All The Food

- Cúán Greene's new guesthouse and restaurant Ómós opened this week, with a flurry of breathless press and influencer posts after the great and good were invited to a preview lunch in Abbeyleix. Rooms start at €450 a night going up to €820, and dinner will set you back €175pp so you're looking at a minimum €1k spend per night if you're planning a trip. Most declared it as a press event, but it was disappointing to see mainstream publication The Gloss sharing their visit as "a

- A restaurant bombshell dropped this week with the news that Allta is closing at the end of the year. Chef Niall Davidson is putting on a brave face, but they've long been plagued with question marks over whether their out of the way location would work, as well as a few too many accusations of poor customer service in their online reviews - Chef Mark Moriarty's new restaurant and private dining space "Studio" opens at Wilton Park in August. They'll be doing private events

- It was a banger of a week for Parrilla in Ranelagh who woke up on Wednesday to the news they'd been added to the Michelin Guide. They were called "Lively, loud and simply wonderful fun", with inspectors praising the "lightning-fast transport to Mexico". The Station House in Meath were also added to the guide - Little Canton opened this week on Stephen Street where Nan Chinese used to be. Their free food for the first 50 people through the door had the desired effect of cr

- Big Michelin news this week, as it was officially confirmed that former Morrison Room head chef Adam Nevin is taking over Glovers Alley from departed chef Andy McFadden. We're expecting a full room refurb to go with the new incoming menu this September - Mani's new sibling Morso opened this week, and saw Banco-level demand and queues. With Bitta Banging's Tom Murray in the kitchen with owner Ciaran McGonagle we were dying to try these, and were not let down. Read our two mi

- There was a big set back for Karl Whelan's Marée this week, who announced that their opening has been put back from July to some time in Autumn. After only releasing bookings the week before, the team then had the laborious task of contacting everyone who'd booked in telling them the situation, and offering them first dibs on new bookings. Here's hoping there are no more hiccups ahead - Bujo opens in Central Plaza this Thursday and they've given us a sneak peek here - G

- Finally the details on Grano's new bakery Banco came out this week, and just take a look at this beautiful video. It opens on Tuesday! - Mr Fox has a new head chef, formerly the head chef at sister restaurant D'Olier Street, and this could be just the reinvention the restaurant needs. Now if only they'll look at refurbishing that room - What is going on in Clontarf!? Jack's, a new wine bar, has just opened serving natural wine, spritzes and snacks. What a time to be a r

- Bookings for Karl Whelan's new restaurant Marée open tomorrow at 10am! There are currently zero details on where to book but presumably it'll be through their website - The most adorable person in the Irish food industry, Janet of 'Janet's' is opening a permanent location in the Arthaus Hotel near St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre - Monty's in Temple Bar are opening a wine bar downstairs! - Baked and Bottled in Ashtown are also bringing the 'bottled' with their new

- It's been a crazy week for Michelin news with both Glovers Alley in Dublin and Restaurant Chestnut in West Cork announcing they're closing. Chef Andy McFadden has left Glovers Alley with the restaurant saying they're going to refresh and reopen soon, while the rumour mill is in overdrive that fellow Michelin-starred Adam Nevin will be taking over - his last service in The Morrison Room in Carton House was coincidentally (or not) today - Finally we have an opening date for K

- Bambino are coming to Camden Street! They're moving into the old Port House Cava site (which we hadn't even realised had closed), and hope to be open by July - Mak in Ranelagh is saying goodbye after 14 years. Owner Jules Mak is reinventing the space as an Italian/Mediterranean called Fuoco, while the Mak brand will continue on in takeaway form. Their last service is Sunday May 24th - Minetta Deli in Sutton are opening evenings from Friday - Sunday for wine, snacks, cof

* Apologies to anyone who tried and failed to get tickets for our Amai by Viktor takeover on Tuesday 12th May. Please email us if you'd like to go on the cancellation list, we generally have a few people back out closer to the time, and we're talking to the guys about doing it again on Tuesday 9th June - the last week they'll be serving the Folklore menu!* - New Korean fried chicken purveyor Dak has opened in Bar Anam. The concept is from Kelan O'Reilly who was formerly wit

- Mongoose has opened and look at this menu. Owner Keelan Higgs describes the vibe here and we're very into it - Tang's Cumberland dinners are back! Perfectly timed with the sun - Brindle has opened in Stoneybatter! They're in the old Pender's Market site serving coffee, wine and lovely food - Arty Baker are continuing their Dublin takeover with a new site coming to The Liberties soon - Howth's new grocery and deli Dandelion has opened, from ex-147 Deli head chef Aoif

- The second opening from the Variety Jones crew, Mongoose , finally opens next weekend after what's seemed like an endless run of delays and bad luck (including a major fire). No menu yet but bookings are already disappearing - Mermaid in Monkstown has reopened, just in time for sunnier weather - There's a new residency at Leonard's Corner in Dublin 8. Gaffe will be running lunch and dinner from Thursday - Saturday, and the opening menu looks tasty - If you've been d

- The guys behind Dudley's bar in Dublin 8 opened Bar Anam over the weekend in the old Taco Libre site in Dublin 1. There's cocktails, natural wines, and "Korean-inspired soul food" from Dak - Big Michelin news that chef Adam Nevin is leaving The Morrison Room at Carton House, just over a year after winning a Michelin star. There's no word on why he's going or what he's doing next, but his lack of thanks to the owners of the property in this leaving post could be read into

- Xi'an Street Food have open a very shiny, much bigger new space on Suffolk Street in the old Tolteca site. Check out the beautiful fit out - There's a new café coming to Lennox Street where 31 Lennox used to be. Sister is due to open in May - The Linen Yard , a new outdoor communal space in Harold's Cross with food trucks is now open from Friday - Sunday - Nan Chinese is no more. After a valiant effort to bring Huaiyang cuisine to Dublin, the team have given up the

- Ranelagh's newest restaurant, Chongqing Hotpot, soft launched this week, and there's a lot from this menu we want to try asap - New restaurant Kindee has gone in where Indochine was on Leeson Street, with the old restaurant's chefs now in charge - Jamie's Italian in Dundrum has quietly closed after 14 years. Anyone else amazed it lasted that long? - Bread 41 are promising to double their footprint over the next 18 months with four new bakeries , including one on Dub