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Barry and Paul McNerney

From car showroom to neighbourhood deli: Lotts & Co

Aoife McElwain
March 16, 2017

Barry and Paul McNerney’s foodie empire in Dublin 4 grows

Meal Ticket: Pigeon House in Delgany, Co Wicklow

Meal Ticket: Pigeon House in Delgany, Co Wicklow

Aoife McElwain
March 10, 2017

The food is certainly worth travelling for, but it’s not the most memorable part of our visit

Meal Ticket: The Market Kitchen at Temple Bar Food Market

Meal Ticket: The Market Kitchen at Temple Bar Food Market

Aoife McElwain
February 18, 2017

Pop-up cafe highlights incredible diversity of produce on offer at venerable Dublin market

Ali’s Kitchen in Cork: She puts the dough in doughnut

Ali’s Kitchen in Cork: She puts the dough in doughnut

Aoife McElwain
February 9, 2017

The wonderful, locally sourced food is the result of love and Honour – owner Ali Honour

Meal Ticket: Grindstone Speciality Coffee Bar

Meal Ticket: Grindstone Speciality Coffee Bar

Aoife McElwain
February 3, 2017

This petite coffee shop draws you in with its carefully curated interior, all cool tones that are soothingly calm on tired eyes

Meal Ticket - Granthams, Aungier St: a spot-on addition to Dublin’s coffee scene

Meal Ticket - Granthams, Aungier St: a spot-on addition to Dublin’s coffee scene

Aoife McElwain
January 20, 2017

Scratch the surface at a good coffee shop and you’ll find there is so much more to caffeine than a flat white to go

Wa Cafe in Galway: Authentic sushi bar that’s on a roll

Wa Cafe in Galway: Authentic sushi bar that’s on a roll

Aoife McElwain
January 13, 2017

Yoshimi Hayakawa came to Ireland to learn English - and then she brought sushi to Galway

Meal Ticket: Bácús cafe in Dingle, Co Kerry

Meal Ticket: Bácús cafe in Dingle, Co Kerry

Aoife McElwain
December 29, 2016

Orla Gowen works all night to make crusty loaves, sourdough bread and sweet treats

Meal Ticket: La Cucina Centro, Limerick

Meal Ticket: La Cucina Centro, Limerick

Aoife McElwain
December 15, 2016

When La Cucina Centro opened on Henry Street in Limerick City in November 2016, there were queues out the door for the first couple of weeks

Meal Ticket: Bean in Dingle, Kerry

Meal Ticket: Bean in Dingle, Kerry

Aoife McElwain
December 7, 2016

When Bean in Dingle opened in June 2015, it was so slammed from the get go that it ran out of coffee on the first Saturday

Meal Ticket: The Fat Fox, Camden Row, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: The Fat Fox, Camden Row, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
December 1, 2016

On a lane off Camden St in Dublin sits The Fat Fox, a sweet little takeaway-only spot, open from Monday to Friday

Meal Ticket: Our Cafe at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin

Meal Ticket: Our Cafe at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin

Aoife McElwain
November 28, 2016

The aim of pop-up cafe Our Table is to highlight the conditions of asylum seekers and refugees living under Direct Provision in Ireland

Meal Ticket: Firehouse Bakery, Delgany, Wicklow

Meal Ticket: Firehouse Bakery, Delgany, Wicklow

Aoife McElwain
November 10, 2016

The Firehouse Bakery has become synonymous with real bread in Ireland

Meal Ticket: Dough Bros, Galway

Meal Ticket: Dough Bros, Galway

Aoife McElwain
November 2, 2016

At Dough Bros, they’ve nailed the foundation on which their pizzas sit

Meal Ticket: Urbun Cafe, Cabinteely, Dublin 18

Meal Ticket: Urbun Cafe, Cabinteely, Dublin 18

Aoife McElwain
October 20, 2016

Chef Olga Tkacova leads the kitchen team in making their own soda bread, brownies and lemon drizzle cakes, which line the cake bar

Meal Ticket: Ebb & Flow, Clontarf, Dublin 3

Meal Ticket: Ebb & Flow, Clontarf, Dublin 3

Aoife McElwain
October 12, 2016

Clontarf is surely one of the most well-fed suburbs in Dublin

Meal Ticket: Probus Wines, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Probus Wines, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
October 5, 2016

With their homemade relishes, soups, pestos and red onion marmalades, they’re making the most of their small space

Meal Ticket: Fragments, Dublin 6W

Meal Ticket: Fragments, Dublin 6W

Aoife McElwain
September 28, 2016

Recently relaunched Terenure deli with Prosecco tap is no-brainer for Italian food lovers

Meal ticket: The Ramen Bar, Dublin 2

Meal ticket: The Ramen Bar, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
September 23, 2016

A head cold meets its match in a bowl of noodle soup that has been carefully simmering for hours

Meal Ticket: Bear Market Coffee, Blackrock, Dublin

Meal Ticket: Bear Market Coffee, Blackrock, Dublin

Aoife McElwain
September 15, 2016

Bear Market Coffee is clearly a coffee-focused spot, and it’s here where they excel

Meal Ticket: First Draft Coffee, Filmbase, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: First Draft Coffee, Filmbase, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
September 8, 2016

It’s been a seamless shift for First Draft Coffee to take over from Roasted Brown in this Temple Bar space

Meal Ticket: Two Boys Brew, Dublin 7

Meal Ticket: Two Boys Brew, Dublin 7

Aoife McElwain
September 1, 2016

Two Boys Brew is one of the most promising new cafes to open in the city in the last year

Meal Ticket: Badger & Dodo, Francis St, Dublin

Meal Ticket: Badger & Dodo, Francis St, Dublin

Aoife McElwain
July 22, 2016

The first Dublin location for the Cork roaster at the forefront of specialty coffee over the past decade

Meal Ticket: Becca’s Bakery, Westport, Mayo

Meal Ticket: Becca’s Bakery, Westport, Mayo

Aoife McElwain
July 14, 2016

Through the front window, you can see an old-fashioned weighing scales, bunting and the promise of buns

$Meal Ticket: The Lodge Restaurant, Letterfrack, Galway$ Meal Ticket: The Lodge Restaurant, Letterfrack, Galway

Aoife McElwain
July 7, 2016

Here you’ll find something that is still frustratingly absent from so many restaurants along the tourist trail – a proud representation of local ingredients, cooked well

Meal Ticket: Tang! by Yogism, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Tang! by Yogism, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
June 30, 2016

Yogurt certainly runs through the menu, but it’s not restrictive by any means

Meal Ticket: Gaillotet Gray, Dublin 8

Meal Ticket: Gaillotet Gray, Dublin 8

Aoife McElwain
June 17, 2016

Taking home a freshly baked loaf of rustic French bread and a well-made coffee is a pretty great start to any day

Meal Ticket: Two Pups Coffee, Dublin 8

Meal Ticket: Two Pups Coffee, Dublin 8

Aoife McElwain
June 8, 2016

A little coffee bar serving specialty beans surrounded by vintage clothes, with a few chairs and tables that catch the sun coming in through the shop’s windows

Meal Ticket: Café Aran, Inis Oírr, Galway

Meal Ticket: Café Aran, Inis Oírr, Galway

Aoife McElwain
June 2, 2016

Fesh local fare with an impressively extensive baked goods section

Meal Ticket: Urbanity, Smithfield, Dublin 7

Meal Ticket: Urbanity, Smithfield, Dublin 7

Aoife McElwain
May 19, 2016

When it comes to beans, these folks mean business

Meal Ticket: Fia Café, Dublin 6

Meal Ticket: Fia Café, Dublin 6

Aoife McElwain
May 12, 2016

Until Fia came along just last month, this spot had been empty for some time

Meal Ticket: Meet Me in the Morning, Dublin 8

Meal Ticket: Meet Me in the Morning, Dublin 8

Aoife McElwain
May 5, 2016

Cafe’s unpretentious identity already feels fully formed within a month of opening

Meal Ticket: Miso, Sligo

Meal Ticket: Miso, Sligo

Aoife McElwain
December 12, 2016

Sligo town’s first Korean-Japanese restaurant has gone down a treat with the locals

Meal Ticket: Knox, Sligo

Meal Ticket: Knox, Sligo

Aoife McElwain
April 22, 2016

Knox is not just a pretty face, there is real substance in their offering

Meal Ticket: Sweet Beat Café, Sligo

Meal Ticket: Sweet Beat Café, Sligo

Aoife McElwain
April 15, 2016

Sweet Beat Café has just celebrated its first birthday and it’s safe to say that its plant-based philosophy is here to stay

Meal Ticket: The Tide Full Inn, Kinvara, Galway

Meal Ticket: The Tide Full Inn, Kinvara, Galway

Aoife McElwain
April 7, 2016

As you walk into the front door, directly ahead is a small dry-goods pantry, where they sell a petite but well-chosen selection of goodies

Meal Ticket: Pupp, Clanbrassil St, Dublin - great for pooches and humans to chill

Meal Ticket: Pupp, Clanbrassil St, Dublin - great for pooches and humans to chill

Aoife McElwain
March 31, 2016

My owner took me to this dog-friendly cafe. It has scones and pastries and sandwiches for two-legged creatures - I preferred the dog treats. Woof!

Meal Ticket: The Curragower Pub, Limerick

Meal Ticket: The Curragower Pub, Limerick

Aoife McElwain
March 24, 2016

There’s been a pub here on the Clancy Strand for many years, some say since the 1700s, but it has only been known as the Curragower since the Bourke family took it over in 1997

Meal Ticket: Canteen, Mallow Street, Limerick

Meal Ticket: Canteen, Mallow Street, Limerick

Aoife McElwain
March 21, 2016

Paul Williams’s cafe is the place to go for great coffee and a perfect blueberry muffin

Meal Ticket: Thirty Four, Portobello, Dublin - more than a good coffee shop

Meal Ticket: Thirty Four, Portobello, Dublin - more than a good coffee shop

Aoife McElwain
March 9, 2016

Thirty Four is also home to independent music and event production company Homebeat, and is a nifty venue for a pop-up photographic gallery

Meal Ticket: Grove Road, Rathmines, Dublin - looks like it’s going to stick

Meal Ticket: Grove Road, Rathmines, Dublin - looks like it’s going to stick

Aoife McElwain
March 4, 2016

Meal Ticket: Bibi’s Café, Dublin 8

Meal Ticket: Bibi’s Café, Dublin 8

Aoife McElwain
February 24, 2016

It’s a beautiful space to be in and the menu is inspiring to any home cook, or indeed anyone who likes to eat well

Meal Ticket: The Good Food Store, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: The Good Food Store, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
February 24, 2016

What marks this deli out is not only its ethos of freshly-prepared food, but its elegant interior and the assortment of yummy goodies for sale

Meal Ticket: DeSelby’s, Camden St, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: DeSelby’s, Camden St, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
February 18, 2016

The art deco lettering on the sign above its door is reflected in beautiful stained windows looking out onto the street

Meal Ticket: Miyazaki, Cork

Meal Ticket: Miyazaki, Cork

Aoife McElwain
February 17, 2016

Before moving to Ireland, chef Takashi Miyazaki worked in the five-star Hotel Nikko Fukuoka in his hometown as a Teppenyaki chef

Meal Ticket: Iyer’s Café, Pope’s Quay, Cork

Meal Ticket: Iyer’s Café, Pope’s Quay, Cork

Aoife McElwain
February 11, 2016

Iyer’s food is an understated celebration of the food of Tamil Nadu, the south-eastern state of India

Meal Ticket: Cowtown Cafe - bringing back the good ol' greasy spoon

Meal Ticket: Cowtown Cafe - bringing back the good ol' greasy spoon

Aoife McElwain
February 3, 2016

This Dublin 7 spot is a reminder of a time when the reliable, neighbourhood greasy spoon was a more common thing

Meal Ticket: Cotto, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7

Meal Ticket: Cotto, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7

Aoife McElwain
January 29, 2016

Extremely well balanced and allows the core ingredients to shine in their best light

Meal Ticket: Established Coffee, Belfast

Meal Ticket: Established Coffee, Belfast

Aoife McElwain
February 15, 2016

When you have the time, why not indulge in the art of a carefully poured hot drink?

Meal Ticket: Wine & Brine, Moira, Armagh

Meal Ticket: Wine & Brine, Moira, Armagh

Aoife McElwain
January 22, 2016

This newly refurbished restaurant takes you on a tour of Northern Ireland’s food landscape

Meal Ticket: Sprout and Co Kitchen, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Sprout and Co Kitchen, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
January 20, 2016

Juices that feel more like a treat than a detox punishment, a distinction that sums up Sprout & Co Kitchen well

Meal Ticket: Brother Sister, Powerscourt Townhouse, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Brother Sister, Powerscourt Townhouse, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
January 15, 2016

A great example of how to use an area that could easily be written off as dead space

Meal Ticket: LEGIT Coffee Co, Meath Street, Dublin 8

Meal Ticket: LEGIT Coffee Co, Meath Street, Dublin 8

Aoife McElwain
January 14, 2016

Though it is very different from its neighbours, it has settled in well

Meal Ticket: Eathos, Baggot St, Dublin 4

Meal Ticket: Eathos, Baggot St, Dublin 4

Aoife McElwain
January 6, 2016

Eathos is probably what the cafés in the gyms in heaven look like

Meal Ticket: Cocu, Dublin 4

Meal Ticket: Cocu, Dublin 4

Aoife McElwain
January 3, 2016

We’ve come a long way from deli counter rolls, and thank goodness for that

Meal Ticket: Dela, Galway

Meal Ticket: Dela, Galway

Aoife McElwain
December 21, 2015

The Bohans were inspired by a trip to Norway, where they experienced a simpler Scandinavian style of eating out and wanted to bring an element of that to Galway

Meal Ticket: Coffeewerk + Press, Galway

Meal Ticket: Coffeewerk + Press, Galway

Aoife McElwain
December 20, 2015

Coffeewerk + Press is the passion project of Daniel Ulrichs, whose family have owned and run the toy shop Wooden Heart in Galway since the late 1970s

Meal Ticket: Idás Restaurant, Dingle, Co Kerry

Meal Ticket: Idás Restaurant, Dingle, Co Kerry

Aoife McElwain
December 14, 2015

Idás menu reflects what’s happening in Ireland’s food landscape today, with its sincere emphasis on foraged, local and wild ingredients.

Meal Ticket: Industry & Co, Drury St, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Industry & Co, Drury St, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
December 13, 2015

Run by brother and sister team Vanessa and Marcus Mac Innes, the business expanded this summer to include an in-store café

Meal Ticket: Little Bird Café, Dublin 8

Meal Ticket: Little Bird Café, Dublin 8

Aoife McElwain
December 7, 2015

The Little Bird Café is a sweet little spot, even without the yoga angle

Meal Ticket: Wigwam, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1

Meal Ticket: Wigwam, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1

Aoife McElwain
December 6, 2015

The Twisted Pepper has been refurbished by the Bodytonic team and reopened as Wigwam in late November

Meal Ticket: Assassination Custard, Dublin 8

Meal Ticket: Assassination Custard, Dublin 8

Aoife McElwain
November 30, 2015

‘You find out who your friends are when you serve tripe sandwiches’

Meal Ticket: Press Café, Dublin 4

Meal Ticket: Press Café, Dublin 4

Aoife McElwain
November 29, 2015

The structure has a distinctly early 1990s feel to it but the décor is very now; a reclaimed wood coffee counter and distressed iron chairs

Meal Ticket: Hansel & Gretel Bakery & Patisserie, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Hansel & Gretel Bakery & Patisserie, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
November 25, 2015

This small bakery, which presents its treats, both savoury and sweet, on vintage dressers and mismatched tables

Meal Ticket: Coffeeangel Trinity, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Coffeeangel Trinity, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
November 22, 2015

Coffeeangel has been a major influencer in the coffee movement in Dublin over the past decade

Meal Ticket: Café Joly, The National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Café Joly, The National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
November 16, 2015

Café Joly is tucked away in a corner room on the ground floor, one of the few rooms not given over to books and records

Meal Ticket: Keshk, Mespil Road, Dublin 4

Meal Ticket: Keshk, Mespil Road, Dublin 4

Aoife McElwain
November 19, 2015

The culinary traditions of Greece, Turkey and Egypt have been swapped and shared throughout the ages, and it’s these that Keshk’s menu focuses on

Meal Ticket: Berlin Café & Bierhaus, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Berlin Café & Bierhaus, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
November 9, 2015

Berlin is a cafe space that pays homage to the creative city to whom Ireland has lost many an Irish artist

Meal Ticket: Counter Culture, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Counter Culture, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
November 8, 2015

Much like their downstairs neighbours The Pepper Pot, Counter Culture has located itself on what is essentially a balcony

Meal Ticket: Vice Coffee Inc, Dublin 1

Meal Ticket: Vice Coffee Inc, Dublin 1

Aoife McElwain
November 3, 2015

The Twisted Pepper under renovation so in the meantime, Vice have moved upstairs to the fourth floor of the building

Meal Ticket: Green Bench Café, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Green Bench Café, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
November 3, 2015

This is a compact café; there’s some standing space by the window but mostly the business here is takeaway

Meal Ticket: Thru the Green, Windy Arbour, Dublin 14

Meal Ticket: Thru the Green, Windy Arbour, Dublin 14

Aoife McElwain
October 26, 2015

Taking inspiration from the Drive Thru coffee shops in Australia, the owners found an old shipping container, painted it white and opened its shutters

Meal Ticket: Two Fifty Squared, Rathmines, Dublin 6

Meal Ticket: Two Fifty Squared, Rathmines, Dublin 6

Aoife McElwain
October 25, 2015

In the last five years we’ve seen a new wave of coffee culture that has baristas taking their coffee as seriously as a sommelier takes their wine

Meal Ticket: Urban Grind, Galway

Meal Ticket: Urban Grind, Galway

Aoife McElwain
October 19, 2015

Underwhelming service but the coffee is brewed with care

Meal Ticket: Pizza Dozzina at The Twelve Hotel, Galway

Meal Ticket: Pizza Dozzina at The Twelve Hotel, Galway

Aoife McElwain
October 18, 2015

Pizza Dozzina is the perfect late-night pitstop at the end of a long journey

Meal Ticket: Coppa Café in the RHA, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Coppa Café in the RHA, Dublin 2

Aoife McElwain
October 11, 2015

Cafés in galleries are emerging as destinations in themselves, most notably Coppa in the Royal Hibernian Academy

Meal Ticket: Box Burger, Bray, Wicklow

Meal Ticket: Box Burger, Bray, Wicklow

Aoife McElwain
October 8, 2015

Box Burger draws you in with the nostalgic exterior of the 160-year-old Railway Building that houses it

Meal Ticket: Fiorentina, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Fiorentina, Dublin 2

Rachel Collins
October 6, 2015

When it’s a pre-theatre eat-and-run sort of night, you don’t want to be shelling out big bucks, so we recently found ourselves perusing the €10 menu in Fiorentina

Meal Ticket: Saba, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Saba, Dublin 2

Rachel Collins
September 21, 2015

Saba’s blend of Thai and Vietnamese food with Irish ingredients has won it many plaudits since it first opened

Meal Ticket: Dunne and Crescenzi, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Dunne and Crescenzi, Dublin 2

Rachel Collins
September 20, 2015

Eileen Dunne and Stefano Crescenzi have opened five restaurants, but the original, with its simple, no nonsense Italian food has remained a city favourite

Meal Ticket: Wuff, Benburb St, Dublin 7

Meal Ticket: Wuff, Benburb St, Dublin 7

Rachel Collins
September 15, 2015

Some good potential in the early bird at this welcoming Stoneybatter restaurant

Meal Ticket: Freshii, IFSC, Dublin 1

Meal Ticket: Freshii, IFSC, Dublin 1

Rachel Collins
September 8, 2015

Freshii has all the latest buzzwords: clean eating, eco-friendly, superfoods, “health-casual restaurant”

Meal Ticket: Klaw, Crown Alley, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Klaw, Crown Alley, Dublin 2

Rachel Collins
August 20, 2015

Despite the delicious oysters and crab claws, Klaw is not a place to linger

Meal Ticket: Luna, Drury St, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Luna, Drury St, Dublin 2

Rachel Collins
August 17, 2015

This semi-subterranean spot harks back to early 1960s Italian-American restaurants, with low ceilings and lighting, dark booths and a Campari bar

Meal Ticket: Matt the Thresher, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Matt the Thresher, Dublin 2

Rachel Collins
August 9, 2015

This self-styled seafood gastropub is doing a roaring trade and it’s easy to see why

Meal Ticket: Rotana Café, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Rotana Café, Dublin 2

Rachel Collins
August 3, 2015

A simple place with Lebanese art and keffiyeh hanging on the wall, rattan chairs, dark wood tables and enormous portions

Meal Ticket: Cavern, Baggot Street, Dublin 4

Meal Ticket: Cavern, Baggot Street, Dublin 4

Rachel Collins
July 24, 2015

A wine bar with wine shop prices and tasty nibbles? Oh go on then, just one more glass

Meal Ticket: Honest Pizza, Dame Lane, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: Honest Pizza, Dame Lane, Dublin 2

Rachel Collins
July 17, 2015

Meal ticket: Yamamori Sushi, Lower Ormond Quay

Meal ticket: Yamamori Sushi, Lower Ormond Quay

Rachel Collins
July 10, 2015

Meal Ticket: Aobaba, Capel Street, Dublin 1

Meal Ticket: Aobaba, Capel Street, Dublin 1

Aoife McElwain
July 7, 2015

A narrow little restaurant, with a colour theme of proud pastel pink and turquoise

Meal Ticket: The Lemon Tree, Letterkenny, Donegal

Meal Ticket: The Lemon Tree, Letterkenny, Donegal

Aoife McElwain
July 6, 2015

An elegant yet unfussy dining room on the lower end of Letterkenny’s Main Street

Meal Ticket: Canteen at the Market, Blackrock, Dublin

Meal Ticket: Canteen at the Market, Blackrock, Dublin

Aoife McElwain
July 5, 2015

This little bistro’s aim is to bring smart food into a space that used to house a greasy spoon

Meal Ticket: The Tannery, Dungarvan, Waterford

Meal Ticket: The Tannery, Dungarvan, Waterford

Aoife McElwain
June 29, 2015

The Tannery is all about special experiences. Its restaurant boasts a light-filled dining room on the top floor and a relaxed bar on the ground floor

Meal Ticket: Rua, Castlebar, Mayo

Meal Ticket: Rua, Castlebar, Mayo

Aoife McElwain
June 28, 2015

Ann McMahon opened Café Rua more than a decade ago. She wanted to share her love of uncomplicated food using local, seasonal ingredients

Meal Ticket: The Winding Stair, Dublin 1

Meal Ticket: The Winding Stair, Dublin 1

Aoife McElwain
June 26, 2015

Back on form after losing its way temporarily after half-a-decade as one of the best restaurants in the city

Meal Ticket: La Maison, Dublin 2

Meal Ticket: La Maison, Dublin 2

Rachel Collins
June 19, 2015

Close your eyes and you could almost – almost – be in Paris

Meal Ticket: RAW, Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway

Meal Ticket: RAW, Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway

Rachel Collins
June 12, 2015

Service is friendly and the view from your table looks out over Lough Atalia towards Galway Bay, where some of your dinner has been landed

Meal Ticket: Jungle Cafe, Galway

Meal Ticket: Jungle Cafe, Galway

Rachel Collins
June 12, 2015

This place does exactly what it says on the tin - it’s a little palm tree-inhabited tropical oasis, offering welcome respite from the hustle of Eyre Square around the corner

Meal Ticket: Hanoi Hanoi, Capel Street, Dublin 1

Meal Ticket: Hanoi Hanoi, Capel Street, Dublin 1

Rachel Collins
June 5, 2015

Once your senses have recovered from the décor, this is a friendly place, with attentive Vietnamese staff. Just stick to the soups and summer rolls

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