30 editor picks across Ireland.
30 fine dining worth the trip across Ireland, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Ireland guides.
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.
OrderWhatever Viljanen is building on the surprise tasting menu, paired with the by-the-glass wine flight.
TipReservations open in monthly windows; book the morning windows open. Lunch Thursday to Saturday is the same kitchen at lower commitment.
Aniar in Galway has held one Michelin star since 2012; JP McMahon serves tasting menus on foraged herbs, cured west-coast fish and Connacht smoked meats.
OrderThe tasting menu, which changes with each day's wild and local produce from Connacht
TipBook Tuesday to Saturday; the kitchen is closed Sunday and Monday.
Campagne in Kilkenny holds one Michelin star in the 2026 guide, Garrett Byrne earning the recognition every year since 2014 with exemplary French technique.
OrderTasting menu showcasing seasonal Irish produce with French technique and precise saucing.
TipBook the Friday or Saturday dinner sitting at least three weeks ahead; the midweek early-bird lunch offers the same kitchen at a gentler price.
Denis Cotter's vegetarian flagship on Lancaster Quay since 1993, with a six-course market-and-farm tasting menu and one of Ireland's best organic wine lists.
Patrick Guilbaud's two-Michelin-star room inside The Merrion hotel on Upper Merrion Street in Dublin, French technique on Irish produce since 1981.
OrderThe lunch menu surprise at a fraction of the dinner ticket, with the Merrion's wine cellar by the glass.
TipLunch Tuesday to Saturday is the easier book and the same kitchen. Jacket suggested but not enforced for men at dinner.
Damien Grey's two-Michelin-star fourteen-seat counter inside Blackrock Market, Co Dublin, fifteen minutes by DART from the city, Ireland's hardest.
OrderThe tasting menu only; Grey serves no choice and the kitchen runs a fixed twelve courses.
TipReservations open three months ahead and disappear in minutes. Take the DART to Blackrock and walk five minutes to the market.
The Pullman at Glenlo Abbey Galway earned its Michelin star in 2026; Angelo Vagiotis serves seven Irish courses in two restored 1927 Orient Express carriages.
OrderThe seven-course tasting menu; wine pairing at €90 adds exceptional French and Irish bottles
TipThe vegetarian tasting menu is equally ambitious; note that all dishes contain dairy and vegan options are not available.
Lady Helen at Mount Juliet Estate has held one Michelin star since 2013, chef John Kelly serving modern Irish tasting menus 18km south of Kilkenny.
OrderSeasonal tasting menu built entirely on Irish produce from the estate and local suppliers.
TipStaying on the estate makes the dinner experience complete; room rates include access to the grounds and morning walks by the river.
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.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu, €75 at lunch and approaching subversive value for the kitchen behind it.
TipThree-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.
OrderWhatever is over the fire that night and the sourdough with cultured butter.
TipBook at the seating window opening; the room has only twelve tables and the kitchen runs two seatings a night Wednesday to Saturday.
Kai Restaurant in Galway earned a Michelin Green Star in 2024; Jess Murphy posts a daily-changing menu from the Murphys Moycullen farm each morning.
OrderThe daily fish plate and whatever the farm delivered that morning
TipLunch is first-come-first-served; dinner reservations are essential and fill quickly, especially at weekends.
Michelin Bib Gourmand seafood bistro with a daily-changing menu based entirely on the West Cork day-boat catch. The fin-to-gill approach produces dishes like.
Bastible on the South Circular Road corner at Leonard's, the Barry FitzGerald-owned one-Michelin-star neighbourhood room with head chef Killian Walsh.
OrderThe set menu only, designed around what FitzGerald has from Irish growers and the Atlantic that week.
TipThe bar seats book up later; if the dining room is gone, ask if the four counter seats are open for the same kitchen.
James Moore's thirteen-course surprise menu inside D'Olier Chambers in Dublin 2, the southside's most precise one-Michelin-star room, opened 2022.
OrderThe thirteen-course tasting at €139, with the wine pairing built on small Irish-import bottles.
TipCounter seats face the pass and run the same menu, often easier to book than the dining room a week out.
Cork's most important lunch counter above the English Market, serving the city's native dishes with produce bought from the stalls below each morning.
Cava Bodega in Galway's Latin Quarter is JP McMahon's 2008-founded Spanish tapas room serving 70 regional dishes paired with a Spanish natural-wine list.
OrderThe slow-braised pork cheek and seasonal sherry pour by the glass
TipReserve the chef-counter five-stool bar for the kitchen view. Sherry flights are the smart drinks order on weeknights.
Chef Brian Murray's Michelin Guide listed room inside the former Thompson's Bakery on MacCurtain Street, with a short menu of prime Irish produce cooked.
Takashi Miyazaki's more relaxed reinvention of his former Michelin-starred kaiseki room: handmade teuchi soba, donburi rice bowls and small sharing plates.
Hayfield Manor's signature dining room is Cork city's most formal fine-dining option, with corniced ceilings overlooking the manor's private gardens.
Anthony Smith's Parnell Square basement room in Dublin 1, modern Irish bistro a short walk from Chapter One, Michelin Guide listed since 2017.
OrderThe pig's-head croquettes if they are on, and the eight-hour bavette with bone-marrow sauce.
TipThe room runs Tuesday to Saturday from 17:00; the early sitting is the calm one before the post-theatre push.
A converted 18th-century warehouse on MacCurtain Street with a waterfall backdrop and a kitchen that brings English Market sourcing to a more formal setting.
Cork's premier cocktail bar on MacCurtain Street with sixteen drinks made with local foragers and small plates. Four national cocktail awards in succession.
Ristorante Rinuccini has anchored The Parade since 1989, the Cavaliere family importing Italian ingredients and building a cellar of over 12,000 bottles.
OrderHomemade pasta with seasonal sauce; the wine cellar holds over 12,000 bottles from Italian vineyards.
TipThe Sunday set lunch runs until 17:00 and is among the best-value fine-dining options in the city.
Lyla's on William Street is the third venue from siblings Michael O'Neill and Bee O'Grady, sister restaurant to Petronella, with a 46-seat room and Table Six.
OrderCrispy duck salad to start, miso black cod or risotto with crabmeat and grilled king crab for mains.
TipBook the six-seat Table Six counter for the chef-led tasting menu with paired drinks; standard service runs Wednesday to Saturday evenings only.
Aroi on Friary Street has been Kilkenny's most-awarded Asian kitchen since 2015, chef Fadilah named Best Asian Fusion Chef in Ireland in 2019.
OrderRed duck curry and the spicy kimchi chicken ramen; the vegan options are as strong as the meat dishes.
TipTuesday Movie Night: a main, gelato and a cinema ticket for €24 per person. Great value for the quality.
Pearl Brasserie on Merrion Street in Dublin 2, Sebastien Masi and Kirsten Batt's French dining room across two decades, opposite the Merrion Hotel.
OrderThe pre-theatre menu, three courses for around €50, with the foie gras starter if the season holds it.
TipBook a window table on the upper level; the basement booths are warmer for a long winter dinner.
Zuni on Patrick Street is Kilkenny's most consistent hotel dining room since 2000, chef Michael Thomas building modern Irish menus on local produce.
OrderSeasonal fish or lamb; the earlybird menu until 19:30 delivers the full kitchen at a lower price.
TipHotel rooms upstairs are a practical overnight; the restaurant closes at 20:45 Monday to Thursday, 21:15 at weekends.
The most dramatic dining room in Cork, inside the vaulted former Turkish baths on South Mall. A 130-seat restaurant with a private room, serving broadly.
The smokehouse side of Cork's Market Lane restaurant group brings slow-cooked fire cooking to a dinner format: ribs, brisket and wood-grilled cuts paired.
The day-dining anchor of the English Market quarter on Princes Street, with a breakfast and lunch menu built around Kerry butter scones, freshly baked breads.
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