The Irish Stew

The Irish Stew

Mongoose

Dublin 8 is truly Dublin Ate.

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Oct 01, 2026
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There is a charming tension between the oblique style of Mongoose’s visual messaging, and the dead-ahead deliciousness of Shane Stanley’s cooking in the zazzy Dublin 8 restaurant.

Grilled Langoustine Rouille; BBQ Organic Mushrooms, pangrattato and Comte Custard. All photos credit Samuel McKenna

The fanzine-style menus in lurid pink and green, the post-modern art style with its Radiohead-like irony, the IYKYN anonymity of the narrow entrance and the pared-back room its…

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