Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Dublin
Nine restaurants on this list sit in Mansion House B, the largest neighbourhood group on the page, among them Patrick Guilbaud, Dax, One Pico and F.X. Buckley Pembroke Street. Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen in Rotunda B and Patrick Guilbaud each hold two Michelin stars with exceptional, sommelier-led lists. Royal Exchange A and Royal Exchange B hold further rooms, including Rosa Madre, Monty’s of Kathmandu and Uno Mas.
Rosa Madre in Royal Exchange A has a 640-bottle list weighted toward Burgundy, Piemonte and Tuscany, and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Monty’s of Kathmandu in Royal Exchange A has a list of over 400 bottles. The Wine Cellar at Fallon & Byrne in Royal Exchange A has over 300 global wines. Uno Mas in Royal Exchange B holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, with natural wine and a sherry list beside Spanish tapas.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
9 Below
Deep wine list
9 Below occupies a basement address on St Stephen's Green, positioning itself within Dublin's growing cohort of destination bars and dining rooms that trade on atmosphere and craft over spectacle. The address alone signals intent: a city-centre location steps from the Green, in a neighbourhood that has steadily drawn serious operators over the past decade. Practical details remain limited, so booking ahead and arriving with an open schedule is the sensible approach.
Ananda
Deep wine list
A Michelin Plate-recognised Indian restaurant in Dundrum's Cinema Building, Ananda offers accomplished regional cooking and attentive service at the €€ price point. The 'Railway Journey' tasting menu is the format that best demonstrates the kitchen's range, drawing on distinct regional traditions rather than a generic subcontinental sweep. A stylish cocktail bar and decorative fretwork set the room apart from the surrounding retail context.
BANG Restaurant & Wine Bar
Deep wine list
The address alone says something about the room's register.
Casper & Giumbini's
Deep wine list
Casper & Giumbini's occupies a corner of Dún Laoghaire's seafront Pavilion, where the proximity to Dublin Bay shapes what ends up on the plate. A White Star listing on Star Wine List since September 2023 signals a wine program taken seriously. For anyone building an itinerary along the southern Dublin coast, it belongs in the conversation alongside the city's stronger dining addresses.
Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen
2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 89 points, placing it at the summit of Dublin's fine dining tier. Located on Parnell Square North, the restaurant builds its menu around prime Irish and European ingredients treated through classical French technique. Booking well in advance is standard practice for tables here.
Dax
Deep wine list
A cellar restaurant on Pembroke Street Upper that has quietly become one of Dublin's most loyally attended dining rooms. Dax holds consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) and draws a French-influenced menu built around prime Irish produce, Wicklow Gap sika deer, Celtic Sea scallops, served beneath the vaulted Georgian foundations of Dublin 2. Roughly eighty percent of the dining room, on any given night, is made up of regulars.
F.X. Buckley Pembroke Street
Deep wine list
F.X. Buckley Pembroke Street on Dublin 2's Pembroke Street Lower brings the institution's long-standing commitment to Irish beef to the Georgian southside. A White Star recipient from Star Wine List, it occupies a tier of Dublin dining where the wine program carries real editorial weight. For those planning a meal in the city, it represents a credible anchor on the southside circuit.
First Chapter
Deep wine list
First Chapter occupies a Fade Street address in Dublin's creative core, operating within the city's growing tier of neighbourhood-anchored dining rooms where the repeat visitor shapes the room as much as the menu does. The space draws a loyal cohort who return for consistency rather than occasion, placing it alongside Dublin's broader shift toward accessible, conversation-led dining over formal ceremony.
Forbes Street by Gareth Mullins
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Forbes Street by Gareth Mullins sits at Grand Canal Dock, one of Dublin's most architecturally distinct dining addresses. Recognised by Star Wine List with a White Star designation, it operates within the city's serious wine-forward restaurant tier. The location alone signals intent: this is a room built for the kind of meal that warrants the journey across the canal.
Glovers Alley
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
On the second floor of The Fitzwilliam Hotel, overlooking St Stephen's Green, Glovers Alley holds a Michelin star for cooking that pairs classical discipline with deliberate creative tension. Chef Andy McFadden's menu works through bold flavour combinations and precise technique, set against a room of 1930s-inflected softness. It occupies the upper tier of Dublin's fine-dining bracket at €€€€ pricing.
Little Lemon
Deep wine list
Little Lemon occupies a compact address on Royal Hibernian Way in Dublin 2, one of the city centre's more quietly trafficked pedestrian corridors. The venue sits in a neighbourhood bracketed by some of Dublin's most closely watched dining rooms, making it a useful reference point for understanding where casual and mid-register eating fits within the city's current restaurant picture. For visitors working through Dublin's dining options, it warrants a look alongside the broader Duke Lane area.
Monty’s of Kathmandu
Deep wine list
A Nepalese restaurant on Temple Bar's Eustace Street that has built one of Dublin's most decorated wine lists, earning Star Wine List recognition six times in 2024 alone and a World of Fine Wine 2-Star Accreditation. The wine program anchors the experience, with a Champagne-heavy selection and a Santa Rita-sponsored private room that accommodates group bookings in a setting that sits well outside the mainstream Dublin dining circuit.
One Pico
Deep wine list
One Pico occupies a quiet alley off Molesworth Place, bringing a New American and Modern French sensibility to Dublin's established fine-dining corridor. The kitchen's classically grounded sauces are a recurring point of critical praise.
Patrick Guilbaud
2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
Dublin's longest-standing two-Michelin-star restaurant has occupied its Georgian townhouse on Merrion Street since 1981, anchoring Ireland's fine dining conversation across four decades. The cooking is French at its core, shaped by premium Irish produce and a restrained modernity that the La Liste rankings, 93 points in 2026, consistently validate. Opinionated About Dining placed it 21st among Classical European restaurants in 2025.
Pearl Brasserie
Deep wine list
Pearl Brasserie occupies a Georgian address on Merrion Street Upper, placing it steps from the National Gallery and the political heart of Dublin 2. The kitchen works in a register familiar to anyone who follows contemporary Irish dining: locally sourced produce handled with the precision of continental technique. For visitors calibrating Dublin's serious restaurant tier, Pearl sits in a bracket worth understanding.
Rosa Madre
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Rosa Madre brings Italian cooking to the heart of Temple Bar with a wine program that punches well above its postcode. The 640-bottle list skews toward Burgundy, Piemonte, and Tuscany, priced at the $$$ tier, and sits alongside a lunch-and-dinner menu that runs at the same price bracket. Under owner and wine director Luca De Marzio, it operates as Dublin's most serious Italian room.
The Bull & Castle
Deep wine list
Positioned steps from Dublin Castle on Lord Edward Street, The Bull & Castle occupies one of the capital's most historically loaded corners. Against the backdrop of Dublin 2's converging tourist and local currents, it offers a pub-anchored experience that sits in a different tier from the fine-dining rooms of Merrion Street, and serves a different purpose entirely.
The Port House Cava
Deep wine list
Camden Street's cava bar occupies a specific niche in Dublin's drinking and eating scene: the Spanish wine-led format that pairs serious fizz with pintxos-style small plates. The Port House Cava sits on one of the city's most active evening strips, where the format travels well, lowering the commitment compared to a full sit-down dinner while raising the occasion above a standard pub round.
The Unicorn
Deep wine list
The Unicorn on Merrion Row has occupied a quiet corner of Dublin 2's most restaurant-dense stretch for decades, drawing a clientele that values consistency over novelty. Positioned steps from the Merrion Hotel and the National Gallery, it sits within one of the city's most considered dining corridors, where old-school Irish hospitality still competes on its own terms against a newer wave of tasting-menu restaurants.
The Wine Cellar at Fallon & Byrne
Deep wine list
Beneath Fallon & Byrne's celebrated food hall on Exchequer Street, the Wine Cellar occupies a vaulted basement that has become one of Dublin's most reliable addresses for occasion dining. The setting draws on the building's original character, and the wine program is the anchor attraction. It sits in the mid-range of Dublin's dining spectrum, suited to celebrations that want substance over spectacle.
Uno Mas
Deep wine list
Uno Mas on Aungier Street holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025) and back-to-back Star Wine List #1 rankings, making it one of Dublin's most decorated mid-range Spanish restaurants. The counter seats are the place to be: a front-row view of a kitchen producing Spanish-inflected dishes with real depth, backed by a dedicated sherry list and vermouth cocktails. Sister restaurant to Etto, it draws a loyal local crowd and books out quickly.
Wilde
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Its wine program includes the notable 'Irish Wine Geese' section, documenting how Irish emigrants shaped famous wine regions abroad. For wine-focused diners in central Dublin, it represents a rare depth of list-building in a hotel setting.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Dublin
- Which restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator award?
- Rosa Madre in Royal Exchange A, Wilde in Royal Exchange B and F.X. Buckley Pembroke Street in Mansion House B hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Forbes Street by Gareth Mullins in South Dock holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. Rosa Madre holds the Best of award for 2025 and for 2026. The awards at Wilde, F.X. Buckley Pembroke Street and Forbes Street by Gareth Mullins are for 2026.
- Which neighbourhood has the most restaurants on this list?
- Mansion House B has the most restaurants on this list, with nine. They are Patrick Guilbaud, Dax, One Pico, BANG Restaurant & Wine Bar, F.X. Buckley Pembroke Street, Little Lemon, Pearl Brasserie, 9 Below and The Unicorn. Royal Exchange A is the next group, with Monty’s of Kathmandu, Rosa Madre, First Chapter and The Wine Cellar at Fallon & Byrne. Royal Exchange B follows, with Glovers Alley, Uno Mas and Wilde.
- Which restaurants on this list have a bottle count?
- Rosa Madre in Royal Exchange A and Monty’s of Kathmandu in Royal Exchange A are the restaurants on this list with a bottle count. Rosa Madre has a 640-bottle list that skews toward Burgundy, Piemonte and Tuscany, under owner and wine director Luca De Marzio. Monty’s of Kathmandu, Dublin's first Nepalese restaurant, has a diverse list of over 400 bottles selected by owner Shiva Gautam, with a Champagne-heavy selection.