Over 3000 nominations have been cast over the last week from Dubliner’s submitting their all time favourite food spots and chefs in seven very important categories. Brunch was by far and away the most popular with 1000 nominations alone and today we are very happy to announce the short lists for the awards. We’ll be handing […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Kale Potato Some nice mushrooms Garlic Chili Bacon bits Eggs You always feel tempted to go out and have brunch in one of the best sports in town but nothing comes close to cooking it yourself for you and your friends. This recipe couldn’t be much easier and it is designed for creating a restaurant […]

10 years ago

To celebrate the opening of Dublin’s newest cool all-day dining establishment, the team in Balfes want to treat one lucky Lovin Dublin reader to a seriously cool prize this weekend. Balfes is a slick new eatery in the heart of Dublin 2 with Parisian and New York influences. A really gorgeous outdoor terrace and a seriously […]

10 years ago

After doing a piece on the best places to go for a cup of coffee near the web summit someone mentioned that this cafe should have been on the list. Having never heard of the place before I immediately checked out their Facebook page and after a good 10 minutes of food porn I decided […]

10 years ago

As part of our Lovin Dublin Show Live event on the 24th of November we’ll be presenting 7 very special food awards for the very best in class throughout the Dublin food scene. We want to have an incredibly transparent process which will include a combination of the opinions of our expert judges, votes from Dubliners and […]

10 years ago

Eating out can be expensive but one way that restaurants have been known to get people through the doors is by using an Early Bird or Pre-Theatre Menu. The logic here is that the restaurant will get two sittings out of their tables and help ramp up their revenue. The dishes served are often lunch […]

10 years ago

Today we are happy to announce something we’ve been working very hard on for the last few months. The Lovin Dublin Show Live. It’s going to be a very special night of entertainment and celebrating the very best that Dublin has to offer. The event will have a strong food backbone but it will appeal to […]

10 years ago

I probably sound like a broken record when talking about hotels in Dublin but we simply don’t have anything cutting edge that can compete with the likes of London, New York or Berlin. We have nice spots like The Merrion, The Shelbourne and The Morrison but we don’t have the same breed of new edgy hotels tailored to […]

10 years ago

Bank Holidays pop up every once in a while as a thing of sheer beauty, but they’ve a way of throwing you out of your routine, especially with the clocks going back and it getting darker this October. If we’re honest, we’d admit that our brains are all over the place at the moment and […]

10 years ago

f there is one thing we’ve learnt about you readers it is that you are all obsessed with brunch. With Dublin offering an increasingly large and varied selection of brunch options we thought it would be only right to refine them down and help you find a brunch for the specific occasion you were after. We think […]

10 years ago

It’s that time of the week again where we round up the best photos taken during the week under the #LovinDublin hashtag. There are over 8,000 photos there and it is a wonderful way to find great places to eat, restaurant reviews and new stuff happening in the city. It seems the quality of photos is just […]

10 years ago

It’s the weekend before the bank holiday and while some of you might be saving your pennies up for a weekend away next week, many of you won’t have that problem and are looking for a weekend as good as any other. Well luckily there’s loads of great events on this weekend from dinner pop […]

10 years ago