Wallace’s Taverna

You'll find this place tucked down Bloom Lane just off Ormond Quay, where the sounds of the Liffey mix with proper Italian chatter spilling out onto the cobbles. The wine selection here is serious business – they know their Barolo from their Brunello, and the staff actually care about matching your bottle to whatever's coming out of the kitchen. The menu changes with what's good, but expect the kind of Italian cooking that reminds you why you fell in love with the cuisine in the first place. It's not trying to reinvent anything, just doing the classics with proper ingredients and a bit of Dublin charm thrown in for good measure.