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Dublin: Mini walking food tour with with local chef
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If you want to eat well in Dublin without spending a full day working through a list, this is a smart way to do it. Chef Clodagh Shortall - 15 years of culinary experience and a real love of the city - leads you to at least four of her favourite spots over two hours. Every stop is a small, independent Irish business, and none of them are on the tourist trail.
You’ll work through a mix of sweet and savoury as you go. Alongside the food, you’ll pick up bits of Dublin’s history, culture, and craic from someone who knows the city’s food scene from the inside rather than from a review site. Groups are capped at 10 people, which keeps the whole thing personal and unhurried - you’re not shuffling through a venue in a crowd.
Clodagh knows these businesses personally, which makes a real difference. When she introduces you to a producer or a chef at one of the stops, it’s not scripted - she genuinely knows these people and what they’re doing. That context changes how you taste something.
Come hungry but not starving. The samples are generous and the pacing is relaxed, but they’re designed as a tour rather than a three-course meal. If you’ve had a big lunch, you’ll still enjoy it. If you skipped breakfast, you’ll be especially happy.
The mix of sweet and savoury means you’ll cover ground you might not have found on your own. Dublin’s independent food scene has grown a lot in recent years, and the spots Clodagh picks tend to be the ones worth knowing about rather than the ones with the biggest marketing budget.
Keep a note of your favourite stop as you go. Several people on these tours come back to the same spot later in their trip - and it’s easy to forget which street it was on when you’re trying to find it again two days later.
Small group size is one of the best things about this tour. Ten people is a cap, not a target, and on quieter dates the group can be smaller. Either way, it’s relaxed enough to ask questions and actually have a conversation rather than just listen from the back of a crowd.