The Coburg is the pearl in the Conrad oyster

The Conrad can certainly claim to be back in business, writes Gillian Nelis

The Coburg at the Conrad Hotel serves an all-day menu full of bistro classics Picture: Fergal Phillips

The Coburg at the Conrad Hotel

Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2

01-6028900, thecoburgdublin.com

Chef: Dmitry Stroykov

Several years ago, while on a business trip to New York, I wandered into the restaurant in my hotel on a weeknight and asked for a table for dinner.

The maitre d’ looked at me as if I’d just asked to buy his first-born child for five dollars, and explained that dinner tended to book out around six ...