"Evenings at Daffodil Mulligan start with Kerrygold-washed Jameson aperitifs and excellent steaks, and end in the basement bar, Gibney’s, preferably with live music and a few new friends. If that doesn’t sound like a good time to you, we should probably part ways here. The dining room at this Irish spot in Old Street is sexy, in the kind of way that a blacksmith’s workshop might be—black walls, candles throwing shadows, and hunks of meat cooked over open flames. The steaks are sourced from Ireland and they’re the thickness of decently sized novels, with caramelised crispy crusts, and come with a portion of chunky onion rings." - rianne shlebak, heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna