One Pico

One Pico Review

Grown women have been known to swoon when chef-owner Eamonn O'Reilly walks into the dining room of his little restaurant tucked away in a quiet lane only a few minutes from Stephen's Green. Eamonn cuts quite a dash, but it's his sophisticated, daring, contemporary cuisine that tends to seduce visitors to One Pico. Try the incredible seared scallops and pigs trotters to start. Dishes such as roast rump of veal with fricassee of girolles, pearl onion, and truffle, and pomme sarladaise (a southern France version of mashed potatoes) demonstrate a savvy use of native ingredients. Follow this with the mango cheese cake with mango and lime foam. As is usual with Dublin's luxe eateries, the fixed-price lunch and pretheater menus offer great value.