Dublin finalists for the Irish Restaurant Awards 2026 announced

The Dublin shortlist for the Irish Restaurant Awards 2026 has been announced today, showcasing the very best of the capital’s food and hospitality sector. Now in its 17th year, the Irish Restaurant Awards received over 150,000 public nominations in 2026, showing the continued support for and engagement with Ireland’s hospitality sector. Nominations were submitted by the public via The Irish Times website. Please find below the Dublin shortlist: Best Restaurant - Sponsored by American Express Allta Amai by Viktor Chapter One Restaurant China Sichuan Forest Avenue Lena Liath Restaurant Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud Uno Mas Variety Jones Best Chef - Sponsored by BWG Food Service Barry Sun, Volpe Nera Eric Matthews, Kicky's John Wyer, Forest Avenue Kevin O'Donnell, Comet Leticia Miranda, Orwell Road Restaurant Mickael Viljanen, Chapter One Niall Davidson, Allta Paul McNamara, Lena Sunil Ghai, Pickle Viktor Silva, Amai By Viktor Best Restaurant Manager - Sponsored by Paynt Aaron Higgs, Variety Jones Benny Jacobs, Pickle Darren Campbell, La Gordita Darren Darcy, Volpe Nera Declan Maxwell, Spitalfields Denise McBrien, The Old Spot Jess D'Arcy, Mamó Restaurant John Healy, Suesey Street Richie Barrett, Bang Stéphane Robin, Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud Best Hotel & Guesthouse Restaurant 62 Drury Street at Brooks Hotel Cantina Valentina at The Hoxton Forbes Street by Gareth Mullins at Anantara The Marker Intercontinental Dublin, an IHG Hotel Jean-Georges at The Leinster Mapas Restaurant at Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel The Eddison Restaurant at The Dylan Hotel The Garden Room at The Merrion Hotel Dublin The Saddle Room at The Shelbourne Wilde Restaurant at The Westbury Employee Excellence - Sponsored by Peninsula Andrea Saenz Gallarta, Las Tapas de Lola Ante Lukic, Pichet Ashling Griffin, King Sitric Ciaran McCann, Johnnie Foxes Pub Emmanuel Montes Martinez, Etto Jess Greene, HERA Laszlo Molnor, Saba Baggot Street Lauren King, Kay’s Kitchen Riccardo Scannerini, La Maison Sharon Diffney, Pacinos Best Use Of Social Media – Sponsored by Revolut Bah33º The Authentic Gaucho BBQ Boeuf Burger Chimac Cluck Chicken Excuse My French Kicky's Krewe Rosa Madre Sprout & Co Variety Jones Best Casual Dining - Sponsored by Musgrave Marketplace Assassination Custard Chez Max Chubbys Dimmi by Dunne & Crescenzi East Café Bar Howth Forêt La Vespa Mermaid Monkstown Osteria Lucio Vada Best World Cuisine Sponsored by National Chef de Partie Apprenticeship & National Sous Chef Apprenticeship Programmes 31 Leaves Blackrock Ananda Andhra Bhavan, Marlborough St Bigfan Daata Sandymount Kaldero Nightmarket Parilla Rei Momo Yamamori South City Best Gastro Pub - Sponsored by Hendersons Foodservice Caribou Davy Byrnes F.X. Buckley @ Ryan's Of Parkgate Street HERA John Kavanagh The Gravediggers L. Mulligan Grocer MJ Wright The Merrion Inn The Old Spot The Queens Bar Best Contemporary Irish Cuisine - Sponsored by FBD Insurance Bastible Comet Craft Restaurant Delahunt Host Restaurant Mae Restaurant Mamó Restaurant Mr Fox Orwell Road Restaurant Volpe Nera Best Newcomer - Sponsored by Square Bang Borgo China Song Chubbys Comet Daata George's Street Dión Rooftop Restaurant and Bar Fitzers Bistro & Bar Gloria Osteria Dublin Notions Bistro & Natural Wine Bar Pub Of The Year Anseo Mulligan's Poolbeg Street O'Reillys of Sandymount Pantibar The Big Romance The Cobblestone The Long Hall The Sackville Lounge The Swan Bar The Villager Best Wine Experience - Sponsored by Bibendum 64 Wine A Fianco Bar Pez Fíon Eile Frank's Green Man Wines Montys of Kathmandu Note Dublin Rosa Madre The Wine Cellar at Fallon & Byrne Best Customer Service - Sponsored by Restaurant-Insurance.ie provided by Dolmen Ananda China Song Etto La Maison Marco Pierre White Steakhouse & Grill Osteria Lucio Rasam Restaurant Richmond Sole Seafood & Grill Table 45 Best Cafe - Sponsored by Illy Alma Baabaa Cafe Baked and Bottled Brew 21 Cloud Picker Cafe Pearse St Excuse My French Goat In The Boat MELO Castleknock Two Boys Brew Two Pups Best Sustainable Practices Bread 41 Fairmental Glas Restaurant Overends Kitchen Sprout & Co The Fumbally The Seafood Café by Niall Sabongi Vada Woodruff Wren Urban Nest Innovator of the Year - Sponsored by Diageo Amuri Restaurant Artybaker Bar 1661 Bread 41 Flight Club HERA Mr Fox Whiskey Saba Group The Corkscrew Wine Merchants Tribe Local Food Hero - Sponsored by Sugar Snap Agency Alan and Mark Taylor, Taylor's of Lusk Barry and Paul McNerney & John Byrne, Lotts & Co Claire and Christopher Arnold, Lennox Street Grocer Graham Herterich, The Cupcake Bloke Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Technological University of Dublin, Grangegorman Mark Senn, Mushroom Butcher Peter Caviston, Cavistons Restaurant and Food Emporium Robert Bullock, Le Patissier Simon O'Donnell, Belvedere College Tadgh and Damien O'Meara, Kish Fish

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