Mickael Viljanen’s restaurant is a stylish, elegant spot decorated with eye-catching art, where superb service complements truly top-drawer cooking. Prime luxury ingredients – like Donegal lobster or Limousin sweetbreads – are the bedrock of the menu, prepared using classic French techniques combined with subtle modern touches. The chef’s creativity and personality shine through in perfectly balanced, immaculately executed dishes with sublime natural flavours and beautiful presentation. The 'Irish Coffee' is made in the dining room and is, like everything else, an experience to remember.

4.5km

BORGO

Italian · Bib

€€

Transplanting the Italian osteria to the Irish capital, this former bank has no trouble filling its large space with an almighty buzz from the many happy diners feasting on its simply delicious cooking. The enticing menu ranges from sourdough pizzette to homemade pastas and a wood-fired section showcasing prime fish and meat. The generous, well-priced plates have an honest simplicity to them, with recognisable dishes cooked with skill and packing in plenty of flavour. For dessert, consider the polenta cake with seasonal fruit.

4.2km

HERA

International

€€

Forming part of JUNO, a larger red-brick pub where you can enjoy a pre-dinner Guinness, this bustling gastropub comes with wood panelling, soft lighting and a subtle elegance. Its menu has a pub-cooking base but is given some enticing international twists. Take the classic Scotch egg, for instance, which might come in a lamb and harissa form, or perhaps a chorizo version with preserved lemon and basil aioli. High-quality Irish ingredients, from Carlingford oysters to Achill lamb, underpin the dishes’ success. To finish, the brown butter and miso tart is a real treat.

3.7km

Mr Fox

Modern Cuisine

€€€

The basement of a red-brick Georgian townhouse plays host to this this welcoming restaurant, whose soft furnishings tie in with the colour scheme and the ornately patterned floor tiles. Cooking comes in the form of either an à la carte or a set chef's choice menu, with both of them containing fresh, flavoursome dishes. Prime Irish produce is a feature, such as wild venison with smoked blackberry, but so are global flavours and techniques in the likes of tempura langoustine with yuzu kosho. Service comes from a charming team.

4.6km

McDonald's

Restaurant

Fast food

844m

KFC

Restaurant

Fast food

1.4km

Mizzoni's Pizza

pizza

Pizza

1.4km

McDonald's

Restaurant

Fast food

1.7km

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