Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: It’s not hard to see why this Indian spot has been a hit with superstars like Bono and Matt Damon

There had previously been a run-of-the-mill, old-style Indian restaurant on the main street of the colourful coastal town of Dalkey, Co Dublin, but in 2002, when Asheesh Dewan took over the premises while expanding his then new Jaipur restaurant group, he created a lighter, brighter, flock-wallpaper-free vibe that changed our idea of what an Indian restaurant should be. Twenty-four years later, it’s been a regular haunt of the many distinguished denizens of, and superstar visitors to, Dalkey, including the late writers Maeve Binchy and Hugh Leonard.

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