Review on Dunne and Crescenzi

Eileen Dunne and husband Stefano Crescenzi set up their admirable 'enoteca italiana' in 1999 close to Trinity College in the cosmopolitan heart of Dublin. It remains the real deal as far as 'soulful' Italian food is concerned and regularly attracts queues. The whole place is totally unpretentious, affordable and packed with happy people enjoying plates of food and superb wines right through the day.

There's nothing fancy about the menu, which is as flexible as they come: here you'll find all kinds of paninis, charcuterie, salads, pasta and one or two hot specials plus a few genuine desserts to round things off.

D&C is renowned for its auspicious, all-Italian wine list, which runs to some 130 bins drawn from choice vineyards across the entire mainland. Don't leave without browsing the shelves loaded with gorgeous foodstuffs and provisions for sale. There is a second branch outside the city at 11 Seafort Avenue, Sandymount.

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Cuisine

Italian

Restaurant Opening Times

Breakfast: 8.00am (9.00am Sun) through until
Dinner: 11.00pm

Accepted credit cards

Visa, Master Card, American Express

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Facilities at Dunne and Crescenzi

  • Alfresco dining
  • Private parties
  • Vegetarian menu

Address

Dunne and Crescenzi
14 - 16 South Frederick Street
City of Dublin
County Dublin
D2

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Dunne and Crescenzi Sample Menu

SAMPLE A LA CARTE

To Start, Antipasti perfect for sharing
Prosciutto e melone 12.50
Tuscan cured ham DOP and cantaloupe melon
Tagliere della casa
Collection of finest Emilia and Tuscan charcuterie, olives and crostino 16.00
La Raccolta dell'Orto (v) (vg) 14.50
Grilled courgettes, peppers and sun dried tomatoes olives, beans, garlic tomatoes and home made pesto
Salmone Affumicato Irlandese biologico
Brigitta Curtin's smoked organic Irish salmon, goat's cheese, Sicilian capers, pickled onions 14.00
Mille foglie di grana
Mille Foglie /Trentino DOP, grilled vegetables, red pepper cream, whipped ricotta 11.00
Bruschetta
Bruschetta al pomodoro with vine ripened tomatoes, fresh basil, hint of garlic (v) (vg) (3 pieces) 8.75
Crostone
Home made pesto, goat cheese and roasted peppers 11.00
Fesa Marinata 14.00
Beef carpaccio, micro herbs, caramelised onion, tomato pot

Latteria & Mozzarella Bar
Our mozzarella and burrata are from DOP Campania region, exclusively imported by Dunne and Crescenzi
Burrata
Buffalo burrata, ruby tomato, summer herbs 13.50
Buffalo mozzarella, vine ripe tomatoes, basil and home made pesto 12.00
Buffalo mozzarella, Aubergine stack, home made pesto 12.00
Buffalo mozzarella, grilled peppers, DOP extra virgin olive oil and basil 13.00
Buffalo mozzarella and courgette stack with home made pesto 13.00
Buffalo mozzarella with house grilled vegetables, DOP extra virgin olive oil 14.00
Prosciutto Toscano cinta senese DOP 24 months, buffalo mozzarella, home made pesto 16.00
Tagliere di formaggi italiani
Collection of Italian farm house cheese, focaccia and Helen Gee's honey 14.00

Nibbles Sfiziose
Olive 5.50 Pesto Pot 5.00 Pane Caldo 3.00 Aglio e Olio 3.50
green and black marinated
Italian olives (v) (vg)
Dunne & Crescenzi pesto
served with warm
Altamura sourdough
Warm Altamura bread
drizzled with extra virgin
olive oil (v) (vg).
toasted Altamura bread,
hint of garlic and extra
virgin olive oil (v) (vg)

Pasta / Risotto e Bonta' Quotidiane See specials board
Minestra
Minestra house vegetable and Tuscan bean soup (v) (vg) 8.00
Minestra house vegetable and Tuscan bean soup and Gragnano pasta (v) (vg) 9.50
Ravioli ai funghi, fonduta di parmigiano, granella di noce, olio tartufato
Wild mushroom ravioli, parmigiana fonduta, crushed walnuts, truffle olive oil 18.00
Tagliatelle
Tagliatelle Campofilone /slow cooked ragu' of McLoughlin's Irish beef, Grana Trentino DOP 16.50
Pasta buonissima
Dunne & Crescenzi pasta buonissima tomato and basil (v) (vg) 13.50
Dunne & Crescenzi pasta all'amatriciana squisita
Mezze Maniche pasta with tomato, guanciale and pancetta, hint of balsamic from Modena 16.50
Nasello
Pan fried Doyle's hake, tomato, capers and olive sauce served with rosemary roast potatoes 20.00
Salsiccia e fagioli
Slow cooked fragrant Tuscan fresh sausage, tomato and borlotti bean casserole 15.00

Sides / Contorni
Patate Novelle arrosto al rosmarino 6.00
Roast baby rosemary potatoes, hint of garlic (v) (vg)
Insalata mista di foglie e pomodoro 6.00
Mixed leaves salad, plum tomato, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar from Modena (v) (vg)
Carote al forno
Roasted carrots, Grana Trentino DOP cheese, pistachio 6.00

Evening Specialities / Specialità Della Sera
Pappardelle con agnello 18.00
Pappardelle egg pasta with lamb ragu', mint, Pecorino Romano, perfumed with beer

Scialatielli
Scialatielli pasta, shrimp bisque, prawns, mussels and cherry tomatoes 18.50
Risotto calamari e piselli alla menta 18.50
Risotto with squid, peas, mint and lemon zest
Pollo con peperoni caramellizzati* 22.00
Pan fried Irish chicken, summer caramelized peppers.
Coda di rospo, insalatina di finocchio, arancia e olive nere* 26.00
Monkfish, fennel, orange, black olives.
Agnello irlandese
Crumbed Mc Loughlin's lamb cutlets, mint and parsley salsa verde, roasted truffle potato mash 28.00
Tagliata di manzo irlandese*
Thick cut Pat McLoughlin's Irish beef fillet, carrot mash, rosemary, red wine reduction 33.50
and crispy parmesan
*Choose a side

Sides / Contorni
Patate Novelle arrosto al rosmarino 6.00
Roast baby rosemary potatoes, hint of garlic (v) (vg)
Insalata mista di foglie e pomodoro 6.00
Mixed leaves salad, plum tomato, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar from Modena (v) (vg)
Carote al forno 6.00
Roasted carrots, Grana Trentino DOP cheese, pistachio
Spinaci 6.00
Pan fried spinach with Grana Trentino

Insalatone del Giorno
Salads are served with selected extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic vinegar from Modena,
and come with warm Altamura sourdough, Bretzel wholemeal or gluten free bread
Contadina 14.50
Mixed leaves, pan fried marinated McLoughlin's Irish chicken, crispy pancetta, potato bites, cherry
Tomatoes and Grana Trentino DOP shavings
Insalata, pollo marinato, pancetta croccante e bocconcini di patate, pomodorini e grana trentino DOP
Nizza 14.50
Mixed leaves, Sicilian line-caught Italian yellow fin tuna preserved in olive oil, anchovies,
potato bites, black olives, string beans, tomatoes, free range Irish egg
Insalata, tonno, alici, olive nere, fagiolini, pomodorini e uova
Pastore 13.00
Mixed leaves, William pear, walnuts, toma of goats' cheese, and Helen Gee's Irish honey
Insalata, pera William, nocciole, toma di capra e miele
Siciliana
Quinoa, prawns, chickpeas, raisins, vegetables, orange and fennel seeds dressing 15.50
Quinoa, gamberi, ceci e uvetta, verdura, arancia e finocchio
Mixed leaves, Burren smoked salmon, poppy and sesame seeds, strawberries, 16.00
raspberries and balsamic syrup
Songino, salmone affumicato, semi di papavero e sesamo, finocchi, fragole e lamponi

LA PASTICCERIA
Tortino di cioccolato con gelato alla vaniglia 7.00
Warm chocolate Brownie with Italian vanilla ice cream
Tiramisù al Vinsanto 7.00
Tiramisu' prepared with aged Tuscan Vinsanto
Panna cotta classica con salsa di frutti di bosco 7.00
Classic vanilla panna cotta with forest berry jus
Cantucci con Vinsanto 7.00
Tuscan cantuccini with Vinsanto sweet dessert wine
Crostata di marmelata con gelato alla vaniglia 6.50
Short crust jam tart with vanilla ice cream
Carpaccio di ananas con gelato e biscotto 5.00
Fresh pineapple carpaccio with scoop of ice cream and home-made biscotto
Selezione di piccola pasticceria e crema di cogne 5.60
Selection of biscotti with warm chocolate dipping pot
(Lemon shortbread/chocolate & hazelnut cookies/cocoa shortbread/ Neapolitan cookies)
Selezione di formaggi toscani 9.00
Tuscan sheep cheese selection with honey and focaccia

LA GELATERIA
Irish Natural Ice Cream
Gelato misto three flavours 6.50
fragola (strawberry); cioccolato (chocolate); vaniglia (vanilla); pistacchio
Children's one favourite flavour 3.50
Cassata Siciliana 6.50
Alkermes sponge, ice cream, pistachio and candied fruits
Gelato alla crema affogato:
Al caffè Vanilla ice cream drowned in Hardy coffee 6.00
All'amaretto Vanilla ice cream drowned in amaretto liquer 8.50
Alla Vecchia Romagna Vanilla ice cream drowned in Italian brandy 8.50
Fragole con gelato 6.50
Irish strawberries, ice cream, almond and chocolate crumble

DEGUSTAZIONE DI CIOCCOLATO
Chocolate Torinese 8.00
Domori's dark chocolate collection board
Perfect with Nonino Grappa 13.00

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

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