Comet, Dublin: The hot new wine bar serving a small plate menu priced €78
★ 8.5/10
The name may be celestial but the experience of Dublin's most anticipated restaurant opening of 2025 so far is very much rooted terrestrially. Set in one of the prime perches of Dublin city centre, Comet serves the local land and sea — while not being shy about further-flung sourcing as well — in rustic but elevated plates alongside well-sourced, expressive, terroir-driven wines in a petite but handsome room, right off Dawson Street.
You might remember this same two-storey property on Joshua Lane, all dusty brick and steel windows, as La Ruelle wine bar, which closed quietly in late 2024. How could you forget? There is still a pair of signs with the former name pointing this direction. However, there is new life and talented hands at the helm of this building with the couple Kevin O'Donnell and Laura Chabal running the kitchen upstairs and dining room downstairs respectively.
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