Dining Out

Restaurant Review: Doughnot miss a chance to eat in Woodruff in Stepaside

Young Buck cheese, Gaelic Escargots snails, Higgins beef and the doughnut of your dreams are all on offer in this great neighbourhood restaurant

Woodruff in Stepaside: open since 2019, it continues to serve great dishes with the best of Irish ingredients

It was the mention of the doughnut that did it. When one of the contributors to this year’s Business Post 101 Great Irish Restaurants guide filed their copy about Woodruff, it reminded me that a revisit to this restaurant in Stepaside in south Co Dublin was long overdue.

“The first bite of Woodruff’s ethereally light doughnut filled with the year’s first rhubarb and a meadowsweet creme diplomate is enough to confirm that you are eating ...