The Search is on for Dublin’s Top Restaurant
Organisers of the 2010 Dine in Dublin – Restaurant Week are seeking the public’s help in crowning one Dublin eatery as ‘Best Restaurant of Dine in Dublin – Restaurant Week’. During Dine in Dublin Week, which runs from 22nd-28th March, diners will be encouraged to visit www.dineindublin.ie and vote for one of the top Dublin restaurants taking part in the initiative.
Over 50 of Dublin’s top restaurants, including Marco Pierre White’s Steakhouse & Grill, Fallon & Byrne, Il Posto, Saba and The Exchange, will take part in the Dine in Dublin – Restaurant Week. Participating restaurants will offer special promotional rates of €25-€30* per person for traditional three course dinner menus. From 7pm each evening, customers will be presented with a three course dinner menu at a set price of at least 20% below the A La Carte price outside Restaurant Week.
In addition to experiencing the culinary delights of top Dublin restaurants, customers will also have the opportunity to treat themselves to a great value overnight stay in some of Dublin’s top hotels. During Dine in Dublin Week, several city centre hotels including the Westbury Hotel, Conrad Hotel, La Stampa and the Academy Plaza Hotel, will offer customers a 10% discount off the lowest quoted accommodation rates.
‘Dine in Dublin – Restaurant Week’ is an initiative of the Dublin City Business Improvement District in association with the Restaurants Association of Ireland and the Irish Hotels Federation.
Commenting on the event, Richard Guiney, CEO of Dublin City Business Improvement District said, ‘We are delighted to be running the Dine in Dublin – Restaurant Week again this year. Last year’s events was a great success bringing an additional 25,000 customers into the city; we are pleased to announce that this is going to be a bi-annual event taking place in March and October every year. Dine in Dublin – Restaurant Week gives people the chance to come into the city and experience high quality restaurants at affordable prices. The new competition element will make the event more interactive and of course one lucky diner will win a €500 Dublin City shopping spree.”
Top Restaurant critic Ernie Whalley said, “The scheme will being the concept of dining out to a wider audience. I believe many people for whom dining out is not a regular undertaking will see the merits of it and they will have their enjoyment of food intensified as a result.”
Commenting on those who are already committed foodies, “It will also help those who are already regular diners to maintain their preferred lifestyle in these austere times. Look at any of the foodie websites and Twitter pages and you’ll see that the contributors are already making their arrangements. If I had to sum up ‘Dine in Dublin – Restaurant Week’ in two words I’d say Everyone Wins.
Adrian Cummins, CEO of The Restaurants Association of Ireland says that this event is important during difficult times for the restaurant industry. “The Restaurants Association of Ireland is delighted to be part of this promotion, offering great value to the customer. This campaign will drive footfall to restaurants in difficult times for the restaurant sector.”
*determined by participating restaurant
