Dining Out

The 12 meals of Christmas: This well-loved Blackrock Indian spices things up in a new location

In this series, we are sharing some of our most loved and best-read restaurant reviews of 2023, starting with Ruchii which has levelled up its offering in a new setting

Sateesh Sayana, owner and head chef of Ruchii, on George's Ave, Blackrock. Picture: Fergal Phillips

It’s been almost five years to the day since I first reviewed Ruchii, the Indian restaurant in Blackrock in south Co Dublin run by chef/patron Sateesh Sayana. At the time it was located on the first floor of Conway’s pub on the village’s main street, and was offering good quality, crowd-pleasing dishes that didn’t break the bank.

Now Sayana and his team have moved round the corner, to a purpose-built, split-level restaurant on George’s Avenue. ...