Corinna Hardgrave

Corinna Hardgrave

Contributor

Corinna Hardgrave, a contributor to The Irish Times, writes a weekly restaurant column.

Sofra restaurant review: I’ll be back to work through the rest of this menu

Real charcoal, real heat, and Adana cooked with the kind of focus most places only talk about


Six good value restaurants across Ireland: from a €15 lunch to a €72 five-course meal

Inventive restaurants that offer great food at affordable prices


Coke Lane Pizza at The Circular takeaway review: Don’t tell the Neapolitans, but even the pineapple works

Three-day dough, local sourcing, and a standout Margherita backed by science


London’s eclectic restaurant, where the Irish chef takes only cash and has no website

Hugh Corcoran takes bookings by phone, accepts only cash and has no website


Eight Irish restaurants where it pays to book ahead

High demand and limited space can make it harder to get a booking. With these places, it pays to persevere


Fat Phill’s in Temple Bar: Burgers built for the algorithm, not the appetite

This Dutch import serves maximalist fast food with visual punch


Baba’de restaurant review: You won’t eat like this anywhere else in Ireland

Expect rogue dishes at ridiculously reasonable prices at this casual restaurant in Baltimore


The best restaurants around Ireland for a long, leisurely lunch

From modern Irish cooking to Asian fusion, here are the best spots for a lovely lunch


Ten great food trucks and restaurant pop-ups around Ireland

The tastiest moveable feasts this summer, from mushroom fillet rolls in Potobello to seafood spice boxes in Ballycotton


The Counter Deli review: Reliable sausage rolls, sandwiches and gourmet specialty foods

A smart pit stop for toasties, charcuterie and pantry treats, but not everything hits the mark


The Lady Helen at Mount Juliet: It’s no secret this restaurant is chasing a second Michelin star

A tasting menu can go two ways. Get it right and the plates glide; get it wrong and it drags like a bad wedding speech


Ireland’s bakery boom: ‘Customers will spend a tenner on an interesting pastry and a good coffee’

Inside Ireland’s bakeries – from the traditional ovens to the new wave of micro bakeries fermenting dough, farming heritage grain and charging what it really costs


Delhi2Dublin at Priory Market review: Indian fast food that hits the spot

From samosas to kebab platters, this family-run stall has found its forever home in Tallaght


Comet review: Is this Ireland’s next Michelin star restaurant in the making?

Make sure you have the pommes boulangère – potato cooked to French and Irish buttery perfection


The best restaurants around Ireland worth travelling to

Sensational sea views or a Michelin-starred stone-wall cottage? These places offer something more than just great food


Common Ground

How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands