What ATF Insiders could win in November!

It's only mid November yet Christmas is most definitely upon us, but you won't be complaining if Santa comes early with one of the nine prizes we're giving away to our premium subscribers in November. Everyone signed up to ATF Insiders goes automatically into the draw, you don't have to do anything else to enter!

As an ad and invite-free platform, ATF Insiders is how we're funded, ensuring that recommendations are made without influence, unblemished by invites and free food. Everyone who signs to support our content via ATF Insiders by midnight tomorrow, Monday 17th November will be entered into this month's prize draw, and winners will be picked at random on Tuesday 18th November. Here's what you could be walking away with this month...

1) A €200 voucher for Volpe Nera

Chef Barry Sun’s Volpe Nera might be a neighbourhood restaurant, but diners travel long distances (us included) to Blackrock for their Mediterranean and Asian influenced dishes, like cep dumplings with aged soy, or spinach and ricotta malfatti with squash and sage butter. To celebrate the start of the festive season, they're giving one lucky ATF Insider a €200 voucher, which is the perfect gift to give to friends and family this Christmas, but we'd struggle not to keep it to ourselves. To book a table for the festive period (no set menus on tables under six!) or to purchase a gift voucher head to www.volpenera.ie

2) An overnight stay with breakfast and late checkout at Travelodge PLUS

Imagine ending your city centre Christmas night in a cosy hotel bed, rather than with a late night run for the last Dart or night bus... This fantasy could become a reality if you're clever enough to book yourself into Travelodge PLUS on Townsend Street, just ten minutes from Grafton Street. The cosy, stylish rooms come with extra PLUS touches, affordable prices, and a great breakfast waiting for you in the morning, and we're giving one of you the chance to win an overnight stay for two with breakfast AND a late check out. Name a better ending to the Christmas party. Check out Travelodge plus here. 

3) Two tickets for "Christmas Nights at Gravity" with food from BIGFAN

We are well into the throws of Christmas, and while we're not entirely sure how we feel about the season starting on the 1st of November, we do love the extension on festive experiences. This year the Guinness Storehouse's iconic Gravity Bar is undergoing a transformation for ‘Christmas Nights at Gravity’, combining 360-degree panoramic views with sets from some of Ireland’s best DJs, along with craft cocktails and festive food. They're collaborating with Dublin 8 neighbours and beloved music bar Love Tempo, as well as food favourite BIGFAN, and we've got two tickets to give away (worth €110) for the events on the 21^st , 22^nd or  29^th November. Check out more and get tickets here.

4) A Gift Hamper from The Boatyard Distillery worth €180

Ireland’s first B-corp distillery, The Boatyard Distillery in Co. Fermanagh, created their flagship Double Gin with one serve in mind – the perfect Martini. Distilled with organic botanicals and juniper, it's ultra smooth and has won over bartenders worldwide. They also make other gins and vodka as well as seasonal special releases, each committed to sustainability, making them a great gift this Christmas. We've got a gift hamper from The Boatyard Distillery to give away, including their Boatyard Double Gin Planter Gift Set, Sloe Boat Gin, Vodka, two Hi Ball Glasses, two cocktail glasses, Breakfast Marmalade, Sloe Gin Jelly, and Boatyard Chocolate, worth approximately €180! Shop for someone you love who loves gin here.

5) A Ukrainian dinner experience at Lucy

Ukrainian café Lucy on Clanbrassil Street has been at the top of the feel good, taste good charts for the past few months, with their pyrizhky (buns), varenyky (dumplings), and that 14-layered Napoleon cake the talk of the town (read our review here). Their latest addition is actual dumpling rolling grannies in the window - could this place get any sweeter? One of will be deciding that, as we're sending one ATF Insider in for a Ukrainian dinner experience for four, with hot dishes like chicken kyiv, borscht, holubtsi, varenky, and desserts like honey cake, Napoleon cake and waffle milks, along with kvas to wash it all down with. Check out Lucy here.

6) €100 voucher for Copper + Straw

After announcing earlier this year that they were setting up their own kitchen to make all of their food in house, Copper + Straw have more good news - they're opening a fourth location in Palmerstown Park in Dublin 6. They're taking over the restored tearooms, and it's soooo refreshing to see a quality brand take over one of these spaces, instead of a large, faceless chain. To celebrate all of this good news, Copper + Straw have given us a €100 voucher to give away which can be used in any of their shops on coffee, food, retail products or brewing equipment. Check them out here.

7) €100 voucher for The Exchange Bar & Restaurant at NYX Hotel Dublin Christchurch

Located in between bustling Temple Bar and Dublin Castle, NYX Hotel Dublin Christchurch have just brought a new dining option to the city centre - The Exchange Bar & Restaurant. With its eclectic, bright interior, and lively bar with live music, it's a great central option for business meetings, gathering with friends, or a city centre night out. The menu is a mix of smaller and larger plates, with plenty to please all palates, and we've got a €100 to giveaway so one of you can give it all a test drive. To see menus and book visit NYX-Hotels.ie.

8) Tullamore Dew 12-year-old whiskey hamper worth over €150

Tullamore D.E.W., the Original Triple Blend Irish Whiskey, with a distillery in Tullamore, Offaly, has all the unique gifts for whiskey connoisseurs and newbies this Christmas. You can take a tour of the distillery with almost 200 years of history, experiencing the sights, smells, and sounds of whiskey-making, or head to the gift shop for their whiskies, locally-crafted goods, and the option to take part in Tullamore D.E.W.’s personalised blending lab, with custom bottling for a unique keepsake. This month we've got a hamper of gift shop highlights to give away, including a bottle of Tullamore D.E.W. 12-Year-Old Special Reserve, along with apparel and other gift shop goodies worth over €150. For all the info on Tullamore D.E.W.'s whiskeys and distillery tours, visit www.tullamoredew.com.

9) €100 gift hamper from Folláin preserves

Folláin, the family-owned Irish preserves company, is partnering with The Simon Community for the fourth Christmas running, donating 50% of all proceeds from online sales to the charity helping the homeless, from now until the 31st December. They've got brilliant Christmas gift ideas for the preserve lover in your life, like the Christmas Gift Box, and the 12 days of cheese pairings, and we've got a hamper worth €100 full of Folláin goodies to give away this month with every jam, curd and relish you can think of. Check out their Christmas gifts here.

Everyone signed up for ATF Insiders in November (old and new) 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 Monday 17th November. Your support promotes independent reviews and news in Dublin and beyond, and allows you to get answers to any dining questions directly from us.