Food Reviews

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  Follow Lucinda O’Sullivan’s culinary trip in the south and taste some of the finest pub grub, food truck and restaurant fare on offer

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  Restaurant review: Brave Japanese reinvention of this city stalwart pays off – but the luxury add-ons are pricey

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  Life Magazine

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: The Carriage House at Maynooth’s Carton House serves up a masterclass in five-star casual dining

• Katy McGuinness

  Restaurant review: The food at the revamped Park Kenmare is as exquisite as the Sean Scully paintings on the walls – it’s just a shame we can’t see them

  

• Life Magazine

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s review: With high-end food at low prices, The Sea Rooms at Kelly’s Hotel is superb on all counts

  

• Katy McGuinness

  Restaurant review: It’s not dinner, but this new suburban wine bar has tasty nibbles and bags of local charm

  

• Lucinda O'Sullivan

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: Fabulous Floritz brings a golden touch to 22 St Stephen’s Green

  

• Katy McGuinness

  Restaurant review: There is a new buzz in the dining room and the classic food falls into my ‘Perfect for Paddy’ category

  

• Life Magazine

  30 best al fresco eats: Lucinda O’Sullivan's pick of the tastiest outdoor dining experiences across the country

  

• Life Magazine

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: At L’Enoteca di Napoli calamari tasting like wallpaper paste is served with an attitude of doing you a favour

  

• Katy McGuinness

  Restaurant review: Ambitious new concept dining at Floritz on St Stephen’s Green is super glam – but you’ll need deep pockets

  

• Lucinda O'Sullivan

  Lucinda O’Sullivan's restaurant review: Wine bar Le Petit Renard’s menu is sparse with hefty mark ups - are the big bucks now in Kimmage?

  

• Katy McGuinness

  Restaurant review: ‘If you’re charging a tenner for a sandwich, it had better be good, and these cheffy sambos are’

• Life Magazine

  Lucinda O’Sullivan goes on a food safari around Dublin’s newest casual dining spots and finds dumplings, spice bags and more

• Katy McGuinness

  Restaurant review: ‘This old favourite never wavers from the very high standards it set itself when it opened a decade ago’

• Life Magazine

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: Beat a path to Ingredient, a summer pop-up in seaside town Skerries

• Katy McGuinness

  Restaurant review: Tang is already a lunch favourite – but its new dinner menu, served on one of Dublin’s best summer terraces, is a delight

• Lucinda O'Sullivan

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: China Sichuan is the original and best – they even can even create magic from turnips!

• Katy McGuinness

  Restaurant review: The ‘always open’ Two Faced is filling a gap but some of the pricing may prove controversial

• Life Magazine

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: Lucas has that easy, drop-in feel you want from a Spanish wine bar

• Katy McGuinness

  Dede restaurant review: ‘Here’s the argument in favour of a meal that’s going to cost you in the region of €500 for two...’

• Lucinda O'Sullivan

  Lucinda O’Sullivan: It’s called September but this new Blackrock cafe/wine bar is the essence of summer by the sea

• Katy McGuinness

  Sadler’s restaurant review: ‘The racing on the TV and horsey memorabilia could be naff but somehow it adds to the atmosphere’

• Life Magazine

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: Esther’s in Mount Merrion offers freshly-made food in a bijou premises — I’d go back in a heartbeat

• Life Magazine

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s Hot 24: The very best Irish places for fine dining and more in summer 2024

• Katy McGuinness

  The Glass Curtain review: ‘Cashel Blue in my martini and jambons for starters – this buzzy Cork spot is pure class’

• Life Magazine

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: Peggy’s On The Green brought me back to the days when food in Ireland was abysmal

• Katy McGuinness

  Biang Biang review: A lesson in why reviewers should hold off until a restaurant has been up and running for a few weeks

• Life Magazine

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: Hankering for a good Sunday lunch? Try Wicklow's Chester Beatty Inn or Fagan’s in Dublin 9

• Katy McGuinness

  Good Day Deli review: ‘A roll call of the best ethical and organic suppliers in Cork and their fish tacos with cult status’

• Lucinda O'Sullivan

  Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: Boeuf & Frites’ €29.95 steak meal deal is a fun way to start a night out

• Katy McGuinness

  Homestead Cottage Doolin review: ‘I loved everything about this cosy Co Clare restaurant with a Michelin star and a tasting menu’