Far from cheap, but this Wicklow wonder is still bargain of the year

Open since 2005 and owned by restaurateur Asheesh Dewan of the Jaipur Group, Chakra has survived the economic ups and downs of those 14 years by serving up consistently good food

Chakra’s food is great value considering the skill being deployed in the kitchen Pic: Fergal Phillips

Chakra

Meridian Point, Church Road,

Greystones, Co Wicklow

01-2017222, chakra.ie

Chef: Dinesh Chander

‘But how sick is he really? I mean, he could watch us eat, couldn’t he?” All pretence of graciousness has gone out the window with the news that a guest from overseas whom we’d planned to take to Chakra for dinner is now too ill to attend.

I cancel our reservation with ill-concealed annoyance, but as soon as I get ...