Green Irish Restaurant sign with Ireland flag, Dublin city centre,Irish republic

Traditional Irish Restaurants in Dublin Ireland is known for great music, great art and great literature – not so much for great food. However, Dublin’s best traditional restaurants are fighting back against the cuisine’s bland reputation with exceptional local produce, innovative cooking techniques and a liberal serving of the country’s trademark creativity. Hearty, warming and wholesome – that’s Irish food in brief, but its detractors would say there’s little more to it than stewed meat and potatoes. According to local restaurant owners, including Elaine Murphy, director of The Winding Stair Group of restaurants, this couldn’t be further from the truth. “I believe we have come incredibly far as a post-colonial nation, in terms of confidence in our own product, ” she says. In Dublin, you’ll still find traditional classics such as coddle (a jumble of bacon, sausage and potato) and Irish lamb stew, but you’ll also find exciting Michelin-acclaimed chefs taking the cuisine to new heights.