The Brooklyn, Swords review: One star for the worst chicken burger I’ve ever tasted
And the poor battered fish. It’s also the worst I’ve ever had, anywhere
Best restaurants for casual dining: Irish bistros, cafes and wine bars for a laid-back meal
Key ingredients of a popular place to eat? Passion, quality and a twist of originality
Florence like a local: The ultimate guide to eating and drinking, from a €6 pasta dish to Tuscan haute cuisine
The Italian city is food heaven, but make sure you plan, book ahead and watch where the locals queue
Tokyo Kitchen takeaway: Japanese cuisine that’s enjoyable but nothing special
With a missed item, soft sashimi and Thai-style broth, this takeaway’s identity feels unfocused
Summer 2025: 100 great restaurants, cafes and places to eat around Ireland
Some of the best restaurants in Dublin, Cork, Galway and around Ireland from brand new places to classic favourites
Lagom restaurant review: There’s a confidence here that doesn’t need translating. Someone has thought through each element
Oak smoke, birch saplings and confident cooking – not too little, not too much – at Lagom in Kenmare
Buon Gusto takeaway: Perfect park picnic food with serious Italian pedigree
A street food stall with great flatbreads, classic regional fillings and fresh pasta
The Lobster Pot review: This Ballsbridge classic still flames on – but you’ll pay to watch it burn
One of Dublin’s last old-school diningrooms, The Lobster Pot serves up spectacle, but not every dish earns its price tag
Jaipur Dalkey review: The best takeaway biryani we’ve ever eaten
The cooking reworks Indian dishes through an Irish lens
The Pig’s Ear, Nassau Street review: A revived menu reimagines Joyce’s Dublin? It could be awful, but it works
Kidneys, famine soup, coddle – all the makings of a concept-led circus, but the cooking shines through
Fireaway Pizza takeaway review: Forgettable pizzas with little hint of fire
Fireaway delivers a generic chain pizza experience, no better and no worse
The Pullman review: Is this restaurant on a train carriage travelling towards a Michelin star?
On a beautifully restored train carriage at the Glenlo Abbey Hotel in Galway, the food has purpose and ambition, with some flaws
Santorini in the shoulder months: No crowds, just stunning food, wine and views
The Greek island is best savoured without the crowds, when the roads are open, the best tables waiting and the sea stretching luminously ahead
‘You get obsessed’: Lunch at Chapter One with arguably one of the world’s best food writers
Food writing has been swallowed by the algorithm. Tim Hayward is betting on a slower, sharper future – one essay at a time
Georgian Delight takeaway review: Very good food from an unsung eastern European culinary culture
Khachapuri three ways, a mountain meat pie, and a stew that hints at tarragon – all from a tiny spot in Moore Street Mall