Consistency proves elusive for Bastible
Gillian Nelis finally gets to see what all the fuss is about
Bastible
111 South Circular Road, Dublin 8
01-4737409, bastible.com
Chef: Barry Fitzgerald
Not long after it opened last autumn, Bastible was the subject of a review in a national newspaper that was, to put it mildly, glowing. It was, the reviewer wrote, the best restaurant she’d been to in 2015; it was “life-affirming”, “gorgeous” and “fabulous”.
A couple of weeks later, I got chatting to a friend in the restaurant business about it. ...