Iveagh Bistro — Restaurant in Dublin

Stopped into this bar/restaurant inside the Ashling Hotel while waiting for our train. The bar offers reasonable prices, given the location. The food quality seemed high, with most ingredients sourced locally. The bar was tastefully decorated, bright, with large windows looking out over the nearby park and train station. Couches and chairs were comfortable for a 2-hour delay. Nice wine list, with reasonable prices by the glass. Perhaps I was there on an off day, but the service was very poor, resulting in the 3-stars. Inattentive and forgetful, with an overall lack of attention to hospitality. There were three servers, a bartender, and manager present with fewer than 12 tables, but we routinely had to go find a server to place an order for food or drinks. Our server forgot our order and had to be reminded. Three of the 5 things we intended to order were unavailable. The table next to us had to place their order three times. Overall, a lovely location with good food and drinks, but marred by a lack of...

I am conflicted on my review of this restaurant. The food menu looked decent, the drink menu was decent, and it was always busy when we looked in. We only got drinks 2 night in a row and the first night our 2 drinks to go took about 15 min. The second night they took about 30 min for 2 drinks. While the custom drinks were special and well-made, the time to make these was way too long. Still, with a quicker bartender/staff we would be very likely to eat there...

Just popped in here to meet someone n had quick coffee. Overall was impressed - clean, warm n staff quite friendly. Last time i was in hotel wud been about 20yrs ago n big change lol. Read recently that it had been voted into one of top hotels in Dublin so looks like a good option if pkanning on stay in Dublin. Well situated n right on Luas line n beside Hueston Stn. Next time am staying in Dublin will try them out for...