Yummy Mummy – Hera
"You’re not coming here for delicate flavour profiles — Hera does punchy and then likes to (liberally) rub salt in the wounds." - Conor Stevens
I Want To Believe – Comet
"On a recent Thursday night the room is full of people who have been led to believe that they are about to be cooked for by the risen Christ."
Everyone’s A Critic – Osteria Lucio
"I’d like to think that this is the sauce that Ray Liotta was exhorting his brother to keep stirring before he had to go unload the guns that Jimmy didn’t…
Hush. Money. Matsukawa
"You will not need to concern yourself with the consequences of cheap sushi at Matsukawa - it is reassuringly expensive by Dublin standards."
Gastro: Not putting the boot in… Kicky’s
“Everything about Kicky's is brash” – Conor Stevens
Gastro: Raise The Bar – Bar Italia Ristorante
"A textbook Tiramisu rounds out a faultless dinner... This place is a joy." - Conor Stevens
Gastro: Double Take – Space Jaru and Fayrouz
"What the area is hungry for is places that you can use, places that will feed you well on a Tuesday night for a price that you can live with."…
Gastro: Big Fun at Big Fan
"Bring a group and shout words across the table, pound a few cocktails and enjoy yourself. You’ll be a long time dead." - Conor Stevens
Restaurant Review: Up The Yard – Lennan’s Yard
"This place right now feels like an investment opportunity with food upstairs, rather than a restaurant that takes pleasure in feeding people well. Dawson Street is the perfect place for…
Restaurant Review: Shut Up And Plate The Hits – L’Gueuleton
"There has always been more bread to be made selling feeds of pints in this city than plates of food. I’m just glad that the place continues to soldier on…
Restaurant Review: Pinball Gizzard – Token
"I suspect that this place is not really intended for ‘the likes of me.’" - Conor Stevens
Restaurant Review: Potager in Skerries
"With this kind of food, palate fatigue begins to insinuate itself quite early on, the barrage of relentless refinement becomes wearing."
Restaurant Review: Sisu Izakaya
If you want everything under the (rising) sun and you’re really not too fussy then this might be the place for you.
Restaurant Review: Variety Jones
A destination restaurant in The Liberties. Whatever next?
Restaurant Review: Loretta’s
For the lucky denizens of D7, this is all the neighbourhood restaurant they will ever need. This is a North Star to follow.
Restaurant Review: Del Fino
It is my fervent hope that January will bring somewhere good enough to sustain my interest over a thousand words, or awful enough to sustain yours.
Restaurant Review: The Pig’s Ear
There is some solid cooking happening here, but not quite enough consistency to justify the enthusiasm of the pricing.