At the TableNotebook No 47April 2025
Dublin's vegetarian room, the one that converts the doubters.
Collected by Deborah. Read her editorial perspective
On Chatham Street, you will find a small room where the kitchen treats vegetables with the reverence Dublin usually reserves for its seafood. Our visits often leverage the lunch service, which presents a value not seen during the evening. This establishment redefines plant-based dining.
Dublin (Chapter One
We typically opt for the four-course tasting menu, a true journey through the kitchen's capabilities. If the choice is available, securing a table by the window offers an ideal vantage point over the street below. This allows you to observe the city's pulse as you dine.
This is the definitive answer when some in your party prefer not to eat meat, and you wish to offer an experience, not an apology.
The Ireland Edit Way
Cut the itinerary in half, then cut it again. The letter we send before every first visit.
Every hotel change costs you half a day. Luxury, in Ireland, is staying put.
Six questions we apply before booking any room in Ireland. The November test, the dinner-twice test, the landscape-over-room test.
To understand Ireland, stop looking at the castles and start looking at the kitchen table.
From the notebook
Collected notes. A few times each season.