"Striking me as being bang on trend, as it were, with its chic new iteration focusing on the contemporary cuisines of the Iberian Peninsula, Bang on Merrion Row is more assured, confident and vibrant than ever. There were no castanets, flamenco dancers, or images of sexy matadors, but rather a subtle, soft focused, sophisticated decor, which make's slipping quietly down to its subterranean main room, with its romantic cosy corners, feel like you've discovered a secret hideaway on some back street in San Sebastián."
"A stone's throw from the Shelbourne Hotel, Bang is in fact one of Dublin's best-known restaurants and has amassed a colourful history since its opening originally in 1999 by identical twins Christian and Simon Stokes, and named after their Danish mother Pia Bang, who had a very popular boutique on Grafton Street."
Bang on Merrion Row completed a major refurbishment and shifted its culinary direction toward contemporary Iberian cuisines, emerging more assured, confident and vibrant. The decor eschews obvious Spanish clichés in favor of subtle, soft-focused sophistication that creates romantic, cosy corners in a subterranean main room. The atmosphere evokes a secret hideaway reminiscent of San Sebastián rather than theatrical Spanish tropes. The restaurant sits a short distance from the Shelbourne Hotel and carries a colourful history dating to 1999, when identical twins Christian and Simon Stokes opened it and named it after their Danish mother, Pia Bang.
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