Where to drink well in Dublin by the glass and the bottle: natural, classical, and worth the cab fare.
Wine bars in Dublin. natural, classical, and the grower-focused rooms worth the cab fare.
Loose Canon on Drury Street in Dublin 2, a low-intervention wine bar pouring small-grower European bottles and toasted-cheese flatbreads, the southside.
PourWhatever Riesling is on the by-the-glass list this week
WineNatural and low-intervention European wines
FoodToasted cheese and charcuterie
TipTwenty-five seats; book the back stools online. The toasted-cheese flatbread is the only menu item, two varieties weekly.
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.
PourSancerre or a daily natural orange wine
WineOld World by the glass with a French lean
FoodSnack-shaped small plates
TipWalk-in only daily; the room seats around twenty around the communal table. Arrive early Friday and Saturday.
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.
PourItalian white on tap from the daily list
WineSixteen wines on tap plus by-the-bottle range
FoodTapas-style small plates with charcuterie
TipDog-friendly; walk-ins Monday to Thursday from 17:00, Friday and Saturday from 12:30. Back banquette sits four for late.
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.
PourSicilian skin-contact white by the glass
WineEuropean natural wines, Italian-leaning
FoodItalian cicchetti, cheese, salumi
TipWalk-in for small plates; bookings from 17:30 require a minimum three dishes per person. Counter seats face the kitchen.
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.
PourBeaujolais cru by the glass
WineNatural French wines, Loire and Beaujolais focus
FoodSnacks and one nightly small plate
TipSmall room four minutes from Pearse Street Station; arrive early Friday and Saturday. Team will recommend a glass from the largely natural list.
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.
PourOld World Burgundy by the glass
WineHundred-bottle Old World list, biodynamic emphasis
FoodOrganic Irish meat from the family farm
TipTwo rooms; the basement is wine, the ground floor is the bar. Lunch by-the-glass is the value play.
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.
PourSpanish Garnacha by the glass
WineMediterranean and modern New World list
FoodGastro bar small plates and steaks
TipRoof terrace opens summer only. The Tapas Bar room is the walk-in option; the restaurant room books two weeks ahead.
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.
PourSicilian Frappato by the glass
WineItalian by the glass and bottle
FoodItalian crudo, hand-rolled pasta, small plates
TipCounter seats face the open kitchen; book through the website not OpenTable. Closed Sunday and Monday.
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