Exceptional service and fine dining at its very best. Focus is on delivering the best of Irish ingredients in imaginative and delightful ways. Definitely one of the best restaurants in Dublin and probably the country. Lunch is great value.
Great tasting food with fresh, local ingredients in a relaxed setting.
I brought my wife here for her birthday and honestly the food and service were truly excellent. We both really enjoyed ourselves. Well worth the price.
I m not used to such fancy places but had a great experience at Chapter One.
All the staff treated us really well and the food is amazing, really tasty and beautiful. Also got invited to visit the kitchen, which was a great extra treat.
I d go again on their pre-theater menu as it fits my pocket better but highly recommended if you re ready to pay for it.
Need reservation to get there. Staff friendly menu excellent and good wine selection. Don't forget to order signature Irish Coffee! Should be 2 Michelin Star.
Absolutely amazing service atmosphere and gorgeous dinner
Delicious food. Excellent service, if a little over fussy at times.
Fantastic! Excellent services! Great food! A place to chat and chat as it takes a bit of time of wait as I guess they need a little longer time for preparation. Food is yummy yummy yummy!
Beautiful venue delicious food and lovely staff also very romantic setting will definitely go back
Have been there around 8 times in the last 10 years. Always impressed. Recommending chef's table for out of this world culinary experience!
Lovely restaurant, amazing food, great wine and exceptional service
Fantastic food and the staff was the best I've ever seen at a restaurant
Fabulous food and excellent service. Highly recommended for a treat. The chef must be brilliant.
Very frequented spot. But for a good reason. How does he manage for this amount of people? Ross is symphatic too. Sommelier tips appreciated as well.
Excellent food and service. Very friendly and helpful staff. Great experience.
I had been wanting to come here for so long and finally went for it.. And gladly so. Every course went beyond expectation, being flavoursome yet delicately balanced. The service was attentive but never overbearing. All our drink pairings were perfect ( we chose our own wine for dinner, but went with the menu suggestions for dessert wine and for port)
Dined here last night with my beau for my birthday treat (spoiled I know ). We had the eight course tasting menu with paired wines for each course. Our fav courses were the smoked salmon and also the steak course which cooked a medium pink (my preference). The staff were so polished and explained each course and wine to both of us in intricate detail. The staff were also very friendly and fun. Would highly recommend this gem for a special treat
Wonderful. A spectacular dining experience. A special place.
Had lunch here on a whim and very glad I did. Service is top quality, but still very warm and friendly. Food was really very good for the most part. Mackerel was utterly sublime, some of the later dishes failed to reach that standard for me, but were still very pleasant. Really enjoyable dining experience.
Breaking culinary boundaries and wonderful atmosphere set by amazing staff
Outstanding Dinner, nice wine pairing. Big recommendation!
My wife and I dined here on Saturday 28th July. Our overall experience was excellent. The style and decor is very relaxing and the staff are so welcoming, knowledgeable, professional and friendly. Our server, Virginia, was brilliant.
I chose the Japanese tapioca, quail, pork & raspberry. My wife chose the tomato, salmon, duck & chocolate.
Each and every dish was perfectly designed - the flavours and quality of the ingredients were excellent.
It's not the best 1 Star Michelin restaurant I've eaten in - but it's the best 1 Star in Ireland.
Would highly recommend this restaurant.
Excellent restaurant, even for Dublin 1. The menu and dining experience were both fantastic and elegant, yet not overdone. Nice enough yet not over the top, which is easy to do in many places. The service was exceptional, reminiscent of a five star restaurant. The ambiance was fabulous, yet elegant and understated. Our favorite eatery when coming to Dub 1.
Fabulous, Not about the show but about great food and service. Staff reflect the owner and are attentive and friendly.
Have eaten here twice in recent weeks, and a number of times previously and I can honestly say it s just getting better and better. The food has a refined quality and the raw ingredients are clearly excellent. I love the dining room and the private/semi-private dining options are fabulous as well. Staff are excellent. Perfect service without being overly stuffy, they are friendly and personable.
Excellent kitchen! A big compliment for that! Our wishes were immediately implemented by the service! The tasting menu is excellent!
Great food from the appetizer to the desserts, excellent service, refined but not plastered and formal environment, for an ideal business dinner
The food was good and errorless but I felt a lack of innovation and surprises.
When I go the starred restaurants, I expect more than a perfect cuisson.
Obviously everything was perfectly executed, but the 2 stars are lost for 1) lack of surprises in flavours 2) quite boring atmosphere
Absolutely fantastic really deserves its reputation
Got a voucher from friends for this restaurant. The food was high end and the service was very good.
Absolutely superb had Chefs Table in the kitchen great food a d stunning wine list
Wow. Incredible food. We had a 3 course lunch and it worked out at a very reasonable 55 each including a tip (no wine). Lovely restaurant, great staff, very interesting and delicious flavours. I had the braised beef cheek for my main. It was incredibly tender and the red wine jus was incredible. I would normally expect to pay a lot more for such a gourmet experience. Staff were fantastic and the chef came out and chatted with us about our food. I would highly recommend this Michelin star restaurant. Thanks!
As always an amazing experience - top class food and service
Overall a very good experience. We (small group) chose the 80 four course option.
I chose;
- Irish onion & Hegarty cheese soup
- Terrine of chicken and smoked bacon, pickled garlic scape, apple
- Aged fillet of Irish beef, shiitake tart, lindi pepper cream
- warm 68% chocolate mousse
The soup was light and flavorsome, most went for this option.
The Terrine of chicken was quite tasteless
The aged fillet of beef was perfectly cooked and tender, although I ve had nicer in Dublin city accompanied by the mushroom tart which again I felt was quite bland.
Finally, the warm chocolate mousse was just perfection!!
Overall the food was presented well, good experience with great staff. Unusual location.
Delicious food, nice surroundings and excellent service from friendly relaxed staff.
Chapter One has everything you would expect from a fine dining restaurant, top of the line service, exquisite food, and an amazing atmosphere. You must try it.
For a fantastic fine dining experience, this is the place to go. A beautifully set out restaurant in the heart of Dublin they serve some of the most exquisite food I have tasted anywhere in the world.
Located right below the Irish Writer's Center you have the feeling of stepping back into an era when dining out was about the experience as much as the food.
The food is all good and the quality of service is second to none in Dublin. Having a sommelier on hand to help choose the right wine for your dining choices is a particularly fine treat. As treats go however, I highly recommend the chocolate mousse as it is simply divine.
Overall - go and go often!
We had lunch here mid week. Obviously expectations were very high and they were certainly met.
A warm welcome, nice & chatty staff along with top notch food. It was very good value for lunch considering it s Michelin Star.
Would I go back? Most certainly yes, maybe dinner next time!
The dishes were on the spectrum of amazing or mediocre. The wine pairing was excellent though
I don't know how to fault this place. The staff were so charming and wonderful, the food was filling and delicious and innovative (milk ice cream is so weird but brilliant), the atmosphere is calm and cosy yet modern. And for one of Dublin's top restaurants the early bird menu is surprisingly affordable!
Delicious, great service, amazing whiskey and wine! We're lucky they could squeeze us in two nights in a row. Irish coffee was amazing and so fun to see it made in front of us.
This is a very expensive restaurant.one of the top restaurants in Dublin. What you pay is not only for the quality of food but for the whole experience: the decor, the service( excellent with a Nort-side axccent!), the way the food is presented. Do have an Irish coffee: it will be prepared in front of you by your waiter who will caramelise the brown sugar in a pan before adding it to the rest of the ingredients. Dress up!
Always excellent. Great atmosphere and welcoming staff accompany top class food
Kindly received a wedding gift of a voucher for this beautiful restaurant.gentle welcome,wounderful food,elegant decor,would highly recomend.
Incredible place! You Must go, but be sure to make reservations well in advance
Went here for my birthday. Really warm welcome, beautiful dining room, and really good food. Really impressed overall!
Visited Chapter One for dinner and it definitely lived up to expectations. Excellent food, Really nice staff. Will be back soon guys.
Superb! Absolutely flawless, food is really tasty and great presented. Service was a top notch, a lots of passion delivered from the start to finish. Very recommended, and definitely will back!
Trying way too hard to be fancy. Almost everything was underwhelming. The wait staff was sporadic and shotty at best. I'd be willing to bet they lose their star this year if the stars were aligned.
Starter:
Super delicious marinated scallops (attached photo) with mussels, horse radish. Well done!
Main course:
Again very soft and nicely grilled John Dory fish alongside delicious mushroom paste, and placed above delicious spring onion bed. The portion of the fish is very small though, it is just a small strip... The main course can be eaten in max. 2-3 minutes.
Desert:
Warm and cold, sweet and salty, soft and crunchy at the same. All sensations are stimulated simultaneously. Well done, really amazing chocolate mousse.
Service;
Very attentive, kind and nice staff. Obviously they are asked to take care of all customers very well, I appreciate the assistance and the service provided.
However I find this much of attention and staff running around the table bit too intense, you can't relax. The whole concept is to make you feel special, a game of medieval aristocracy everyone calling you sir etc... super European concept. You can enjoy a nice meal and have a delicious food without treated like a feudal lord. I prefer places with genuine hospitality...
I am giving 4 starts because in the end this is not a museum, not a theatre but a restaurant and one of the primary missions of a restaurant is to fill people's stomach alongside other things (service, appeal to eye, entertain etc). Since the main course was not big enough and can be eaten in 2-3 mins I have taken 1 star down.
Places can be still "classy" and serve decent portions.
I am challenging the status quo and all-accepted values of fine dining. Restaurants should brake their chains from this restrictive and royal tradition of "small portions for prominent people" principle.
The history behind this is that royal people believes that they are so much liberated from their animalistic needs such as hunger (farmer thing to have) that they can nibble on tiny bits of nicely decorated expensive stuff of an awkwardly big plates and show how aristoricatic they are. The empty space on the plate on the table is more important than what is actually eaten. This tradition is very much in conflict with Irish cuisine and history therefore I expect Irish restaurants to have their own version of fine dining and fill the plate!
Delicious food, great service but a follower of mainland Europe fine dining tradition of tiny portions.
Took my Mam here for a mother/daughter date recently and we had a super night. The staff were so attentive, we did the tasting paired with wines and would highly recommend it, lovely way to spend an evening. Chapter One is a treat but worth every penny.
Chapter one has provided one of the best dining experiences that I have had in a long time. The staff are so professional and courteous. The food was out of this world, if the duck is on the menu please try it and the Irish whiskey is worth it for the experience of the team making it alone. It is worth every cent
Best meal I've ever had. I'll be back, just have to sell a kidney first.
Amazingly good. Appreciated how there were options for pescatarians and vegetarians. Although expensive, it wasn't outrageously so like most Michelin-star restaurants I've seen. Highly recommend the premium pre-theater menu!
So good it puts a dampener on eating any other food ever again. Brilliant, knowledgable and polite. Highly recommend.
A major disappointment , neither food or service lived up to expectations
Our first time to eat in Chapter One, and we will definitely go back! We had the premium pre theatre menu, all four courses were exquisite, beautifully presented and served by very efficient servers. The serving of the different courses was nicely timed, not rushed. We would highly recommend the restaurant.
what a dining experience food is to die for the taste is magical and favours our outstanding if you ever get a chance to go don't miss out
AMAZING local food with unparalleled service. This is truly a Dublin gem.
Excellent food, awesome service, we had a very nice stay. The 4 course dinner is 75 .
I was in Dublin for 5 days attending a training session. I took the opportunity to nip out one evening to Chapter One as I'd heard a lot about it. So glad I did!
Food was superb with innovation and technique combing to great effect. Beautifully presented, interesting and above all damned tasty dishes just kept coming! Also the matching wines were brilliant with 3 that I couldn't initially envisage working with the dish but to my surprise were brilliant matches. In particular a Pedro Ximinez matched with the amazing milk and honey dessert was amazing.
Service too was warm and genuine throughout. All in all a memorable experience in all the right ways!
I ate here with a group of friends laat night and loved it
One of the finest meals i have ever eaten. Definitely the best in dublin
I can't wait to go back
The service was amazing. However I didn't enjoy the food as much as I hoped.
Great food and wine. Service was impeccable. Highly recommend if you can get a booking.
The starters were excellent, the Main course and the deserts were very good. However, the vere good experience was somewhat destroyed by the fact that both our initial glasses of wine and our irish coffees were priced higher on the bill than in the wine lists. How is that possible??
Absolutely beautiful best I've tasted and the staff are just wonderful very welcoming
Great food. Nice, not too formal staff. Highly recommended although there are better Michelin star level restaurants
Got a voucher so said we'd treat ourselves to the 'Theatre Menu' which is actually very reasonably priced. The service was impeccable and you were always fussed over. Highly recommended
Always good. Dublin's best great produce great service great food
Great restaurant. Perfect service. Very good food. Icing on the cake 2 course business lunch outstanding value for money.
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