Il Caffè di Napoli

My friends and I stopped in on a Tuesday night craving italian, and we were all happy with our food. I had the rigatoni with meatballs, and the meatballs were the best part! I also got to try a friends pizza, which was good. Some people tried raspberry cheesecake for dessert, which was delicious. The garlic bread I ordered as a side was pretty average.

Quality food in here. Your standard Italian dishes but so authentic. Really lovely beef carpaccio and gorgeous pasta dishes.
I love the décor. It’s so cosy. Hard to catch the waitress sometimes as its always busy.
Looks like a little café upstairs only so it was a new discovery for me. And a great one at that.
Coffee and cake are good in the café too so will come again.

I have only gotten take away a couple of times here but I’ve not been impressed. On the surface you’re thinking authentic Italian and it looks great from the outside but the food is poor and even my coffee this week had a burnt taste, plus over cooked dried out home made cookies and greasy pizza with unfriendly service. It’s a good location and nice premises but that’s about it…
Caffe Parigi it is not!

Went here to grab a quick meal before work with the bf. Staff were very talkative amongst them selves but not to customers. A lot of them came across as rude, unenthusiastic and disinterested.
We both knew what we wanted straight away and it took a while for them to take our order. We got a male waiter that wears glasses, and he wasn’t the friendliest or most mannerly.
We asked for water and he sloppily poured it half in the glass half on the table, while rudely leaning across us with his arm in my face. He took our ordered, didn’t seem interested in the slightest.
A lot of the staff talked amongst themselves in Italian which can be unsettling for none native speakers. And plane rude. Our food arrived pretty quickly, which explains the lacklustre quality. The restaurant was overpriced and underwhelming, which is a real shame for a beautiful location and nicely decorating restaurant.
As we were leaving he blocked the route out, turning around to ask another waitress what she had just said. Then expected us to move as if we were the problem. We then had almost every member of staff say «bye» to us on our way out, which I find odd since we received no welcome from any of them.
Management really needs to review their attitude towards customers, the manners of their staff and their cleanliness.

I have been there few times for their coffee only. They have a nice outdoor seating and their coffee is good. If you have a break around this area and want to read a book and enjoy a cup of coffee, maybe espresso or machaitto then its worth trying. They have a pizzeria that i want to try.

Had lunch in the Westland Row branch today and it was great. My fail-​safe veal ragu was lovely and the coffee was excellent. The staff are lovely too — it really feels like walking into a slice of Italy.

This coffee shop is hit and miss, depends on who is on .I had a tiny Americano and stale scone today, the staff forgot the scone she put in the oven for me and the other girl took one from the counter display, cold and old. Then they thought it was funny. If you complain here they get really haughty. Needs some serious management review

I stop in here most mornings on the way to work for a take away cappuccino. It’s pretty busy with commuters from the nearby DART. The two baristas cope well with the influx of people and it generally doesn’t take very long to get a coffee. Staff are friendly and the coffee is great. Only negative is I once got a croissant and it wasn’t amazing.

Had a great dinner here our first night in Dublin. Food was verey tasty and made with fresh ingredients. Service was friendly and crisp. The Tiramisu was one of the best I’ve ever had.

Noc see little café. The capacitor I had was great. Small neighborhood feel. Not rushed, and the staff are friendly.
Light toasted sandwiches, coffee, wine, and other light fare.
A great place to enjoy Dublin.

I really wanted to give Il Caffé di Napoli a good review but after today’s experience I have to sadly give them 1 star.
The bf + I popped in to grab coffees and a ciabatta for himself. It took the staff member (a blonde) over 10 minutes to even take his order of a speck ciabatta (+ two coffees) as she was too busy talking to another staff member and (very) slowly making coffee for other customers, occasionally popping over to an overspilling bin + filthy table where they were dropping off the dirty dishes,.
I took a table for us in the corner, facing the side of the deli + the staircase while he order as the ground floor tables as gold dust + you can’t sit downstairs if only grabbing a sambo.
I half wish I hadn’t.
While the female staff member popped back + forth from the bin I noticed something unpleasant; she never once stopped to wash her hands.
This included between changing the bin, including touching things IN the bin, to touching the outside of the bin before shimmying back to put ordered sandwiches onto the grill press. She never washed her hands between her bin duties + preparing both my bf’s + someone else’s sandwiches. She returned to the bin to replace the old bin bag with a new bag before coming back to our sandwich and splicing it in half. When she delivered it to us I whispered –almost conspiratorially– to her that I had seen that she hadn’t washed her hands between the bin changes. At first she pretended to play dumb but I (+ I stress, POLITELY) informed her that I could see from my angle of the deli that she hadn’t. To this she said she had only touched the outside of the bin + the new bin bag, looking at me with a kind of «it’s not that big a deal, right?» attitude.
I didn’t want to taste the sandwich. (But he ripped a corner off for me. It was nice but not worth the € 5.70 charge, even including the free added bacteria…) She had been polite (ish) about the whole issue but it was fairly surreal that she didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong with her blatant disregard of health + safety food prep.
She then returned to tell us that she had forgotten the rest of our order (an americano + an espresso) but this was fine as it was getting quite busy + her colleague (a brunette) was basically standing around doing nothing + getting the blonde to do everything. We asked if she could make the americano to go as he’d neck his espresso. This was all fine.
We wait.
We wait some more.
I glance once or twice as the brunette who is supposed to be making our americano + espresso. She returns the glance + just stands there. I glance at the coffee machine, she follows my gaze. I smile. She looks confused.
We wait.
Again.
Rollies made, I get up to ask about our coffees (as at this point we’ve been waiting over 5 or so minutes since the silent coffee glance exchange). It transpires she made them already + they’ve been waiting for us as the til. The only question in my mind is why didn’t she let us know?
We pop over to the til, somewhat confused by this entire experience + following her sending another customer downstairs to pay for his meal (quite dismissively I might add. The customer was not impressed either), I ask her why she didn’t tell us our coffees were ready. She looks me up + down, utterly unimpressed with my query, + attempts to pin her lack of customer service on the blonde, stating «she took your order, was supposed to make them but she got busy.» I understand but repeat, nicely, why didn’t she, the brunette, let us know our coffees were ready as she had made them? She half shrugs disinterestedly but then seems to realise this isn’t terribly good service so instead she opts to lie to us + say she «JUST made the coffees that second.» No she didn’t, we had both been glancing at her for the last 8 minutes or so and she had been standing there doing sod all (obviously this is not said to her). She emits a strangled reluctant «sorry» whilst not even looking at us, yawns, + repeats, unprompted, she «literally just made them.» I decide an «okay» suffices as I don’t really want to be calling her out on this + am still dazed by this whole bizarre interaction + blatant lying. The bf drinks his espresso in one go, I put a tiny (miniscule) dash of milk in my coffee. Leaving, lo + behold, the americano is tepid + it turns out his espresso was indeed cold. She had made them over 8 minutes before. And never bothered to call us.
I am terribly disappointed with il Caffé di Napoli. Both for the quality + the service we received today. Carluccio’s staff at least follow basic health + safety protocol + have better attitudes than the 2 staff we encountered in Caffé. The staff in ANY other place we have ever ordered coffees to go from have always informed us of when our coffees were ready.
Terribly disappointing experience with very poor staff and attitudes.
It will be a while before I contemplate returning, especially considering they don’t even wash their hands after touching the bins!

If you like good expresso, il café di napoli is the place where you have to go. In a city where the expresso vary between mad to undrinkable, il café de napoli seemed like an oasis.
Addionaly they have good and fresh food and the pizzas are amazing: the dough is crispy and really in the really Napolitano style.
Thank you Fabio for the recomendation:)

Our first meal in Dublin was last meal quality. We came in per the recommendation of a friend who had known the owner, Paul, well. Paul was so welcoming and sat with us for a while give tips for our trip.
We started off w calamari that looked like onion rings — super tender, and their version of tarter sauce was great to dip in. Paul sent over some just baked focaccia and olives — light and delicious.
For dinner we had creamy tagliatelle w sausage (so amazing) and seafood skewers, also fantastic. Tiramisu for dessert.
I didn’t expect to be so blown away by Italian food in Dublin, but they’ve got a good thing going here. Be sure to stop by, you don’t want to miss this.

Popped in to the café for a quick lunch. Got a huge slice of pizza, I definitely tasted real ingredients! Not processed! Also got green tea, but got about 3 cups out of the teapot they gave me, sweet!:) Came to € 6.20 for sit-​in, not bad at all! Will come back on an evening to try the restaurant, looks good.

Although a full service café and restaurant, I have only stopped by for a quick take away cappuccino. The cappuccino was well made and comparable to many of my favorite coffee places around town. This location on Westland row is convenient for jumping on a quick train and I highly recommend it for a morning coffee on the go.

One of my favourite Italian spots in Dublin, though primarily because of the downstairs restaurant rather than the upstairs café!
I’ve been downstairs twice for their lovely lunches; traditional Italian fare with some wonderful specials.
The other day, I ordered the Fusilli Siciliana, with roasted aubergines, zucchini in a lovely tomato sauce and covered in buffala mozzarella. Absolutely delicious. And I scooped up all the remaining sauce with delicious garlic bread.
We split a dessert; the chocolate fondant, which comes with ice cream and whipped cream on the side. Very tasty, but I’m glad I shared. Otherwise it would have been too much.
It was a very satisfying meal. Great service. Not terribly expensive for what we got. And I loved the complimentary olives and pesto flat bread that came after we put in our order! Nice touch…

Had take away and it was good. Had penne with salmon and the salmon was a little salty. Had the tag pasta with cream sauce and the mushroom starter. All good portions (no leftovers) for a great price. I did have to go downstairs to the restaurant which was kind of confusing.

Love this café. Situated right beside Pearse street train station, the location couldn’t be any better. The best place to sit and wait for the train home in my opinion. This café is very much Italian. Staff are fantastic and they speak Italian so that nearly adds a bit more flavour of enjoyment to your coffee and experience here. I would nearly go out of my way to order a cappuccino from this place as the price is right and the coffee is elegant. One of the best coffees in Dublin. I wonder what the pizzas taste like? I’m sure they’re bellisimmo (lovely) also! Seal of approval from Etho anyways!

I actually didn’t realise it is not just a café but that they have a downstairs restaurant as well. I usually just walk past on my way to somewhere. But this time I was looking for something to eat and had a look at their menu.
So I still don’t know how the Café part is but I surely enjoyed my visit to the restaurant. The décor is warm and relaxing and despite being downstairs bright due to it being rather like a conservatory.
I went for one of their specials of the day: Linguine scalops and had a glass of their Verdicchio (white vine). Together with an Espresso the bill came to around € 25 which is for Dinner in Dublin with vine quite good. I actually was lucky too. Turned out they had the price for the Linguine € 2 too low at the time when I ordered. They changed it while I was there but still gave me the price I ordered for.
Pretty sure I’ll go back for another treat there.

This place is absolutely authentic, from coffee to food! They are all about the enjoyment. I love love sitting there while the sun comes through the clouds and have a macchiato (nice price for 1.85!!!), just like that with nothing… Couldn’t ask for more! Besides the biscotti which they have sometimes — omg! There are delicious and taste beautiful with any coffee!
Hungry? Café di Napoli can’t be wrong, try the tortilla and sandwiches for lunch or go downstairs in the evenings and enjoy the full restaurant — they can cook and have amazing wines.

Restaurant downstairs, sandwiches/​cakes/​coffee café upstairs. There’s lots of yummy things to choose from and the salami panini was one of the best I’ve had in Dublin.
For the restaurant downstairs, I love that they allow you to order small portions of the pasta dishes (which is perfect for me).
There’s outdoor seating as well!

Nice café for a coffee outside but avoid the restaurant at all costs.
I am a regular coffee drinking customer there, however, both 2 times I tried the restaurant, it ended in big disappointment. The problem is not only the food but their attitude to it.
«Authentic Italian Experience» says their main page
Sadly the food is anything but «Authentic Italian». It is what happens to Italian food, when it is «custom made» to what the management considers as to be in «demand in Ireland». Even the menu does not show any authentic pizza like Margherita, Napolitana, Capricciosa, 4 Stagioni etc (and is not even properly formatted as PDF file). Instead it lists the ingredients in English, and then translates them into Italian.
But at the end, what matters is the taste, and that is sadly very far from Italian. And not in a good way. It comes at no surprise that Italians working there are saying it themselves, they would not eat there. Also no review by anyone from Italy?
The second time I went there more recently with a colleague, ordered pasta and asked specifically for «aldente» (not overcooked). Sadly not only was it overcooked but also tasteless. I had just returned from my trip to Italy and the difference was stunning. Their reaction: «Sorry about it, we indeed don’t do it Italian way but rather the way Dublin’s locals prefer».
In conclusion, I have to say, it is not my pleasure to write a negative review, I would much prefer to write something good. Nothing would be more desirable for me than to go there to eat great Italian food matching my experience in Italy.

Two of us popped in for a quick lunch. Having been here before we knew what to expect. Efficient, friendly service and unfussy, unpretentious, simple food. We both had the penne arrabiata off the specials board with a glass of Pinot Grigio each. In and out in less than an hour even though they were pretty busy. Cost just shy of € 40. Not particularly cheap but no complaints. Will be back.

So. Much. Food. I’m still not sure how I managed it all.
Walking past Il Caffe di Napoli, you’d easily mistake it for a just a café. There’s an entire restaurant hidden away downstairs. Not that there’s any reason for them to keep it a secret.
Apparently the staff thought they were feeding an army rather than a handful of Unilocalers on a UYE. So plate after plate was rolled out, each one piled with food. Cristin L’s review has a better break-​down of the menu than I could hope to write, but I have to agree with her that the fish dishes were definitely the highlights. The sea bass was the winner for me.
Oh, and a big thank you to the staff as well. Friendly, helpful and slightly manic!

OMG, what a fabulous find Il Caffe di Napoli is. I have walked past this place plenty of times and thought «I must take a gander in there some time». So thank you to Anne L and Lee L for organising the latest foodie club event here. And as usual, I rolled home full. On this occasion it was the delicious southern Italian fare of Il Caffe di Napoli that had me close to being in a food coma. We were served so many dishes, so forgive me if I go on a bit.
I arrived in to what I thought was a regular Italian café-​restaurant. But it’s more than a regular Italian café-​restaurant. The café is upstairs and you go downstairs to this bright dining room, with an open kitchen at the back. The ceiling is high and full of glass, not what I was expecting as I entered the building.
At the bar I was immediately handed a prosecco with strawberries accompanied by sun dried tomatoes and olives. Next thing some platters appeared out of nowhere of a mix of mini pizzas, pâté toast, garlic bread and bruschetta. Nice little introductions to stop the belly rumblings. The pizzas stood out here.
For the starters of our tasting night we moved to the table. We were first were presented with two platters, Antipasto Vegetariano and Antipasto Misto. Both had a mix of Mediterranean roasted vegetables and marinated olives. The second platter included a selection of the Italian cured meats and cheeses, as well as roasted veg. Both full of flavour.
We then were offered two more starters. The first was prawns in a Brandy sauce. I can’t see it on their online menu, so I don’t know what it was called. But I can tell you it was delicious and was the first thing that really caught my attention. Then second was Arancini di Riso, which was Arborio rice, tomato, basil and mozzarella balls (for want of a better word) served with a tomato sauce. This was also very delicious and attention grabbing.
Moving quickly along, we were served the first three main course dishes. On the menu it’s called Filetto di Spigola, which was pan fried sea bass in a lemon, white wine sauce, served over seafood risotto. I am not a big fish fan, but this blew me away. It was divine.
The next two dishes were roast duck, which was cooked perfectly medium, and a beef dish. Both were grand. But I think I was still getting over the sea bass dish. Everyone at the table raved about the beef dish. I can’t identify it on their online menu, so perhaps the other peeps can help me out there.
Finally we were so full we did not eat dessert and went straight for coffee. I had a very smooth and enjoyable espresso that wasn’t bitter.
The staff were attentive and charmingly entertaining, as most Italians are.
I am looking forward to my next meal at Il Caffe di Napoli.
That is all.