The Best Indian Food in Ireland
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The best Indian food in Ireland, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and Eater have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Pickle comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Dublin and Dun Laoghaire.
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ANANDA and Chakra By Jaipur hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater next.
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Rank 1. Pickle
North Indian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Eater Eater: The 38 Best Restaurants in Dublin, Ireland
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Dublin, Ireland
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Rank 2. ANANDA
Indian
A narrow entrance off a shopping centre corridor opens into a sizeable, stylishly dressed Indian restaurant with fretwork walls, vibrant art, and a proper cocktail bar. The cooking leans original rather than familiar, and the tasting menu, called the Railway Journey, is how the kitchen stretches out. Service is genuinely attentive in the old-fashioned sense, meaning they pay attention. A calm room that earns its name, which translates as bliss.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 ANANDA (this place) 68.544
- #2 Chakra By Jaipur 68.544
- #2 Rare 68.544
- #2 Rasam 68.544
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Rank 2. Chakra By Jaipur
Indian
Naan pulled from a proper tandoor oven is the detail that sets this Indian restaurant apart from the coastal town's more casual options. Tucked into a shopping centre on Church Road, it reads far more intimate than that suggests, with bold décor and service warm enough to make regulars of most visitors. The kitchen has been doing this long enough that the tandoori prawns and kulfi feel effortless rather than showy.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 ANANDA 68.544
- #2 Chakra By Jaipur (this place) 68.544
- #2 Rare 68.544
- #2 Rasam 68.544
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Rank 2. Rare
Tamil
The kitchen is on full display behind large windows, and the chef, who trained in Chennai, cooks through a Tamil Nadu lens: chilli heat, coconut richness, tamarind's sweet-sour pull, all sourced through West Cork. It's a rustic-chic dining room in Kinsale where the chefs deliver the dishes themselves, which sounds like a small thing until it happens. A Michelin Selected restaurant with a strong sense of place, two places at once.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 ANANDA 68.544
- #2 Chakra By Jaipur 68.544
- #2 Rare (this place) 68.544
- #2 Rasam 68.544
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Rank 2. Rasam
Indian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 ANANDA 68.544
- #2 Chakra By Jaipur 68.544
- #2 Rare 68.544
- #2 Rasam (this place) 68.544
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Rank 6. Andhra Bhavan
South Indian
Canteen-style southern Indian cooking in Dublin 1, where the gunpowder dosa arrives crisp, golden, and carrying enough spice to make a point. Thalis give you the full spread: dal, lamb curry, fried cabbage, paneer, all served together the way a good thali should be. The room is no-frills and the prices match, which means the lunch crowd moves fast. Mirchi bajji, fried green chiles dusted with peanuts, makes a fine opening argument.
The awards
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Dublin, Ireland