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The Dublin shortlist for the Irish Restaurant Awards 2025 was announced on April 16, featuring the county’s very best culinary and hospitality establishments. The shortlist of Dublin food-led establishments features categories that are set to be hotly contested. Regional events in Leinster, Munster, Connaught and Ulster have already taken place as part of this year’s Irish Restaurant Awards, with county winners now proceeding to the All-Ireland Awards Gala Dinner at the Clayton Hotel on Burlington Road, on May 19th, along with those on the Dublin shortlist.
Regional and All-Ireland winners will be announced on May 19th. Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! In total, this year’s Irish Restaurant Awards – the 16th year of the Awards – received over 165,000 public nominations for restaurants, cafés and other food services establishments across the country. Nominations were made by the public in January through The Irish Times website , the Irish Restaurant Awards’ media partner.
Commenting on the publication of this year’s Dublin shortlist for the Irish Restaurant Awards, President of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, Seán Collender, said: “The challenges facing Ireland’s food-led hospitality sector are more intense than ever before but today we celebrate the resilience and brilliance of our industry.” “It is precisely this difficult backdrop that makes the Irish Restaurant Awards such an important occasion. One that allows us to honour the talent, local produce and warm hospitality that continue to define Ireland’s hospitality scene.
” “My warmest congratulations to everyone who has been shortlisted in Dublin for the All-Ireland Awards. With competition fiercer than ever, being shortlisted is a real achievement. Wishing all the nominees the very best of luck at next month’s All Ireland awards.
” Connaught Regional Irish Restaurant Awards 2025 winners announced Best Restaurant – Sponsored by San Miguel Allta Ananda Chapter One Dax Forest Avenue Glovers Alley by Andy McFadden Kicky’s One Pico Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud Uno Mas Best Chef – Sponsored by BWG Food Service Celina Altamirano, Suertudo Damien Grey, Liath Gráinne O’Keefe, Mae Restaurant James Moore, D’Olier Street Keelan Higgs, Variety Jones Kevin Burke, Library Street Leticia Miranda, Coppinger Mickael Viljanen, Chapter One Visham Sumputh, Etto Zhan Sergejev, One Pico Best Restaurant Manager – Sponsored by Elavon Anne-Marie Duignan, Library Street Benny Jacobs, Pickle Carmel Reilly, Bang Restaurant Cian Lynch, Uno Mas Darren Campbell, La Gordita Darren Darcy, Volpe Nera Juba Paridi, Chapter One Keith Hallissey, Big Mike’s Philip O’Neill, The Seafood Café by Niall Sabongi Richie Barrett, Kicky’s Best Hotel & Guesthouse Restaurant – Sponsored by Frylite 62 Drury Street at Brooks Hotel Balfes at The Westbury Floritz at Townhouse on the Green Forbes Street by Gareth Mullins at Anantara The Marker Jean-Georges at The Leinster Mapas Restaurant at Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel Oliveto at Haddington House The Eddison at The Dylan The Garden Room at The Merrion The Saddle Room at The Shelbourne Best Use of Social Media 777 3 Leaves Allta Bambino Bar Italia Big Mike’s Bread 41 Kicky’s Rosa Madre The Bakery By The Cupcake Bloke Employee Excellence Award – Sponsored by Peninsula Abby Seville, Pacino’s Adrian Zen, Café en Seine Auguste Rupkute, Skinny Batch Bakery Charlie O’Reilly, Happy Out x Together Academy Elaine Ryan, Old Street Restaurant Emma Mather, Coolquoy Lodge Isadora Coutinho de Azeredo, Hawksmoor Jessyca Cionek, Grano Mark Rossiter, Charlotte Quay Restaurant Sophie White, Golden Brown Best Casual Dining – Sponsored by Musgrave MarketPlace A Fianco Amy Austin Assassination Custard Canal Bank Cafe Crudo La Gordita Mermaid Monkstown Mister S Osteria Lucio The Dunmore Best Gastro Pub – Sponsored by Paynt Caribou Davy Byrnes F.X. Buckley at Ryan’s of Parkgate Street HERA John Kavanagh The Gravediggers Kavanaghs Marino House The Bernard Shaw The Chophouse Sandymount The Old Spot Wrights Anglers Rest Best Café Brownes of Sandymount Café Lisboa Dolce Sicily Ella’s Heaven Cafe & Bakery Excuse My French Ian’s Kitchen by Mateo IFI Café Bar Silk Road Cafe Tiller + Grain Two Boys Brew Best Contemporary Irish Cuisine – Sponsored by FBD Insurance Allta Bastible Craft Restaurant Delahunt Forest Avenue Mae Restaurant Margadh RHA Orwell Road Restaurant Volpe Nera Woodruff Best Newcomer – Sponsored by Square Achara Coppinger Floritz Forêt Hidden by One Society Parrilla Ranelagh Reggie’s Pizzeria Suertudo The Unicorn Restaurant Vada – Sustainable Brunch Café Pub of the Year – Sponsored by istil.
38 Ciss Maddens Kodiak M O’Briens Neary’s The Big Romance The Cobblestone The Hacienda Bar The Palace Bar The Strawberry Hall Walsh’s Best Wine Experience – Sponsored by Bibendum Bar Pez Frank’s Green Man Wines La Cave Wine Bar & Restaurant Montys of Kathmandu Note Dublin Piglet Wine Bar Row Wines September The Wine Cellar at Fallon & Byrne Best Customer Service – Sponsored by Restaurant-insurance.ie provided by Dolmen China Sichuan Restaurant Daata Blackrock Dax Guinea Pig Restaurant La Maison Nightmarket Roly’s Bistro Rosa Madre Saba Restaurant, South William Street Suesey Street Best World Cuisine – Sponsored by National Chef de Partie Apprenticeship & National Sous Chef Apprenticeship Programmes Andhra Bhavan, Marlborough Street BIGFAN Hakkahan Kari Kinara Kitchen Lee’s Charming Noodles Pickle Rasam Restaurant Southern Spices Space Jaru Best Sustainable Practices – Sponsored by Familia Torres Bread 41 BuJo, Sandymount Cornucopia Wholefoods Restaurant Glas Restaurant Overends Kitchen at Airfield Estate Tang, Dawson Street The Saucy Cow Urbanity Vada – Sustainable Brunch Cafe Wren Urban Nest Innovator of the Year – Sponsored by Diageo Allta Amuri Artybaker Bahay Bar 1661 Big Mike’s Daddy’s Cafe Happy Out x Together Academy Reggie’s Pizzeria The Fumbally Local Food Hero – Sponsored by Sugar Snap Ciaran Kavanagh, John Kavanagh The Gravediggers Gaz Smith, Big Mike’s Jess Kelly, The Village Butcher Marcus O’Laoire, Lovin Dublin Mark Senn, Mushroom Butcher Niamh and Jenny McNally, McNally Family Farm Shop Santosh Thomas, 3 Leaves Tom McGuirk, Cúpla Scúp Venkata Ramana Manthri, Andhra Bhavan, Marlborough Street William Despard, The Bretzel Bakery & Café.
