2025 Award Winners ‘MEMORABLE MOMENTS’ AWARDS 2025


‘MEMORABLE MOMENTS’ AWARDS 2025


‘HAPPY PLACE’ AWARD 2025: Café Rua, Castlebar, Co Mayo

MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AWARD 2025: Gregan's Castle Hotel, Ballyvaughan, Co Clare

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2025: Dunluce Lodge, Portrush, Co Antrim

GASTRO-PUB OF THE YEAR 2025: The Strand Cahore, Gorey, Co Wexford

TRADITIONAL PUB OF THE YEAR 2025: The House of McDonnell, Ballycastle, Co Antrim

IRISH CRAFT DRINKS AWARD 2025: Walled City Brewery, Derry

WINE EXPERIENCE AWARD 2025: Daróg Wine Bar, Galway
 


91%
6 votes

The House of McDonnell

Ballycastle, Co. Antrim
Character Pub
Outstanding Location, building or atmosphere Previous Georgina Campbell Guides Award Winner The "Best of the Best" - Only the very best establishments across various categories have been chosen for this accolade
A leading light in Ballycastle for its music and craic, The House of McDonnell is one of only a few architecturally safeguarded  pubs in ireland. It was most famously in the caring hands of the late Tom and Eileen O’Neill from 1979 until Tom ...
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97%
52 votes

Gregans Castle Hotel

Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare
Country House / Hotel / Restaurant
For Cooking & Service Well Above Average Has Good Hotel Guide Url Denotes genuine Irish food culture, ie special Irish food products/companies/producers, and highlights the best places to shop for regional and artisan foods; the selection excludes obvious 'non-Irish' elements regardless of quality, eg ethnic restaurants and specialists in coffee, wine and other drinks, unless relevant to local production or history. Eat & Stay establishments are chosen for their commitment to showcasing local produce and Irish hospitality. Highly Recommended as a Special Place to Stay Outstanding Location, building or atmosphere Previous Georgina Campbell Guides Award Winner The "Best of the Best" - Only the very best establishments across various categories have been chosen for this accolade
Simple joys like warming turf fires and unparalleled views across the Burren landscape are memorable features of this quietly luxurious country house hotel, along with 'distinctively Irish and unpretentious' cooking' showcasing the wonderful foods of t ...
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100%
10 votes

Café Rua

Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Café / Restaurant
'Best Budget' denotes moderately priced establishment (max. less than €50pps for accommodation or €35 for 3-course meal without drinks) Denotes genuine Irish food culture, ie special Irish food products/companies/producers, and highlights the best places to shop for regional and artisan foods; the selection excludes obvious 'non-Irish' elements regardless of quality, eg ethnic restaurants and specialists in coffee, wine and other drinks, unless relevant to local production or history. Eat & Stay establishments are chosen for their commitment to showcasing local produce and Irish hospitality. Previous Georgina Campbell Guides Award Winner
Well located near the Linenhall Arts & Exhibition Centre in the heart of Castlebar, you can't miss this attractive little restaurant, with its cheerful red frontage. Ann McMahon set up here in the mid '90s and her son Aran and daughter Colleen McMa ...
100%
10 votes

Walled City Brewery

Londonderry, Co. Londonderry
Bar / Distillery/Brewery / Restaurant
2 euro Denotes genuine Irish food culture, ie special Irish food products/companies/producers, and highlights the best places to shop for regional and artisan foods; the selection excludes obvious 'non-Irish' elements regardless of quality, eg ethnic restaurants and specialists in coffee, wine and other drinks, unless relevant to local production or history. Eat & Stay establishments are chosen for their commitment to showcasing local produce and Irish hospitality. Outstanding Location, building or atmosphere Pub with good food and atmosphere Previous Georgina Campbell Guides Award Winner The "Best of the Best" - Only the very best establishments across various categories have been chosen for this accolade
The first craft brewery to operate in Derry city centre for over 100 years, the Walled City Brewery was launched at the Culturetech Craft Beer Festival in 2014, and - located just across the Peace Bridge from the Walled City area - this ambi ...
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98%
11 votes

The Strand Cahore

Gorey, Co. Wexford
Pub / Restaurant
Outstanding Location, building or atmosphere Serious About Seafood Previous Georgina Campbell Guides Award Winner
  In a spectacular location overlooking the safe swimming beach and pier at Cahore Point, and with sweeping views over the sea to Wicklow Head, The Strand Cahore is ony 15 minutes from Gorey - and just an hour from Dublin. Dating back to 1893, Th ...
100%
14 votes

Daróg Wine Bar

Galway City, Co. Galway
Restaurant / Wine Bar
Denotes genuine Irish food culture, ie special Irish food products/companies/producers, and highlights the best places to shop for regional and artisan foods; the selection excludes obvious 'non-Irish' elements regardless of quality, eg ethnic restaurants and specialists in coffee, wine and other drinks, unless relevant to local production or history. Eat & Stay establishments are chosen for their commitment to showcasing local produce and Irish hospitality. Serious About Seafood Previous Georgina Campbell Guides Award Winner
 A first venture for husband-and-wife team Zsolt Lukács and Edel McMahon-Lukács, Darog ('small oak tree') was warmly welcomed when it opened in late 2023 - not least because it is such a fitting successor to Tartare, the former occup ...
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100%
13 votes

Dunluce Lodge

Portrush, Co. Antrim
Hotel / Restaurant
5 euro For Cooking & Service Well Above Average Deluxe Accommodation Outstanding Location, building or atmosphere Previous Georgina Campbell Guides Award Winner
  Opened in spring 2025, comfortably ahead of the 153rd Open (held at Royal Portrush GC,13th-20th July 2025), the Causeway Coast's much-anticipated and very elegant 5-Star resort is beautifully landscaped with a superb view of the sea and Skerry ...


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