restaurants dublin

A small, rather old-fashioned upstairs café with formica tables, where the fare ranges from grilled steak and chips to egg on toast. The very reasonably priced two-course lunch comprises a main course such as fried fillet of cod, shepherd's pie or roast beef and the menu changes daily. All in all great value. A favourite haunt of students from nearby Trinity College....

Mitchell's is not only a classy, handsome wine shop, which enjoys some of the most delightfully languorous rooms in which to wander whilst you select your wines, it also boasts a simple, popular restaurant in the basement. The staff are a finely choreographed operation, and their excellent range is augmented by a good Wine Club which hosts regular tastings of new vintages and organises visits by many of the winemakers whose wines they stock. Their style is to rely principally on the wines...

Italian and continental cuisine. Daily supplies of fresh Dublin Bay Fish. Lively and friendly atmosphere enhanced by top-class piano players. Official restaurant of the Academia Della Cucina Italiana....

This restaurant belongs to that time when Indian restaurants aimed at the upper-end of the restaurant market, before the Balti craze introduced simple food, low prices and a canteen ethic. So, the Rajdoot is plush, cool, almost like a dining room in one of the posh hotels in India.

Yet what the Rajdoot offers as well as a dedicated, authoritative cooking which has set the standard in Dublin for many years, is very keen prices. It may be grand, but it doesn't require a second mortgag...

The Zen is actually housed in a converted religious meeting hall, which gives a style of missionary endeavour to the experience of eating here.

Actually, the room is a delightful contrast to the other laminate and lacquer Chinese restaurants in the city, and the generous acrage of space between the tables and a plenitude of light, is an important factor in allowing the service to be relaxed and affable.

If the architectural and design details are a happy accident, the food...