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Café Java, 145 Leeson St Upper, T 01 660 0675. Mon -Fri 0715-1700, Sat 0800-1700, Sun 1100-1700. Designer coffees, bagels, wraps and more. Beshoff’s, 16 O’Connell St, T 01 872 4400. Mon-Wed 1100-2100, Thu-Sat 1100- 2300. One of a chain of great fish-and-chip caffs, Beshoff’s has a pleasantly scruffy Edwardian interior that provides a perfect setting in which to dig into a mound of authentic grub. The first Beshoff’s was opened by Ivan Iylanovich, a survivor of the 1905 mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin. Kudos, Clarion Hotel, Excise Walk, T 01 433 8844. Daily 1200-2030. Three wok stations conjure up some innovative and tasty combinations of European and Asian cuisine for very decent prices in this new, laid-back bar in the riverside Clarion Hotel. Pravda , 35 Liffey St Lower, T 01 874 0076. Mon-Wed 1200-2330, Thu 1100-0030, Fri and Sat 1100-0200, Sun 1100-2300. A Russian-themed café bar that does wraps and baguettes, though people come to Pravda to drink rather than eat. Zanzibar, 36 Ormond Quay Lower, T 01 878 7212. Daily 1700-0230. This vast, youthful place reputedly cost squillions to build and is heavily themed with palm trees and Middle Eastern décor. The bar food is substantial, ranging from nachos to chicken and steak dishes and even a vegetarian effort. If you don’t like crowds of drunken youth, don’t visit: although Zanzibar holds about 1,500, there’s usually a queue at weekends. Scott’s Café, 17 George St Upper, Dun Laoghaire, T 01 280 2657. Mon-Thu 1200-2300, Fri and Sat 1200-late. Split between a downstairs café-bar and an upstairs pub, Scott’s Café delivers lots of good bar food and music in the evenings. Kitchen , Old Dunleary Rd, Dun Laoghaire, T 01 284 3576. Daily till 2400. Handily placed opposite Dun Laoghaire’s only hostel, the Kitchen serves mighty good pub food.
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