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Lord Kenmare's Restaurant

This cosy first floor restaurant has elegant black furniture, polished floors, bare tables and blinds a lot of hard surfaces all add up to a good bit of noise, but nobody seems to mind.

Barbary duck breast is their stated speciality, served, perhaps, with pineapple, orange & salsa, but this does not do the restaurant justice as menus offer many more appealing dishes - tender whiskey & Calvados braised pork belly, for example, outstanding steaks and (a dish attracting special praise on a recent visit) a beautifully presented hot seafood platter of prawns (of the tiger variety, alas) fresh salmon, monkfish, scallops, crisp fried calamari, mussels & grilled oysters.

Good food, together with great service and value ensure that this cheerful place is always packed even on weekdays, when other restaurants may not be busy, there's lots of buzz; so reservations are strongly advised.

A la carte. House wine about €20.

Directions:

Town centre, above Murphy's Bar and Squire's Pub.