Welcome to the Lovin Round Up, our weekly glance at the main hospitality headlines for Dublin including openers, closures and everything in between. This week we’ve seen the city welcome a new brunch spot and Thai restaurant, and sadly say goodbye to a popular wedding venue and café. Here are the main stories from the […]

3 years ago

Welcome to the L List, our weekly round up of things we’re Lovin in Dublin across food, culture and craic. This week, the Grafton Street chandeliers have been reflecting off the space helmets of mannequins in BT’s Christmas display, one of our favourite Dublin pasta spots has announced they’re now doing brunch and I had […]

3 years ago

Big news. Huge. There isn’t an Instagram feed in Dublin that’s been safe from snaps of Sprezzatura’s carbonara, blue cheese mafaldine and arancini balls over the last couple of years, and with good reason. Since opening in 2019 Sprez have firmly established themselves as the go-to spot for pasta in Dublin, due in part to […]

3 years ago

Get into the Christmas spirit – or to be precise, the Christmas wine – with a once-off wine tasting happening this month It’s hard to spot the flaw when it comes to attending a wine tasting, lashings of wine, a few nibbles and a nice dollop of education to throw into the mix. With the […]

3 years ago

Because of course there is. Have you ever looked at your pup and thought to yourself “wow, little Rover here could really benefit from an eggs benny and a mimosa or two with the boys”? If so, we’ve got the event for you. Fourth Corner are hosting a Dog Brunch at the end of this […]

3 years ago

Something to look forward to in the New Year. This is big news for lovers of Korean food. I tried Jaru during the first lockdown all the way back in March 2020 when it was running a takeaway service in the Nutgrove area, and I was completely blown away by the food. Having had […]

3 years ago

6 years after opening in Dublin 7, Two Boys Brew have welcomed a brand new spot in Dublin 9. For exactly a year now we’ve been getting little sneak peeks of the new spot from Two Boys Brew, and now it’s finally here. Milo’s has opened in Drumcondra as of Monday 14th November, and […]

3 years ago

A gorge new spot for some food and a tipple for Ballsbridge locals. The Park Café has finally opened in Ballsbridge. Chef Richard Corrigan of the Virginia Park Lodge in Cavan has opened this new bar and bistro in the heart of Dublin 4. According to their website, The Park Café has a simple […]

3 years ago

Indo-chine is Leeson Street’s newest restaurant, a cosy Dublin 4 spot that focuses on the robust, exotic flavours and techniques of the East. A few months ago we reported on the much loved French restaurant Le Perroquet closing at its spot on Leeson Street. The French cuisine spot went into that good night quite quietly, […]

3 years ago

No Day of the Dead celebration would be complete without some authentic, and more importantly, spicy Mexican food, and these molletes are just the ticket. November 2nd marks Day of the Dead, or el Día de los Muertos, a Mexican holiday that remembers friends and family members that have passed on. Day of the Dead […]

3 years ago

Caught in the rain without an umbrella? It’s an occupational hazard getting caught in an unforgiving downpour in this weather, and yet, it always seems to come out of the blue for us. Forgive us for wanting to live recklessly and leave the house without a brolly, even in a country as rainy as […]

3 years ago

And they’ve got a brand new name too! It’s been a difficult couple of months, for many reasons, one of which that Dillinger’s has been shut since the beginning of August. With so many hospitality locations being forced to close recently, we were genuinely getting concerned that we would never see them open again […]

3 years ago