# restaurants

All time

'When you or I sit down in a restaurant, we need to know our tips are going directly to staff'

When a customer provides a tip after satisfactory service, they should know exactly where that money goes, writes Minister Regina Doherty.

25.2k

Jun 16th 2019, 6:30 AM

# Pay Up

Restaurants and bars that don't display their tips policy will face fines of up to €2,500

An amendment to the law is to be introduced to ensure tips go to the employee.

40.2k

Jun 16th 2019, 6:00 AM

# Fare City

From cheese to chimichurri: 22 innovative Dublin restaurants changing the way we eat in 2019

The capital’s food culture is changing. Here are the places pushing it forward.

15.8k

Jan 30th 2019, 4:11 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Will the hospitality VAT hike make you go to restaurants less?

The 9% VAT rate for hotels, restaurants and hairdressing was increased to 13.5% in last year’s budget.

24.4k

Jan 3rd 2019, 8:37 AM

# Michelin Guide

These three Cork restaurants have just received Michelin stars for the first time

Ireland records 14 Michelin Star recipients this year, including three new names.

38.0k

Oct 1st 2018, 7:45 PM

# Water Charges

'Nonsensical': Restaurants are fighting an EU bid to mandate free tap water for all

Trade groups believe a European proposal will unfairly burden businesses.

23.1k

Jul 22nd 2018, 7:03 AM

# Dublin

Burger chain Five Guys is opening a joint in Swords Pavilions' new 'restaurant quarter'

The €3.3 million development is due to be completed by the end of the year.

32.8k

Jun 16th 2018, 5:30 PM

# mount merrion

A plan by restaurant mogul Paddy McKillen Jnr to revamp two south Dublin joints hits a roadblock

The Press Up Group wants to demolish and rebuild the Union Café and Kennedy’s in Mount Merrion.

27.4k

May 12th 2018, 5:30 PM

# restaurants

Poll shows support for ban on smoking outdoors near food

Would you agree with a ban?

20.4k

Feb 25th 2018, 10:01 PM

# hall of shame

A new county has topped the table of Ireland's dirtiest restaurants and takeaways for 2017

Take a bow Donegal.

130k

Jan 14th 2018, 12:05 AM

# working 9 to 5

Failure to pay holiday pay and the minimum wage: 83 businesses brought to court this year over employment breaches

The majority of the prosecutions above relate to businesses in the food and drink sector.

17.8k

Nov 4th 2017, 7:30 AM

# feast your eyes

Here's how a top chef plates their food

“Just keep it simple.”

23.7k

Apr 16th 2017, 8:00 PM

# lunch crunch

Poll: How much should you tip on a meal?

Your daily bite-sized ballot break.

51.1k

Apr 10th 2017, 12:45 PM

# food closures

Tapas restaurant and grocery among six food outlets served with closure orders in March

A prohibition order and successful prosecution was also handed out by the HSE last month.

41.5k

Apr 6th 2017, 12:00 PM

# deep clean needed

Cockroaches, raw sewage, and a live rodent - here's why Irish food businesses were shut down in 2016

62 Irish restaurants and takeaways were shut last year for an awful lot of different reasons.

41.5k

Mar 13th 2017, 12:05 AM

# revealed

Ireland's dirtiest restaurants and takeaways: Here's where they are

Some counties have a far worse record than others.

149k

Mar 12th 2017, 7:30 AM

# super mr farrell

Meet the man behind some of Dublin's trendiest restaurants who doesn't want a Michelin star

Dillinger’s owner John Farrell plans to open two new restaurants before the year is out.

42.7k

Mar 11th 2017, 6:31 PM

# Food Safety

Pizza and Mexican restaurants among food outlets served with closure orders last month

The FSAI said some businesses are “potentially putting consumers’ health at serious risk”.

43.0k

Mar 8th 2017, 12:06 PM

# eat up

This is what the food looks like in the 'world's best restaurant'

It’s not cheap, though.

29.5k

Dec 11th 2016, 6:52 PM

# dublin and dingle

These are the 10 best restaurants in Ireland*

*According to TripAdvisor.

70.0k

Oct 18th 2016, 2:28 PM

# stars in their eyes

What does it take to win a Michelin star?

Good food, for a start.

17.5k

Oct 8th 2016, 8:00 PM

# On the Move

Japan's solution to queues? Self-driving chairs

They’re being tested at certain restaurants.

15.2k

Oct 1st 2016, 3:00 PM

# Poll

Poll: Will calorie counts on menus make you think twice about what you order?

The government’s action to tackle obesity was launched this week by the Health Minister Simon Harris.

25.5k

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Sep 24th 2016, 9:30 AM

# brexit wounds

"Thousands of jobs threatened" in Irish pubs and restaurants following Brexit

Two reports published today have highlighted the stretched nature of the hospitality sector following June’s Brexit vote.

34.4k

Sep 12th 2016, 8:31 AM

# we want plates

10 times restaurants took the absolute piss serving their food

Oh, for the love of God.

7.2k

Jun 16th 2016, 10:34 AM

# Two-star

Michelin-starred chef apologises after his restaurant is savaged in a review

“It is imperative that we improve and evolve every day. We constantly examine ourselves, our menu, our service and our standards.”

47.7k

Jan 28th 2016, 11:48 AM

# Weight-er

A heavy waiter could make you order extra food

A new study suggests that diners take social cues from their servers.

9.0k

Jan 8th 2016, 6:02 AM

# Eating Out

11 exciting new places to eat in Dublin in 2016

They all opened last year, and they all want you to eat in them.

40.7k

Jan 6th 2016, 6:40 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Would you be happy to pay €1 for a glass of tap water in restaurants?

Restaurants are expected to pass some of the cost on to consumers when Irish Water increases commercial rates for businesses.

36.8k

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Nov 29th 2015, 11:37 AM

# Cheers

These are the best pubs, restaurants and hotels in Ireland, apparently

Do you agree?

51.8k

Oct 19th 2015, 5:29 PM

# very special requests

10 people who know exactly what they want, and aren't afraid to ask

You really have to admire them.

251k

Oct 16th 2015, 6:07 PM

# so much food

9 times restaurants had absolutely no chill

Surely nobody could eat this much. SURELY.

12.6k

Oct 12th 2015, 6:32 PM

# What recession?

12 signs Dublin is really and truly losing the run of itself

Fizzy crisps anyone? Killer fades?

14.8k

Sep 29th 2015, 1:20 PM

# Too Rich

Nine outrageously expensive menu items you can buy around the world

You can get a €732 scoop of ice cream featuring edible 23-carat gold flakes in Dubai.

29.8k

Sep 13th 2015, 6:00 PM

Voices

Should restaurants ban kids? Maybe not, but it's time for a line to be drawn

Let’s face it: the current politically correct, free-for-all approach isn’t working.

1.5k

Jul 29th 2015, 5:00 PM

# kitchen crisis

There's a massive shortage of chefs in Ireland

Restaurant owners say 5,000 additional trainee chefs are needed each year.

16.3k

Jul 28th 2015, 1:32 PM

# turned away

A new Irish app will help you find a table for dinner in Dublin, right when you need it

Sounds useful enough.

6.7k

Jul 27th 2015, 9:52 AM

# hot tip

So, who exactly should you be tipping in Ireland?

Your bartender? Your hairdresser? WHO?

20.6k

Jul 21st 2015, 6:18 PM

# meat-eaters

7 vegetarian spots to take your carnivore friends in Dublin

No, it doesn’t need a bit of meat to be a meal…

12.9k

Jul 11th 2015, 11:00 AM

# snap it up

12 of Dublin's most Instagrammable restaurants and pubs

Take a picture. It’ll last longer.

14.2k

Jul 5th 2015, 1:00 PM