At the TableNotebook No 44March 2025
Mickael Viljanen's first Dublin home, before Chapter One.
Collected by Deborah. Read her editorial perspective
We remember The Greenhouse on Dawson Street as Mickael Viljanen's initial Dublin dining room. The chef now presiding has taken the reins with a quiet confidence we very much admire.
Dublin (Chapter One
We suggest you consider the lunch tasting menu. The views out to the courtyard, in our opinion, are singular in the city center.
Securing a reservation is less challenging than elsewhere, making an afternoon here among our most dependable recommendations.
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.