L'Ecrivain (, meaning "The Writer") was a restaurant on Lower Baggot Street in Dublin, Ireland, which was awarded one Michelin star from 2003 to 2020. The Michelin Guide awarded the restaurant the "Red M", indicating "good food at a reasonable price", from 1996 to 1999.The emergence, development and influence of French Haute Cuisine on public dining in Dublin restaurants 1900-2000: an oral history. Thesis DIT by Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, 2009. 3 downloadable volumes. Part 2, p. 343
The restaurant's proprietor was Irish celebrity chef Derry Clarke, who has appeared on such television programmes as The Restaurant, The Afternoon Show and The Panel (in 2008)Tuesday, 30 December 2008. RTÉ. Accessed 30 October 2008. and has also been a judge on the reality television series Fáilte Towers."Judges". RTÉ. Accessed 25 April 2009. L'Ecrivain was described as "Dublin's corporate canteen" by the Irish Independent. The restaurant was opened in 1989 by Derry Clarke and his wife Sallyann. It closed in March 2021.
Style L'Ecrivain's specialty was both Irish and French cuisine.
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