Dinner at Banba, Mr Fox, Tang and more – what ATF Insiders will win in October

A free pass for some of Dublin's most exciting new openings; dinner for you and your mates in some of the city's best restaurants; cocktail and sushi deliveries - just a few of the nine prizes up for grabs this October if you're one of our premium subscribers, who literally keep our show on the road.

As an ad and invite-free website, ATF Insiders is how we operate autonomously, ensuring every recommendation is made without bias, and we give you loads of exclusive perks in return. Everyone who signs up for ATF Insiders by midnight on Saturday 17th October will be entered into this month's prize draw, and winners will be selected on Sunday 18th October...

1) Dinner, cocktails and Champagne for two at new opening Banba

One of Dublin's most unexpected new openings has just arrived on Harcourt Street, and if you missed our exclusive Insider preview this week, we've got another chance to get through the doors of Banba. Chef Ross Bryans' CV includes three-Michelin-starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Pollen Street Social and Jean-Georges at The Leinster, and he's spent the past year tracking down Ireland's best farmers and growers to supply his new kitchen. Expect open-fire cooking, seasonal ingredients, and a wine list with lots of Irish connections, all served in a Georgian townhouse with a double-height dining room. We've got a three-course dinner with cocktails and Champagne to give away for Banba this month, so one lucky Insider can head in for a brand new Dublin dining experience. Book Banba here.

2) €150 voucher for Mr Fox

There's a new chef running the kitchen at Mr Fox, and he comes with a very impressive CV. Adam Jordan, who took over as chef patron earlier this year, has worked in some of the most accomplished kitchens in Ireland and beyond, including Chapter One, The Greenhouse, D'Olier Street, AnnaLena in Vancouver and two-Michelin-starred Terre in Cork. He's now putting his stamp on the Parnell Square restaurant, with a new chef's set menu priced at €73, or you can pick and mix plates from the a la carte. We've got a €150 voucher to give away this month, which will cover dinner for two, and is an excellent excuse to see what the new chapter of Mr Fox is all about. Book in here.

3) Chef's menu for four with drinks at Tang, Abbey Street

Tang's Cumberland Place dinners were a summer 2026 must, but now with temperatures dropping they're moving indoors and back to Abbey Street. If you've read our review you'll know we were very taken with their Middle Eastern-inspired sharing plates, from crispy courgette fritti and pillowy kubaneh bread with dips, to chicken skewers with hot honey and tzatziki, and crispy potato terrine with toum and shatta. This is food made for ordering far too much of, and we've got dinner for four at Abbey Street with a pre-dinner cocktail and bottle of wine to give away this month, so you can bring enough people to make a proper dent in the menu. Come extremely hungry. Book in here.

4) Celebration birthday lunch for two at Peploe's

Peploe's has been feeding Dubliners on St Stephen's Green for 23 years, which is no small achievement in this city, and they're throwing a special birthday lunch on Sunday 22nd November to celebrate. The details are being kept under wraps for now, but anyone familiar with this Dublin institution will know they take their food, wine and hospitality seriously. We've got two tickets to the celebrations to give away this month, so one lucky Insider and a guest can join the party. We're expecting good food, plenty of wine and hopefully a few surprises. Check out Peploe's here.

5) €100 voucher for Yibu by Janet

Everyone's favourite dumpling diva Janet has been busy since opening Yibu by Janet beside St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre earlier this year, and now she's brought on a new executive head chef, Brian Spain, to take things up a gear. The new dish we're most interested in is the handmade beef noodles, because few things sound better coming into winter than a bowl of properly chewy noodles, tender beef and deeply flavoured broth. We've got a €100 voucher to give away this month, so one of our Insiders can get stuck into the new menu, and bring a few noodle-loving friends along for the ride. Check out Yibu here.

6) Halloween Afternoon Tea for two at Intercontinental Dublin

If your idea of Halloween is more cake than costumes, the InterContinental Dublin has an appealing alternative to trick-or-treating. Executive pastry chef Orna Larkin has created a Halloween-themed afternoon tea featuring prawn brioche, crispy buttermilk chicken rolls and freshly baked scones, followed by a parade of slightly sinister sweets, including pumpkin spice panna cotta, cherry vanilla brain roulade, Mississippi mud pie graves and lemon marshmallow ghosts. We've got afternoon tea for two to give away this month, served in the five-star hotel's Lobby Lounge or Reading Room until 8th November (and if you can't make it by then you can do the regular version afterwards). No dressing up required. Check out Intercontinental Dublin here.

7) €100 voucher for Carved

Excellent news for sandwich lovers south of the city – Carved is coming to Dundrum, bringing its chef-made, generously stuffed sandwiches to a new audience. We've been fans since the Grand Canal Dock original, where the slow-roasted porchetta with salsa verde, and the gloriously messy buffalo chicken, loaded with Frank's hot sauce and spicy red cabbage slaw are particular highlights. Founded on the idea that sandwiches deserve the same attention as restaurant dishes, Carved has built up a very loyal following (just look at the daily queues), and now Dundrum is getting a taste of the action. We've got a €100 voucher to give away this month, which will keep one lucky Insider very well fed over multiple lunchtimes. Check out Carved here.

8) €100 Oiishi Sushi gift pack

Here's something you might not know. Those Oishii sushi trays you see in supermarkets all over Ireland are actually made in Dublin, by a business that started selling at farmers' markets back in 2006. Founded by Ciara Troy, Oishii has gone from market stall to shelves in Tesco, Dunnes, SuperValu, Lidl and more, with everything from spicy California rolls and poké bowls to new smoked salmon and spicy tuna combinations. We've got a €100 gift pack to give away for Oishii this month, including a selection of sushi, a customised cooler bag and merchandise. A very useful prize for anyone whose supermarket shop regularly involves an unplanned sushi lunch.

9) €100 worth of Cotton Club Cocktails

Anyone who's eaten in Mr Fox or D'Olier Street will know that chef/owner Anthony Smith has pretty high standards, and those extend to drinks too. His latest venture, Cotton Club Cocktails, is a range of proper, full-strength cocktails in 100ml cans, made and packed at their own facility in Dublin 15. Choose from an Old Fashioned, Negroni, Habanero Margarita or Rhubarb Daiquiri, with none of the measuring, shaking or washing up afterwards. We've got €100 worth of Cotton Club Cocktails to give away this month, which should keep your home cocktail bar well stocked for the foreseeable future. Just add ice. Check them out here.

Everyone signed up for ATF Insiders in October (both new and old) will be automatically entered into the prize draw. You don't need to do anything! If you're not signed up yet, join here before midnight on Saturday 17th October and you could have some very nice news landing in your inbox next week...