Take up Residence

There are deals to be had everywhere these days, which is ostensibly good news for punters. Unfortunately, though, many hard-pressed restauranteurs have been caught up in a race to the bottom, with quality and creativity under threat. The set lunch and early bird menus offer around every corner are so formulaic as to be almost interchangeable, the same dishes cropping up all over the place with yawn-inducing ubiquity.

At Restaurant FortyOne, though, the €28 lunch menu reads as refreshingly original - with no stinting on quality ingredients. The creation of chef Graham Neville, who earned his stripes with Kevin Thornton as well as in kitchens in France and America, the short menu is as elegant as the dining room in which it is served...