What The Critics Say

"Thomas's on Brighton Road is the sort of place that makes you salivate the minute you pass the pavement display of glossy vegetables and enter the heady interior. Mingled aromas of cheese, salami and fresh bread set the nostrils twitching. You feast your eyes on jumbo Turkish apricots, elegant gissini, and indecently fat lives. It's the overall standard of the wines on offer that make Thomas's a hot tip for wine lovers."

Mary Dowey, The Irish Times, 2003

"Most hush-hush south-side secret. Blink and you will miss sinful Lindt chocolates; sun-dried tomatoes and their tastier semi-sun-dried cousins; plump, mouth-watering olives of every hue, shape and size; Thomas's own label relishes, chutneys and preserves; Cooke's Colavita oils; "old-fashioned" sweets like Bull's Eyes, Humbugs and Dolly Mixtures; Ployez-Jacquemart Blanc de Blanc vintage champagne heading a splended selection of wines...We say blink, because tucked away as it is in a corner of Floxrock Village it is all too easy to miss Thomas's. Parking is not too easy either but persevere, it will be worth the effort."

Food & Wine, 2003

"Thomas Murphy has a very keen appreciation of his customers' demands, a fact which has firmly established the importance of Thomas's deli in the area. Lots of choice things, good wines, and friendly, helpful advice."

John & Sally McKenna, The Bridgestone Dublin Food Guide