Lemuel's

You're climbing up to the top floor of the Conrad on Earlsfort Terrace, right in the thick of Saint Kevin's, and suddenly the city's laid out beneath you. Lemuel's does that rare thing of being genuinely polished without the pretence—the kind of spot where you can dress up or dress down and feel equally at home. The cocktails are properly made (not just spirit plus sweet), and they've got the kind of wine list that makes sense rather than exists to intimidate. It's become the sort of place where locals actually go, not just tourists looking for a photo of the skyline.