Popular, split-level seafood restaurant with small shop and cookery school. Blackboard menus offer a huge array of fresh dishes; go for the specials or the Carlingford oysters and a pint of stout. Large rear bar serves tapas-style dishes.

Three-roomed restaurant on 1st floor of stylish hotel; large centre table seats one large party or several smaller; if you're a couple, choose a booth. Classic dishes cooked in modern Irish style.

Three places in one. Stylish brasserie serves interesting, classically based dishes with original modern style. Smaller eatery offers more casual seafood dining. Limited opening in upstairs restaurant, which has elaborate, inventive, 5 or 7 course ta..

Smart backstreet restaurant with Victorian façade, slate-floored bar and bright, modern dining room. Good-sized menus offer tasty dishes of simply cooked local produce. Efficient service.

Vibrant brasserie restaurant with a high ceiling, red brick walls, a marble floor and warehouse-style windows. Classic brasserie menu; grill dishes are a hit and the succulent steaks are served on boards with a choice of sauces.

Set within an attractive building, in a great central location. Menus feature fresh fish, seafood and locally reared, prime-aged, grain-fed beef. Entertainment in the vibrant bar at weekends.

A grand dame with a sweeping staircase, wrought iron balustrades and chandeliers. Booths add intimacy and a butcher's block chef's table has a view of the kitchen. Brasserie classics dominate, with the odd Mediterranean or Asian influence.

Grand old banking hall, set behind the impressive Victorian façade of the former Ulster Bank HQ. Impressive ornate plasterwork and original stained glass windows. Ambitious French-based menu.

Spacious, glass-fronted city centre restaurant serving a mix of comfort food and internationally inspired dishes, with a good choice of daily specials. Bustling, chatty atmosphere. Small coffee shop serves homemade cakes.

Located within a fine old warehouse, with high beamed ceilings, richly coloured décor and intimate booths. Choice of à la carte or daily changing set menu; ingredients are strictly regional.

Keenly run neighbourhood eatery with modern artwork for sale and bespoke fish-themed paintings. Eclectic menus display worldwide influences; good value lunch/pre-theatre. Owner is passionate about using only Irish ingredients.

Stylish restaurant with a retro feel; its leather-furnished lounge and large dining room displaying Asian/Oriental touches. Choice of good value set or more adventurous à la carte menus, offering original, unfussy, flavoursome cooking with Asian infl..

Large, modern brasserie on the ground floor of a Regency-style townhouse hotel. Accessible modern dishes and dedicated vegetarian menu. Pub quiz on Thursdays and DJ on Saturdays in the bar.

Friendly split-level bistro in former coach house and stables, with exposed brickwork and pleasant courtyard. Menus display fresh, unfussy, modern bistro fare; simpler dishes at lunch. Fine locally brewed ales and stouts.

Bright, bustling bistro serving brasserie classics with a modern twist. Cooking is seasonal and local - big on flavour and nicely filling. Excellent value set price menu Monday-Thursday; traditional roast lunch on Sundays.

Modern L-shaped restaurant in affluent residential district, with cream/dark wood décor and lively, vibrant atmosphere. Modern British cooking is guided by seasonality and availability of local produce.