Another shout out to a deservedly popular Ranelagh restaurant: Dillinger’s. First flagged by our friend and regular commenter Rebecca, I recently included it as an “honourable mention” in a post on Ireland’s best customer service. That wasn’t really fair. When it comes to customer service, Dillinger’s, which serves “American inspired” food, deserves more than an [...]

Persian kebab chain Zaytoon are giving a free soft drink and chips with any main course at lunchtime. Their kebabs are around the €8.50 mark and are pretty dang delicious. I particularly recommend their chicken shish and vegetarian kebabs. Good enough to be eaten sober. There’s a Zaytoon on Parliament St and Camden St in [...]

Even though I work right in the middle of Dublin’s city centre, and have the choice of a huge range of places to eat, I still find feeding myself at lunchtime to be a hassle.  I’m usually looking for a lunch that balances convenience, value and nutrition; and unfortunately most cafe lunch offerings fall down [...]

My sister has just informed me that she has become addicted to lamb. Consequently, she has been inventive in the kitchen again and come up with this little gem, perfect for a light Sunday lunch, if you are brave enough to eat out in the garden (well, for God’s sake it’s scorching outside).

We’ve mentioned the €9.99 salad lunch deal in Yamamori on the Quays in Dublin before, as I’ve thought for quite a while that it’s one of the best lunch deals around.  For your €9.99, you get a seasonal salad, a side dish (something like sushi or dumplings), a freshly squeezed juice and rice or miso [...]

Blazing Salads is one of  my favourite places to get a takeaway lunch in Dublin city centre: it has a wide range of interesting salads, and you can fill a takeaway box with them for about €7.  Unlike many other Irish salad bars, it doesn’t just rely on coleslaw and potato salad and other unfortunate [...]

If I can get a fat burger for a fiver, then I’m not going to spend any more than €5 for my lunch in future. This is until I stop being lazy and make my own packed lunch. It’s the only way forward, but something I continually fail to do. The Runner Bean on Nassau [...]

It’s pretty much common knowledge that if you fancy a Chinese in Dublin, the best and most authentic place to go is Parnell Street in Dublin 1. It’s a great little spot in general and slowly becoming Dublin’s Chinatown. However not all experiences are great. A while back, my sister and I fancied some Korean [...]

For the month of January, The Sunday Times has been offering up a ten-point plan to a better you in the style section. A plan that encourages you to ‘Learn to relax’, ‘Find your purpose’, ‘Revel in strong moments’ and ‘Boost your chi factor’. When reading it, I kind of zoned out and couldn’t help [...]

Turkey is for life, not just for Christmas, says Garth McColgan, founder of FoodActive and resident chef at Aldi. Today, he has two quick, healthy, and delicious recipes exclusively for CheapEats readers. So, the gorging season has come to a close and I am dead keen, as I am sure you all are, to start [...]