The best restaurantsof irish in Dublin

01/11/2025: Have gone there for food after arriving back in Dublin and have never been disappointed with the food quality

27/10/2025: Have dinners safe for coeliacs However I dont trust this place for breakfast at all. They use the same pair of tongs for everything including the toast. Its confusing considering their menu board marks c as coeliac friendly.

22/09/2025: Lovely fresh great quality food, great that you can get 1/2 portions for children too. Cozy and stylish interiors, would highly recommend ❤️

07/09/2025: The portions are generous, and every dish was absolutely delicious. From the moment we walked in, the hosts to the servers and bar team were all incredibly friendly and welcoming. The food was outstanding, especially the Sunday Roast. We visited after Covid and weren’t overly impressed, but after returning today we were blown away. It was one of the best meals we’ve had in a long time. Thank you 🌟

01/09/2025: We were very pleasantly surprised by our dining experience here on Sat evening. We were a table of 7, 4 adults and 3 kids. The waitress brought colouring pages and markers to the kids as soon as we sat down. She ensured the kids food came out quickly and our meals were delicious. We will definitely be back. It was a lovely evening.

20/08/2025: I arranged my Mother's 70th Birthday here for Tuesday the 19th August and to say I was unimpressed with the food is an understatement. The Monkfish wasnt available from the menu or the bread and butter pudding the roast beef dinner on offer was a tiny portion and tasteless I will not be returning the pork belly was vile. There was only one server looking after us the poor girl was run ragged she did her best but she should have had some help they knew about our booking for at least two weeks beforehand. Out of a party of 19 not one person will return for food here

09/11/2025: Average cocktails & poor service! Nice location however.

08/11/2025: Disappointing Experience – Rude Security (man named Kingsley) and General Poor Communication We booked this bar for my mams 60th birthday celebration with a group of 15 people, most of whom were over 50 including 1 guest in his 80s. We had communicated a minimum of 15 guests with potential for a couple more, and they graciously accommodated 18 guests in total. Unfortunately what was meant to be a lovely night (and it was up until the end) turned into an upsetting experience for us. The party arrived before my mam as it was a surprise, and when we arrived there was no mention of a time limit stay. There was also no mention in the email or communications about this. When we were asked to leave, the wait staff got the security and was very rude and aggressive towards us. We mentioned we weren't notified of this by email, or calls – and showed the security man (Kingsley) the communications pointing out this, Kingsley then, almost slapped the phone away and told us to get out. We moved downstairs while we were waiting for a taxi, and Kingsley again being rude and aggressive told us we cannot wait there either. We explained our great uncle is 80 and we're not waiting out in the cold. He had a dismissive behaviour but let us wait inside. I asked him his name as I wanted to report him for his behaviour, and he wouldn't tell me, I had to go to the bar lady who did tell me his name. The place itself is lovely, and as I said it was a nice night - I just hope management can look into improving communication and ensuring all guests are treated with courtesy in future.

25/10/2025: I was in the Elephant & Castle in Sandyford a few days ago for lunch on my work break. It was my first time at this location and I loved it!!! I had been to the branch in temple bar many times but I loved how spacious this branch is in Sandyford, and the bar area looked very cool too! I had the lasagna bites and the halloumi burger and it was one of the best halloumi dishes I’ve ever had!! The staff were very welcoming and I also observed how attentive they were with being very quick to clear tables and clean them and re-set them. As someone who worked in the hospitality sector before I was amazed the staff had such great initiative!! Highly recommend this place!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

24/10/2025: Been here many times and had a good experience, but I came for lunch with my family in the afternoon. Wanted to order steak, none left at 2pm in the afternoon, that's okay. Due to lack of availability on the new menu (which is about 50% the size of the old menu), someone at the table wanted to order a starter from the kids menu, and the young lady waitress refused it and said we cannot order it, and immediately moved on to the next person. I'd love to see where this rule is, because in my experience if a restaurant is out of steak, any place that has bare minimum standards for service would let the table order what they requested, especially if your other items aren't available. And from what I found online there's no age limit on the kids menu or rule against certain people ordering, so I'd like to understand why this waitress decided to be so blunt as to not allow my younger sister to order her second choice. And that much is understandable, but after this the waitress didn't give us any water after this and we had to flag down a different waiter for almost anything we ended up requiring during our meal. Quite unhelpful and rude staff member, although we have been before and staff are usually very good, and the bartender on the day was sound, so was quite disappointed with the service throughout, even once the place was no longer busy.

25/09/2025: Great for sporting event 10-15 TV along with a large screen. Service is great as table service. Went to watch F1 definitely new spot for any sport event

25/09/2025: Amazing pub with TVs on every wall, this is the place to watch the NFL.

08/11/2025: Lovely service Dylan was a great bar tender looked after us very well indeed. Even made up a lovely cocktail 🍸 for us that was not even on the menu A Dublin Bay thanks Dylan 👍🍹🍸🥂 go raibh maith agat ☘️

16/09/2025: Called in for a few beers loved it staff were brilliant atmosphere great 👍 recommended

02/07/2025: Visiting Dunlaoire and Dunphys looked like an authentic Irish pub. Unfortunately the welcome did not match. A young tall ginger slapped a sloppy, overflowing, unsettled Guinness on the counter and said that’ll be 6.80 and when I muttered, would you not let it settle he retorted, “do you want it or not”,I replied no and I don’t like your attitude (well I don’t like yours ether, he said !) and I left. (Wed July 2nd) Got a contrasting reception and a smashing pint of Guinness in The 2 Foxes.

27/06/2025: Came in for some drinks on our holiday with our 3 year old son says no buggies but they didn't mind us storing ours in the door way so long as it wasn't in the way. Great pub lovely old decor and great friendly staff. Had the Ambush Pale Ale was incredible with the glasses chilled in the fridge. 10/10 would get pissed here again.

01/08/2025: Amazing bar. Very friendly and quiet. It’s a shame that they closed the good part and kept the small space opened. I stopped visiting since.

25/05/2025: The owners are just super. Done a fit out on the new sports bar and it looks great

01/08/2025: Assolutamente da provare. Si trova nel pieno di Temple Bar ma, a differenza di altri locali, qui non c'è il frastuono della musica live. Cibi squisiti e personale simpatico e molto veloce. Noi abbiamo provato la beef stuve, super buona. Se andate nelle serate di grande afflusso dovete avere pazienza, c'è da fare un pò di fila, ma ne vale assolutamente la pena.

30/07/2025: Nachdem wir 30 Min. auf der Strasse auf unseren reservierten Tisch gewartet haben, war das Erlebte dann wirklich nicht sehr gemütlich. Chaotische Zustände im Restaurant. Bierfässer werden im Gastraum und den Toiletten gelagert. Der Burger war trocken, unterstes Level. Ambiente, ist nicht vorhanden eingepfercht wie Tiere. Das Ganze ist einfach eine gut organisierte Abzocke.

05/11/2025: I went there last Sunday. Everything would have been perfect, but the manager was really disappointing. He was very aggressive and spoke rudely. Honestly, he seemed to be 100% under the influence of alcohol. An older man, with completely inappropriate behavior for a public place.

30/10/2025: Well-kept place, very friendly and helpful staff. Excellent Guinness. Highly recommended.

17/11/2025: Hands down the best place to stay in Dublin. This is my 19th trip to the city and I would never stay any other place. The food, the service, the location, the ambiance… all top of the table!

18/09/2025: Very friendly and helpful staffs. Close enough to the downtown and also to the public train called Dart

16/10/2025: Lovely place, great service. The restaurant in great with excellent space and location. Good options in the menu and food was amazing. Recommended.

12/10/2025: Visited here with my partner and baby. He ordered Lasagna, the lasagna was stone cold in the middle with hard cheese on top. We had to return it to the kitchen and he felt stomach turned so didn’t request new food. I ordered fish and chips, the chips were nice but the fish was slimy and wet, I thought this was normal as it was hot right through. I felt so sick shortly after my food for the whole night. So disappointing…. We also waited 30 mins for a menu my partner had to go twice and ask, also left waiting 5 mins on knifes and forks. Awful food and service.

01/11/2025: Nice food and coffee but the service and clearing of tables leaves a lot to be desired. So many occupied tables with clearly empty plates and cups were not removed. I even saw come customers clear a table themselves before sitting down. Also, the waitress delivered a coffee to my friend and spilled it all over the saucer. Didn't even apologise nor offer to clear it up. Very disappointing.

30/10/2025: Nice cute spot with lots of seating.