August's monthly 9 giveaways are live! And this month it's a restaurant bonanza with vouchers for Margadh, Host, Allta, Osteria Lucio and loads more... Being automatically entered into our monthly giveaways is one of the ways we say thanks to everyone signed up to ATF Insiders - our premium service that allows us to operate ad-free and independently, with everything featured and recommended here paid for by us.
Everyone signed up to ATF Insiders by midnight on Saturday 17th August will be entered into the draw, and winners will be picked and notified on Monday 19th August. Here's what you could win this month...
1) The tasting menu for two at Margadh RHA
Lovely Margadh in the RHA (from the same owners as Mamó in Howth), hidden behind St. Stephen's Green, always feels like one of central Dublin's best secrets. They quietly do their thing, serving up one of the best value tasting menus in the city from Wednesday - Saturday, and the current one from chef Louis Wishart is just €51 - where would you get it. We're sending one of you in with a guest to try it for yourself, and you can check out his menu of summer-filled beauty here, and book yourself in for the loveliest of evenings here.
2) A Fierce Mild gift pack with vouchers for Host and Allta
The days of suffering through watery, tasteless non-alcoholic beer are over - if you know what to drink. Fierce Mild is the latest innovation in the Irish non-alcoholic beer market, founded by brothers-in-law Ferghal and Cathal. It's a refreshing extra pale ale that's been made with a special yeast and a trilogy of hops to ensure the beer retains its character, and it's so good that early stockists include Host in Ranelagh and Allta in Grand Canal Dock. To celebrate their launch they've given us a gift set full of Fierce Mild beer and merch, as well as €50 vouchers for Host and Allta.
3) The Little Lucio menu for two with wine at Osteria Lucio
Osteria Lucio is cooking some of the best Italian food in Dublin with the warm, Irish hospitality that chef-patron Ross Lewis is known for - this is probably why it's perennially packed whenever we pass. If you haven't had the pleasure of a visit, we've got a taste of the restaurant to give away to one lucky subscriber this month, with the Little Lucio sharing menu for two plus a bottle of wine. You'll start with garlic and rosemary flat bread and prosciutto crudo, choose a starter, a pasta to share, chargrilled chicken, and finish off with a tiramisu or chocolate mousse (usually €60 pp). Check out their menus and book here.
4) A table for two at The Coburg's Henriot Champagne Supper Club
The Coburg restaurant in the five-star Conrad Dublin is bringing back its Supper Club series this September. First up, Executive Head Chef Marek Sulg has created a one off menu in collaboration with ATF-fav Henriot Champagne, featuring fresh oysters, scallops, turbot, and West Indian tropical fruits - all paired with different cuvées. Tickets are €79 per person, and with four glasses of Champagne included, we're chalking the food down as basically free. We've got a table for two at the dinner on Thursday 5th September to give away this month, and you can book your own place here.
5) The Sunday roast for two and a bottle of wine at The Club Hotel at Goff's
The Club Hotel at Goff's, where former Michelin-starred chef Derry Clarke and former Canteen owner James Sheridan are in charge of food, have launched a Sunday night package that looks like such good value we had to blink to make sure we weren't seeing things. Stay Sunday and you'll get early check in, welcome bubbles, a Sunday roast, spa access, an evening main and cocktail, and breakfast the next morning, with dates starting at €330 - total. You'd spend that on dinner for two in Dublin. We've got a three-course Sunday roast to give away this month along with a bottle of wine, so you can enjoy confit Feighcullen duck or chargrilled fish, followed by the tart of the day. Check out their Perfect Sunday offer here.
6) The tasting menu for two at Shaku Maku
Palestinian owned Shaku Maku are shaking things up with a Middle Eastern soul food menu next week. The five-course tasting menu is €50 per person and includes a starter, soup, amuse-bouche, a choice of main and a dessert, and you can expect some of that meat cooked over charcoal on their Josper grill. There's two sittings at 18:30 and 20:30 on Thursday 22nd August, and you can book a spot here.
7) €100 voucher for Mister Magpie "After Dark"
Mister Magpie in Ballsbridge is now open every Friday and Saturday night from 18:30 until late, serving a lovingly curated wine list (all by the glass or bottle) and easy small plates to go with them. They're pitching "After Dark" as the perfect, fuss-free spot to meet a friend, and whoever wins the €100 voucher we've got to give away this month will be treating their friends to plates like nduja toast, polenta chips and tiramisu. To book email afterdark@mistermagpiecoffee.com or call them on 0892447208.
8) €100 to spend at Dubh, Newbridge
Dubh in Newbridge is somewhere we deem worthy of a roadtrip, but you need to go twice - once for brunch (like pear and caramel French toast with homemade brioche), and once for evening pizza (like nduja with piquillo peppers and local honey). We suggest swinging in en route to the National Stud and Japanese Gardens, then swinging in again on the way home, and one of you could be doing just that because we're giving away a €50 voucher to spend on brunch, and the same again to spend on pizza and cocktails. Check out Dubh here.
9) Dinner for two in Fawn @ The Chancery
Did you know that on the ground floor of Dublin 8's newest hotel The Chancery, there's a restaurant with one of the best views in the city? It looks out onto The Poddle Garden, designed by award-winning landscaper Jane McCorkell, was inspired by the River Poddle, and has a stepped terrace full of ferns, mosses and heathers that diners in Fawn gets a front row view of. We're giving away a three-course dinner for two with a glass of wine or prosecco for their Modern European menu, with freshly made pasta, sharing mains, and chocolate mousse for afters. Book here.
Everyone signed up to ATF Insiders for August (new and old) will be automatically entered into the prize draw - you don't need to do anything. If you're not signed up yet join here before midnight on Saturday 17th August. You'll be supporting independent reviews and news in Dublin and beyond, and be able to get answers to all of your burning questions about eating out, here and abroad, directly from us.
