If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Best fine dining restaurants in Dublin

ManUnited123 · 2019-12-16 10:22:55

Hey guys, looking for some suggestions for some fine dining restaurants in dublin. Need to go to celebrate my wedding anniversary ðŸ˜Š. I was thinking Issabelles or Fire restaurant but ive never been there before. Also would be ideal if theres parking close by as well. Thanks!

Options

16-12-2019 11:22am

#1

ManUnited123

Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭

Join Date: January 2016

Posts: 144

Hey guys, looking for some suggestions for some fine dining restaurants in dublin. Need to go to celebrate my wedding anniversary ðŸ˜Š.

I was thinking Issabelles or Fire restaurant but ive never been there before.

Also would be ideal if theres parking close by as well.

Thanks!

0

Comments

Options
#2 16-12-2019 11:26am
odyssey06

Registered Users Posts: 30,106 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: February 2007

Posts: 27019

Fire is very nice spot, there would be paid parking here off Dawson Street:
https://www.q-park.ie/en-gb/cities/dublin/dawson-street/

There were some good suggestions on this recent thread:
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=111709339

"To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)

0
Options
#3 16-12-2019 11:43am
foodaholic

Registered Users Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭

Join Date: January 2007

Posts: 1402

Pearl Brassiere
Dax
Both amazing restaurants that you will not be disappointed with

0
Options
#4 17-12-2019 9:04am
Rashers Big Log

Closed Accounts Posts: 130 ✭✭

Join Date: September 2019

Posts: 111

ManUnited123 wrote: »

Hey guys, looking for some suggestions for some fine dining restaurants in dublin. Need to go to celebrate my wedding anniversary ðŸ˜Š.

I was thinking Issabelles or Fire restaurant but ive never been there before.

Also would be ideal if theres parking close by as well.

Thanks!

Isabelle’s or indeed any Press Up
Venue is about as far away from ‘fine dining’ or indeed quality that you can get.

Fire is naf imo but some like it

Actual ‘fine dining’ options in Dublin

The Greenhouse (best restaurant in DUB imo)
Bastible
Locks
Chapter One
Rosa Madre
One Pico
Patrick Guilbaud

Obviously that list isn’t exhaustive but I would happily recommend any of the above.

0
Options
#5 17-12-2019 9:07am
gmisk

Registered Users Posts: 32,798 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: September 2012

Posts: 30874

ManUnited123 wrote: »

Hey guys, looking for some suggestions for some fine dining restaurants in dublin. Need to go to celebrate my wedding anniversary ðŸ˜Š.

I was thinking Issabelles or Fire restaurant but ive never been there before.

Also would be ideal if theres parking close by as well.

Thanks!

I don't think either of those would be fine dining.
Chapter one gets my vote terrific food and excellent service, plenty of places to park near there.

0
Options
#6 17-12-2019 9:53am
spurious

Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,202 CMod ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: November 2005

Posts: 25705

Chapter One here too.

0
Advertisement
Options
#7 17-12-2019 10:27am
SlipperyPeople

Registered Users Posts: 1,721 ✭✭✭

Join Date: January 2009

Posts: 1615

Mr fox

0
Options
#8 17-12-2019 2:49pm
Interested Observer

Registered Users Posts: 13,106 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: June 2014

Posts: 13063

Fire is crap imo, the dining room itself is impressive but the food is so far below average considering the quality of restaurant in Dublin these days. There's no way I'll ever eat there again.

Ate in Bastible recently and it was really excellent. I'm going to The Greenhouse this week, need to remortgage the house for it but looking forward to it anyway.

0
Options
#9 17-12-2019 2:59pm
[Deleted User]
Posts: 0 ✭

Join Date: -

Posts: 0

Wouldn't class Fire as 'fine dining'. It's decent and a spectacular setting, but the food is just regular fare, maybe a little towards the higher end of the scale.

Another recommendation for Chapter One. Pretty much the nicest food I've had anywhere in the world (this place is a close second). Haven't been to Patrick Guilbaud yet, though it is in the pipeline.

Places I'd avoid: Shanahan's and L'Ecrivain

0
Options
#10 17-12-2019 4:00pm
Thelonious Monk

Registered Users Posts: 14,223 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: May 2019

Posts: 14121

I don't know if it's fine dining, but Forest and Marcy is the absolute bomb, I wouldn't be surprised if it gets a Michelin Star sooner or later.
I found Patrick Geebag's to be underwhelming, amazing service and setting, but the food was only comme si comme ca.

0
Options
#11 17-12-2019 4:06pm
Rub a Dub

Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭

Join Date: December 2019

Posts: 14

Fire is not fine dining. Nice aesthetics, and good for a get together though.

0
Advertisement
Options
#12 17-12-2019 9:41pm
not yet

Registered Users Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭

Join Date: July 2008

Posts: 6946

Interested Observer wrote: »

Fire is crap imo, the dining room itself is impressive but the food is so far below average considering the quality of restaurant in Dublin these days. There's no way I'll ever eat there again.

Ate in Bastible recently and it was really excellent. I'm going to The Greenhouse this week, need to remortgage the house for it but looking forward to it anyway.

Agreed, it's almost like a mess hall rather then a fine dinning experience, way over priced for what it is, Just off topic, visited Rustic stone recently, probably the least impressed I've been in 20 years of eating out.

0
Options
#13 18-12-2019 8:44pm
John_Rambo

Registered Users Posts: 9,678 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2010

Posts: 9448

Yeah, agreed on Fire... has a canteen quality about it!

I'd go Chapter One or Rose Madre. Still have to try Mr. Fox, hearing really good things. I find Guilbauds a bit over the top and stiff even for fine dining, waiters seem almost nervous.

0
Options
#14 18-12-2019 8:59pm
jam_mac_jam

Registered Users Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2004

Posts: 4690

Patrick Guilbaud or Mr Fox. Although Mr Fox is not as nice surroundings. I haven't been to the Greenhouse yet, going on Saurday.

0
Options
#15 19-12-2019 5:29pm
John_Rambo

Registered Users Posts: 9,678 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2010

Posts: 9448

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Patrick Guilbaud or Mr Fox. Although Mr Fox is not as nice surroundings. I haven't been to the Greenhouse yet, going on Saurday.

Ambience or location? Greenhouse is lovely, but stick a review up on here after will you? Haven't been in a while.

0
Options
#16 19-12-2019 7:39pm
jam_mac_jam

Registered Users Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2004

Posts: 4690

John_Rambo wrote: »

Ambience or location? Greenhouse is lovely, but stick a review up on here after will you? Haven't been in a while.

Just the basementy aspect of it. It's not as pretty surroundings. Still lovely place with amazing food. Patrick guibauld has a nicer ambience.

Location doesn't bother me although may upset some.

0
Options
#17 19-12-2019 7:45pm
MiliMe

Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭

Join Date: December 2016

Posts: 196

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Places I'd avoid: Shanahan's and L'Ecrivain

Agreed on Shannahan's, my OH raved about it having been there a few years ago but I found it to be overpriced and pretentious while not really living up to it on the food stakes.

Chapter One is good all round.

0
Options
#18 19-12-2019 8:05pm
youcancallmeal

Registered Users Posts: 8,019 ✭✭✭

Join Date: February 2005

Posts: 7635

Haven't been to Mr Fox yet but keep hearing rave reviews from friends

0
Options
#19 19-12-2019 8:06pm
jam_mac_jam

Registered Users Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2004

Posts: 4690

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Haven't been to Mr Fox yet but keep hearing rave reviews from friends

Food is amazing. I think you should go

0
Options
#20 19-12-2019 8:09pm
Professor Genius

Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 391 ✭✭

Join Date: September 2019

Posts: 364

Greenhouse. Cliff Townhouse. Eto. Pearl. Uno Mas. One Pico.

Wouldn’t piss on Fire if it was actually on fire.

0
Options
#21 19-12-2019 8:09pm
lozenges

Registered Users Posts: 290 ✭✭

Join Date: October 2019

Posts: 284

Chapter One, L'Ecrivain, One Pico, Greenhouse all fantastic. Have been to Fire a couple of times before, wasn't great.
Etto is also very nice but more casual.

0
Advertisement
Options
#22 19-12-2019 8:12pm
youcancallmeal

Registered Users Posts: 8,019 ✭✭✭

Join Date: February 2005

Posts: 7635

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Food is amazing. I think you should go

It's where I'm demanding to be brought for my bday in Feb!

On a side note I find michelin star places always a bit underwhelming due to my own high expectations. Places like Mr Fox which might be on the way to a michelin star are best to visit before it happens

0
Options
#23 19-12-2019 8:13pm
John_Rambo

Registered Users Posts: 9,678 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2010

Posts: 9448

MiliMe wrote: »

Agreed on Shannahan's, my OH raved about it having been there a few years ago but I found it to be overpriced and pretentious while not really living up to it on the food stakes.

Chapter One is good all round.

Agreed 100% You'd get a better steak in Darwins. Or at home.

0
Options
#24 19-12-2019 8:13pm
Carpentry

Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2009

Posts: 1590

Seafood in Rosa Madre is second to none, great seating upstairs too, very romantic.

0
Options
#25 19-12-2019 8:15pm
John_Rambo

Registered Users Posts: 9,678 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2010

Posts: 9448

Carpentry wrote: »

Seafood in Rosa Madre is second to none, great seating upstairs too, very romantic.

Yeah, the turbot is amazing if they have it I fresh. (I don't think they'd have it in any other way).

0
Options
#26 19-12-2019 8:18pm
dobman88

Registered Users Posts: 6,494 ✭✭✭

Join Date: June 2013

Posts: 6321

Another vote for Chapter One here. It's just absolutely fantastic.

Fire isnt anywhere near fine dining. It's bog standard restaurant grub youd get anywhere in Ireland and I've had better carvery, I never felt robbed leaving a restaurant until I ate there. Most impressive thing about the place is the room but not worth going for that alone.

Have eaten in L'Ecrivain once and while it was a great experience I'd struggle to return since I'm comparing it to Chapter One as they're both Michelin Star and Chapter One beats it in every single aspect.

0
Options
#27 19-12-2019 9:53pm
Caranica

Registered Users Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: October 2017

Posts: 8438

Professor Genius wrote: »

Greenhouse. Cliff Townhouse. Eto. Pearl. Uno Mas. One Pico.

Wouldn’t piss on Fire if it was actually on fire.

I've been totally underwhelmed in Cliff Townhouse by both food and service. I have no plans to return.

0
Options
#28 20-12-2019 8:11am
WishUWereHere

Registered Users Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭

Join Date: June 2016

Posts: 2334

gmisk wrote: »

I don't think either of those would be fine dining.
Chapter one gets my vote terrific food and excellent service, plenty of places to park near there.

Also vouch for Chapter One.

0
Options
#29 21-12-2019 3:51pm
BeerNut

Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,870 Mod ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: February 2007

Posts: 11462

MiliMe wrote: »

Agreed on Shannahan's, my OH raved about it having been there a few years ago but I found it to be overpriced and pretentious

I found it not pretentious enough. I dressed up for dinner and the dining room was full of Americans in t-shirts. Disgraceful!

My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog

0
Options
#30 21-12-2019 4:00pm
fullstop

Registered Users Posts: 11,400 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: December 2005

Posts: 10538

Another vote for Mr Fox and Etto here. Food superb in both, but Mr Fox more comfortable. Not quite fine dining, but Kinara Kitchen (Ranelagh & Fairview) is really good.

0
Advertisement
Options
#31 21-12-2019 4:20pm
odyssey06

Registered Users Posts: 30,106 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: February 2007

Posts: 27019

fullstop wrote: »

Another vote for Mr Fox and Etto here. Food superb in both, but Mr Fox more comfortable. Not quite fine dining, but Kinara Kitchen (Ranelagh & Fairview) is really good.

Right postcode, wrong suburb - its Clontarf not Fairview. Great views though looking out towards the wooden bridge.

"To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)

0