This chic, contemporary French restaurant could easily be missed given its location above their ground floor speciality grocery and food market (which simply begs you to browse). But once up the flight of stairs or lift, you'll find a bright and airy r ... more...
A welcome 2023 arrival in an area that's had less choice of quality places to eat than most, this exciting south Dublin addition to John Farrell’s Dublin restaurant stable (Dillingers, The Butcher Grill, 777 and Amy Austin) is easy to find on the ... more...
Open since 1964, and run by Grainne O’Connell since 1975, informal restaurant/bar was among the first to establish a reputation for good food in Kenmare, and is a daytime sister restaurant to Packie’s (see entry).
It’s a traditional ... more...
Dating back to the 1870s, and currently run by Adrienne MacCarthy, this famous old pub and grocery store really is the genuine article - and the family history is both intriguing and inspiring (just ask about her father's Japanese sword - or buy the bo ... more...
Dating back to 1611, Grace Neill’s lays a fair claim to be one of the oldest inns in all Ireland; Grace Neill herself was born when the pub was more than two hundred years old and died in 1916 at the age of 98.
Extensions and improvements in rec ... more...
Like its sister establishment, The Dail Bar, The Front Door is located in the middle of Galway’s city-centre Latin Quarter.
The Front Door claims to be Galway’s premier night spot. It is certainly one of the biggest, boasting five bars and ... more...
In the buzzy Coal Quay renewal area, this Cork restaurants a sister establishment to Padraig Frawley's highly regarded Cornstore in Limerick (see entry) is in a stylishly converted two-storey granite mill building.
Colourful Spanish tiles in the recep ... more...
Everyone loves the atmosphere at this pleasingly old-fashioned bar and restaurant at the bottom of Kenmare Main Street; it is a cosy place and has always been known for unpretentious and wholesome good food, served in the informal oil-cloth-tabled rest ... more...
John Kavanagh's lays claim to being the oldest family pub in Dublin - it was established in 1833 and the current family are the 6th generation in the business. Also known as "The Gravediggers' because of its location next to the Glasnevin cemetery ... more...
Discerning visitors to this attractive seaside town have been making a beeline to the Waterworth family's great quayside pub for years - Denis and Margaret Waterworth opened their Donaghadee stalwart in 1999, and it seems to have been there for ever, e ... more...