Eight new openings in Dublin and four coming soon
- Ronan Doyle
- 1 day ago
- 5 min read
Rebrands, revivals, renovations, reopenings and even a residency - it’s exciting times as Dublin hurtles headlong into the high season. From Korean fried chicken to New England lobster rolls; a Michelin kitchen’s younger brother to a Ballina bistro’s capital city cousin, here’s everything new and upcoming worth getting excited about.
Mongoose, Thomas Street
Most restaurants have a bumpy path to opening, but few have hit quite as many speedbumps as this. When the Michelin-starred Variety Jones grabbed the chance to move from their original, intimate Thomas Street site into the vacated Caffe Noto building beside it, they had grand plans to rebrand the OG as Mongoose, a more casual concept than its starry sibling. But things are rarely as easy as that, and after a shock fire just eight days in, VJ was back at home. Three years and untold reams of insurance paperwork later, VJ is thriving in the new space with their star happily retained, and Mongoose’s time has come at last. They’ll be slinging a more affordable à la carte from Sunday to Tuesday starting this very weekend, and bookings are already open.
