Steak and craft beers

We needed to find a place for dinner after Sean and his brother spent the afternoon at Whiskey live and we settled on the newest spot on Dawson Street, Featherblade. 

The menu is simple but don't let that fool you. It can be hard to choose but whatever you choose I think you'll find that the food is delicious. The starters & dessert change weekly so keep an eye on social media!The only constant menu item is their namesake, Featherblade. 

As you can see from the menus we had a choice of two starters then Featherblade or Flank steak with a number of sides to choose from and three sauces then a choice of two desserts. 

Main menu

Drinks menu

Specials menu

To start I had a berry fizz cocktail. V nice way to start and then I had a glass of their wine special, Rioja, which went v nicely with the steak. 

Sean's little brother and myself both chose the sesame crusted salmon with avocado purée and Asian slaw to start. Very tasty, lovely tang from the Asian slaw dressing. 

Sean went for the crispy lamb and he let me try it - it was like a Bon Bon. V yum. 

For my main I chose the Featherblade cooked medium rare with Bearnaise sauce. The meat was tender, melt in the mouth yumminess. I liked the Bearnaise because it wasn't over powering. Sean's little brother ordered the same thing. 

Sean ordered the marinated flank steak with garlic & chilli sauce. 

We shared the roasted sweet potato, truffle mac n cheese and there was also an order for the courgette, kale & carrot salad which we let Sean eat by himself :) 

The mac n cheese... OMG creamy cheesy goodness - you could eat it by the bucketload :)

Sweet potato was charred and utterly delicious. I could've eaten far more of them - am sorry we didn't order more! :) 

Dessert I decided to be "brave" and try the beetroot and lavender panna cotta with lime shortbread. I know that doesn't sound like it should work but it did. It was bloody gorgeous.

His little brother ordered the sticky toffee pudding. He let me try some too. It was sooo good!

The steaks are €13 (I know, in Dublin right?), the staff are super nice, the seats are comfy thanks to the chunky cushions on the wooden bench type seats. 

The tables are a little close but given that we were there early on a Saturday evening that was no way an issue. 

I can't find fault as much as I'd like to. A perfect example of keeping it simple and doing it extremely well! Will definitely be back (if we manage to get a reservation!)

After there we walked to P. Macs and I had a couple glasses of Lindeman's Framboise. 

Next stop was Against the Grain on Wexford Street. They still had The Eternalist in the fridge so I went with a bottle of that. 

It was still early so we headed to Alfie Byrne's at the Conrad Hotel. Here I had Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout and some more of The Eternalist and also one glass of Green Spot. We also went through a lot of Tayto Snax :) 

Good beer, whiskey and chats was a really nice way to finish off our night!!!