Ingredients Turkey breast Chilli powder Smoked Paprika Garlic Onions Tomato Passata Coriander Kidney Beans Finding stuff to eat after a work out can be tough. You’ve done all the hard work and although you don’t want to ruin it by eating shite, you’re always fecking starving. The key is getting loads of protein into you […]

10 years ago

Chinese food in Ireland is generally a bag of shite. What we call Chinese on this island is about as close to the real thing as Ireland are to winning the World Cup in Brazil. It tyically consists of “curry” which is some sort of dark brown gravy that is so thick you could use […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Carrots Pomegranate Parsley Feta Cheese Cos Salad Green Beans Bacon Lemon It’s that time of the year when men all over the world go to the fridge, grab six packs of beer and sit on their fat asses for a month watching other men kick stupid balls around a pitch half way across the […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago

I spend a fair amount of time eating out. I’d say I have a good 10 meals a day out and about in a city given that it kind of is my part time job and all. When you eat out that much things start to crop up that really piss you off. Everybody has […]

10 years ago

Sometimes in life you are just flat out wrong. Yesterday I wrote a piece which I got lambasted for. A couple of lines in particular which I won’t repeat but which you’ll have seen. I lay in bed this morning at 4am and realised I was wrong. Im fairly used to polarising people and can […]

10 years ago

Preface: In response to the reaction provoked by this post, please do take the time to read Niall’s apology here. As a country we tend to do the most obvious thing when the sun shines and that is head to the local pub. Unlike other nationalities who do things like go fishing, hit the beach […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 1 Banana Plain yoghurt Kiwi Milk Ginger Porridge Oats I don’t know about you but I have a real problem eating a good breakfast every morning. Too often I get stuck eating a shitty croissant that I know is bad for me washed down with bad coffee and that really isn’t what your body […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Arborio rice Mushrooms (get wild if you can) Parmesan cheese Shallots Garlic Thyme Rosemary White wine There are some dishes that you cook at home and then there are others which you only ever eat when you are out in a fancy restaurant. Risotto is one of the latter. People think it is a […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago

Last week was a bit of a wake up call that I should probably stick to what I know best and write about food. Makes sense really given that I spent the vast majority of my working life as a chef. The reviews here have always come from a chef’s perspective and been honest and […]

10 years ago

We all remember when the Dublin bikes first arrived in Dublin and were greeted with huge scepticism. Wasn’t it too wet here? Wouldn’t we all throw them into the river? Well far from being a disaster it has changed the city with Dubliners coming to love their bikes. A couple of weeks ago it was […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago

The food in BEAR is absolutely outstanding and everything about it is flawless. I’m only fucking with you guys don’t worry as I can hear people screaming from the rooftops about conflicts of interest because Jamie Heaslip part owns BEAR and he is also involved here with Lovin Dublin. One of the hardest things to […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Red Peppers Gnocchi Garlic Red Onions Rocket Parsley Parmesan Cheese Chicken I’m a huge fan of pasta and one type that is often overlooked is gnocchi. The simple fact is that most people don’t have a clue how to cook it which is a shame given all the shops now have packets of pre-cooked […]

10 years ago

We’ve seen a couple of pop ups in Dublin over the last few years but not as many as in other prominent foodie cities. The best known is of course Crackbird which was started with a credit card and turned into one of the most loved and iconic restaurants in Dublin. You also always see […]

10 years ago

It was only a matter of time before we started seeing some cool drone videos popping up from Dublin. Now that drones are available at a pretty low cost for commercial use and can be fitted with HD cameras we can expect much more of this type of footage. These videos took advantage of the […]

10 years ago

I was reading a food article earlier in the week when I spotted a piece about affogato. For those of you not familiar with this special treat it is essentially a simple Italian tradition of pouring espresso over ice cream. I’ve had loads of them in Italy but I’ve only ever seen one place that […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago

Dublin is a gorgeous little city and we see photos shared every single day that show it in a new light but if you want to understand the energy, people and diversity of the buildings here you need to watch a video. This was shot over 2 days in Dublin and it features all the […]

10 years ago

Oxmantown is a tiny district in Dublin that most people have never heard of. It also happens to be the name of a hip deli on a corner between Smithfield and Capel street. It is an area of the city that I am continually being drawn to these days because of the incredible food and […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Mozzarella Chicken Breadcrumbs Baguette Rocket Tomato sauce Eggs Flour We’ve been writing a lot about brunch recently and there are a ton of great places to have it in Dublin but making your own at home can be an even better option. This is hungover food that is easy to lash together and will […]

10 years ago

Dublin wouldn’t be regarded among the Milans and Florences of this world, when it comes to fashion. However, us Dubliners probably don’t get the credit we deserve. The fair city is heaving with style, and this weekly column will attempt to shine a light on that fact. 10. Ivar 9. Rachel 8. Fekry 7. Camille […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago

Dublin is an incredible little part of the world. We spend lots of time writing reviews and sharing lists of great things to do here. Sometimes though photos can tell a more powerful story than words ever could. Lovin Dublin photographer Caolan Barron will be out and about every week capturing a series of street […]

10 years ago

When I started this blog I did so to find truly remarkable food in Dublin. Today I found something that blew my mind and which and experience I’ve been crying out for over the last couple of years…Really good fish. Although there are loads of brilliant places to eat and drink in Dublin there are […]

10 years ago

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Ireland is without question one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Not too long ago, while on an Aer Lingus flight across the Atlantic, I was disappointed to look out the window and find that the view I’d anticipated was completely obscured by a […]

10 years ago

For the last couple of decades bread in Ireland has been pretty shit. Sure you could argue we had brilliant wheaten bread, Blaas from Waterford, soda farls and some half decent scones but generally speaking we are not a country that excels when it comes to baking. You only have to walk down a supermarket […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago

Airbnb is changing the way people travel all over the world and disrupting the hotel industry big time. Why pay a couple of hundred Euros for a box room in a city centre hotel when you can get a designer penthouse apartment or family home all to yourself. Dublin is of course the home to […]

10 years ago

Since we launched our boxes they have been absolutely flying and we’ve fed 1000s of happy Dubliners and showcased some of the capital’s best restaurants to a whole new audience. We’ve been keeping supply tight to a few hundred boxes a week at the start as we want to make sure the standard is top […]

10 years ago

I’ve spent the last 3 days in San Francisco which competes with Berlin, Dublin and Melbourne as my favourite city on the planet. They are all unique in their own way but the combination of tech and food makes SF a very serious contender. I love cherry picking brilliant things in other cities (here is […]

10 years ago

Restaurant reviews are strange. It’s always about the latest shit hot place to open. The BBQ joint, the Korean infusion food with trendy gin bar or the inevitable Paleo spot. People love to hear about the latest new stuff opening in their town but that does a massive disservice to the hundreds of brilliant restaurants […]

10 years ago

I’ve spent the last 4/5 years imploring people to install WIFI in restaurants, cafes and pubs in Dublin. I’ve spoken about it at trade conferences, to publicans, to owners of chains, to anybody who would listen really. My argument was that it would bring in more customers and it has. Dublin now has a number […]

10 years ago

If everybody who read this blog was a chef or worked in the food business I wouldn’t need to write any words in this review. They’d just look at the pictures and know that I’d had a great meal in Super Miss Sue. Pictures tell you everything you need to know about food and as […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago

I’m sure there will be uproar about the title but let me explain a little something to you… All those guys going into town with their grungy looks and the girls in their high heels and short skirts in the middle of winter…They aren’t heading into town to talk about the weather with their mates. […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Chicken Breasts 3 Lemons Fresh Parsley Feta Cheese Shallots White Wine New Potatoes Sugar Snap Peas I love how when the weather gets warmer we all start cooking a little differently. We want lighter flavours and the health buzz is in full fucking steam. I wanted to create something that was zingy, packed a […]

10 years ago

For many restaurants maintaining a website has always been a massive pain in the ass and an expensive exercise. Thats why in the last couple of years we have seen restaurants, cafes and bars turn increasingly to Facebook and Twitter as their primary point of interaction with customers. Although the social networks offer great ways […]

10 years ago

As we all know eating good healthy food is a horrendous pain in the hole. We all know that the body runs better on strawberries and green beans than it does on pints of Bulmers and Marlboro lights but the struggle to stay on the right side of the fence when it comes to your […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Monkfish Tail Mango Baby Carrots Red Chili Garlic Ginger Soy Sauce Asparagus Everybody wants to eat healthy but coming up with unique recipes that focus on clean eating and boy have we got a beauty for you today. As we always say here cooking fish is way easier than we all think it is […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago

Things have been moving fast over the last couple of months here at Lovin Dublin towers. What started off as a small personal blog now has a team of 6 working on it, lots of contributors and we are selling 100s of boxes a week as we expand our business model. At the end of […]

10 years ago

We painstakingly make lists of the best things to eat, drink and do in Dublin. We release one a week and people use them as a resource to explore their city. Over the last few months tons of people having been asking us to put them all in one place so as they can point […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Fresh Crab Meat Avocado Sourdough Bread Eggs Chili Coriander Creme Fraiche The way we eat in summer always changes. I don’t know about you but I’m always over the heavy shit that we pile into our bodies in winter and light to change up my diet. I can’t say there is any big scientific […]

10 years ago

People are pretty passionate about pizza so I’m fully expecting a backlash to this post and to be called all sorts of names for my horrendous choices below. It is amazing just how riled up people get when discussing something as simple as a bit of bread baked in an oven with tomato sauce and […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Spaghetti Tomatoes Basil Garlic Parmesan Cheese Sugar Cooking should never be complicated and if you use the right high quality ingredients and follow some simple steps you can end up with an absolutely fucking mind blowing end result. There is a bit of arseing around in the prep for this recipe that will take […]

10 years ago

Brunch seems to have replaced Mass in Dublin, as the de facto thing to do in the capital at the weekends. It comes in all shapes and sizes and although we have already shared the definite list of the best places to eat it we thought we’d drill down and share some of the best […]

10 years ago

Soup and sandwiches for lunch in Dublin are one of the staples we’ve all grown up with. The big problem is that most of the places producing them have about as much imagination and creativity as an X Factor-winning contestant. I’d say it is the consumer’s fault though because you only have to go to […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago