10 wine bar rooms in Dublin we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Dublin | Wine Bar across every city.
Dublin's wine bars pair a serious by-the-glass list with small plates designed to keep the bottles flowing. Loose Canon and Frank's in the south city centre lead the natural-leaning wave, while Amy Austin nearby is a long-running favourite. The Piglet in Temple Bar and the established Ely Wine Bar round out a category that has grown sharply in recent years.
Amy Austin ★ 4.4
south-city-centre · Unit 1, Dublin 2
Amy Austin on Drury Street in Dublin, a thirty-seat Bib Gourmand wine bar inside the car-park entrance, sixteen wines on tap and small plates.
Loose Canon ★ 4.8
south-city-centre · 29 Drury Street, Dublin 2, D02 RX95
Loose Canon on Drury Street in Dublin 2, a low-intervention wine bar pouring small-grower European bottles and toasted-cheese flatbreads, the southside.
Frank's ★ 4.6
south-city-centre · 22 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2
Frank's on Camden Street in Dublin 2, a tiny low-intervention wine bar in a former pork shop with one large communal table, around 100 organic and biodynamic.
Amy Austin ★ 4.5
south-city-centre · Unit 1, Dublin 2
Amy Austin on Drury Street in Dublin is the Drury Street Car Park wine bar, with sixteen taps and a Bib Gourmand small-plates menu that draws the south-side.
The Piglet ★ 4.3
temple-bar · 5 Cow's Lane, Dublin 8
Piglet Wine Bar on Cow's Lane in Temple Bar, an Italian-leaning wine bar from Enrico Fantasia of Grape Circus, cicchetti and small plates with European.
Note ★ 4.2
south-city-centre · 26 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 FX09
Note on Fenian Street in Dublin 2, a tiny bistro and wine bar opened in 2022 with a sixty-plus bottle list of natural wines and grower champagnes.
Ely Wine Bar ★ 4.1
south-city-centre · 22 Ely Place, Dublin 2, D02 AH73
Ely Wine Bar on Ely Place in Dublin 2, Erik and Michelle Robson's wine room since 1999, an Old World list and Robson family organic Irish beef from Co Clare.
Fade Street Social ★ 4.0
south-city-centre · Fade Street, Dublin 2, D02 KC60
Fade Street Social in Dublin 2, Dylan McGrath's three-room gastro bar over a Fade Street courtyard, a Mediterranean wine list and small-plates dinner.
Etto ★ 4.7
south-city-centre · 18 Merrion Row, Dublin 2, D02 A316
Etto on Merrion Row in Dublin 2, a Bib Gourmand Italian-leaning wine bar with the best by-the-glass list south of the Liffey and a kitchen that backs it up.
Note ★ 4.5
south-city-centre · 26 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 FX09
Note is a wine bar room in South City Centre. Small room; arrive early. Friday and Saturday fill quickly. Walk from Pearse Street Station in four minutes.