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Eden is the epitome of Temple Bar chic with its trendy waitstaff, minimalist surroundings and terrace onto Meeting House Sq. But the food is the real star with the likes of blackened salmon, pork brochette with peanut sauce and other fusion dishes. The terrace is coveted on summer Saturday nights when films are projected onto the nearby Gallery of Photography.

Here's one of the only city-centre restaurants with a remarkable view - and with prime-seat positions over the playing fields of Trinity College, what a view it is. The food is innovative and light, and ranges from grilled goat's cheese to roast quail. The lunch menu is excellent value - and the angel's perspective on the city is free.

The Tea Rooms resembles a church with its soaring ceiling and double-height windows flooding the room with natural light. An innovative menu marries classic French cuisine and Irish produce: think steamed seabass, iceberg beurre blanc and deep-fried Carlingford oyster, followed by roasted rabbit, Clonakilty black pudding, truffle mash, young leeks and porcini.

Roly's is a Dublin institution that's always packed with people and serves reliably good food. There are basics (leek and potato soup) and more adventurous fare (gorgonzola and asparagus tart) but most people come back for the Kerry lamb, the pork stuffed with rhubarb and apple, or the Irish beef. Book ahead.
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