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Amy Stockberger
3 days ago
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We had an incredible experience at Valentina’s in Bridge Park, Dublin. The food was outstanding, but what truly elevated the night was our waiter, Thomas. His deep knowledge of the menu, ingredients, and pairings made every recommendation spot on. He paid attention to every detail — from timing each course perfectly to anticipating what we needed before we even asked. Thomas made the entire dinner feel seamless and special. Valentina’s is lucky to have him, and we’ll definitely be back because of the him!!
MB
Mackenzie Balle
4 days ago
Cute Italian restaurant, good vibes, good service! I really couldn’t decide what I wanted on the menu, there were so many good choices to pick from but I went with a pesto shrimp pasta dish. It was good! Nothing crazy amazing, but it was enjoyable. I think I would order something else if I went back. The people I went with liked their dishes too. The focaccia bread they bring out in the beginning is super good. It was my husband’s birthday and they gave him a free dessert of his choosing, he chose the chocolate cake. No frosting, but very dense and moist.
Rukmini was AMAZING. Thank you so much. We had so many complicated requests and she handled it so well. Thank you so much for a time!
The lamb stuffed pasta was a little salty but the Bruschetta was delicious. Great wines. Great cocktails and Shakerato was an awesome dessert.
My friend got a radiatori pasta and it was delicious. If you like spicy it has a great spiciness to it.
Thanks again to the staff. Especially rukmini, a birthday celebration is so much more fun with a bombastic waitress
SH
Svitlana Husarchuk
Oct 4, 2025
Гарне місце для посиденьок з друзями або святкування різних заходів. Тут так атмосферно, затишно, стильний інтер’єр. Офіціанти уважні та привітні.
Ми з братом заїхали сюди в неділю пообідати і хотіли з'їсти супу.
Ми замовили супи томатний з грінками та міністроне, а також пасту карбонара та спагетті з тефтелями.
Ціни такі ж, як в Olive Garden, а за смаком - не скажу, що краще. Особливого захвату їжа в мене не викликала, але це було не погано і цікаво було спробувати щось нове і автентичне.
Якщо я прийду сюди наступного разу, то точно не на суп, а вже на піцу. І хочу похвалити ще їхній хліб. Хліб з оливковою олією і спеціями просто чудовий. Йому моя окрема зірочка.
Можу сказати, що це місце точно вартує уваги. Тут приємно провести час в залі, біля бару або на літній веранді і скуштувати щось нове, розширивши свій смакових кругозір.
A Milestone Dimmed by Misfired Hospitality
Food: 9/10
Service: 2/5
We came to celebrate a once-in-a-lifetime achievement. The kitchen, to its credit, delivered. The braised lamb gnudi were superb—light, supple, and cloaked in a glossy reduction that spoke of patience and control. Across the menu, seasoning was judicious and technique assured: exactly the standard one expects from a Cameron Mitchell house.
Front-of-house execution told another story. Bread service—the industry’s handshake—never appeared until we asked. Every adjacent table received the complimentary focaccia without prompting; ours did not. It’s a small lapse that signals a larger inattentiveness—and, in this case, robbed my wife of the pleasure of chasing that gnudi sauce with warm bread.
The zero-proof program faltered as well. A Nogroni was declared unavailable, then minutes later materialized as “actually possible.” That’s not flexibility; it’s disarray.
Worse, a clear request for no prosciutto on a pizza was ignored. When the dish arrived topped with it, the response—“I’ll check with the kitchen and see”—read as procedural rather than contrite. At this level, the only acceptable sequence is ownership, apology, and swift correction.
Taken together, these aren’t mere paper cuts; they form a pattern. We felt conspicuously less attended than our neighbors. By the end of the meal, we were left to wonder whether some unspoken calculus—race, perceived spend, or simple indifference—had quietly demoted our table. I won’t claim to know the cause; I can attest to the feeling, and it shadowed what should have been a luminous evening.
Verdict: a gifted kitchen undermined by service that forgets its first duty—making guests feel seen. Orchestras don’t work when percussion misses the downbeat, however beautifully the strings play. We won’t return, not because the food failed, but because the hospitality did, precisely where it matters most.