Mixed messages from Maia

Maia Restaurant, 47 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Tel: 01-6670020

I’ve had a number of complaints that I don’t venture outside my comfort zone and that I need to visit restaurants that lie outside the Dublin canals. With this in mind, I made it all the way to the Aran Islands recently. Continuing on the same theme, I then headed across the Grand Canal to Ballsbridge.

Maia is a trendy new restaurant that ...