Patrick Russell

Gloria Osteria arrives in Dublin with full Italian theatrics 🇮🇹 Towering meringues, oversized menus and a room built for espresso martinis and outfit checks.

The service is energetic and charming, the interior lavishly OTT, and the vibe undeniable. But beneath the spectacle, the cooking swings between genuinely strong (the lamb agnolotti) and gimmick-led (one dish we think you should avoid…)

Dublin has never had a place like this before - but whether that’s for the right reasons depends on what you’re chasing.

The full review is now live on Chip Paper.

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@thepullmanrestaurantgalway is the west of Ireland’s newest @michelinguide star restaurant 🌟

Inside two original Orient Express carriages at @glenlo_abbey, The Pullman, led by chef @angelo_vagiotis, confidently commands validation rather than meekly seeking it and clinching the star earlier this week felt more like confirmation than coronation.

We ate here the week before the ceremony, read the full Sunday Times Ireland review online now and in print this Sunday 📰 Less

Our exact order at @thelibertinedublin8, Clanbrassil Street:

- The Farther Shore — their #Gibson martini made with chip-shop gin from @boatyarddistillery, pickled onion and coriander seed
– The Cod Dog
– Beer-fried chicken with charred leek aioli
– Black pudding scotch egg
– Crispy potatoes

A far cry from a packet of crisps and a glass of red lemonade. This is what an “adult happy meal” looks like when it’s taken up a notch.

This is the kind of place that suits a Friday, post-work catch-up. Low lights. Proper glassware. No rushing.

Order the martini first.
Add something nostalgic from the menu.
Stay longer than you planned.

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“The secret to great service is liking your customers,” Barbara Nealon, owner of @stfranciskinsale says as she accepted the coveted service award for 2026 at the Michelin ceremony in Dublin

Head chef Rebeca Recary-Sanchez @rebecars added: “I see and hear you from the kitchen and I think the secret is you welcome guests like you welcome them to your own home, that is the definition of hospitality”

Already Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded, SFP is known for bold, gutsy plates, a keen line-up of interesting bottles and impressively warm, engaged service, set right at the heart of Kinsale

Such a deserving accolade for one of the restaurants that has left such a lasting impression on us since first dining there in August 2023 and reviewing for @sundaytimesireland. It remains one of the only 10/10 scores of our 3+ year tenure so far. Bravo, Barbara! 💫

This follows other Irish “special award” winners in recent years at the awards — @declan_maxwell received the service award in 2023 and @zsoltlukacs74 of @darogwinebar received the sommelier award in 2025 💫

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This week’s @sundaytimesireland restaurant review: @cantinavalentina.dublin at @thehoxtonhotel Dublin 🇵🇪

It may have commanded less of the conversation having opened late last year within a cluster of high profile new restaurants in the city — from maximalist Italian dining rooms to contemporary rooftop bars — but is a welcome addition to the city’s burgeoning smorgasbord of South American spots

CV is Peruvian-inspired so all ají Amarillo, pisco and leche de tigre and while fantastic pisco sours and ceviche kick it off it soon loses vigour…

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🍴 DUBLIN DELISH 🎄 Cluck Chicken 🐔

@cluckchicken_ understood the assignment 🎄🔥

The Father Cluckmas stacks hot honey smothered fried chicken with baconaise, sausage & herb stuffing, pickled fried onions, cranberry ketchup and festive gravy on a potato bun.

A full Christmas dinner. Zero cutlery.

It’s the last Dublin Delish of the festive season — but now we ask the real questions… is a burger a sandwich? 👀

Cluck Chicken also won The Dublin Delish Award at 98FM’s Best of Dublin Awards 2025 🏆 Less

💫 Nine months since clinching a @michelinguide star (and hopeful of, at the very least, retaining when the ceremony is held in Dublin for the first time next February) does @the_morrisonroom still blaze brightly?

@adam.nevin’s signature tasting menu (€150pp) may put a premium on local provenance but there’s a youthful thru-line to this young chef’s menu, who returned from the UK to win his hometown of Maynooth a #Michelin star for the fine dining restaurant of @cartonhouse.fairmont, which is like dining in the stately rooms of Dublin Castle or in the National Gallery, surrounded by pricelessness.

The room is all neoclassical splendour, stuccoed vaulted ceiling, domineering Corinthian columns, damask wallpaper and gigantic portraits flanking a marble fireplace but the playlist belies the Regency setting with a mix of ambient, textural, lo-fi instrumentals that might be more familial in the dining rooms of Brat in London or Variety Jones in Dublin…

Full review over at @sundaytimesireland, just search either of our names on the app or website 🌟

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🍴DUBLIN DELISH — Sando Paradiso 🥪

If you’re after some serious sandwiches, this one’s for you. @sandoparadiso at @hensteethdublin in Dublin 8, is serving up some gorgeous sandos from Wednesday to Saturday, using top-quality ingredients.

I tucked into the Katsu Chicken Sando - naturally. Also couldn’t resist the Reuben, stacked high and oozing flavour. Both unreal. 🔥

Tune into Dublin Delish on @98fmdublin every Tuesday at 12:20 pm for more mouth-watering spots across the capital and follow @gastrogays for all the tastiest tips and foodie finds! Less