Sunday Times Ireland Critics: All Our Column’s Restaurant Reviews

Seeing ‘Patrick Hanlon & Russell Alford’ as ‘restaurant critics’ in a national newspaper is still surreal. Since late 2022 we’ve been the restaurant critics for the Sunday Times Ireland (a once-weekly Irish edition of the UK-based paper, not a Sunday version of The Irish Times –– a totally different publication where our critic counterpart is Corinna Hardgrave) and the dust has still not settled and we’re constantly pinching ourselves we get to call this our job and write restaurant reviews in the Sunday Times weekly.

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We share each piece on social media as it comes out in each Sunday edition but we thought it appropriate to list every single restaurant review in one neat place so here it is on GastroGays.com –– every review so far, in order, in a big ol’ hyperlink listicle.

Photo: Barry Cronin | barrycronin.com

01. Frae, Holywood (not currently online)

02. Paradiso, Cork City

03. Square, Dundalk, Co. Louth

04. Dela, Galway City (Westend)

05. D’Olier Street 🌟, Dublin 2

06. The Glass Curtain, Cork (city)

07. Neighbourhood, Naas, Co. Kildare

08. Flout! Pizza, East Belfast

09. Juniors, Dublin 4

10. Nóinín, Kilkenny City

11. Little Acorn, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow

12. Chubbys, Clontarf, Dublin 3

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13. Moran’s Oyster Cottage, Kilcolgan, Co. Galway

14. F.X. Buckley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

15. 57 The Headline [CLOSED, SAME OWNERS OPERATING YEW TREE IN TERENURE]

16. Liath 🌟🌟, Blackrock, South County Dublin

17. La Gordita, Dublin 2

18. Wine & Brine, Moira, Co. Down

19. Locks Brasserie, Dublin 8

20. Babushka, Portrush, Co. Antrim

21. The Old Couch (Now re-named MARA), Waterford City

22. Reyna, Dublin 2

23. Bar Fisk, Downings, Co. Donegal

24. Flâneur, Rathmines, Dublin 6 [CLOSED]

25. Hen’s Teeth, Dublin 8

26. Artis, Derry City

27. Row Wines, Dublin 2

28. King Sitric, Howth, North Co. Dublin

29. Myrtle, Ardee, Co. Louth

30. Misunderstood Heron, Leenane/Leenaun, Connemara

31. The Sea Rooms @ Kelly’s Resort, Rosslare, Co. Wexford

32. A Fianco, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7

33. La Cocina Cuevas, The Naul, North Co. Dublin

34. AndChips, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

35. Lotties, Rathmines, Dublin 6

36. Saint Francis Provisions, Kinsale, Co. Cork

37. Neighbourhood, Belfast (city)

38. Variety Jones 🌟, The Liberties, Dublin 8

39. Hawksmoor, Dame Street, Dublin 2

40. Polka Polish Cuisine, Galway (city)

41. Grá Pizza, Co. Kildare

42. Volpe Nera, Blackrock, South Co. Dublin

43. Bramley, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois

44. The Fish Box, Dingle, Co. Kerry

45. Korean Table, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7

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46. POTA, Connemara, Co. Galway

47. The Legal Eagle, Chancery Place, Dublin 7

48. Arán, Kilkenny (city)

49. Yves (Brother Hubbard), Ranelagh, Dublin 6

50. Bastible 🌟, Leonard’s Corner, Dublin 8

51. The Lifeboat Inn, Courtmacsherry, West Cork

52. Brabazon @ Tankardstown House, Co. Meath

53. Kicky’s, South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2

54. The Bookshelf, Tralee, Co. Kerry

55. Dosa Dosa, Grand Canal, Dublin 2 & Lucan

56. The Coach House, Roundwood, Co. Wicklow

57. OTTO Pizza + wine, Sligo (town)

58. allta, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2

59. Nightmarket, Ranelagh, Dublin 6

60. Marcel, East Belfast

61. 777, Dublin 2

62. Note, Dublin 2

63. DEDE at The Customs House 🌟🌟, Baltimore, West Cork

64. Viko Viko, Limerick City

65. Biddy’s O’Barnes, Barnesmore, Co. Donegal

66. Boeuf & Frites, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

67. Roam, Belfast City Centre

68. Jean-Georges at The Leinster, Dublin 2

69. Daróg, Galway’s Westend

70. Dubh, Newbridge, Co. Kildare

71. Homestead Cottage 🌟, Doolin, Co. Clare

72. Tír Deli, Dublin 2

73. Eamo & Ró, Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford

74. Sister7, Fidelity Studio, Dublin 7

Want to see all these mapped out? Become a PAID subscriber to our Substack (Chip Paper) and in our achive you will find these (and all the supplementary ‘If That, Then These…’ mentions each week) in a map of Ireland, including short excerpts of each review, with over 300 inclusions.

75. Ingredient, Skerries, North Co. Dublin

76. East Room at Plassey House, Limerick City

77. Tango Street Food, Killarney, Co. Kerry

78. Cluck Chicken, Tallaght, Dublin 24

79. Mikey Ryan’s, Cashel, Co. Tipperary

80. La Maison, Castle Market, Dublin 2

81. My Kitchen by Sham Hanifa, Carrick-on-Shannon, Roscommon

82. Bunsen (various (11) locations: Dublin, Belfast, Cork)

83. Achara, Dublin 2

84. Coppinger, Dublin 2

85. Strandfield, Dundalk Co. Louth

86. Esthers, Mount Merrion

87. The Cove, Fota Island Resort, East Cork

88. Carved, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

89. Mad Monk, Killarney, Kerry

90. Yellov Street Food, Greystones, Wicklow

91. Oifig an Fish, Clifden, Galway

92. September, Blackrock South County Dublin

93. O’Mahony’s, Watergrasshill, Cork

94. mrDeanes, Belfast city

95. Parilla, Ranelagh, Dublin 6

96. Andhra Bhavan, Dublin 1

97. TANG, Dublin 2

98. Madame Pho, Dublin 2

99. Folk Espresso & Boulangerie, Enniskillen, Fermanagh

100!! Library Street, Dublin 2

101. Woodruff, Stepaside, South Co. Dublin

102. Forêt, Dublin 4

103. Reggie’s Pizza, Rathmines Dublin 6

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