My highlight of Taste of Dublin: steak frites from the Saddle Room. Simple, unfussy, and perfectly cooked.
The Shelbourne Hotel lost its character when it was revamped, but its restaurant seemed reason enough to visit. I headed there with our good friend Geordie Sue a few weeks ago to check out the early bird menu; €22 for [...]

I’m always dubious when someone tells me they’ve discovered the best Indian restaurant in Ireland. More often than not, it turns out to be very good indeed - but also very, very similar to most Indian food served in Ireland. Seven pieces of identically shaped chicken or lamb, swirling in lots of sauce, and served [...]

I’m a born and bred southside boy, but no stranger to the mean streets of Dublin north.
Back in the 70’s and early 80’s - when, like today, money was a scarce commodity - my dad made a weekly trek through ten feet of snow, volcanoes, solar flares, heatwaves, and floods to pick up fruit and [...]

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 [...]

I’m done with not complaining in restaurants. When the cream in a friend’s recent Irish coffee was horribly sour, she was reluctant to send it back - it was just so embarrassing. So I did it for her.
I thought I’d figured out the trick: don’t take the problem personally. They didn’t pour in rancid cream [...]

Last year, Jean posted a middling to bad review of Gotham Cafe on this site. Both of us were very  impressed by Gotham’s response.
Almost immediately, the management got in touch with Jean and were very apologetic, inviting her back for another meal at their expense. CheapEats was reasonably new at the time and had significantly [...]

By my estimation, summer weather will resume just after the Electric Picnic, before officially shutting up shop on Monday September 27. Just a hunch.
So, there’s still time to drain the dregs of the sun dry. For Dublin city dwellers, one of the most pleasant ways of whiling away the summer hours is sitting outside a [...]

My gorgeous pal Geordie Sue and I recently went on the hunt for a restaurant in Terenure.  We planned the evening well, by going for a bunch of pints first with no clear idea of where or what we wanted to eat, and then spending way too long in the pub.  We found ourselves tipsily [...]

A few weeks ago I helped a friend move apartment and as a thank you she took me out for dinner.  We went to Star Anise on Bridge Street in Cork and availed of the early bird offer: 2 courses for €23.95 or 3 for €28.95.  Sadly I didn’t take particularly good notes from the [...]

We rarely find ourselves on the northside of Dublin, as reflected in this site’s bias towards southside eateries.
On a cross-Liffey adventure, however, I was quite adamant that I must sample at least one of the north city’s food spots. Parnell/ Moore/ Capel Street’s excellent value Chinese and Korean restaurants aside, the northside has a bit [...]