Farmgate Cafe, Cork: Oysters, lamb stew and apple tart. If you haven’t been yet, get here soonRestaurant review: The English Market cafe sets a standard anywhere in Ireland should be proud to followSat Nov 09 2019 - 06:00
The Commons at Moli, Dublin: A new favourite from Domini and Peaches KempRestaurant review: Beneath the city’s newest museum is a little cafe with a big personalitySat Nov 02 2019 - 06:00
Ireland’s top 100 cafes, restaurants and bars for lunchOur favourite places for lunch, from quick bites to special occasionsFri Nov 01 2019 - 06:05
Spitalfields, Dublin: This pub has one of the best beef dishes in the cityRestaurant review: A real pub with great food in a real part of DublinSat Oct 26 2019 - 06:15
Why two well-known restaurants announced closures this weekIt's like a bereavement, say owners of Eastern Seaboard restaurant in Drogheda as Fish Shop plans a move out of Dublin to TramoreFri Oct 25 2019 - 06:00
Mamó, Howth: A lovely new spot in the Dublin seaside villageRestaurant review: Outside are tables and blankets for outdoor lunch. Inside, the aroma of buttery fishSat Oct 19 2019 - 06:00
Everett’s, Waterford: If you cook it well they will come. They do. And we doReview: Peter Everett charges steep prices, but this is exactly the hearty cooking I needSat Oct 12 2019 - 06:00
Aimsir’s two Michelin star winning secret: Put Ireland on a plateGood luck booking at Aimsir. It has six tables and only opens four nights a weekMon Oct 07 2019 - 21:45
Muddlers Club, Belfast: One of the best city restaurants in IrelandReview: The menu may have few words, but the food screams quality on a plateSat Oct 05 2019 - 06:00
Soup, Dún Laoghaire: This stunning restaurant serves the best ramen in DublinReview: An unpretentious place so good it should become a destination in itselfSat Sept 28 2019 - 06:00
Good Day Deli, Cork: Feel the virtue, and taste the flavourReview: This ambitious secret-garden cafe combines history with a glimpse of a better futureSat Sept 21 2019 - 06:00
Le Perroquet: I like Nick Munier’s new slice of France in DublinReview: This new restaurant has talent in the kitchen, a rarity in this overheated marketSat Sept 14 2019 - 06:00
Hostellerie de La Pointe Saint-Mathieu, France: A great-value Michelin-starred mealReview: A young woman chef is leading a French kitchen from the classics into something newSat Sept 07 2019 - 06:00
Little Fox, Ennistymon: This place makes me giddily optimistic about the worldThe owners of what is a cafe by day cook wonderful food on their restaurant nightsSat Aug 31 2019 - 06:00
Lily’s on Church Street: Wicklow town gets the lovely restaurant it so badly neededReview: This is a hard-working place where the school of cooking is very much FrenchMon Aug 26 2019 - 06:00
Fudo Izakaya, Dublin: Keep the fruit away from the sushi, pleaseReview: This sushi bar should steer clear of novelty and focus on what it can do bestSat Aug 17 2019 - 06:00
Flipside, Sligo: Remember my Five Guys nightmare? This one’s a dreamA burger joint hits the fast-food sweet spot. Plus Stoked, Strandhill: A bonus dinner of lovingly made small platesSat Aug 10 2019 - 06:00
Alma, Dublin: This new cafe turns the everyday into something specialReview: An almost all-female family affair injects a rare amount of soul into the foodSat Aug 03 2019 - 06:00
Crudo, Dublin: A hearty, homely neighbourhood restaurantDunne & Crescenzi’s spot in Sandymount, in south Dublin, serves top-notch rustic Italian foodSat Jul 27 2019 - 06:00
Fancy a curry tonight? 13 great places to eat world food around IrelandFrom The Irish Times’s Delicious List 2019: Japanese, Indian, Middle Eastern and moreFri Jul 26 2019 - 06:00
Chimac: There’s a saucy new chick on the block in Dublin cityThis Aungier Street restaurant serves addictively delicious free-range chickenSat Jul 20 2019 - 06:00
Nine great places to eat around Ireland if you’re veggie or veganFrom The Irish Times’s Delicious List 2019: Some serve meat too, but all know their vegFri Jul 19 2019 - 06:00
Cloud Picker and Bread 41: Are these Dublin’s best two cafes?Tucked under a railway bridge and in an old cinema projector room, they’re making the city better from the inside outSat Jul 13 2019 - 06:00
The lonely life of a Dublin crane operator: A view of the boom from aboveThey stay in their cab for 12 hours a day, urinate in bottles, work under relentless pressure and hold the safety of citizens below in their handsSat Jul 13 2019 - 06:00
Seven great out-of-the-way places to eat in IrelandFrom The Irish Times’s Delicious List 2019: All are worth going off the beaten track forThu Jul 11 2019 - 06:00
Bastible: There’s a new level of cooking in townThese chefs are a marriage made in a particularly delicious corner of heavenSat Jul 06 2019 - 06:00
11 great family-friendly places to eat around IrelandFrom The Irish Times’s Delicious List 2019: You’ll like them as much as your kids willThu Jul 04 2019 - 06:00
Frank’s, Dublin: Fast, great casual food at my new favourite restaurantDelicious food in a former Camden Street butcher’s – with a surprisingly reasonable billSat Jun 29 2019 - 06:00
Kids who cycle or walk to school ‘learn better’, Dublin event toldDutch cycling expert measured air pollution in Dublin at three times Utrecht levelMon Jun 24 2019 - 21:56
Barrow’s Keep, Co Kilkenny: Book a late lunch in this perfect riverside locationA two-course Sunday lunch is €28. You could pay more for a soul-sapping pub carverySat Jun 22 2019 - 06:00
12 great places to eat that know exactly where their food comes fromFrom The Irish Times’s Delicious List 2019: This dozen are provenance proudThu Jun 20 2019 - 06:00
Potager, Skerries: The best money you’ll spend on food in a Dublin restaurantReview: It’s the work of ex-Chapter One head chef Cathal Leonard and his partner Sarah RyanSat Jun 15 2019 - 06:00
16 great Irish cafes, where the food’s lovely tooFrom The Irish Times’s Delicious List 2019: The coffee hangouts we love to eat inWed Jun 12 2019 - 06:00
Meet the ‘ecopreneurs’ placing sustainability at the heart of businessPractices that have always made environmental sense are now making business senseSat Jun 08 2019 - 06:01
Circa, Dublin: I hate to knock a small kitchen, but where’s the flavour?This Terenure restaurant’s front of house is just right, but the chefs are still looking for their mojoSat Jun 08 2019 - 06:00
Trading places: a restaurant critic works front of houseIrish Times restaurant critic Catherine Cleary donned an apron and spent an evening waiting tables at Michelin-starred Ox restaurant in BelfastFri Jun 07 2019 - 06:00
Leon, Dublin: This food makes me sad. It feels served up by an algorithmAnd a restaurant should at least give its sit-down diners a plate and real, reusable cutlerySun Jun 02 2019 - 06:00
100 of the best restaurants, cafes and places to eat in Ireland 2019The Irish Times’s annual guide to the best food destinationsFri May 31 2019 - 06:00
‘A couple of bad decisions is all it takes for a restaurant to fail’Despite recent closures, the restaurant sector is booming. More outlets mean more closuresSat May 25 2019 - 06:00
Ink, Dún Laoghaire: Library cafe is bursting with fresh ideasReview: dlr Lexicon deserves an above average cafe and it’s got one in Ink CafeSat May 25 2019 - 06:00
Aimsir, Co Kildare: The restaurant that puts Ireland on a plateReview: The Cliff at Lyons destination clearly has its sights on two Michelin starsSat May 18 2019 - 06:15
Beo Kitchen, Dublin: A glamorous vegan option that’s very nearly brilliantThis Stoneybatter restaurant’s food is delicious. Just ditch the spirulina and up the serviceSat May 11 2019 - 06:00
Rathmullan House: This restaurant puts wild, beautiful Donegal on a plateReview: The big house on the shores of Lough Swilly is all about food provenanceSun May 05 2019 - 06:00
Falls Restaurant, Sheen Falls: A fabulous place to dine in Kenmare, and it’s not the Park, this timeA pianist and talented chefs make a meal at this hotel diningroom one to savourSat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00
Il Caffe di Napoli, Dublin: A classical Italian that knows what people wantThis Westland Row restaurant seems to have won fans by doing the simple things wellSat Apr 20 2019 - 06:00
Tipping at restaurants: A mystery for diners in IrelandPricewatch: Can you be sure the person who served you will receive your gratuity?Mon Apr 15 2019 - 06:00
Table for one: The rise of the solo diner in Irish restaurantsDining alone is a growing trend, a true test of hospitality and the list of wines by the glassSat Apr 13 2019 - 06:00
Ramen Kitchen, Dublin: It looked so promising. Then the food arrivedConsistency is everything in small places, and with ramen there’s nowhere to hideSat Apr 13 2019 - 06:00
What is social prescribing and how it can benefit your healthGP referrals to local amenities give patients a sense of connection and belongingTue Apr 09 2019 - 07:01
Lucky Tortoise, Dublin: Cheap and creative food from a Dublin pop-up that’s gone permanentCrowd-pleasing Korean, Chinese and Japanese small plates will tempt you backSat Apr 06 2019 - 06:30
