Toscana

Wow definitely impressed as a true foodie and someone from Boston, MA where the best food lives… The food was great! In Ireland for a few more days and I will mostly likely pay Toscanos another visit at least to try the pizza! The sea bass was; sampled the sea food risotto as well which was also pretty good but hands down to the sea bass and starter Caesar salad!

We found this by surprise and had a broad group — from adventurous adults to really picky kids. The pizzas were a massive hit across the board — thin, crispy, great sauce and cheese. Service was super-​friendly. We’ve done our share of touring through Italy and our favorite pizza place in the world is in Assisi of all places. This is up there as a top-​10 — and that’s after 15 years living in NYC. Best pizza I’ve had in Dublin.

A pleasant surprise on the seafront and a not so pleasant surprise in my plate — that’s how I would summarise our visit to Toscana one weekday evening. Having been here before about two years ago, friend and I had low expectations of the place but a nearby restaurant was full and we ended up here again.
The menu had a lot of choice and we went for pizza; the pizza was surprisingly to our taste, thin and crispy. My friend had a choose-​your-​own-​toppings while I went for a vegetarian pizza. Unfortunately, I found bits of ham in my pizza — which was totally gross. I told the waiter who didn’t know what to do about it and I picked out the bits of ham. The bill came and there was no free coffee, no further apology, nothing… which was a bit disappointing.
Overall, nice food, service lacking but decent prices. A-​OK then. Make a fuss for me and I might rate you higher some day.

This place is great! As authentic as you can get in an Italian restaurant outside Italy and really top notch food! The pizza is really well made and is not too heavy at all and the pasta dishes are just fantastic! The meatballs and linguine was excellent.
Definitely worth a visit

I love this place! Since I’ve blown into Dublin I’ve been trying to find a good Italian restaurant that serves fab seafood pasta… After years of disappointment and sadness I’ve finally found it… My fiancé and I travelled all the distance to pick up a calender we purchased from our dogs’ photoshoot. I was hungry and was dying to try a restaurant in this nice area. The neighbourhood is super cute and there is a nice beach in front for a nice stroll. You can’t see it when you dine here as it is downstairs but still… The pasta… My better half ordered a margherita pizza which was done perfectly. The crust (IMHO which is the essence of a pizza) was the perfect crispness and the cheese was gooey and the sauce was yum. The pasta I order was the linguine del pesce… It was a linguine pasta with a white wine sauce with mussels, clams, shrimp and calamari rings… It was heaven sent. What I’ve been searching for al this time… The seasoning was perfect, the seafood fresh and the linguine… Perfectly al dente. You know that happy feeling when paying that the quality of food was totally worth it? Yea. I got that.

I was really surprised at my experience. Beautiful location, beautiful view out the upper windows so yes that gets the stars. But the rest was disappointing. The wine was not cold, and not great at all considering it was 7 euro. I had to ask for ice. My pizza was the so called ‘healthy pizza’ I chose as it listed loads of veg. Courgette was first on the list, I recall. When it arrived it was a cheese pizza. or was it? On second glance, there was a few tiny shavings of courgette on it oh and the equivalent of possibly ½ a mushroom chopped finely and sprinkled. Loads of cheese. Not a healthy pizza, a scabby pizza, zero taste, i had to put parmesan and ask for ketchup (i would never do that!) was raging I could have had a milanos pizza with lovely flavours. My mom’s lasagne was very average and she said she could have made better. When eating outs a treat, its just no ok to be so-​so anymore.

We celebrated a birthday in Toscana restaurant recently and it has to be the best restaurant in Dun Laoghaire. We were seated at the table looking out to sea and it was wonderful to watch the sailboats rather than facing a wall in a restaurant. There really is nothing to compare with being able to chill and watch the world go by over a few glasses of wine.
The food was terrific and the service excellent, couldn’t fault our experience in Toscana

In a week of amazing restaurants in and around Dublin this one came in a very close second to the pigs ear. Great service, greater food, and by far the coldest beer I have ever been served, anywhere. The deserts were out of this world. If you are thinking about going here, quit thinking and get on in there.

Delicious bruschetta. That is all!
My trip here was very brief, but what I did have was delicious and makes me want to go back for more!

An Italian restaurant the way it should be. Great food, great atmosphere, and nice location — what else can you ask for?
You have to look close to notice the place. It’s located not on the main street in Dun Laoghaire — if you’re passing the main pier and continue your way besides the water, you’ll notice it.
As Quentin mentioned in his review, this place is run by Italians so expect no Temple Bar-touristy-overpriced-bull@#$# food. We had a Caesar Salad (5.95 Euro), Crab Claws (11.95 Euro), Spaghetti Carbonara (13.95 Euro), a Cotolette d’Agnello (22.50 Euro), and Tiramisu (5.95 Euro). Both value and quality of the food was just superb.
The staff is really friendly and knowledgeable and give you a warm welcome once you enter the restaurant.
So if you’re looking for one of the best Italian restaurants in the Dublin area I highly recommend checking out this one!
There is also a Dublin location which I haven’t tested out yet.

I will not be back. Sludge and totally lacking in atmosphere or personality.

So here is what it boils down to for me. The hype over the pizza turned out to be unjustified. Bland tastes. They use tinned olives on top of a vegetarian pizza. Not impressed. Other pizzas and starters on the table were OK but nothing to write home about. They are proper thin base but lacking in season and quality ingredients. Pricey for the quality.
Another downer is the lighting in the room which is way too bright (at least the one upstairs). Lacks atmosphere. I am sure daytime visit must be much better if you get to sit by the window with a sea view.
Location is great.
The best best thing about the place is the service. Very polite, friendly and courteous.
Did not see a single Italian though, mostly Hungarian and Irish staff. Nothing wrong with that but contradicts the other review…
Maybe I have too many a real Italian experiences.

Nice pizzas and family friendly.
Padraig O’Dea
Eaton Square
Monkstown

An Italian restaurant run by Italians… yeah, that works for me.
Now, readers of my reviews will know I am not a fan of restaurants, particularly Italian restaurants, that try to be too authentic, bathe everything in olive oil, refuse to serve chips. that sort of thing. Let you not think I am a heathen though… well, not much of one anyway. I just think that such places need to make a concession to the fact that they are not, in fact, in Italy.
Toscana then manages to tread a very fine line between pleasing and annoying the almighty Q, the service is reasonable, the food not at all bad and the atmosphere… well, you make that yourself and we had a fine time.
Bottom line, not somewhere I would jump up and down about but likewise I would have no objections to going again… wow, how’s that for a totally vanilla review?!