MANTLE

MANTLE proves you don't need much space to make a mark. Opened in 2025 at 11 Anglesea Street, it's been called Temple Bar's smallest café — an intimate, design-led room that has quickly become a haven for coffee connoisseurs in a part of town better known for tourist pubs than serious cups.

The menu is small and considered, running from a polished modern espresso bar to rare and unusual single origins on filter. Expect plant-based milks, a tidy selection of fresh pastries, and the kind of line-up that rewards the curious drinker. Dublin's coffee crowd quietly rate it as one of the best filter-and-espresso stops in the area.

Being so compact, it's more a stand-and-savour or grab-and-go spot than a sit-down session, with a steady stream of in-the-know regulars and Temple Bar wanderers who've found the good cup among the crowds — and it's dog-friendly too. Small but mighty: find the hatch on Anglesea Street and order something you've never tried.