Industry reps think they've been left out in the cold by the Government.
The Hospitality Sector says it’s on the brink following little to no government support in the Budget.
Hundreds of them from all across the country marched on the Dáil today to protest.
They're devastated that Budget 2025 didn't deliver a reduced VAT rate for them.
Daniel Kavanagh is the co-owner of Table 45, he says he couldn't sit back and watch from the sidelines:
He said: "It's extremely important to be here and to make our voices heard. We need to bring costs down and we need support from the Government. We need to be able to make a living and it's not happening, we're being driven into the ground."
Pat Crotty is CEO of the Vinters' Association of Ireland and said the industry is on the brink.
"We never lobbied so hard and we never gave so much information to the Government. [Industry] feel that they've been ignored, they feel they've been forgotten about. We had the biggest giveaway budget ever and it didn't merit a line in the thing."
He added: "The Government even went and did their own report that said hospitality was going to suffer, was already suffering and more was coming for them, and they still ignored it anyway. So the Government literally just said 'go stew in your own juices'".
Will Monaghan owns One Society in Gardner Street, and has just opened Hidden in Smithfield. He tells us it's scary to see such high profile restaurants shut up shop for the last time:
"When you see Dylan McGrath closing two restaurants and you have Dillingers in Ranalagh closing this week, these are places we don't want closing. These are places that should be doing well. The fact that they're going means something is wrong, if they can't get it right - these are experts - the small person and the new one isn't going to get it right."
