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  • Restaurant Review - Dulse

    Restaurant Review - Dulse

    25 January 2017

    With a new name and chef attached, she couldn't wait to get back up to Mulberry's, now Dulse, says Lucinda O'Sullivan, who, after making a beeline out West, discovered that the new chef had already departed.

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  • Our Latest Great Place To Eat - Whelehans Wines

    Our Latest Great Place To Eat - Whelehans Wines

    25 January 2017

    When I first visited David Whelehan’s vast new wine emporium in the bleak first days of January 2015, one half of me thought ‘this place is amazing’, while the other half wondered if he wasn’t a bit mad….

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  • Restaurant Review - Ember

    Restaurant Review - Ember

    20 January 2017

    The new Ember Restaurant looked trendy and was serving up some tasty, top-notch fine dining on their opening night, says Lucinda O'Sullivan. Watch this space, it's sure to be deep in hipsters and cool cats in no time.

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  • Restaurant Review - Whelehans Wines

    Restaurant Review - Whelehans Wines

    13 January 2017

    When David Whelehan took on the derelict Silver Tassie pub, she wasn't sure how he'd fare, says Lucinda O'Sullivan, but today his fab Whelehans Wines has brought the world's best wines to Loughlinstown, along with great food.

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  • Restaurant Review - Seasons @ Intercontinental

    Restaurant Review - Seasons @ Intercontinental

    06 January 2017

    The Four Seasons Ballsbridge was a boom-years hub for the who's-who and elite hobnobbers, but it lost its cool before departing in 2014, says Lucinda O'Sullivan. However, the fabulous new Intercontinental Hotel has brought the A-list back.

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  • Lucinda's Lookback on 2016

    Lucinda's Lookback on 2016

    03 January 2017

    After 12 months of the good, the bad and the Donald, Lucinda O'Sullivan, with a rocking Chinese, a Michelin starred market cafe, and the irrepressible Prez, gives you her 12 hottest dining experiences of 2016

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  • Restaurant Review - Ballynahinch Castle

    Restaurant Review - Ballynahinch Castle

    02 January 2017

    Hotel dining has come a long way in a short time, says Lucinda O’Sullivan, and, at the fab Owenmore Restaurant in Ballynahinch Castle, Chef Ultan Cooke’s contemporary cuisine is definitely a contender for best in the west.

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