Restaurants
Bully's , 40 Paul St. (tel 021/427 3555) Moderately priced wine bar serving pizzas, fresh pasta and fish; popular with families. Cafe Mexicana , Carey's Lane. Mexican-themed restaurant with a party atmosphere. Main courses for around GBP12/?15.24. Cafe Paradiso , 16 Lancaster Quay, Western Rd (tel 021/427 7939). Busy, informal restaurant with arguably the best vegetarian/vegan menu in town: gleefully high fat. Inexpensive lunches; expensive dinner menu. Not the place for a quiet evening out. Closed Sun & Mon. Isaac's Restaurant , MacCurtain St (tel 021/450 3805). Deservedly popular restaurant. Light, delicious food with a good range of salads, fresh breads, cheeses, seafood and pasta. High emphasis on local and organic produce. The Ivory Tower , The Exchange Buildings, 35 Princes St (tel 021/427 4665). The place to go to treat yourself: adventurous menu specializing in wild and organic food. Exquisite. Five-course set menu GBP30/?38.09. Closed Mon & Tues. Jacques Restaurant , Phoenix St (tel 021/427 7387). Imaginative restaurant with excellent reputation; mouthwatering food with a Mediterranean influence. Earlybird two-course menu for around GBP13/?16.51; dinner around GBP22/?27.93. Closed Sat lunch & all Sun. Leonardo's Bistro , 97 South Main St (tel 021/427 9969). Informal bistro-restaurant with a convivial atmosphere serving a good range of pizza, pasta, tortillas, enchilladas, steaks, fish and fajitas. Lunches from around GBP6/?7.62, main courses in the evening from around GBP8/?10.16. Strasbourg's Goose , 17-18 French Church St (tel 021/427 9534). Lively, informal restaurant popular with a mixed young crowd; casual, pavement cafe atmosphere, and absolutely no anxieties about serving chips and beer with all sorts of dishes, including steaks, fish and homemade burgers. Set lunch menu from GBP10/?12.70, main courses in the evening from around GBP12/?15.24. A Taste of Thailand , 8 Bridge St (tel 021/450 5404). Authentic Thai cuisine; earlybird three-course special GBP11/?13.97. Valparaiso , 115 Oliver Plunkett St (tel 021/427 5488). Huge range of dishes taken from a broad sweep of Spanish cuisine. Main courses around GBP12/?15.24; earlybird menu (not available Tues or Sat) for around the same price.
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