The Garden Room: Masters of universal appeal

Chef Ed Cooney is trying to achieve something incredibly difficult

The Garden Room at the Merrion Hotel, Merrion Street Upper, Dublin 2 Pic: Fergal PhiLlips

The Garden Room

Merrion Hotel, Merrion Street Upper, Dublin 2

01-6030608; the gardenroom.ie

Chef: Ed Cooney

There are a few basic rules I always reel off when people ask me what I think makes for a great restaurant: don’t rip off your customers, invest time and energy in training your staff, have a decent website, and don’t try to be all things to all people.

I may have to slightly tweak that last ...