A pile of fried eggs, rashers of bacon, sausages, black pudding, white pudding, grilled tomato, mushrooms and brown soda bread, the morning-after Dublin reset, eaten with strong tea.
The full Irish derives from the British full breakfast tradition but added two Irish-specific components: black pudding (a blood sausage made with oats) and white pudding (a non-blood version with oats and pork). The Cork city black pudding tradition (Clonakilty especially) supplies most Dublin kitchens. The plate became the standard B and B breakfast in the 1970s and survives as the all-day breakfast in cafes from the Bakehouse to Bewley's. Soda bread instead of toast is the city's preference.
4 editor picks for Full Irish breakfast in Dublin, ranked by editorial score. All Dublin signature dishes · Full Irish breakfast across every city.
Brother Hubbard North ★ 4.5
north-inner-city · 153 Capel Street, Dublin 1, D01 V9V0
Brother Hubbard North on Capel Street in Dublin 1, Garrett FitzGerald and James Boland's original Middle Eastern brunch room, the Capel Street weekend anchor.
Queen of Tarts ★ 4.3
south-city-centre · 4 Cork Hill, Dublin 2, D02 E096
Queen of Tarts on Cork Hill in Dublin 2, the Fallon sisters' 1998 patisserie steps from City Hall, now under Il Valentino owners and the city's reference for a Sunday tart.
The Bakehouse ★ 4.0
north-inner-city · 6 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1
The Bakehouse on Bachelors Walk in Dublin 1, a quayside bakery and cafe serving classic Irish brown bread, soda farls and an all-day fry-up on the river.
Bewley's Cafe Grafton Street ★ 4.0
south-city-centre · 78-79 Grafton Street, Dublin 2
Bewley's Cafe on Grafton Street in Dublin, the Ernest Bewley grand cafe since 1927, restored across three floors, the city's heritage tea-room and lunch room.