At the TableNotebook No 45March 2025
Trinity Street's bistro, exactly the room you want when it's raining.
Collected by Deborah. Read her editorial perspective
We find ourselves frequently at Pichet on Trinity Street, especially when a Dublin afternoon clouds over. It is an established bistro, one that has seen many seasons and maintains its identity without fuss. This room is precisely where you want to be on a Tuesday when the city becomes slick with rain.
Dublin (Chapter One
A table inside offers warmth and good cheer. We consistently choose the prix fixe, accompanied by a glass of their house red, a reliable pairing. Afterward, a short walk to Trinity College always feels appropriate, the rain usually having lessened to a soft mist.
Pichet offers Dublin's most reliable lunch experience.
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.