Adjacent to (and part of) The Old Ground Hotel, the Town Hall Café has a separate street entrance and a contemporary feel.
The old town hall has been well restored and the restaurant is in an impressive high-ceilinged room with sensitively spare decor - large art works which will be loved or loathed, big plant pots and simple table settings allow the room to speak for itself.
Daytime menus offer a mixture of modern bistro-style dishes and tea-room fare. You can have something as simple as a cup of coffee and a freshly baked scone or a slice of cake - or choose from an appealing range of savoury dishes. You'll find light dishes (such as a crabmeat and salmon paté with a granny smith salad and lime mayonnaise), healthy salads (pan fried lambs livers on a beetroot, red onion & parsnip salad perhaps), old favourites (like chargrilled pork cutlet on the bone, with Clonakilty sweet potato, mushroom &thyme ragout and bearnaise sauce) and hearty sandwiches (typically tomato bread with brie, Parma ham &rocket leaves). Imaginative, wholesome and well-priced, this is just the kind of food people need to re-charge during a day's shopping. Desserts from a daily selection.
Sundays bring a completely different menu, with an emphasis on seafood, steaks and roasts.
In the evening, an appealing à la carte menu is offered and this characterful room is transformed into an atmospheric restaurant, with candlelit tables set up to create the right ambience for dinner.
Town Hall : Seats 60; children welcome (high chair); broadband wi/fi (free). Reservations recommended except for snacks. Open from 10am daily: L 12-4.30pm, D 6-9.45pm (to 9.30pm Sun). Early bird D €20 6-7pm. House wines from €18. Closed 25 Dec. Amex, Diners, MasterCard, Visa, Laser
