About this spot
Bar Italia is one of the best spots in Creative Quarter, Dublin. Irish food has come a long way — and the pub scene was always world-class.
💡 Tips before you go
- Order at the bar in pubs — table service is for restaurants
- A proper Guinness needs 2 minutes to pour. Worth the wait.
- Don't skip the seafood — Ireland's coast produces incredible fish and oysters
- Crisps (chips) at the pub are an essential beer companion
Menu18 items
Appetizers
Artisan capocollo (dried pork neck), finocchiona, culatello ( most prized of cured ham!), Coglioni di mulo (Umbrian salame), creamy burrata, truffle pecorino. Sourdough bread
Grande antipasto
€20
Chargrilled La Levain sourdough, slow cooked ragout of fresh Irish baby calamari, in tomato San Marzano DOP sauce. Southern Italian style
Bruschetta con calamari
€9.5
Cheese trolley, selection varies. Belvedere College honey, Wexford crackers.
Carrello di Formaggi
€14.5
Our take on this classic summer dish. Warm buffalo mozzarella and pomodoro confit. With creamy basil nut-less pesto.
Winter caprese
€15
Own import creamy buffalo burrata. Winter salad
Burrata di bufala
€15
Pizzette Romane , buffalo burrata. Fresh Truffle "bianchetto"( Lazio 5 grs, tuber borchii)
Pizzetta Bianchetto
€11
Vertical tasting of own import Parmigiano Reggiano: A 36, 48 and a whopping 60 months (a rarity!)
Verticale di Parmigiano
€15
Mains
Bar Italia hand-made fresh strozzapreti, traditional Roman recipe of pork guanciale, organic tomato, pecorino Romano, black pepper
Amatriciana
€22
Bar Italia handmade short pappardelle with braised pork and beef meatballs in organic San Marzano tomato sugo
Maltagliati sugo e polpette
€26
Bar Italia made flour and water short pasta , with slow cooked Irish beef cheek (Gilligans farm co. Roscommon), in Montepulciano DOC wine and a touch of tomato sauce. Pecorino Romano DOP.
Strozzapreti con sugo al brasato di bue
€26
Carnaroli risotto, 36 months aged Parmigiano Reggiano with winter black truffle ( tuber meloanosporum, Lazio 10 grs)
Risotto al tartufo
€35
Choice of Bar Italia made short pasta or fresh egg tagliatelle, Slow-cooked tomato ragout of Gilligan's farm Black Angus beef and free-range pork.
Strozzapreti/Tagliatelle alla Bolognese
€22
Crispy mini pizza with tasty , creamy nutless basil pesto. San Daniele prosciutto
Pizzette con pesto
€8.5
Frascati-wine long braised feather blade beef (Gilligan's farm Roscommon). Tasty cooking jus. Served with chef potatoes.
Cappello di prete
€26
Fresh egg large ravioli filled with champignon and wild mushrooms. In an Irish oyster mushroom and Parmigiano DOP fonduta cream
Panzerotti funghi porcini
€22
House cured with amaretto liquor organic Irish salmon (co. Clare). Served with fresh goat cheese, winter salad leaves
Salmone e caprino
€15
Sides
Chargrilled La Levain sourdough, Sicilian datterino tomatoes, fresh basil, Apulia EVOO, garlic
Bruschetta al pomodoro
€8
Dressed house grilled seasonal vegs/gratin
Verdure
€6.5