Ground Floor and Basement restaurant, 15 Meath Street, Dublin 8, The Coombe, Dublin 8

This is an excellent opportunity to rent a small city centre restaurant premises on a bustling street in the heart of Dublins Liberties. This retail premises has full planning permission in place for restaurant use over the ground floor and basement with a unique covered restaurant bar and courtyard area with 10 rooflights at the rear of the property. This unique restaurant premises may suit a variety of different restaurant types including middle eastern, wood fired pizza, tapas, Poke, Sushi, etc. due to restaurant size, layout and design with the external covered restaurant area at the rear of the property. The subject property is located on the north west side of Meath Street opposite St. Catherine’s Church and around the corner from Vicar Street live music venue which is only 3 minutes walk away. Dublin City Council are currently in the process of carrying out extensive public realm and placemaking improvement works to Meath street, which will greatly benefit this restaurant and the local area. Widened footpaths to create additional space for pedestrians and on-street activity Planting of up to fifteen new street trees Upgraded public lighting to improve safety and ambiance New street furniture, including public seating Meath Street Public Realm Improvement Scheme | Dublin City Council Meath Street is traditionally the home of street market stalls and trader the famous Liberties Market and a variety of shops including traditional butchers, bakers, greengrocers, chippers, discount clothing stores, new cafes, pubs etc. The area has seen some exciting new developments including the arrival of Stay City's 242 bedroom Tivoli hotel, Hyatt Centric Hotel, Variety Jones Michelin Award winning restaurant, Spittalfields, The Liberty Belle, and Legit Coffee to name a few etc. The property is also located within a very short walking distance of Vicar Street, which is one of Irelands premier music venues. It is also located close to NCAD/ the National College of Art and Design as well as Harry Clarkes House. The property is conveniently located in the heart of a Dublin tourism hotspot and is within a very short distance from some of Dublins most popular and historic visitor attractions. The Guinness Storehouse and Open Gate Brewery, Christchurch Cathedral, Dublinia Viking Museum, St. Patricks Cathedral, Viking Splash Tours, Dublin City wall, Dublin Castle and several whiskey distilleries and visitor centres including Pearse Lyons distillery and Roe and Co. on James Street and a host of popular new cafés bars and restaurants. Meath Street is also located close to the Digital Hub which is a start-up centre for Irelands largest cluster of technology, digital media and internet companies. Some recent Digital Hub companies include Amazon, Stripe, Daft.ie, Havok and Riverdeep etc. This area of Dublin has recently seen some strong regeneration and development in recent years including the Pearse Lyons Distillery and visitor Centre in St. Jamess Church, Iconic Offices refurbishment of the IAWS Building, Digital Hub development of the Grain Store building and Binary Hub student accommodation. Other developments taking place in the immediate area include the development of the 12.5 acre Guinness Brewery site into a dynamic urban quarter, consisting of 336 residential units, two hotels with 304 beds and office blocks. Other developments planned for the area include the Iveagh Markets by DCC, Digital Hub phase 2 and development of 2 sites to the rear of Vicar Street for a boutique hotel. This is a very popular area for IT and design companies given the close proximity to the Digital Hub, Guinness Enterprise Centre and NCAD. The subject property is located in a very popular tourism District and is within 10 minutes walking distance from Temple Bar and a host of popular cafes, restaurants and bars. DESCRIPTION 15 Meath Street occupies a high profile position opposite St. Catherines Church which is a short walking distance from Hanbury Lane and Thomas Street. 15 Meath Street is a mixed use 4 storey over basement property with 3 floors of studio apartments over the ground floor and basement restaurant premises. The restaurant has a traditional timber shopfront with a side entrance door and ample room for signage above the large windows. The upper floors for the apartments have a traditional red brick façade with 6 large sash windows. The restaurant benefits from full floor to ceiling height glazing at the front of the property and there is also an a large enclosed extension into the courtyard area at the rear at the property that will have 10 openable velux rooflights which will provide excellent natural light to the rear of the property. The planning permission for the rear yard area accommodates a large open chefs kitchen with room for 8 high stools and a table seating plan for approximately 20 customers. There is also a small bar and counter top seating for approx. 16 customers in the front restaurant section as well as an accessible toilet for customers and stairway to the basement in the middle of the ground floor. The basement floor has been recently refurbished and tanked to provide additional bathrooms for customers and staff as well as a back of house food preparation area, store rooms, staff changing area as well as bin store area, plant and mech and electic area. The restaurant unit has 3 phase electricity supply and a gas connection plus an accessible toilet on the ground floor. We understand that the restaurant can seat approx. 44 customers with potential for an additional 10 seats outside if DCC allow permission for external seating as part of their new public realm improvement works which are due to be completed in 2027. This restaurant location is very convenient for customers as there is on street parking outside the building or on the side streets and the property is only a short travel distance from St. Stephen's Green. This restaurant has an excellent catchment for food delivery given it's central city centre location e.g. Just Eat, Deliveroo etc. 3 phase power supply Building Insurance €1,500 p.a. Commercial Rates – estimate approx. €6,000 p.a. Please note that the BER survey was carried out before the restaurant was fitted out The National College of Art and Design is a 2-minute walk from our front door. Vicar Street Music Venue is only 3 minutes walking distance The Guinness Open Gate Brewery is a simple 9 minutes walk away. 7-minute walk to BIMM, just up Francis Street. Christchurch Cathedral is only 11 minutes away St Patrick's Cathedral is only 12-minutes away. Dublin Castle is a 15 -minute walk. Local travel times/ distances 1.5km (22 minutes) walk from the front gate of Trinity College, Dublin. 16-minute walk to TU Dublin on Kevin Street. 1.4km (20 minute) walk from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Within a short commute o Dublin's premier shopping street, Grafton Street and picturesque St. Stephen's Green park and gardens.