Fade Street is taken over by the eponymous three-in-one venue – a restaurant, gastrobar and winter garden which embrace homegrown produce in the beating core of Dublin’s social scene. Exposed brick walls go hand in hand with metal-piped ceilings and distressed wood, while beige leather furnishings offer a more formal side to the decor. Grab a seat at the buzzy Gastro Bar for sharing-style tapas or head to the jam-packed brasserie at the back for larger Irish plates.
Start with slow-cooked pork belly or crispy lamb tongue, followed by European-inspired woodfired flatbreads with toppings of beef and truffle or chorizo, tomato and squid. Elsewhere, the restaurant channels its inner Irish persona with hearty braised stews and sides of spuds in croquette form. Fade Street Social appeals to carnivorous diners with its various meat cuts, served up in enviable copper pans, but doesn’t ditch its vegetarian customers, offering pumpkin flatbread or mushroom ravioli. The dessert menu focuses on ‘lighter’ dishes – macerated blueberries in a baked almond cake or a croissant alternative to bread and butter pudding.
The Gastro Bar tapas menu suits those looking for a light meal – think whole roasted cauliflower for two with truffle dressing and comte cheesé, or pumpkin macaroni with spring onion and parmesan – and the rooftop cocktail garden serves up its signature flatbreads to buzzy tunes. A playful alternative to the wine list, Fade Street Social honours Dublin’s long-gone eccentric characters with colourful cocktails inspired by Dublin’s Animal Gangs and potion whizz Harry Musshat among others.
If you’re looking for good craic, head to Fade Street Social to delve into plates of Irish produce amid chatter and laughter into the wee hours.