- In case you miss this week's cheese gate, here's a recap. We went to the new Sano Pasta and were taken aback to find a €1 charge on the bill for grated cheese on our pasta. We published our review on Tuesday and much conversation was had on the topic, then on Thursday the Irish Independent published Katy McGuinness' review with similar gripes to ours, but she was charged €1.50 per plate for grated cheese! A reader then contacted us saying she'd visited and was charged 50c.
Our 35 hottest list features the most talked about restaurants in Dublin right now, based on column inches, Insta love and the general pain involved in getting a booking. There are the restaurants with all the buzz, in alphabetical order, with SIX new entries for Autumn 2026... (It might also be useful to read our guide on how to tables in the top ten hardest to book restaurants in Dublin) * This list doesn't include cafés or lunch-only options, everywhere here is open for di
In recent years we’ve sometimes struggled to scrape together enough new openings of interest to fill a roundup every few months. Now we could nearly work one up for Capel Street alone. The Northside hub has no fewer than five new arrivals, all at once, but fret not if that's not your usual hood – there’s plenty more opening across the city and suburbs to stick on your autumn hitlist... Chongqing Noodles, Capel Street Let’s start our stroll along Capel Street from the sout