Dublin · Open Monday
Best Restaurants Open on Monday in Dublin 2026
Dublin's Michelin tasting-menu rooms keep Monday for themselves. Chapter One, Patrick Guilbaud and the chef's counters all go dark at the start of the week. What stays open is the city's other tier: the steakhouses, the grand hotel dining rooms and the Georgian-basement brasseries. Here are six, with hours confirmed.
A Monday in Dublin asks you to know which kind of room you want. The starred and chef-driven kitchens, the ones running long tasting menus, mostly close Sunday and Monday to rest and reset, the familiar European rhythm. But the city has a deep second tier that trades through the week, and on a Monday it comes into its own: dry-aged Irish beef, the hotel grills that serve the business crowd, and the candlelit basements under the Georgian terraces. Each pick below was checked against its current Monday hours, and the list runs from the steakhouse benchmark to the more relaxed value end.
Hawksmoor Dublin
Monday: 12:00pm – 11:00pm (BYO wine, €5 corkage all Monday)
The London steakhouse group's Dublin room, set inside a former bank on College Green with marble, leather and a vaulted ceiling that suits a serious dinner. Hawksmoor ages its own Irish beef, runs a raw bar and pours one of the better cocktail lists in the city, with a Monday that goes from noon to 11pm. The clincher is the Monday bring-your-own-wine deal: five euro corkage all day, which turns a splurge steakhouse into the smartest-value Monday booking in town if you carry in a good bottle. Reserve the dining room and bring something from your cellar.
The Saddle Room
Monday: lunch 12:30pm – 2:30pm, dinner 5:30pm – 10:00pm
The dining room of the Shelbourne, Dublin's grand old hotel on St Stephen's Green, and the most establishment Monday booking on this list. The Saddle Room runs a classic grill and seafood menu, a shellfish bar, dry-aged steaks and a trolley or two, in a horseshoe-boothed room that has hosted Dublin's deal-making for generations. It keeps a full Monday lunch and dinner, which makes it the answer for a Monday business meal or a quiet celebration where the address matters. Book a curved leather booth and order from the raw bar to start.
Pearl Brasserie
Monday: 5:30pm – 9:00pm (dinner)
A candlelit French room in a basement on Upper Merrion Street, a few doors from the Merrion hotel, and the most romantic Monday dinner on the list. Pearl Brasserie cooks a refined, classically grounded French menu with tasting options and a strong cheese trolley, in intimate private booths under low stone vaults. It keeps a Monday dinner service when much of the city's fine dining has closed, which makes it the pick for a Monday date or an anniversary that wants candlelight rather than a steakhouse roar. Reserve one of the snug booths and take the tasting menu.
Suesey Street
Monday: 12:00pm – 2:30pm and 6:00pm – 9:00pm
A Georgian townhouse on Fitzwilliam Place with one of the city's best hidden terraces out the back, a rare sun-trap garden for a fine summer Monday. Suesey Street cooks a modern European menu with strong Irish produce, in a polished basement-and-garden room that draws a smart local crowd rather than tourists. It keeps both a Monday lunch and a Monday dinner, which makes it flexible for a long midday meal or an evening out. For a Monday that wants contemporary cooking and a garden table when the weather holds, this is the Fitzwilliam pick. Book the terrace in summer.
FIRE Steakhouse
Monday: 5:00pm until late (pre-theatre 5:00pm – 6:30pm)
The steakhouse inside the Mansion House on Dawson Street, the Lord Mayor's official residence, which gives it one of the grandest dining rooms in the city under a high decorated ceiling. FIRE runs a charcoal grill of dry-aged Irish steaks, a raw bar and a pre-theatre menu from 5pm, all open on a Monday. The civic-landmark setting makes it a step up from a standard steakhouse, suited to a Monday that doubles as an occasion. Take the pre-theatre menu if you are heading to the Gaiety, or settle in for the full grill. Reserve ahead for the main room.
Boeuf
Monday: 12:00pm – 10:00pm (continuous)
The relaxed, better-value Monday steak, on bustling South William Street in Dublin's Creative Quarter. Boeuf does prime Irish steaks, frites and a short, well-judged menu in a buzzy room that runs continuous from noon, so it covers a Monday lunch, an early dinner or a late bite after the shops. It is less of a special-occasion room than the others on this list and priced accordingly, which makes it the easy answer for a casual Monday steak without the white-tablecloth bill. Walk-ins often work midweek, but book a table at peak.
Dublin Monday dining FAQ
Which good restaurants are open on Monday in Dublin?
Six are confirmed open: Hawksmoor on College Green serves from noon, the Shelbourne's Saddle Room runs lunch and dinner, Pearl Brasserie on Merrion Street opens for dinner, Suesey Street on Fitzwilliam Place serves lunch and dinner, FIRE Steakhouse in the Mansion House opens at 5pm, and Boeuf on South William Street runs from noon. Dublin's Michelin tasting-menu rooms mostly close Sunday and Monday, so a Monday here leans toward the steakhouses, the hotel dining rooms and the Georgian brasseries.
Is Hawksmoor open on Monday in Dublin?
Yes. Hawksmoor Dublin on College Green is open Monday from noon to 11pm, one of the longest weekday windows in the city. Set inside a former bank with vaulted ceilings, it serves dry-aged Irish beef, a strong seafood selection and a celebrated Sunday roast carried into the week. Monday also brings the bring-your-own-wine deal, with corkage at five euro all day, which makes it the value pick for a serious Monday dinner. Reserve through the restaurant or OpenTable for the dining room.
Why do so many Dublin fine-dining restaurants close on Monday?
Dublin's top tasting-menu kitchens, the Michelin-starred rooms and the chef-driven counters, mostly close Sunday and Monday to rest their teams and reset their menus, the same pattern as much of Europe. What stays open is the city's other strong tier: the steakhouses, the grand hotel dining rooms and the Georgian-basement brasseries that trade through the week. So a Monday in Dublin is far from a dead night, but it does steer away from the long tasting menu toward a la carte cooking.
What is the best Monday steak in Dublin?
Hawksmoor on College Green is the Monday steak pick, open from noon with dry-aged Irish beef and the Monday corkage deal. FIRE Steakhouse in the Mansion House on Dawson Street is the other strong option, open from 5pm in a landmark civic building with a grand room and a charcoal grill. For a more relaxed, better-value steak, Boeuf on South William Street opens at noon on a Monday and runs through to the evening. All three keep a full Monday service.
Where can I get a fine-dining dinner on a Monday in Dublin?
The Saddle Room, Pearl Brasserie and Suesey Street are the three refined rooms on this list open Monday. The Saddle Room, inside the Shelbourne on St Stephen's Green, serves a grill and seafood menu for Monday lunch and dinner. Pearl Brasserie on Upper Merrion Street plates contemporary French in a candlelit basement from 5:30pm. Suesey Street, in a Georgian townhouse on Fitzwilliam Place, runs modern European for lunch and dinner. All three take Monday reservations.
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