All The Food

While 2025 marked the entry of plenty of great new restaurants to Dublin at both ends of the market, and one or two that opened and shut again so fast they felt like we dreamt them , there’s no doubt it’s been slower going than previous years. But like horse-mounted reinforcements riding over the horizon, here comes the Christmas season and a whole host of glitzy new arrivals to beef up the year’s output. From major chains making their mark in Dublin, to beloved homebirds bra

What’s the story with Sando Paradiso?   The suspenseful month between tease and soft-launch, built expectation and appetite for Sando Paradiso , Hen’s Teeth’s first return to full food service since Killian Walsh packed his bags for Bastible . Shokupan is at the heart of this more casual concept, with seven stuffed sandos showcasing the thick and fluffy appeal of Japanese milk bread.   What’s on the menu?   Come hungry - between brick-thick slices and fillings that don’t hol

* Update : On Tuesday 30th September, six days after the original news articles were published, Entrecôte Dublin owner Paul McGlade...

What’s the story with Jehan’s Heaven?   Caucasian cuisine? Reddit threads  and puzzled head tilts every time we've passed Jehan’s Heaven...

What should we know about Bakeology In?   Argentinian café Bakeology grew out of Argentinian couple Benjamin and Florencia Pugliese’s...

What should we know about La Strada?   Those who mourned the closure last year of Rathmines’ neighbourhood Italian Manifesto will be...

What should we know about Parmezza? They’re cooking homemade pasta in a parmesan wheel! That’s certainly all we needed to know to get...

We’ve always seen the new openings beat as a useful coalmine canary of the general state of things on the Dublin restaurant scene. Not...

It’s more re-openings than anything else in this roundup - whether it's yesteryear’s favourites back under new management, or recent...

What should we know about Little Geno's? Fans of Los Chicanos  – read: anyone with good taste – will be licking their lips at the new...

(Irish Times)   - The brand new and improved Coppinger opens this Friday, and reservations are now open . This article  from the Irish Times this weekend details their fight to get it back   - New NYC-style sandwich shop Little Geno's , from the same owner as Los Chicanos tacos, has opened in Grafter House on St. Stephen's Green. We're eyeing up the Cubano   - Handsome Burger  are coming to Dublin (outside of the airport). They're opening their first city centre venue on Sout

Classic restos doing zeitgeisty rebrands, Michelin-starred chefs returning home with their magic in tow, and two new openings for a...

From glitzy new arrivals influenced by far East adventures, to seaside snacks just in time for summer, Korean-style brioche loaf toast to...

Dublin is officially in its pizza slice era, with the arrival of only one that's been missing up until now. Doom Slice is Dublin’s first...

It might be just anecdotal evidence, but this is only our second new openings update of 2024 – by this point last year, we’d run four...