Dining Out

Restaurant review: Galway’s smokey Daróg Wine Bar is on fire

This wonderful wine bar makes a fantastic addition to the food scene in the City of Tribes

Chef Attila Galambos at Daróg Wine Bar on Dominick Street in Galway. Picture: Andrew Downes.

To anyone reading this review, I have a warning for you: Galway is hectic right now.

With the popular Christmas markets in full swing, plus festive shopping, get-togethers and general merriment all filling the city’s streets, it is incredibly busy.

So, picture the scene: a friend and I, dodging the sheets of icy rain by ducking into Brown Thomas for shelter while we waited to visit Daróg, a new wine bar that opened earlier this ...