Try fillet of sea trout with fennel salad or Atlantic Hake with smoked bacon at this smart pub next to King Sitric, often to the sounds of live acoustic guitar.
This neighbourhood restaurant in Malahide has been going for more than 20 years. Perhaps better known for its steaks, it also offers dishes such as wild red piri piri prawns with fresh chilli, spring onion and white wine garlic butter sauce.
Try a bowl of Smokies at this quirky but cosy restaurant on Howth’s West Pier – smoked cod, cherry tomatoes, spring onion, crème fresh and grated cheese. It’s rich but quite delicious. Plus there’s an award-winning seafood chowder.
The cafe at Malahide Castle serves up local produce including crab
Malahide Castle
5. Avoca
Located in the visitor’s centre of Malahide Castle, the Avoca café mainly offers tea and cakes but also has a food hall with a great variety of local produce, from crab cakes to fish pies.
Octopussy is a tapas bar next to Brass Monkey, with all its fish supplied by Dorans on the Pier next door. Try a platter of oysters from Carlingford Lough, near the border with Northern Ireland, for 16 Euros.
The Malahide branch of this small chain has a lovely front courtyard with burners. Try Scotsman’s Bay seafood chowder for 7.50 Euros or fresh Galway mussels with cream and white wine for 9.50 Euros.
Tuck into lobster and oysters at Octopussy in Howth
8. Beshoff Bros
On Howth’s West Pier you will find this smart oyster bar, fishmongers and shop, though you are as likely to see visitors strolling the waterfront with boxes of fish and chips from the Beshoff’s takeaway nearer to East Pier.
If you don’t get to visit the West Pier outlet, don’t despair - pick up some of the famous fishmonger/deli’s smoked salmon, as well as Irish cheeses such as Gubeen, at its store in Terminal 1 at Dublin Airport.
British Airways, Aer Lingus, Ryanair and easyJet all fly to Dublin. To get to Howth and Malahide from the centre of the city get the DART from Tara Street using a Leap card.
