Restaurant review: Osteria Lucio, Dublin 2

THE TILL receipt may have the name of the restaurant that previously resided here (Pizza e Porchetta), but that would seem to be the only example of a case of mistaken identity.

If truth be told, there’s a strain of individuality seeping out of Osteria Lucio that we’ve rarely experienced in an Italian restaurant based in Ireland.

Now that we think of it, with the proliferation of generic Italian restaurants in and around Dublin city centre (and other cities and towns in Ireland), most of what appears on the menu is a repeat of what you can buy either ready-made or make at home with standard ingredients.