Dining in style at Dax

Dax, 23 Pembroke Street Upper, Dublin 2, Tel: 01-6761494, Web: dax.ie, Chef: Conor O’Dowd

Dax in Dublin 2: consistently good food served by staff who are pleasant, knowledgeable and helpfulFeargal Ward
Dax in Dublin 2: consistently good food served by staff who are pleasant, knowledgeable and helpfulFeargal Ward

A few weeks back, in an interview in this magazine, the Belfast chef Michael Deane told me about what he likes, and doesn’t like, in a restaurant.

What he likes includes “a nice chair, a nice crystal glass, a bit of finesse”. What he doesn’t like are places “where the chairs don’t match, where the tables are rickety, ...