Very popular with brunching shoppers (there are always a few European dishes on the conveyor belt), as well as with Dublin's sushi lovers, Aya is a slick,...

The owners of this fashionable café have a good pedigree: restaurants and fashion have featured strongly in their lives. They drive fast cars, have pretty...

A sassy metropolitan bistro with a particularly good line in seafood, Bleu serves high-quality casual food with a twist. Its fans rave about the fare but...

The rather cramped guest rooms of this sophisticated hotel on Drury Street feature dark purple and muted gold colour schemes that will look lovely to some,...

This traditional hotel is saved from feeling stuffy or dated by a strong sense of class. The rooms are distributed across three Georgian buildings and exude...

The family-owned Cassidy's Hotel is across the street from the historic Gate Theatre, and within about ten minutes' walk of Temple Bar and Dame Street's...

With its dramatic vaulted ceiling, its discreet, secluded vibe and its excellent wines, the Cellar certainly lives up to its name. It's an immaculate...

Yes, it's a chain hotel, and big with business travellers; but don't be put off. This is an excellent hotel: great looking, well run, fabulous location,...

This cosy old-timer is always busy. Try to book the snug table on the left as you walk in (No.21) - it's one of the nicest spots in town. Staff are lovely...

Basement restaurants have to work a lot harder than their ground-floor colleagues - they need to lure their punters with a guarantee of good food, rather...

Full of politicos and men in suits, this is one of the best places for a boozy lunch (and somewhere you could easily end up buying dinner at too - time...

Cosy and smart, with brick walls, oversized armchairs and little nooks and crannies to sink into, Ely boasts a vast wine list that is possibly the best in...

Likely as not, your mouth will already be watering when you reach the restaurant of this foodie institution (you enter the building via the superb deli on...

Standing nobly at the top of the hill overlooking the village of Dalkey, the Fitzpatrick is a regal-looking place that does indeed look like a castle....