Disclaimer, I’m not the sound vegan in question. I fall into the former camp – a lentil-wielding gombeen filling your social media feeds with shaky footage of myself attempting to prepare plant-based meals and proclaiming “I’m actually really happy with how this turned out”, whilst standing over a mess of spinach and nutritional yeast. Along […]

2 years ago

Stuck on where to eat this month? Something that struck me when looking back on our vegan-friendly list of last year was that so many of them have unfortunately closed down a year onwards – the likes of Bear Paw Deli, Yum Grub, Woke Cup café, and Thanks Plants have all shut down since we […]

2 years ago

As Ireland continues to be battered by storm after storm, there’s one place we want to be. Cosied up in a pub corner by a roaring fire with a hot whiskey. Or a pint. Or whatever you’re having yourself, really. If you’ve spent the Christmas period at your parents house, wearing every fluffy sock in your […]

2 years ago

If dry January is on the horizon for you, stand-up is a great way to enjoy a night out without having to get on the pints. While Dublin has always enjoyed a thriving stand-up scene, in the years since the pandemic we’ve seen an influx of new clubs and there’s potential to see live comedy […]

2 years ago

It’s time for pizza by the pi-load and pastel de nata by the truck-load to make way for some new supremes As we bid farewell to 2023, the year that will no doubt go down as one of the longest in history, here at Lovin we’re looking to the future. As people who follow the […]

2 years ago

“We cannot put into words how full our hearts are”. Long before the introduction of flat whites and rivalling oat milk companies, Simon’s Place stood proudly on George’s Street serving up comforting frothy coffees and neatly packaged sambos for Dubliners en masse. It’s widely regarded as a Dublin institution, and over the past few days […]

2 years ago

Let’s see if the nation’s No.1 is the same as yours. Mars Ireland has released the results of a poll on the question we all want answered, this holiday season – what is the most popular Celebrations chocolate? To mark 40 years of operations in Ireland, the company asked a research company to conduct a […]

2 years ago

Bidding 2023 a fond farewell. We’re about to come to the end of another year at Lovin Dublin, but taking inspo from Spotify Wrapped, we’ve decided to have a look at our stats and pick out some of our most read stories, to see what was most tickling the fancy of our audience. The list […]

2 years ago

Gone but never forgotten. A recent comment proclaiming that Lovin Dublin is an obituary page to Dublin businesses has not left my mind since reading it (so, you know, fair play dear commenter) and while I do maintain that we cover over double the openers to closures in this city, we did unfortunately say goodbye […]

2 years ago

Some more spots to add to your ever-growing notes app list in 2024 It’s been a funny aul year for hospitality in the city, with closure numbers of established and beloved businesses growing at an uncomfortable rate. These closures are not to be swept to the side, these are livelihoods, futures and legacies that have […]

2 years ago

Watch as my entire salary goes on music gigs next year. In the same way every tv show that has ever been popular has faced or is facing a reboot (Gossip Girl, Prison Break, Gilmore Girls, to name but a few) all the music of our youth is making a 2020s comeback, and unlike the […]

2 years ago

Axe-throwing might be the next big trend, like sea swimming or going to the sauna. We seem to be a county in need of releasing some pent up feelings, with a rage room opening in Ballyfermot only a few weeks ago, and now a UK axe-throwing company having recently launched in Smithfield, called Game of […]

2 years ago