The 38 Essential Dublin Restaurants

"Hawksmoor may be a London institution and rated as one of the world’s best steakhouses, but the newly opened Dublin outpost in the city center is solidly Irish on the plate. Options for larger cuts of beef from the country’s top producers are chalked on a board daily, perfect for sharing after you’ve worked your way through some Flaggy Shore oysters, bone marrow with onions, and local lobster. Dublin’s finest dining room, in a meticulously restored landmark building designed by William Barnes in the mid-1840s with a soaring 40-foot dome, adds to the drama. Sunday lunch is a steal, and the corkage is only 5 euros (about $5.50) on Mondays." - Corinna Hardgrave