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What are some good places to eat when visiting dublin? i would like to know :)

Take a look at the VT Dublin restaurant tips and see what tickles your fancy - asking what is a good place to eat is very subjective - there is never a right answer :)

Depends what you like to eat and what your budget is.
http://www.adlib.ie is a good site.

Try

http://www.dublinks.com/index.cfm/loc/8/pt/34.htm

Acapolco Mexican Restaurant Tel : 016771085 on George Street (city centre) is really nice and reasonable. Try the deep fried ice cream, sounds wierd but it's lovely.
Also Shalamar Indian Restaurant Tel : 016710738 on George Street too. Bit above average cost but delicious.
George Street has a good selection of restaurants so you are bound to find something you like if you go there and have a look around.
Or Pad Thai in Portobello (15 min walk outside city centre) Tel : 014759308.
Well they're my favorites anyway.
Happy eating.
Clo.

Hi

Chapter one restaurant is widely tipped to be one of the best - its off parnell sq. at the top of O`CÒNNELL ST , you can a good deal if you do a pre theater meal & get tickets for a play at the gate theater - just google both names for details of whats on & prices.

CHAPTER ONE RESTAURANT
Restaurant in Dublin City Centre
Chapter One Restaurant
18/19 Parnell Square
Dublin 1
Ireland
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Tel: (+353) 01- 8732266
Fax: (+353) 01- 8732330
Web:
Email: info@chapteronerestaurant.com


Other restaurants - there are loads , a lot of the temple bar ones are not great so best to avoid , for casual try Cafe Bar Deli on Georges St.
South Willian St & Clarendon St both run paralell to Grafton st & have great restaurants

For top notch try this
RESTAURANT PATRICK GUILBAUD
Dublin City Restaurant - Two Michelin Stars
Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud
21 Upper Merrion Street
Dublin 2, Ireland

Restaurant guide
Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras (Hunger is a tasty sauce.)
Irish proverb

There are scores of restaurants and other eateries in central Dublin; the list below is only a selection, mostly of places we (the local organisers) have been to. Note that smoking is banned in all indoor areas of all restaurants, cafes and pubs in Ireland.

The prices are indicated by the number of € symbols:

€: Cheap
€€: Moderate
€€€: Expensive
€€€€: Very expensive

Temple Bar
Trastevere €
Temple Bar Square
New York Italian, one of the regular eateries of the local organisers.
Botticelli €
Temple Bar.
Italian, more notable for its home-made ice cream than for anything else.
Poco Loco €
Parliament Street. Tex-Mex
Monty's of Kathmandu €€
Eustace Street. Nepalese food
Afsana €
Temple Lane
Cheap, no-frills Indian food
The Chameleon €€€
Lower Fownes Street (off Temple Bar).
Indonesian, good, expensive and very crowded - so you will need to book.
Tante Zoe's €€
Crow Street
Cajun food
Hô Sen €€
Cope Street (behind the Central Bank on Dame Street)
Vietnamese food, strongly recommended by the Irish Times. Not suitable for vegetarians.
The Mongolian Barbecue €€
Cope Street
Thai Orchid €
Corner of Fleet Street and Westmoreland Street
The Shack €
Boxty House €
Oliver St John Gogarty €
Irish food, catering for tourists.


South of Dame Street
Yamamori €€
South Great George Street
Almost acceptable Japanese food says Keisuke (aka Jimmy).
Juice €
South Great George Street. Vegetarian restaurant
Jaipur €€€
South Great George Street
Indian, very good, expensive.
Govinda €
Aungier Street (continuation of South Great George Street)
Hare Krishna restaurant: cheap, vegetarian and quite tasteful
Jewel in the Crown €
William Street South
Indian, almost as good as the takeaway in Smithfield (see below)
Siam Thai €
St. Andrew Street
Salamanca €
St. Andrew Street
Tapas bar, recommendable. Larger than average portions for a tapas bar
The Cedar Tree €
St. Andrew Street
Lebanese. Eat here every day says Waseem
El Bahia €€
Corner Wicklow Street/Clarendon Street
Moroccan, pretty good. Watch out for the belly dancer!
Aya €
Clarendon Street
Japanese Tapas Bar: all you can eat in 55 minutes for 26 Euro (kaitenzushi)
Rajdoot €€
Clarendon Street
Indian. Good, slightly pricy
Pasta Fresca €
Chatham Street
Another one of our regular eateries, approved by our Sicilian ex-postdoc.
Wagamama €
South King Street. Some things that resemble Japanese food, according to Keisuke.
New Millennium €
South King Street
Chinese
Café Bar Deli €
South Great Georges Street and Bewley's, Grafton Street
Popular, tasty, inexpensive.
Mackerel €€
Bewley's, Grafton Street
Good seafood, by the same people who run Café Bar Deli


North of the Liffey
Ristorante Romano € -- very good ******
Capel Street
A good, friendly, reasonably priced pizzeria using organic flour. The interior features bicycle pictures hanging on every wall.
Baritalia €
Millennium Walkway, Ormond Quay
Part of the new, trendy "Italian quarter" on the north side of the Millennium Bridge. Booking essential since it is nearly always full.
Enoteca delle Langhe € -- very good ******
Millenium Walkway
Another very popular Italian eatery in this quarter. Featured in the Irish Times 100 best restaurants in Ireland.
Radha Govinda €
Middle Abbey Street (off O'Connell Street)
Hare Krishna restaurant: cheap, vegetarian and quite tasteful
Beshoff's Fish and Chips €
O'Connell Street
Dublin's second most famous fish and chips restaurant
101 Talbot €€
101 Talbot Street
Highly recommendable, featured in the Irish Times top 100 restaurants list
Alilang Korea €
Parnell Street east
Korean food. Service can be erratic if you are a big crowd ordering different dishes: barbecue and bo bim bop are safe bets for larger groups
Namaste India €
North King Street, Smithfield
If you are visiting Jameson's distillery or going for a live music session and beer in Cobblestone, get a takeaway from this place. The taste of the food puts most of the Indian restaurants in Dublin to shame (except the naan bread, which is not so great)
South and southeast of Trinity College
Dunne & Crescenzi €
South Frederick Street
Enoteca, very close to Trinity College. Also serves lunch. You may have to wait to get a table here.
Samsara €
Dawson Street
More an opulent bar than a restaurant, but you can get fairly good Thai food here to a reasonable price. There is a restaurant downstairs in the same building, but it is quite pricy.
Jacob's Ladder €€€
Nassau Street
Continental/Irish
Tulsi €€
17A Lower Baggot Street
Good food, overhelpful staff.
TK's €€
Baggot Street
Possibly the best Thai restaurant in Dublin
L'Ecrivain €€€
Lower Baggot Street
One star in the Michelin guide
Patrick Guilbaud €€€€€€
Merrion Hotel, 21 Upper Merrion Street
Dublin's grandest and greatest restaurant, with two stars in the Michelin guide
Is fearr a bheith ag lorg bí ná goile.
(Looking for food is preferable to looking for an appetite.)
Irish proverb

Just to follow on -- take the ??? as € ratings one € is cheap €€€€€ is expensive

Hi Dorrian - there is no need to copy out big chunks of text - the poster can find it online if you just provide a link to the same info. :)