The best restaurantsof italian in Dublin

09/08/2026: Where’s the fire? 🔥 Because clearly there was somewhere else we needed to be! The speed of service today was absolutely ridiculous. We were seated at 4:30pm, handed menus, and almost immediately someone was over taking our food order. No drinks menu. No water. No chance to actually sit down and settle in. Just “What are you having?” We placed our order and asked about wine, but still no drinks menu and still no water. Apparently, beverages and a little time to breathe were optional extras. Our starters arrived shortly afterwards. Both were tasty, to be fair, but I had barely finished chewing the last piece of bread before our mains appeared. The waiter stood there looking at us as though we were holding up the entire operation because our starter plates were still on the table. I asked for fresh cutlery for the main course, which seemed to be a completely outrageous request. The waiter even joked about it and appeared genuinely surprised that I wanted clean cutlery. Apparently, expecting fresh cutlery between courses is asking too much. At this point, we hadn’t even been in the restaurant 20 minutes. The mains were okay — nothing memorable and certainly nothing worth rushing through. We sat down at 4:30pm and had finished two courses before 5pm. I’ve had longer conversations with a vending machine. We did actually express our disappointment to the waiter. His response? If we wanted slower service, we should have said so. Really? We shouldn’t have to specifically request that our meal not be delivered at Formula 1 pit-stop speed. Surely the idea of dining out involves allowing customers enough time to actually enjoy each course. To his credit, the waiter did go and speak to the boss. Unfortunately, the boss appeared far too busy chatting to a friend to be remotely interested in what was happening with his customers. That pretty much summed up the entire experience. Normally, we would have ordered dessert and an espresso, but by that stage we simply wanted to leave. Ironically, once we were ready to go, the urgency mysteriously disappeared. The bill took around 15 minutes to arrive. So apparently there was time to relax after all — just not while we were actually trying to enjoy our meal. A meal should be an experience, not a race against the clock. The food was okay, but the service and attitude completely ruined the experience. There was no sense that anyone cared whether we were enjoying ourselves or not. Never again. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. Save yourself the money — and the indigestion from having to inhale two courses in under 30 minutes. 🔥

04/08/2026: Excellent food, lovely staff and nice atmosphere. We hadn't got a reservation but a couple of tables were rearranged and so we were able to get in and had a great evening. Roast porchetta and the daily special of ravioli stuffed with squash and cheese in a pesto sauce were delicious - and big portions! Very good bread is delivered to the table as routine; more restaurants need to do this. Hope to be back.

06/07/2026: I had the pulled pork toastie today and it was incredible! This place is a little gem, I wished I lived closer to it!

29/06/2026: My pizza cravings was satisfied, nice place and firendly staff.

29/08/2026: The decor isn't anything special, but overall it's cozy, the service is very nice, and the food is also good.

07/08/2026: Food was really well priced and DELICIOUS, The lady’s who work there are super nice and friendly I will be returning

10/08/2025: My partner and I left vomiting all night and extreme stomach sickness after eating here, no manager to speak to, to help deal with this situation, was left speaking to the assistant manager who has no clue what she is doing and accused me of lying just to get my money back, told me to go get proof that im sick from the doctor, said her name was Monica just talked over me the whole time on the phone and acuused me of lying and was shouting at me the whole phonecall, absolutely horrible person, has no place in a customer service job, please dont eat in this dump unless you want to be sick and abused

19/06/2025: Food so good staff are so helpful and friendly