One Family Butchery, Four Dublin Steakhouses
Pembroke Street, Temple Bar, Bull & Castle and Monkstown all serve the same dry-aged Buckley beef.
The Buckley family has been butchering beef in Dublin since 1930, when they opened a shop on Moore Street. It took until 1987 for that trade to turn into a restaurant, when F.X. Buckley opened its doors on Pembroke Street as the group’s flagship. Three more rooms followed over the years: Temple Bar on Crow Street, Monkstown on the coast in 1993, and Bull & Castle opposite Christ Church Cathedral. Every one of them dry-ages Irish beef on the bone for a minimum of 28 days, cut by the same family butchery. Below are all four, with opening hours, ratings and a link through to the full profile for each.
Dublin 2
Dublin’s original F.X. Buckley steakhouse. A Georgian dining room with a covered terrace and an in-house Master of Wine, and the kitchen picked up a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence in 2025.
The Original, 1987
Hours
Mon-Fri 12-10pm · Sat 1-10pm · Sun 12:30-9pm
Rating
4.5★ Tripadvisor · 4.8★ OpenTable
Temple Bar, Dublin 2 · Crow Street
An open-kitchen room a short walk from the Gaiety and the Olympia, and a favourite for dinner before a show. It won Tripadvisor’s 2025 Travellers’ Choice award and holds the group’s highest rating.
Pre-Theatre Pick
Hours
Mon-Thu 5-10pm · Fri-Sat 1-10pm · Sun 1-9pm
Rating
4.6★ Tripadvisor · 4.8★ OpenTable
Christchurch, Dublin 2
Sitting opposite Christ Church Cathedral, this is the group’s dual-concept room: an F.X. Buckley steakhouse on the ground floor, with Dausie’s Bar and one of Dublin’s widest craft beer lists upstairs.
Steakhouse + Craft Beer
Hours
Kitchen Mon-Sat 12-10pm · Sun 12:30-9pm
Rating
4.4★ Tripadvisor · 4.7★ OpenTable
Monkstown · Since 1993
The coastal room, on the DART line between Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire. Alongside the same dry-aged steaks there’s a full seafood menu, plus Frank’s Bar upstairs.
Steak + Seafood
Hours
Mon-Fri 5-10pm · Sat 12-10pm · Sun 12-9pm
Rating
4.0★ Tripadvisor · 4.7★ OpenTable
Awards
Award history for the F.X. Buckley group, compiled from award bodies, press coverage and review platforms — current as of August 2026. Some recognitions were credited to a specific branch, as noted.
2023
RANKED
World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants — ranked #6 (sole Irish entrant; highest climber in Europe)
World’s Best Steaks
2021
WON
Cookbook of the Year
Irish Food Writing Awards — for a Buckley-branded cookbook
2019
WON
Best Customer Service (Irish Pub Award)
Irish Pub Awards — credited to the Bull & Castle branch
Undated
WON
World Steak Challenge — Aberdeen Angus Fillet category award
World Steak Challenge
Awards and recognitions above are curated from publicly available sources — award bodies, press coverage and review platforms — and are not verified or provided by the restaurant itself. We do our best to keep this accurate and current, but if we’ve missed an award or something needs correcting, please get in touch.
F.X. Buckley Group FAQs
How many F.X. Buckley steakhouses are there in Dublin?
Four. Pembroke Street is the original, opened in 1987. Temple Bar sits on Crow Street, Bull & Castle is in Christchurch, and Monkstown is on the coast between Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire. All four share the same family butchery and the same 28-day dry-ageing standard.
Which is the original F.X. Buckley steakhouse?
Pembroke Street. It opened in 1987 as the group’s flagship, built on a butchery business the Buckley family started on Moore Street back in 1930.
Is Bull & Castle part of F.X. Buckley?
Yes. It’s owned by the same family and butcher, and it dry-ages its steaks to the same 28-day standard as the other three rooms. Locally it trades under its own name, Bull & Castle, rather than the F.X. Buckley name.
Which F.X. Buckley location is best for a pre-theatre dinner?
Temple Bar. It’s the closest room to Dublin’s main theatres, serves in an open-kitchen setting, and gets a steady flow of diners heading to a show afterward.
Which F.X. Buckley does seafood as well as steak?
Monkstown. It keeps the same dry-aged Buckley steaks on the menu and adds a full seafood list too, including oysters shucked at the bar and lobster thermidor, which suits its coastal setting.
Do all four locations serve the same steak?
Yes. Every room is supplied by the Buckley family’s own butchery and dry-ages its beef on the bone for at least 28 days. What changes from room to room is the wider menu: seafood at Monkstown, a craft beer list at Bull & Castle.
Which F.X. Buckley has the highest ratings?
Temple Bar leads on Tripadvisor with 4.6 stars from 3,386 reviews and a 2025 Travellers’ Choice award. Pembroke Street and Temple Bar are neck and neck on OpenTable, both at 4.8 stars.
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