30 editor picks across Ireland.
30 restaurants worth the trip across Ireland, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Ireland guides.
Aniar in Galway has held one Michelin star since 2012; JP McMahon serves tasting menus built on foraged herbs, cured west-coast fish and smoked meats.
OrderThe full tasting menu; courses change daily with what is foraged and landed
TipBook Tuesday to Saturday evenings; closed Sunday and Monday.
Campagne holds one Michelin star in the 2026 guide. Garrett Byrne has cooked with classical French technique at this level since opening in 2008.
OrderSeasonal tasting menu; the midweek earlybird lunch brings the same kitchen at reduced cost.
TipBook three to four weeks ahead for Friday and Saturday dinner sittings. Walk-in at the bar occasionally possible.
Denis Cotter opened Paradiso on Lancaster Quay in 1993 and it remains Ireland's most important vegetarian restaurant. Priced at €€€. At 16 Lancaster Quay.
OrderSix-course vegetarian tasting menu, Seasonal garden plates, Organic wine pairings
The Pullman at Glenlo Abbey Galway earned its first Michelin star in 2026; Angelo Vagiotis serves seven Irish courses in two Orient Express carriages.
OrderThe seven-course tasting menu at €150; wine pairing at €90 adds depth across every course
TipThe Wednesday-Sunday dinner service allows a long three-hour meal; Glenlo Abbey grounds are worth arriving early to walk.
Lady Helen has held one Michelin star since 2013, chef John Kelly cooking modern Irish tasting menus at Mount Juliet Estate, 18km south of Kilkenny.
OrderSeasonal tasting menu drawing on the estate's produce and local Co. Kilkenny suppliers.
TipOvernight stays on the estate complete the experience; the house grounds and river walks are reward enough the next morning.
Takashi Miyazaki's cash-only takeaway on Evergreen Street, run separately from his bistro, serves Fukuoka-style Japanese street food from a tiny kitchen.
OrderKatsu curry, Ramen, Tonkatsu
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.
OrderWhatever the farm delivered that morning; the fish plate and the greens are always the point
TipLunch is walk-in only from Tuesday to Saturday; dinner reservations are essential.
Michelin Bib Gourmand seafood bistro on Oliver Plunkett Street, where the daily menu changes with the West Cork day-boat catch. The fin-to-gill approach.
OrderCod tail schnitzel, Whole day-boat fish, Smoked fish pate
Etto on Merrion Row in Dublin, Liz Matthews and Simon Barrett's Italian-leaning Bib Gourmand wine bar, the city's best by-the-glass list at the counter.
OrderThe mackerel and whatever fresh pasta is on, with a Sicilian white from the by-the-glass list.
TipThree counter seats by the open kitchen are first-come; the rest is reservation. Book through the website not OpenTable.
Delahunt on Camden Street in Dublin, Darren Free's modern Irish dining room with head chef Dermot Staunton inside a restored Joycean grocer.
OrderThe squab pigeon course and a glass of natural Riesling from the wine list.
TipFriday and Saturday book three weeks ahead. The upstairs bar serves the full menu and is the walk-up option.
Fish Shop on Benburb Street in Stoneybatter, Peter and Jumoke Hogan's sit-down chipper, the most refined fish and chips and oysters in Dublin.
OrderBeer-battered haddock with chips and the daily Galway Bay oysters by the half-dozen.
TipWalk-in only; arrive 17:30 Thursday to Saturday to get a counter seat before the line forms.
Darog in Galway holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand; owner Zsolt Lukacs won the 2025 UK and Ireland Sommelier Award for this natural wine bar on Dominick Street.
OrderLet Zsolt guide the wine pairing; the kingfish crudo is a reliable anchor plate
TipGet there early on weekends; the small room fills quickly after 19:00.
Perched above the English Market on its own gallery, the Farmgate Cafe serves Cork's most traditional dishes with produce bought from the stalls directly.
OrderTripe and drisheen, Seasonal market plate, Soda bread with Kerry butter
Pichet on Trinity Street in Dublin, Stephen Gibson's red-canopied French bistro, Bib Gourmand since 2010 and the city's most reliable pre-theatre.
OrderSteak frites with bearnaise, then the tarte Tatin to share with a glass of Sauternes.
TipLunch at noon is the easy book; pre-theatre at 17:30-18:30 sets you up for the Gaiety. Avoid the back room for two.
Spitalfields on The Coombe in Dublin's Liberties, a Michelin Bib Gourmand pub-set kitchen serving the city's most considered classical Irish menu.
OrderThe seasonal stew with soda bread, and the coddle when it lands on the daily card.
TipTuesday to Saturday dinner only, 17:00-21:00. Walk through the public bar and ask for the back dining room.
Uno Mas on Aungier Street in Dublin, an all-Spanish Bib Gourmand wine and small-plates room from the Etto team, the south side's most precise tapas.
OrderA round of creamy croquetas and one carabinero per person, with a glass of dry Manzanilla.
TipThe counter seats turn fastest; if the website shows no tables, ask if the bar is open. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Borgo on Phibsborough Road in Dublin 7, Sean Crescenzi and Jamie McCarthy's neighbourhood osteria, a 2026 Bib Gourmand inside a former bank room.
OrderThe hake with confit datterini tomatoes and borlotti beans, the dish the Michelin inspectors flagged.
TipTuesday to Saturday dinner; the early window at 17:30 is the easier book. The bar counter sits four for walk-ins.
BIGFAN on Aungier Street in Dublin, a Michelin Bib Gourmand 2026 Chinese and Taiwanese small-plates room, paper-and-pencil ordering, bao to xiao chi.
OrderWu ya bao with tender pulled beef, a steamer of xiao long bao, plus the cucumber salad in chilli oil.
TipNo bookings before 17:00 Monday to Thursday. The Friday and Saturday afternoon window from 14:00 is when walking in still works.
Pickle on Camden Street in Dublin, Sunil Ghai's modern Indian dining room running North Indian classics on Irish produce since 2015, tandoor-forward.
OrderLamb karahi, black daal, naan straight from the tandoor, and a glass of off-dry Riesling.
TipTuesday to Sunday dinner; lunch Friday to Sunday only. Sit at the kitchen counter to watch the tandoor.
Oscar's Seafood Bistro in Galway champions under-used Atlantic species; chef Michael O'Meara sources sustainably from local West of Ireland trawlers.
OrderAsk for the day's lesser-known catch; the kitchen works with what local boats landed that morning
TipReservations are confirmed by phone or email only; plan ahead for weekend evenings.
Arán on Barrack Street is the most-awarded brunch address in Kilkenny, winner of Ireland's Best Brunch at the Georgina Campbell Irish Breakfast Awards.
OrderStone-baked sourdough; the seasonal brunch plates that change with what the farm.
TipClosed Tuesday. Last brunch orders at 15:15. Private evening dining available with advance notice.
Chef Brian Murray opened The Glass Curtain in the former Thompson's Bakery on MacCurtain Street in 2019. Heartily portioned mains built around prime Irish.
OrderLamb saddle, Meaty monkfish, Seasonal tasting menu
Takashi Miyazaki remade his former Michelin-starred kaiseki room as an approachable Japanese bistro and natural wine bar on Sheares Street in 2024.
OrderHandmade teuchi soba, Donburi rice bowls, Natural wine pours
Lottie's on Rathgar Road in Rathmines, Dublin, a Michelin Bib Gourmand neighbourhood brasserie holding the south-side family Sunday since 2023.
OrderA wood-fired pizza to share and whatever fish is over the fire that night.
TipBook the back garden room for two. Sunday from 12:30 fills with prams; Tuesday is the room at its quietest.
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.
OrderA glass on tap from the daily list, the charcuterie board for two, plus whatever daily special is chalked up.
TipWalk-ins only Monday to Thursday from 17:00. Dog friendly; the back banquette holds four for late.
Forêt on Sussex Terrace in Dublin 4, John and Sandy Wyer's classical French bistro upstairs from M. O'Brien's, a 2026 Bib Gourmand sister to Forest Avenue.
OrderPâté de campagne to start, coq au vin to share, tarte aux pommes for dessert.
TipWalk up from the Sussex Terrace door; the bistro is on the first floor. Wednesday to Saturday only.
The Winding Stair on Ormond Quay in Dublin 1, Elaine Murphy's upstairs dining room above the bookshop overlooking the Ha'penny Bridge and the Liffey.
OrderSmoked Burren salmon, then a bowl of Irish stew with brown bread.
TipWindow seats face the Ha'penny Bridge; book three weeks ahead for the four river-view tables. Walk through the bookshop and up.
Brother Hubbard South on Harrington Street in Dublin 8, Garrett FitzGerald and James Boland's sit-down Middle Eastern room and the all-day brunch reference.
OrderThe shakshuka at brunch, the lamb shawarma at lunch, with a cardamom-bun cinnamon roll to take away.
TipWalk-in only Saturday morning; the queue starts at 09:30. Bookings open Sunday to Friday on the website.
Host on Ranelagh Village in Dublin 6 is a small open-kitchen room of Mediterranean small plates, hand-rolled pasta and charcoal-grilled cuts.
OrderA round of small plates, a hand-rolled pasta off the daily menu and a charcoal-grilled steak to share.
TipCommunal seating; dinner Wednesday to Sunday with weekend lunch added. Bookings open sixty days out.
Ard Bia at Nimmos is Galway's most moody venue at the Spanish Arch, serving North African-influenced Irish menus in a medieval stone building.
OrderThe mezze plate at lunch; at dinner, whatever the chalkboard shows from the Gairdín Bia garden
TipWeekend brunch without a reservation is fine; dinner sittings fill quickly so book ahead.
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