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1. Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen
A two-Michelin-star restaurant beneath the Dublin Writers Museum on Parnell Square, cooked by Mickael Viljanen since 2021 and open since 1992.
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10 places · Updated October 27, 2026
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A two-Michelin-star restaurant beneath the Dublin Writers Museum on Parnell Square, cooked by Mickael Viljanen since 2021 and open since 1992.
View details — Chapter One by Mickael ViljanenRestaurant
Dublin's long-standing French fine-dining restaurant, open since 1981 and the first in the city to win two Michelin stars, now at The Merrion Hotel.
View details — Restaurant Patrick GuilbaudRestaurant
A Michelin-starred neighbourhood restaurant on the South Circular Road serving modern Irish cooking at dinner from Wednesday and a Saturday lunch.
View details — BastibleRestaurant
A first-floor restaurant above a historic bookshop on the Liffey, looking out on the Ha'penny Bridge and serving modern Irish dishes.
View details — The Winding StairRestaurant
A modern Irish restaurant on Nassau Street with dining rooms overlooking Trinity College, open for dinner Tuesday to Saturday and lunch on Saturdays.
View details — The Pig’s EarRestaurant
A city-centre restaurant on Trinity Street serving modern Irish cooking with French flair, with lunch, à la carte dinner and a pre-theatre menu.
View details — PichetRestaurant
A restaurant and wine bar on Merrion Row, just off St Stephen's Green, with a short, daily-changing menu of Italian-influenced dishes using Irish produce.
View details — EttoRestaurant
A steak restaurant on Dawson Street focused on grass-fed Irish beef, open for lunch and dinner seven days a week at mid-range prices.
View details — FeatherbladeRestaurant
A family-run Irish restaurant in Temple Bar since the 1980s, known for handcrafted boxty potato pancakes, fresh bread and its own house-brewed beer.
View details — Gallagher’s Boxty HouseRestaurant
A casual Middle Eastern restaurant on Lower Drumcondra Road, north of the centre, open Wednesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner.
View details — Shouk