In an area that has so much to offer, in terms of natural beauty and activities like golf, angling and walking, McGrory’s would make an ideal base. An inn in the true sense of the word, offering rest and refreshment to travellers, this north-western institution was established in 1924 and remains in the active care of the McGrory family, ...
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John, Anne and Duncan Blair’s pretty riverside pub is in a quiet, wooded setting. Sitting in the garden in summer, you might see trout rising in the Owennageara river, while winter offers welcoming fires in this comfortingly traditional country pub. It’s a lovely place to drop into for a drink and they offer food in both the bar ...
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* NO RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED * This recent Dublin venture by the team who created The Porterhouse (Parliament Street and other branches), bears all their hallmark attention to detail - the wine bottles on high shelves, warm brick walls, remains of an old fireplace, flagged floors and simple mismatched modern furniture make this basement wine b ...
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Padraic Frawley's modern city centre bar and restaurant is on the newly pedestrianised Thomas Street. What was once an old pub is now a dashing contemporary bar and restaurant; the layout is on several levels, with no hard divisions and a mixture of seating in various areas, which is attractive but can lead to confusion between customers coming ...
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Previously a butchers shop, with its original 1930s' tiled floor, high ceiling and faccedilade, Noel Delaney and Patricia van der Velde's wonderful delicatessen, wine shop and continental style café is quietly situated on a side road, so the unexpected sight of jaunty aluminium chairs and tables outside - and a glimpse of many wine bottl ...
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You can't miss this pretty white cottage pub with its cheerful red paintwork, and it's a great asset to the charming little harbour at Garrykennedy. Good food includes an excellent house chowder, and traditional daytime bar menus move up a notch or two for dinner, when you can look forward to dishes like succulent duckling and great steaks, ...
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The brainchild of Gina Murphy and her husband Padraig McLoughlin (previously of the well-known bar and restaurant, Crockets on the Quay, in Ballina, Co Mayo, which is still run by members of the family), this large bar and 'informal fine dining' restaurant is named after a mountain in the nearby Slieve Blooms (the border between Laois and Offal ...
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Ely CHQ (Customs House Quay) is a younger sister of the original Ely off St Stephen's Green and older one to Ely HQ on the south quay (see entries); the style reflects the dashing contemporary architecture of the IFSC and the (very large) space includes an authentic expansive vaulted basement area, as well as a bright, open ground floor space a ...
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Named after the previous owner, Helen Mullane's café-bar seems much older than it is, as the whole interior was reconstructed with salvaged materials (the flooring was once in the London Stock Exchange). It is brilliantly done, with the long, narrow bar divided up in the traditional way, with oilcloth-covered tables, now extending in ...
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Barry and Catherine McLoughlin’s roadside bar and restaurant just outside Bandon is a typical pub with the bar downstairs and restaurant above and, with dark wood, hunting prints, a fireplace corner with leather sofas, and other seating divided between banquettes and high tables with bar stools, it has a cosy ambience. But, although t ...
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