All The Food

A Two Pups wine bar? Is this Notions on the Northside? Not quite. The tiny Two Pups Fairview is trying a weekend pivot into wine and snacks, with a limited menu and no bookings, so it'll only really appeal to spontaneous locals with no fear of being turned away. Is there much seating? Again, no. There are five tables outside (no heaters may become problematic when temperatures fall), and one counter in the window inside, sitting four-five at a push. Is it just wine? W

Where did this new opening come from? A few weeks ago a new noodle restaurant with a permanent queue opened on Capel Street, in the old Soup Dragon site. There's nothing more intriguing than a line for food, and you know we're getting into that line asap. With just 14 seats inside, and one small table outside sitting two-three, they told us we could wait outside for 20-25 minutes until a table came free, but eventually agreed to call us so we could wander Capel Street. Is i

Please, not another matcha café That’s not quite the pitch here, even if it is likely to prove part of the draw. A bigger trend in the city that Nippon-Kan is riding is multi-purpose usage – all the better to meet the crippling rent costs that put paid to previous tenant, booze-free bar The Virgin Mary. This new don’t-call-it-a-café from the folks behind Daruma boasts big things to come across the three distinct spaces that make up the site, and a much more sensible plan th

Why is a Dublin restaurant guide talking about a pub and restaurant in Wicklow? Because GLENDALOUGH. We all talk about doing it, suggest doing it, mean to do it more regularly, but without a food-based carrot at the end of an activity stick we struggle to commit to just about anything. Well consider this a carrot of titanic proportions, and the best excuse for an 8km hike since you trekked from the Electric Picnic carpark to the campsite. What are the essential must-knows

What’s the lowdown on Lulu’s? We should have believed them when they said they’re “not a restaurant”. We’d taken it in the sense that it's more trattoria as the storefront announces, but on our first Friday visit there’s very little food at all - just pizzette. It was aperitivo hour’s €2 cicchetti more than wine that lured us to Lulu’s, but no harm. A glass in hand, the world passing by a people-watching perch up front -we enjoy the atmosphere and plot a return.

What’s the story with La La Burger? There isn’t much worth queueing for around the IFSC, so we weren’t the only ones shocked to see a snaking line of salivating punters packing the footpaths outside the Harbourmaster in March. It wasn’t €7.70 pints of Guinness they were out the door for, but a peculiarly placed In-N-Out Burger popup. The California chain’s milkshakes might have brought all the boys to the yard, but this was less a market toe-dipping than planting a flag les

What’s the story with Banco? The queues speak for themselves – not since 2008 have we seen such a run on a Banco around here. The new Italian bakery from Roberto Mungo is the third tricolour he’s planted on Stoneybatter’s main street, and one rallied to by locals and blow-ins alike with the same fervour as his still-packed Grano and neighbouring wine bar A Fianco. What should we get? Planning, for one – arrive at the wrong time and you’ll spend half your day in a hangry

What’s the story with Nino's? Endless ingenuity came out of the Covid 19 pandemic, and that's how Nino's started life. Originally food truck Doughbox, opened by former dental clinic manager Anthony Power, they migrated into a full restaurant attached to The Brook Pub in Portrane in 2024. The same team are also behind Pronto on Pearse Street, serving handmade pasta and Neapolitan pizza out of Moss Lane. North Co Dub isn't exactly overflowing with inspiring restaurants, so we

What’s the story with Morso? Schiacciata (skia-TCHA-tah) is about to become the most mispronounced food since bruschetta burst onto the scene in the ‘90s. All summer long you'll hear shak-att-ah, sheek-eet-eh, and chiquitita from the queues snaking daily down Drury Street to get their mitts on this flattened Tuscan sandwich bread. It’s a mystery to Mani maestro Ciaran McGonagle why nobody had done it in Dublin yet, so when his Roman slice shop shifted to a bigger site acros

Post-plunge treat-seekers fresh from the sauna round the corner. Muslim families in for a feast after visiting the Mosque next door. TikTok trend-trawlers trekking to Tallaght from every corner of the city. In the hour you'll need to spend sweating over the meat-piled portions at Salama Lama, you'll get a good glimpse at the impressively mixed crowd that makes up modern Dublin – and the exciting new food bringing them together. What should we get? One of those TikTok draw

What’s the story with Mambo Sambo? “Our vision of what a deli should be like” at Mambo Sambo is pretty simple: “not just processed shite”. We couldn’t argue when their Christmas toastie took honours in our latest annual rundown. Back then they were managing loaves-and-fishes miracles out of a poky truck behind Inchicore’s Glen of Aherlow; since, they’ve shacked up with a renovated McDowell’s up the road and bagged themselves the space to really go wild. What do we need to

What do we need to know about Twist Bakery? It's the new Temple Bar bakery where Coco Brew used to be, and it's very quietly VEGAN. Twist aren't shouting about it as they don't want to put the non-vegans off, but stepping into a café and bakery where every croissant, Danish and patisserie is dairy and egg free is a unique experience in Dublin. One of the owners is dairy intolerant, while head pasty chef Marija Lacic i s vegan (she ran vegan bakery Cake My Day ), but anot

What’s the story with Deano's Woodfired Pizza? Tucked beside the CherryTree pub in Walkinstown, Deano’s Woodfired Pizza has built a fiercely loyal local following since opening in 2022. Owner and head chef Jordan Grossman brings serious credentials to the hatch, having trained in Naples with renowned pizzaiolo Enzo Coccia , owner of La Notizia 53 – one of Italy’s most celebrated pizzerias. Jordan told us that the flour, meats and cheeses all come from Italicatessen , a

What’s the story with Volumes? “ He literally wrote the book on coffee! ” is the clear pitch for Volumes , and what volume it's been pitched at since Dublin Coffee Guide author Paddy Kirk teamed up with As One owner Mark Cashen, and ex- Bastible and Delahunt chef Fionn Dwyer Hyland to give us this new Scandi-chic café. It’s the must-have Insta-backdrop du jour – but is it any good? Well? On this team’s well-documented desire to deliver a Copenhagen-style community

What's the background on Cinnamood? Viral German cinnamon roll brand Cinnamood has landed on O’Connell Street after months of teasing , bringing queues , hype and talk of “ iconic ”, “ next level ” buns. Founded in Cologne in 2022, the brand has franchised rapidly across Europe , with its Irish debut operated by Vertex Horizon Holdings , who claim to " create obsession-worthy products that outlast trends and compound in cultural relevance ". Just what we look for in a bak