Eat out in style: 10 classy Irish diningrooms to add a side of glamour
The architecture and ambience of these elegant restaurants complement and enhance their first-class food offerings
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Ten restaurants around Ireland worth travelling to for a unique experience
Destination restaurants: It’s well worth travelling to these restaurants for the unique dining experiences they offer
The best restaurants to visit in Britain and continental Europe right now
Tim Magee dines out for a living, and these are the best restaurants he has been to outside Ireland this year
A chef’s Parisian picks: Kevin Burke of Library Street’s recommendations for eating and drinking in Paris
Visiting the French capital and wondering about bars and restaurants? Forget Google, this is the only list you will need
Hidden by One Society restaurant review: Delightful Dublin neighbourhood spot with tasty food and keen prices
The pizza, the atmosphere and the wine flights make this Smithfield venue the perfect place for a casual bite
Eating out: 19 of the best new restaurants to try around Ireland now
Brand new Irish restaurants, together with some reopenings, revamps, and a Storm Babet-enforced reincarnation
Irish chefs return to the kitchen in post-Covid bounce
Fáilte Ireland research has identified a softening of difficulty in filling key hospitality roles, although staff concerns linger
Forget TripAdvisor and Google reviews: How leading Irish chefs find the best restaurants when travelling abroad
Ten chefs share their top tips for finding the best tables overseas
First Look: The Unicorn Restaurant reopens on Merrion Row
It brought pasta to the Irish and was favoured haunt of politicians and celebrities. Now it’s back for party season
The camera eats first: The impact of TikTok on Ireland’s restaurant scene
Such is social media platform TikTok’s impact on restaurant culture that for some eateries the app is as critical as cutlery, while for foodie content creators it’s a career maker
Great restaurants around Ireland for a night out
If you want to make a night of it, here’s where food, wine and interesting surroundings get top billing. Is there DJ in a bright orange booth too? Of course
Marseilles is having a moment: The best places to eat and drink around the French city
An influx of young chefs is putting the edgy Mediterranean city on the culinary map with smart restaurants and trendy wine bars
Galway loses another restaurant: ‘I had depression for one month. This was my dream. But we have to close’
The couple behind Polka Polish Cuisine say high overheads and a drop in diners due to the cost of living have made their business untenable
Chapter One chef Mickael Viljanen: ‘I was meant to stay in Ireland for a year and that’s 24 years ago’
Finnish chef Mickael Viljanen has pioneered fine dining in Ireland since the noughties. He talks Michelin stars, short-sighted government and carvery lunch
Zero Zero Pizza takeaway review: Neapolitan-style pizza that takes itself seriously
Authentic Italian bases nicely mottled with a char, and good flavour
100 great restaurants, cafes and places to eat in Ireland 2024
Corinna Hardgrave and Joanne Cronin have searched the country to find the best of restaurants to try around Ireland this winter
Award-winning Skerries restaurant Potager set to close
Owners Cathal Leonard and Sarah Ryan say they are shutting down after almost six years in business
Chef Ryan O’Sullivan: ‘I was like, I have to get back to the States and make something of myself’
O’Sullivan, who hails from Cork, won season 22 of Gordon Ramsay’s US television show Hell’s Kitchen
‘This will be the first year in 58 we’ve never managed to turn a profit’: Irish hospitality sector at breaking point
From VAT increases and Covid closures to rising labour costs, business owners talk about sleepless nights over the uncertainty of working in the industry
Four ideas to save Ireland’s pubs, restaurants and cafes
If we don’t do something, in Dublin especially, generic international chains and brands will fill the empty spaces
Five economic battlegrounds that could affect the next election result
From house prices to cost of living, the Government and Opposition parties need to win on these issues during any upcoming campaign
Changing career midlife: ‘At 45 I thought I was finished... But it didn’t even occur to me that I could do anything else’
More and more people are opting to switch professions in midlife. We talk to three people who have taken the plunge
Restaurants battle for survival: ‘The business has changed, Fridays and Mondays are gone’
More than 600 restaurants have closed in 2024 as rising costs and pandemic-related debt take their toll
Tempura House takeaway review: A cut above your typical Japanese fare
A new Rathmines restaurant and takeaway with an extensive menu that includes tempura, sushi and gyoza
Koda restaurant review: It’s easy to see why this south Dublin spot is becoming a neighbourhood favourite
This new Dublin neighbourhood restaurant is already a big favourite with locals
‘Hospitality demand is there, but there is no margin anymore’
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Georgina Campbell Awards 2024: Ireland’s best fine dining restaurant, chef, hotels and more revealed
Awards highlight ‘resilience, determination and collaborative spirit’ of those working through ‘challenging time’ in industry
‘We moved in with each other after seven days. We got engaged after eight months’
Kilkenny is now home to Nicole Server, from the Philippines, and Bart Pawlukojc, from Poland
Michelin-star chef JP McMahon: We’re looking at Irish food in a new way and we’re very much part of the Nordic food movement
JP McMahon is a Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur and author. He lives and works in Galway
Peploe’s restaurant review: No trends and fads, just confident French bistro fare that keeps the patrons coming back
Only the lemon meringue pie let things down in a very cheerful menu of staples
Mark Moriarty: ‘I loved the whole kitchen atmosphere. I loved the weird people, all these introverts’
Chef talks about on learning to work smarter, not harder; the worst dish he’s ever eaten; and impending fatherhood
Carved takeaway review: in search of the perfect sandwich in D4
Make sure to get in ahead of the lunch rush – this chef-led outlet is popular
How will the Apple tax ruling affect Ireland’s relationship with other multinationals?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Food on a student budget: our pick of the best dining-out deals for college students
As the college year begins, we’ve scoured the country for some of the best budget food offers out there
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