Dining Out

The 12 meals of Christmas: At Bubbas in Dalkey, tasty and well-priced seafood banishes the summertime blues

In this series, we are sharing some of our most loved and best-read restaurant reviews of 2023. Here this southside eaterie will please the crowds with its mix of fairly-priced fish dishes served up with a dash of northern Spain

Bubbas in Dalkey: the crowd-pleasing menu includes scampi, paella, and fish tacos Picture: Fergal Phillips

In Dalkey in south Co Dublin, the stars have aligned for three people – me, himself and junior – with a bad dose of the post-holiday blues.

We are not long back from a superbly enjoyable break in northern Spain, where we’d gotten used to eating great seafood at great prices. Now back home, we are facing what economics boffins might describe as medium-term fiscal challenges, and are on the hunt for a good value ...