Best Places to Eat in Dublin

It’s something we get asked every day: Can you recommend somewhere that’s really good to eat? Oh, and not too far away? Yes, we can.

From the multi-award winning, Michelin Star restaurants to the highly, highly recommended, here’s our guide to the best places to eat in Dublin. And they are all very, very close to the Fitzwilliam Hotel on St Stephen’s Green.

Glovers Alley

This Michelin Star dining heaven is perfectly positioned on our first floor. Andy Mc Fadden and his team are creating some of Dublin’s most exciting plates served in this most stunning dining rooms.

Peploe’s

Peploe’s St. Stephen’s Green is very close to the hotel. In fact, you can see it from some of the guestrooms when the trees are bare.

It’s a lovely restaurant in the basement of a big Georgian house. Refurbished in August 2017 to a bright, contemporary New York brasserie style. Great food, cocktails and super service. Our standards are high but book a table here and you’ll soon see why we like it so much. Make sure to book a table in advance.

Fade Street Social

Fade Street Social is celebrity chef Dylan McGrath’s baby and it was voted Best Restaurant in Dublin by TripAdvisor readers. That should come as no surprise.

We like it because it’s informal and relaxed but with really great food – and it’s got an interesting name. And roof terrace. It’s located in an area that is very busy with big and beautiful bars so be ready to make a night of it.

Saba

Saba is an award-winning Thai and Chinese wine bar and restaurant about four minutes’ walk from your hotel (assuming you’re staying with us, of course).

It offers “Asian food in a youthful feeling room with polished concrete floors and carved wooden partitions”. However you feel about that, we can tell you that the food here is simply terrific so go for it.

FIRE Steakhouse & Bar

Fire steakhouse and bar is right beside the city’s Mansion House and about five minute’s walking from the Fitzwilliam. It’s a really beautiful room – high ceilings, bright with big windows – with good food prepared without fuss.

Our guests like it a lot as do those on TripAdvisor and other reviewers. There are some good bars across the road too so make a night of it. Or a day.

Forest Avenue

In the other direction, across St Stephen’s Green and up Leeson Street, is the leisurely dining experience that is Forest Avenue. It hails itself as a “neighbourhood dining room run by passionate husband and wife team John and Sandy Wyer”.

Named after the street where Sandy grew up in Queens, New York. It serves modern food using excellent seasonal ingredients in really relaxed, informal surroundings.

Marco Pierre White

If you didn’t know, Marco Pierre White is a celebrity chef and his steakhouse and grill is about seven minutes’ walk away from us. It’s really nice, busy yet relaxed. It gets a mixed crown of regulars, office workers and groups out on the town.

It’s on a busy corner of a busy street and that gives it a nice energy. Of course, the food is really, really good (we wouldn’t have included it if it wasn’t). Enjoy.

Vintage Kitchen

Vintage Kitchen is another hugely liked restaurant in Dublin. It presents “modern Irish dishes in a relaxed, vintage-style bring-your-own-bottle restaurant”.

It’s so retro and vintage that, in fact, you can also bring-your-own-vinyl records to play. Don’t let that put you off though – it’s great and it’s on Poolbeg Street which, although a bit of a longer walk, is beside one of our favourite pubs, Mulligans.

Delahunt

TripAdvisor, the critics and our guests really rate Delahunt, a contemporary Irish restaurant and bar just up the road from us on Camden Street. It’s a really nicely renovated space with an old Dublin restaurant feel, although the food is anything but.

James Joyce talked about the old Delahunt of Camden Street in Ulysses so we suggest adding it to your itinerary. It will give you another great story for your next party.

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Public Transport

There is a regular bus service called “Aircoach”” departing from Dublin Airport every 15 minutes from 10 past the hour. The nearest stop to The Fitzwilliam Hotel is Grafton Street, near Trinity College which is a 10 minute stroll from the hotel. An adult ticket costs €7.00 per person or €14.00 p.p. return. Alternatively a taxi will cost approximately €30.00. The taxi rank is located outside Terminal 1 on the arrival level. Travel time is approximately 30 minutes.

Private Transport

We can arrange a transfer from Dublin Airport to The Fitzwilliam Hotel by private car and driver. There are a variety of vehicles available depending on the number of guests and quantity of luggage. For more details please contact our concierge team on [email protected] or 01 4787000

Private Parking

The 5 Star Fitzwilliam Hotel in Dublin offers secure parking for hotel residents. Valet parking is provided on a complimentary basis however, an overnight charge of €25.00 is applicable.