Restaurant owners said they are in “disbelief” that their customers must dine on the street while hotel guests can eat indoors.
Hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs were yesterday given the go-ahead to allow guests to dine inside from June 2.
But pubs and restaurants can still only serve punters outside from June 7.
Restaurants Association of Ireland Chief Executive Adrian Cummins said owners are in “disbelief.”
He stated: “We are calling on the Government to publish the Medical and Scientific evidence deeming a Hotel or Guesthouse Restaurant safer than an independent restaurant, coffee shop or gastro pub.
“Restaurants, hotels, cafes and gastro pubs have all followed and implemented the exact same safety protocols for diners since June of last year.
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“I want to be clear, if the medical advisors have decided it is now safe for indoor dining then hotels should reopen – what we are asking for is Indoor Dining Equality and to reopen at the same time.
“The decision to divide hotel restaurants and independent restaurants into two categories is an anti-competitive, inequitable decision and without medical, scientific or public health rationale.”
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