Keeping it casual at the Dockyard

The menu is the very definition of a crowd pleaser

Dockyard No 8 in Bray: the service is great, the prices are more than reasonable, and the menu is the very definition of a crowd pleaser Pic: Fergal Phillips

Dockyard No 8, Bray Harbour

Bray, Co Wicklow

01-2761795, dockyardno8.ie

Chefs: Gavin Nolan and Derek Blount

How do you define ‘casual dining’? It’s a question I found myself debating recently with some of my fellow food critics as well as some industry experts.

Is it somewhere cheap, we wondered. Well, not necessarily – I can think of several places off the top of my head where the prices are definitely moderate rather than ...