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Le Bon Crubeen, Talbot Street, D1. 
A fine menu, very good food and excellent value for money prices in Le Bon Crubeen more than soften the hassle of Christmas shopping for Paolo. The north city-centre isn't awash with restaurants, so Le Bon Crubeen is a very welcome addition. Long may it prosper.
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Bar 8, Dock Road, Galway 
Bar 8 is situated on the waters edge with a big picture window affording great views of the Galway docks. Bar 8 has a stylish, funky feel, while being un-pretentious. Chef Jess Murphy has followed her dream halfway around the world. Originally from New Zealand, she has worked in London, and spent two years with Kevin Thornton during the days when the restaurant had two Michelin stars – this lady can cook.
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The Boardwalk Bar and Grill, Lapps Quay, Cork 
The Boardwalk is a large premises, and like it’s name suggest it is half bar and half restaurant. There is a really long bar that snakes around towards the back while the décor is modern contemporary with lots of dark wood and leather seats. Tables are well spaced and glass wear and linens are very high quality. This is an un-ashamed American style steakhouse, jumbo shrimp cocktails and steaks meet cocktails and pints.
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A. Caviston, seafood café, deli and fish shop, Greystones, Co Wicklow. 
A. Caviston is a family run fish shop, deli, café and cheese mongers in the heart of Greystones. The business obviously has some illustrious connections with the seafood business, and is run by Amy Caviston, of the famous Caviston’s fish mongers in Glasthule and her husband Shane Willis. |
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Avenue Cafe Restaurant, Maynooth. 
Avenue is a really well run restaurant serving delicious food at reasonable prices. They wanted to create somewhere you can go with a gang of friends or family for a great night out, and with their quality food, value and consistency I think they have succeeded. Well worth a visit.
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Sous le Vent, Thurles. 
Welcoming restaurant in Thurles looks very inviting from the outside, with it’s aubergine paint job, white windows and flower boxes. On offer are seafood dishes such as Sautéed prawns Catalane with tomatoes, garlic, onions, in cream, served with flavoured bread, or battered cod filet served with tartar sauce and Belgian frites and much more... |
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Spice Indian Restaurant Wexford 
Situated on Monck Street, over the Crown Bar in Wexford. Spice is beautifully decorated in a style that lends itself to being both contemporary and warm, with rich vivid colours of ruby, green, gold, crimson and purple, all inspired by the Indian colonial era.
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The Summer House Lismore Co Waterford 
Open all day, the Café is an ideal location for a cup of coffee or a delicious lunch. At the Summerhouse only Java Republic freshly ground coffee is served and pastries freshly baked in their own bakery.
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Cinnamon Garden, Indian Restaurant, Ashbourne, Co. Meath 
Cinnamon Garden is a restaurant that is striving to be the best. Aside from Rasam and Ananda, I really haven’t tasted Indian food any better elsewhere in Ireland. This coupled with really good service makes this one of the finds of the year. It’s funny really, but Ashbourne boasts two of the best ethnic restaurants in the country, our favourite Chinese, Eatzen and now The Cinnamon Garden. Well worth a trip.
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Uisce Restaurant, Hilton Hotel, Dublin 6 
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Dillingers, Ranelagh, D6. Now, did you wonder what happened to Mint after it closed amid the melt-down earlier this year? Well, wonder no more: it's reopened as Dillinger's, and Temple Garner -- who was executive chef for Town, South and The Bridge Bar -- is cheffing and John Farrell from Il Primo is doing front of house. | |
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2009, A year of Dining. Looking back over 2009, it's impossible not to recognise that it was a very hard year for the restaurant business. Turnover was down, costs went up and margins were cut to the bone. Yet, despite this, restaurants are still trading, people still have their jobs and there are still customers looking for good food. | |
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Bistro Sola, Naas, Co. Kildare. This week I visited a restaurant in Naas and it was only as I sat at the table I realised that I'd been there before, not once, but twice. I'd gone to have dinner in Bistro Sola in Naas with fashion designer Lainey Keogh, | |
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Cinnamon Garden is a restaurant that is striving to be the best. Aside from Rasam and Ananda, I really haven’t tasted Indian food any better elsewhere in Ireland. This coupled … 
The Boardwalk is a large premises, and like it’s name suggest it is half bar and half restaurant. There is a really long bar that snakes around towards the back …
A fine menu, very good food and excellent value for money prices in Le Bon Crubeen more than soften the hassle of Christmas shopping for Paolo. The north city-centre isn't … |