: Nice place, good location, lovely ambience. The food was good but elements missing. There should have been miso soup alongside two meals, which never arrived. My dessert was ice-cream with tuiles cases and berries. There were 2 blueberries! That's a disappointment. Don't bother saying berries, if you are going to serve two! Don't say you serve miso soup alongside, if you're not going to do that.

22/12/2025: Very poor experience received by management not on the ground staff. We had booked for 16 people food and karaoke - they charged us a €320 deposit for this booking, €20 euro per person which we thought was originally a bit steep! This was also not redeemable against payments on the day. We had group of 13 sit down for food, we had 3 friends that were unable to attend on the day due to illness - typical of the time of year close to Christmas with flus etc. In total between food (€870) , karaoke, where we also had additional friends join (€420) and drinks probably €500+ we spent close to the €2000 mark. Food and service were fine but nothing special, expensive as Dublin generally is but there are much better Japanese restaurants in Dublin. They are now refusing to return €60 of the deposit based on the fact that we had 3 friends not sit down for dinner with us, despite the fact we spent nearly €2000 in Maneki on the night. They are saying this is because we didn't have an accurate number of people for the booking 5 days prior to the date of the dinner - anyone that has an illness surely knows that you can't predict it five days beforehand and you are doing the right thing by not attending and spreading it to everyone else, despite this still 13 of us attended and there wasn't any money lost for Maneki. They have stopped replying to our emails and it has left an incredibly bad impression on our larger friend group who are all based in Dublin, none of us will return to Maneki again and will not recommend it to anyone in our wider circles based on the experience. Table was also delayed by 20 mins when we arrived and the karaoke room was also delayed by 20-30 mins. Mics were also way to high in the karaoke room which wasn't very enjoyable but the issue could not be resolved by the staff. To me, it seems that they take the deposit to make sure that you do not get some of it back, they made us even sign a waiver for the karaoke in case of any issues, seems like an incredibly greedy business model! Any of the Chinese restaurants on Parnell St are a much better recommendation for karaoke in Dublin :)

25/01/2026: We spent €50 on two battered cod and chips and two battered scampi and chips. We received enough battered cod to feed eight people and wondered why they had given us so much, but, we soon realised it was because the battered cod was inedible. The battered scampi was also over cooked and again unfortunately inedible. The chips were ok. It is unacceptable to give over cooked food to customers who have paid for properly cooked food. This is an honest review that I not only hope will inform people to be aware of the food quality of this takeaway restaurant, but, also inform the restaurant that it is not acceptable to I believe knowingly give customers over cooked food. Shame on you. I would not recommend this takeaway restaurant at all.

19/01/2026: Some of the best Cod and chips you can get in Ireland. The chicken is excellent. The rest of the menu looks great and I look forward to checking it out.

16/01/2026: Very welcoming and friendly old world pub. We enjoyed all our time here and the live music was brilliant 👏. If you like the pubs the way they used to be stop in here for a pint. ☆☆☆☆☆

21/10/2025: Lovely place friendly staff and customers. Only our second time here and we're made to feel like locals. Keep doing what you're doing it's working.

15/08/2025: The name Fair Play feels rather ironic after my visit. I popped in hoping to grab a coffee to go, accompanied by my dog. Instead of a warm greeting, I was met with a raised hand from what appeared to be the owner, signalling that I should head outside. I obliged immediately, yet even then I wasn’t offered the chance to purchase a takeaway coffee. A simple, polite explanation would have been appreciated – and frankly, a takeaway option should have been the obvious next step. Sadly, the encounter felt unwelcoming and far from the hospitality you’d expect from a local café.

31/07/2025: A wonderful place, people are so friendly. Only stopped for a cuppa, but will definitely be back.

04/11/2025: Such a nice store. Clean - and helpful staff. I will be back.

30/10/2025: Good store helpful staff a d a great free- from section.

28/07/2025: Absolutely magnificent restaurant experience at Sands Mediterranean in Clontarf. The food here is to die for...we ordered the best Frutti di Mare pizza ever with the most delicious seafood toppings, the wonderful baked hake with pasta and the freshly battered fish and chips. The garlic pizza starter went down a treat and the triple cooked chips and garlic mayo are superb. Mick and his staff are the best and so welcoming and accommodating. This was another really top notch dining experience and I highly recommend putting Sands Mediterranean on your list of restaurants to try in Clontarf. 5 stars all day long!

17/07/2025: Nice and friendly staff and the food is good. Triple cooked chips the best potatoes I have ever eaten! We enjoyed our visit! Thanks

20/12/2025: Nice cozy place, you have sunshine in your window!

10/12/2025: Best hot chocolate I’ve ever had. Great smoked salmon bagel too.

26/02/2026: Worst kip ever. Bouncers like bullys and don’t care about lost property. Never again.

24/02/2026: This place is a must visit. Excellent table service, not as expensive as it might look. Classy establishment, excellent food portions. Good quality Guinness.

26/02/2026: Got served a half frozen half boiling cannelloni and don’t even get an apology. Sent an email which didnt even get a response. Service is slow and other food was jut ok. Expensive

22/02/2026: Good just ok, not great for the price 75€ per person for the 5 of us. There was quite a lot of food though, but the quality wasnt the expected, some of the dishes a bit greasy. Croquetas a bit disappointing The sangria 🍹wasnt nice, very strong, only a few bits of oranges and there was no flavour it basically looked like red wine in a jug, maybe spanish beer is a better option ( Estrella Damn) About the service, most of the waiters were extremely nice but some others were quite sharp 🥲 + something I liked is that we ordered more food but they didn’t serve it cause there would have been too much I want to think

09/01/2026: Been coming here for 8+ years and the food quality has gone downhill in a major way. The curries lack flavour and more importantly meat. The butter chicken came with 6 shrievelled chicken pieces and the peshwari naan isn’t filled with sugar anymore, a little is meagrely sprinkled on top. In particular, the korma resembled more of a vegetable soup as opposed to a mild nutty curry, very annoying. Cutting corners while simultaneously increasing prices by €3 per main menu item isn’t smart. Thoroughly disappointed will have to search elsewhere for an authentic Indian smh

03/12/2025: Lovely plates, good place to have a dinner.

18/12/2025: Today I went out for lunch with my friend and we were served by Alba! She was incredibly lovely and attentive with us, and I’ll definitely be coming back!! Everything is really delicious and at a great price!!

07/11/2025: lol dont bother ordering online, they accept it then ignore it completely. 🤡🤡🤡

27/11/2025: One of the oldest urban markets in the country.

26/10/2025: Always enjoy to go there for the food and coffee....it's much more stuff you can buy there buy there obviously, lots of variety, usually vintage stuff

08/02/2026: Very small rooms for the price, however clean enough and friendly

07/02/2026: Great hotel in the heart of the city. We had a lovely, spacious room on the second floor. The breakfast was truly fantastic. There's a large supermarket across from the hotel, and you can also get a minibar in your room. There are plenty of nice Irish pubs nearby.

19/08/2025: Amazing service, friendly staff and such a comfortable and safe space. Highly recommend.

13/08/2025: Can understand those outside of LGBTQ community chasing the pink Euro wasn’t expecting the same from a supposedly LGBTQ community centre. Cappuccino 4:85. Latte : 4:90. Challatte 5;50 . Silent Coffee ( whatever that is ). 5.00. Tea 3.60. The place is a rip off & they’re screwing their own people with extortion prices. The majority of the staff are on CE schemes meaning they only get paid 20 euro a week on top on their benefits. You can be guaranteed management ain’t on CE you can bet management are on top bucks .