101 Talbot Restaurant

What an amazing place. We found this restaurant by accident but absolutely loved it. The food was excellent and the portions were a good size. If you catch the early bird special you can get two courses for around € 20 each.

Found this awesome spot on a tourist map for food. The seafood chowder was amazing and the lamb was out of this world! The staff was extremely friendly as well. I highly recommend this restaurant !!

This is probably the finest dining you can get around this part of town (not hard I guess but people gots to eat around here too you know!!)
Their lunch menu is reasonably enough priced I guess, about as high as I’d pay for lunch to be honest. I went for the sandwich and soup of the day at a tenner which is not bad business, the menu did rise to the mid and high teens if you are so inclined.
But of course, as is often true you pay for what you get and what I got was delicious. Minestrone soup and pork meatball sandwich with goats cheese, rocket and a lovely onion marinade, it really was spot on and would definitely get me coming back.
I drop the star as the décor is a little tired and the service was a touch on the brusque side for my taste.

Four of us dined at 101 Talbot this evening. Uniformly excellent. Pleasant bright and open dining room, sound level allowed easy conversation, Lorna our wait staff provided attentive and gracious service. And the food was terrific: eggplant rolatini, crudités and hummus, duck confit salad were delicious starters followed by Tandoori Irish chicken (perfectly prepared); chick pea curry and the linguini with pork meatball special dish (all were just right and seasoned carefully). For dessert we shared the lemon posset (a lemon bavarian type pudding with raspberry topping and biscotto) and strawberry shortcake (with a nice crunchy shortbread cookie base). We were very pleased with the ambiance, service and the food and can recommend 101 Talbot without reservation.

The thing that makes this place good is everything the food the drink the DESERTS and the seating.
I like the way it’s not to noisy. Not to pricey.
GO 101 TALBOT

Extremely pleasant restaurant
Started with pitta and hummus before dining on a delicious sweet potatoe, spinach and cauliflower curry. Love eating something so tasty that also seems pretty good for you too! It was truly an excellent curry
They had some very unusual ice cream flavours such as cherry chocolate. Thought dessert was a little dear at 6 Euros for two scoops, but the overall cost of 40 Euros for dinner for two was so very well worth it!
Very friendly place too

Nos ha encantado este lugar aunque nos ha costado de encontrar pq está en un primer piso. La comida está buenísima y el ambiente es muy agradable. El servicio correcto aunque no tenían mucho en cuenta q fueramos extranjeros a la hora de hablarnos. Todo en inglés. Buena relación calidad-​precio.

A little hard to spy the banner in a busy street; the door goes up to the second story, to a bright and pleasant restaurant. We split an entrée and a starter between two women and had lots of food. The Irish chicken was great comfort food, and the starter platter was all very good food. Great little place!

My first time here with friends. Really enjoyed it. The crabmeat starter was excellent. I went with the Lamb main. Tasted great but It was overcooked as I asked for rare and got well done but still was top quality lamb. Beautiful red wine sauce and crispy potatoes. Very good service. Very clean abd very well priced. Would definitely return.

Location was great, a short walk down the street from O’connoll street. Go upstairs and you Walk into a brightly lit and decorated restaurant, there were plenty of available seats. We started with the goat cheese salad, the crab, and the sausage which everyone enjoyed; smaller portions not really good for sharing so we each got our own. No complaints on drinks; beer, cider, and a red wine. For meals we had steak, chicken, and also lamb which everyone really enjoyed. The service was friendly and attentive. Dessert was definitely why they only get 4 stars; the ice cream was weak. The cheese board seemed to be their strongest one. All in all I’d probably go back but it wouldn’t be my first choice…

Went here twice while in Dublin, once for lunch, once for dinner. At both seatings my food was delicious. The slow-​cooked pork belly dinner was outstanding. If my review was only for the food, it would be 4– or 5-​stars.
Unfortunately, the service was terrible, mainly at the hands of the gentleman who seemed to be running the front of the house. He never actually spoke to me when I arrived, when he seated me, or when he took my money– he basically just grunted like some sort of neanderthal. Never smiled, never thanked me for my business, never asked how my meal was. He brought me a cup of soup and practically threw it on the table from behind me.
Curiously, this same gentleman/​manager was handling a few other tables in a completely different manner: those tables that had young, attractive females. At dinner service for example, there was a table of 6 girls (no guys), and he was fawning over them excessively, asking their names, where they were from, and where they were staying. Meanwhile some of the rest of the tables were sitting and waiting and waiting and waiting.
This situation is disappointing: here we have a restaurant that is sending out fantastic food from the kitchen, but the dining experience is getting spoiled by a dimwit manager who seems to be thinking with his penis instead of his brain. I think the owners of this establishment need to make a few staff changes.

This is a cute hidden gem upstairs on Talbot Street.
Pork. Belly. I can still taste the perfectly delicious pork belly. It tender, perfectly seasoned and purely amazing. And the potatoes that accompany it were the perfect complement.
The ambiance is perfect. There were dates there as well as large parties.
A modern spin on traditional food, nom.

101 Talbot (on the second floor) offers a lovely mix of modern Irish cuisine. The reason we went there for the second time were their excellent vegetarian dishes combined with great meat for fish food choices. I really liked the atmosphere, which was casual combined with an excellent service. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars was because they had no beers on tab, only bottles. It is definitely worth a visit, especially if you have vegetarians in your group.

Though it may be a bit tricky to find, it’s worth the search. Note: you must climb a couple flights of stairs to enter the restaurant, so if you are handicapped give them a call ahead of time to find out if there’s an alternate entrance.
The staff were generally friendly and efficient, and we certainly weren’t rushed out of the place. I think our whole dinner experience took about three hours… but they’ve got a decent selection of beers and the food was good.

A colleague recommended the restaurant located at the first floor. The place was quite busy. The atmosphere something between pub and restaurant. Warm welcome. Nice early bird 2 course menu before 7:15 pm. Unfortunately, we arrived at 7:30. Nevertheless, menu offers a good variety of different food. I got the beef and it was just excellent. Good wine as well. Definitely a good place to go,

We had the early bird special of which we took the spinach salad and the chowder soup. Both were outstanding. For the main course we had the pork belly and the stuffed chicken. Both of us liked the pork belly best but overall this was excellent food. A pleasant atmosphere and delightful service — a place we would recommend.

My hubby and I ate at this place tonight. We had a Char-​Grilled Thai Style Prawn Kebab, Baby Spinach Salad — 8.50 as a starter. We both agreed– tasty but nothing special. The spinach was the best part.
I had the Linguine Tossed with Kilmore Quay Crab Claws, Chilli, Lemon, Garlic, Shallots&Flat Parsley– 16.50 and I liked it. I wasn’t too crazy about the crab, there were several crab claws pieces, but almost no crab meat on them. The linguine in the sauce was delicious.
Hubby had Linguine with Dry Cured Fermanagh Streaky Bacon, Paris Brown Mushroom, Baby Spinach, white wine cream sauce which was delicious!
Dessert hubby had the Flourless Chocolate, Orange & Almond Cake, orange & chocolate chip ice cream and neither of us liked it. I had the Chocolate Tart, raspberry ice cream which was very nice. Service was OK, nothing special. There were two big parties in the restaurant and it was quite noisy.

So delicious!
I got the pork belly + braise pork combo (genius!). Sometimes when pork belly is cooked wrong it’s grossly fatty, but not here. It was amazing melt in your mouth goodness that just makes me swoon.
The starter and the desert was pretty meh, but the pork itself deserves a \0/​
Totally go back again.

This is a great spot for a pre-​theatre dinner. We went before a play at the Abbey and enjoyed a really nice meal. The restaurant itself is unassuming, and almost difficult to spot as such from the street.
The menu offers a really nice variety, Including a reasonably-​priced early bird. Not being especially hungry, we opted for a round of starters.
I started with a sun dried tomato and cashew nut dip — definitely as good as it sounds. Not only was the flavor combination good, but the nuts made for a nice and solid texture. It was served with a generous portion of pita bread and crudités.
The salmon and cod sausage had a sausage-​like consistency and plenty of dill to round out the interesting flavor combination. It did not have the spices of a true ‘sausage’, but certainly cme together well.
The feta cheesecake was really good — as anything with feta would be.
We arrived to an empty restaurant just after they opened, but within 30 – 40 minutes the place was complete full of pre-​theatre diners. So, definitely book your table even if you are going early.

This was a welcomed relief after 7 hours of JFK bar food. We hit up 101 talbot thanks to our «let’s go» guides rec. Lucky for me both myself and the dude I’m traveling with are veg, therefore no one is constantly bummed their on a trip with a non-​meat eater.
We ordered the early bird specials, we got: pumpkin soup, red pepper spread with veggies for appetizers, main course was side salad and lentil & chickpea cakes in a coconut curry sauce. We also ordered a bottle of wine, coffee and a cheese platter. It totaled 73 euro. The food was AMAZING, loved everything we ordered. Staff was super friendly I think one kid was welsh, the girl may have been British and another kid was Irish.
Bathrooms are across the landing, as the Irish kid came to my rescue after he noticed me poking into a cleaning closet and the back office.
I think the veg option switches nightly. The rest of the menu was chockfull of healthy meaty options. But they also had sliders. My sis’s fave.

Being stuck due to the volcano has allowed us to visit many restaurants while in Dublin. 101 Talbot Having very good ratings but few (4) reviews was a gamble.
However we were not disappointed for the pork belly with barbeque and corn was very tasty. Pork belly wasn’t too fatty but moist and braised well. Even more outstanding per my coworkers opinion was the Fillet Mignon with mashed potatoes and root vegetables. I didn’t try it but it looked very tasty, see pictures. Per my other friend, the chicken was also very good although she was looking for it to be prepared a bit more healthy. In fact, the only reason I gave it 4 stars was the the concern that every dish had been sauced adding calories and had some sort of potato (more carbs) which displayed a lack of variety.
But hell were in Ireland right? Overall we weren’t disappointed with good flavors in each of the dishes. The service was good and the food prompt. The prices were very good for the quality and level of service and atmosphere. I would definitely recommend.

This restaurant is popular with Dublin’s artistic crowd as it is close the Abbey and the Gate theatres and it showcases different artists’ work. Paintings decorate the large room and the whole style of the place is casual. Even the waiters are encouraged to express themselves freely, uniforms being banned and all.
All the times I have been here, I have never been disappointed by the menu. There’s always a fresh selection of fish and meat and the vegetarian appetizers are great. It can get pretty busy so don’t chance it and make a reservation.