Restaurant in Dublin, Ireland
Dublin's top wine list, Italian food to match.

Rosa Madre earned the Star Wine List number one ranking for 2026 on the strength of a 640-selection, 2,950-bottle list anchored in Italy and France. At $$$ across food and wine, this Crow Street Italian is Dublin's most serious wine-first dining option. Booking is currently easy, but that window may close as the ranking draws more attention.
If you've been to Rosa Madre once and enjoyed the wine list, coming back is the right call — the depth here runs further than a single visit reveals. Owner and wine director Luca De Marzio has built a 640-selection, 2,950-bottle inventory anchored in Italy and France, with particular seriousness around Burgundy, Piemonte, and Tuscany. For an Italian restaurant in Temple Bar, this is a wine program that punches well above the neighbourhood's usual ambitions. At $$$ pricing across both food and wine, you're paying for that depth — and it's worth knowing in advance what you're paying for.
Rosa Madre sits on Crow Street, one of the quieter pedestrian lanes running through Temple Bar, which means the immediate context is busy but the room itself operates at a remove from the street noise outside. The setting is intimate rather than grand , the kind of space where the wine list arrives as a serious document and the room scale encourages the kind of focused conversation that a 2,950-bottle inventory invites. General Manager Elisabet Reis runs the floor, and the service dynamic reflects a venue that takes its wine credentials seriously without turning the experience into a lecture.
Rosa Madre earned the Star Wine List number one ranking for 2026 , a named, verifiable credential that puts it at the leading of Dublin's wine venues by that measure. The list's Italian backbone is where the real depth sits: Piemonte and Tuscany are the strongest regions, with France and Burgundy rounding out the serious end of the selection. The $$$ wine pricing means many bottles cross the €100 mark, so this is not a drop-in-for-a-glass situation if you're watching spend. For a wine-first dinner, the list rewards diners who arrive with a region in mind and are willing to ask De Marzio's team for direction. If you visited once and stuck to the familiar end of the list, a return visit is the moment to ask for something further afield , Piemonte in particular is worth exploring here.
Chef Anisur Rahman's Italian kitchen is the counterpart to all of this. The cuisine pricing at $$$ (a two-course meal runs €66 or more, excluding drinks) places Rosa Madre at the serious end of Dublin's mid-to-upper dining tier. Lunch and dinner are both served, and a lunchtime visit is the lower-commitment way to assess whether the food-and-wine pairing justifies the spend before committing to a full dinner. The Italian focus means the kitchen and the wine list are genuinely aligned , this is not a restaurant where the wine program exists in a separate register from what's on the plate.
Rosa Madre works leading for diners who treat wine as the main event and want the food to match rather than lead. If you're planning an Irish wine road trip with stops at venues like Aniar in Galway, Bastion in Kinsale, or Campagne in Kilkenny, Rosa Madre is a strong Dublin anchor , the Star Wine List ranking makes it a credible starting point. For food-first diners looking at the upper end of Dublin's restaurant scene, Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen or Glovers Alley will serve better. For those after Italian-focused wine depth in a city where that combination is genuinely rare, Rosa Madre is the answer.
Booking is currently easy , no weeks-long lead time required , which makes this one of Dublin's more accessible venues at the $$$ price point. That accessibility won't hold indefinitely if the 2026 Star Wine List ranking drives more traffic, so the current booking window is an advantage worth using.
For broader context on where Rosa Madre sits in the city, see our full Dublin restaurants guide, our full Dublin bars guide, and our full Dublin wineries guide. If you're building an itinerary around wine-focused dining in Ireland more broadly, Liath in Blackrock, dede in Baltimore, and Terre in Castlemartyr are worth including alongside Rosa Madre as Dublin's opening chapter.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa Madre | Star Wine List #1 (2026); Rosa Madre is all that jazz! Located on Crow Street in the Temple Bar neighbourhood of Dublin, this is a great place to start your Irish wine road trip in style. Luca has everything you could want, f...; WINE: Wine Strengths: Italy, France, Burgundy, Piemonte, Tuscany Pricing: $$$ i Wine pricing: Based on the list\'s general markup and high and low price points:$ has many bottles < $50;$$ has a range of pricing;$$$ has many $100+ bottles Selections: 640 Inventory: 2,950 CUISINE: Cuisine Types: Italian Pricing: $$$ i Cuisine pricing: The cost of a typical two-course meal, not including tip or beverages.$ is < $40;$$ is $40–$65;$$$ is $66+. Meals: Lunch and Dinner STAFF: People Luca De Marzio:Owner Wine Director: Luca De Marzio Chef: Anisur Rahman General Manager: Elisabet Reis Owner: Luca De Marzio | — | |
| Patrick Guilbaud | Michelin 2 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Bastible | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Host | €€ | — | |
| mae | €€€ | — | |
| Matsukawa | €€€€ | — |
A quick look at how Rosa Madre measures up.
Rosa Madre is primarily a wine venue that happens to serve serious Italian food, not the other way around. With 640 selections and a 2,950-bottle inventory, the list skews heavily Italian — Burgundy, Piemonte, and Tuscany are the strengths. Expect $$$ pricing on both food and wine, so budget accordingly before you sit down. It earned the Star Wine List number one ranking for Dublin in 2026, which is the clearest signal of what this place does best.
Yes, if wine is your focus. A deep list with strong Italian regional depth gives a solo diner plenty to work through by the glass or bottle, and the Crow Street location in Temple Bar keeps the surrounding area lively without the room being overwhelming. Solo diners who want to explore the wine program without managing a group's preferences will get more out of the list here than almost anywhere else in Dublin.
For food-first fine dining rather than wine-first, Patrick Guilbaud is the obvious comparison at the top of the market. Bastible on Leonard's Corner offers a more ingredient-driven, neighbourhood-restaurant feel at a lower price point. If you want natural wine and a looser format, mae is worth considering. Rosa Madre is the right call specifically when the wine list is the main reason you're going out.
The venue data doesn't document specific dietary policies. Given the Italian kitchen format under Chef Anisur Rahman and the $$$ price point, it's worth contacting the restaurant directly before booking if you have specific requirements — the kitchen's ability to accommodate is not confirmed in available records.
Yes, provided the occasion centres on wine. The Star Wine List number one ranking for 2026 gives the evening a credible anchor, and a 2,950-bottle inventory means there's room to find something genuinely memorable rather than defaulting to the usual options. Food runs $$$ for a two-course meal, so the total spend will reflect a special-occasion outing. If the person you're celebrating cares more about food theatre than wine depth, Patrick Guilbaud is a stronger fit.
Specific menu items are not documented in available records, so any dish-level recommendation would be speculation. What is confirmed: the kitchen serves Italian cuisine across lunch and dinner at a $$$ price point. The wine list is the clearest reason to be here, with particular depth in Burgundy, Piemonte, and Tuscany — ask Luca De Marzio or the floor team to steer you toward something from those regions that fits your budget.
Specific lead-time data isn't documented, but a venue holding the number one Star Wine List ranking in Dublin for 2026 with Italian $$$ pricing will fill quickly on weekends and for early evening slots. Booking at least a week out for weekday dinner and two or more weeks for Friday or Saturday is a sensible baseline. Walk-in availability is not confirmed.
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