Restaurant Review: Delightful Anti-Social experience in Dublin 8

Leslie Williams visited two pubs that serve food - one of Dublin’s most traditional pubs, Ryans, on Parkgate St, and one of Dublin’s newest, Anti Social, on Francis St.

Anti-Social bar on Francis Street. Photograph Moya Nolan

Irish people love their pubs, not because we drink too much, but because we love to talk. The point of the pub is a conversation; the beer just helps it along.

It is distressing to hear pub owners on the radio fighting back tears about the loss of business during the pandemic, but as they say themselves, they need our support, not sympathy. I visited two pubs that serve food to see how they were coping. I chose one of Dublin’s most traditional pubs, Ryans, on  Parkgate St, and one of Dublin’s newest, Anti Social, on Francis St.