Restaurant review: Father knows best at enticing Rialto eatery

Daddy’s Cafe on the South Circular Road in Dublin 8 has it all: friendly staff, fine food and a cakes menu to die for

Daddy’s Cafe in Rialto: full of locally sourced food, wonderfully prepared – and don’t go without trying the cakes. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Daddy’s Cafe

538 South Circular Road, Rialto, Dublin 8

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Chef: Colm Keane

The pre-teen years have begun in earnest in our house, and our days are punctuated by statements like “Stop hassling me, I’ll do it later” and “There’s no way I’m going out this early”.

The latter was uttered several times on the morning we decided to have breakfast at Daddy’s. In the child’s book, 10am is practically the middle of the ...