{"id":285720,"date":"2026-01-15T12:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/285720\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:26:08","slug":"three-irish-restaurants-added-to-michelin-guide-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/285720\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Irish restaurants added to Michelin Guide \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Dublin<\/a> restaurants<\/a> and one in Co Galway<\/a> have been added to the Michelin Guide<\/a>, maintaining a small spree of Irish additions over recent months.<\/p>\n

Inclusion in the guide does not equate to a star or Bib Gourmand, with these awarded at an annual ceremony, to be held in Ireland next month for the first time. It is nonetheless seen as an important boost to an outlet\u2019s reputation. <\/p>\n

In The Old Spot<\/a> on Bath Avenue, Dublin 4, inspectors found a pub that ticks all the boxes \u2013 \u201ctraditional, immensely satisfying food; a buzzing atmosphere; and some of the friendliest, most genuine service around\u201d. They highlighted desserts, particularly \u201cthe excellently crafted bread and butter pudding\u201d. <\/p>\n

Our restaurant critic, Corinna Hardgrave, was also impressed by The Old Spot<\/a> over recent weeks, describing it as having a \u201cwonderful, cosy neighbourhood feel\u201d.<\/p>\n

Also in Dublin, inspectors said diners should keep an eye out for the discrete entrance to Richie Castillo-led, Irish-Filipino restaurant Kaldero<\/a> beneath the Stephen\u2019s Green Shopping Centre, because \u201cto miss its warm atmosphere and flavour-packed cooking would be a crying shame\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"ChefsChefs Richie Castillo, Daren Liew and Alfred Prasad designed the Filipino, Chinese and Indian menus for Kaldero restaurant on South King Street. <\/p>\n

They noted the \u201cinfectious buzz\u201d of the chefs and highlighted \u201cbig, punchy flavours\u201d in dishes such as \u201cDynamite Lumpia\u201d \u2013 chillis stuffed with pork mince.<\/p>\n

In Galway, inspectors enjoyed Blackthorn in The Twelve Hotel in Barna, where they dined in \u201ca bright, airy spot with a Nordic influence\u201d. Blackthorn is filled with \u201cwonderful smoky aromas\u201d from seasonal ingredients being grilled over charcoal, they said, namechecking dishes such as pheasant with cavolo nero and whole black sole with brown butter and capers.<\/p>\n

\"BlackthornBlackthorn in Barna, Co Galway. Photograph: Instagram <\/p>\n

The Michelin Guide now features 115 restaurants in the Republic and 15 in \u201cBelfast and surroundings\u201d. The updated guide for 2026 will be launched in Dublin on February 9th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Dublin restaurants and one in Co Galway have been added to the Michelin Guide, maintaining a small…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17,22906,5281,33645],"class_list":{"0":"post-285720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-michelin","13":"tag-restaurant","14":"tag-restaurant-guides"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115899110852566208","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}