Formerly The Waterside Bar & Restaurant, this prominent premises on the main street of Schull was acquired by the O Driscoll family at the end of 2019, and The Townhouse hit the ground running when they re-opened under their new branding that Chris ... more...
In the heart of the Boyne Valley, this restored coaching inn dates back to the 17th-century and now has the good fortune be in common ownership with nearby Tankardstown House whose owners, Tricia and Brian Conroy, undertook their trademark tasteful ref ... more...
Very popular with local people (but perhaps harder for visitors to find) the McDonnell family’s well-named old-world bar and restaurant is in a row of traditional cottages east of Oysterhaven, en route from Crosshaven to Kinsale.
It can look unc ... more...
Belfast’s most famous pub, The Crown Liquor Saloon, was perhaps the greatest of all the Victorian gin palaces which once flourished in Britain’s industrial cities. Although now owned by the National Trust (and run by Nicholson's Pubs, fam ... more...
John and Lucy Finn's attractive restaurant is on the river, in a charming little award-winning tidy town a few miles north of Tuam - a welcome sight for hungry travellers between Galway and Sligo.
John cooks an eclectic mix of international and tradit ... more...
Happy the food lover visiting Ireland’s western capital who happens on Aoibheann MacNamara’s trio of Galway restaurants at Spanish Arch.
A wonderful stone-built medieval customs house overlooking the Claddagh Basin is home to Ard Bia (&lsq ... more...
Brian O’Caoimh and Kevin Powell are the barista-and-chef A-Team behind Dublin’s deservedly lauded Meet Me in the Morning cafe and adjacent Reference Coffee, just off Camden Street’s casual dining hub; with Loose Canon they have stripp ... more...
Heading into Dunmore East from the Waterford side, you can’t miss this attractive ivy-clad restaurant with its striking blue and white paintwork. The Ship has been a fond fixture in Dunmore East for many years and, now run by the Cavaliere family ... more...
In the same family for 150 years, O'Neill's - The Point Bar, is beside the Valentia Island car ferry.
Renovated in true character in recent years, it's always neat and makes an appealing place to drop into for a quick one while you're waiting for the ... more...
The first of the continental style café-bars to open in Dublin in 1993, Café en Seine - which occupies two buildings on one of the city's principle Georgian streets - was also its first superpub.
Yet, in spite of its size, this dis ... more...