Dough Bros named Top Pizzeria in Ireland and Best Takeaway Service in Europe
GALWAY pizzeria The Dough Bros has been awarded two major accolades by 50 Top Pizza, The Guide to The Best Pizzerias in Italy and Worldwide for 2021.
Operated by brothers Eugene and Ronan Greaney, whose roots are in Swinford, the award-winning pizzeria has been named as the Best Pizzeria in Ireland and as the Best Takeaway Service in Europe. Not leaving the awards just there, The Dough Bros have ranked at 27th in Europe for their pizza.
Speaking about The Dough Bros, Top 50 Pizza commented: “During the past 18 months, which have been so challenging for the worldwide restaurant sector, two brothers from Galway have transformed the roadblock of the health crisis into an opportunity. They never lost courage but instead perfected their takeaway service and even created a kit to make at home. Even the kit will produce one of the best pizzas in the country.”
Said Eugene Greaney on their latest awards: “To be named as the top pizzeria in Ireland by The Top 50 Pizza Guide is a huge honour.
“For us it's never about being the biggest, we have always focused on being the best we can be and making a real impact in Ireland and putting Irish pizza on the map. Seeing The Dough Bros named as the Top Pizzeria in Ireland and No. 27 in Europe alongside the likes of Beast in Copenhagen, 50 Kalo and Peppe in Paris (who was named No. 1) felt like a real moment. Like we had arrived at a destination we have been working so hard to reach.
“Then to also be named as the best takeaway pizzeria in Europe alongside that was a great surprise.
“Last year, when the restaurant closed, we had to switch to a takeaway and developed the kits also. When we opened as a takeaway, we did not want to do it for the sake of it, we aimed to provide the same level of standards and qualities we applied to the restaurant. It was challenging and hard work so to get this accolade as well as the awards above was the icing on the cake.”
In June of this year the pizzeria also featured as No. 27 on another Top 50 Pizzas in Europe list by the hugely popular travel site Big Seven Travel. Despite the challenges faced over the past 18 months it has been an incredibly successful year for the Greaneys.
The success of the takeaway has changed their way of thinking. Now they hope to open a takeaway pizzeria in Galway city once they get their restaurant fully reopened.
“We are coming out of this pandemic with a far more varied business model. Rather than rely on the restaurant model we hope to add a factory for our kits and a takeaway business so people can enjoy the Dough Bros pizza in different ways which is really exciting,” Ronan explained.