Best Contemporary Italian Restaurants in Dublin

Great food and service. Lots of noise. Maybe put all big tables together at back of room?

Quite possibly one of the best dinners of 2024 in Columbus! After several years of most restaurants being subpar (Pandemic: supplies/staff/etc.) many are beautifully recovering! Martini's is one of my wife's favorites, so after our Holiday Spectacular Symphony performance we had a "date night" that was Spectacular. Every staff was incredibly friendly and accommodating, from the Valet, to the receptionist, to all 3 of the servers (Linda, Kevin, and fella with the white beard with jingle bells!) that helped us! The Garlic/Truffle bread was heavenly, and we definitely ate too much! The Frito Misto was the loser of the night; shrimp and calamari tough, not crispy, and just average at best; usually Cameron's calamari are the best ever! We have small appetites so we split everything to be able to try everything! The Caesar was excellent, nice and "lemony"; the scallops were the Star of the dinner and were as good or better than I have ever had, and again, Cameron does scallops better than anywhere and they are consistently excellent across his restaurants. We took dessert home: the Tiramisu was excellent, but really "rich" (back to the gym!), and the new lemon layer cake was great (back on the diet!). We do miss some of the "old" dishes: braised short ribs (always the best!), the salmon crusted with garlic on an artichoke bed (best ever; wife's favorite); the lemon meringue tart was also the "best"! So Bravo on achieving a spectacular meal; we loved everything so much we booked our New Year's Eve then and there on the spot!

My experience last night was absolutely stellar. The food and service was a 10 out of 10. Highly recommend this spot! The owner was so kind.

We had a seriously wonderful evening! The wait staff was aware we were dining ahead of seeing the Nutcracker, they kept an eye on the time and allowed us to enjoy the meal without feeling rushed, and still make it downtown. Our server Samara was attentive and had great recommendations, we also had incredible service from Vickie who kept our table cleared and the water glasses full. And the food was epic, absolutely delicious meal!!

Food was delicious, very well curated menu for a great price