Cliff Townhouse hits the right note with Urchin's seafood tapas

This bright, colourful space offers some of the most interesting bites in the city

Urchin at the Cliff Townhouse: drop in to grab a quick bite, or settle in, cocktail in hand, to enjoy those great tunes Pic: Fergal PhiLlips

Urchin at the Cliff Townhouse

22 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2

01-6383939, theclifftownhouse.com

Chefs: Martijn Kajuiter and Sean Smith

‘The bane of my bloody life” was how a chef once described choosing music for his restaurant to me. It was, he reckoned, an almost impossible task to pick tunes that everyone liked, then play them at a volume that wouldn’t have someone complaining that it was either too loud or too low.

They ...