Liath is a tasting menu fine-dining restaurant in Blackrock Suburb, Dublin.
Damien Grey's two-Michelin-star fourteen-seat counter inside Blackrock Market, Co Dublin, fifteen minutes by DART from the city, Ireland's hardest.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The tasting menu only; Grey serves no choice and the kitchen runs a fixed twelve courses.
Tip: Reservations open three months ahead and disappear in minutes. Take the DART to Blackrock and walk five minutes to the market.
Address: Blackrock Market, 19a Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin, A94 V0D8
Anthony Smith's Parnell Square basement room in Dublin 1, modern Irish bistro a short walk from Chapter One, Michelin Guide listed since 2017.
Order: The pig's-head croquettes if they are on, and the eight-hour bavette with bone-marrow sauce.
Tip: The room runs Tuesday to Saturday from 17:00; the early sitting is the calm one before the post-theatre push.
Pearl Brasserie on Merrion Street in Dublin 2, Sebastien Masi and Kirsten Batt's French dining room across two decades, opposite the Merrion Hotel.
Order: The pre-theatre menu, three courses for around €50, with the foie gras starter if the season holds it.
Tip: Book a window table on the upper level; the basement booths are warmer for a long winter dinner.
Mickael Viljanen's two-Michelin-star basement on Parnell Square in Dublin, the city's most polished tasting room, French technique on luxury Irish produce.
Order: Whatever Viljanen is building on the surprise tasting menu, paired with the by-the-glass wine flight.
Tip: Reservations open in monthly windows; book the morning windows open. Lunch Thursday to Saturday is the same kitchen at lower commitment.
Patrick Guilbaud's two-Michelin-star room inside The Merrion hotel on Upper Merrion Street in Dublin, French technique on Irish produce since 1981.
Order: The lunch menu surprise at a fraction of the dinner ticket, with the Merrion's wine cellar by the glass.
Tip: Lunch Tuesday to Saturday is the easier book and the same kitchen. Jacket suggested but not enforced for men at dinner.
John and Sandy Wyer's glass-front room on Sussex Terrace in Dublin 4, finally Michelin-starred in 2026 after twelve years, named for Sandy's Queens street.
Order: The seasonal tasting menu, €75 at lunch and approaching subversive value for the kitchen behind it.
Tip: Three-course lunch from €55 Thursday to Saturday is the same kitchen at half the dinner ticket. Book the lunch slot.
Keelan and Aaron Higgs's one-Michelin-star room on Thomas Street in Dublin 8, twelve tables, an open hearth, the city's most original tasting menu.
Order: Whatever is over the fire that night and the sourdough with cultured butter.
Tip: Book at the seating window opening; the room has only twelve tables and the kitchen runs two seatings a night Wednesday to Saturday.
