Known locally as Kelly’s and easily recognised as you go through the village by the huge lobster that seems to be crawling up the side of the building, the Kelly family’s cosy pub-restaurant is one of the county’s best-loved hostelrie ... more...
This cottagey restaurant in Dingle is one of the prettiest in Dingle and it has a long history in a town that become a top dining destination in recent years. Established by Denis O’Connor and his wife Teresa in 1990, it was taken over by their s ... more...
Carrickfergus's loss has proved to be Ballyhackamore's gain since Neil Johnston re-located his lovely neighbourhood restaurant, Luna, in 2025 - back to where it all started, at his former East Belfast restaurant Graze. The all-day opening that was a fe ... more...
Prominently situated on busy Pearse Street, Bread 41 is the first café from Eoin Cluskey, a graduate of Ballymaloe Cookery School and owner of the excellent Bread Nation - a bakery that's earned a following in both the retail and wholesale marke ... more...
Billing itself originally as a wine café, this quirky riverside venue run by Beverley Mathews is part tapas bar, part wine bar and it has always had a distinctly continental flair.
Re-opening in November 2020 following a long closure after ... more...
Café / Food Market / Speciality Store / Street Food
Opened in 2017, the Avoca at Dunboyne is the 12th store and the largest in the group to date, with 35,000 square feet of retail space. Located only 10 minutes from the M50, just off the M3 motorway, it’s easily accessible to Dubliners looking for ... more...
Lovers of contemporary style will adore the Treacy family’s impressive boutique hotel. It replaced their original much-loved property, which was a sort of ‘Queen Mother’ of the hotel world; all that now remains is the lovely bow-windo ... more...
Set in one of the most historic buildings in Dublin's redeveloped inner docklands, Urban Brewing was established in 2017 by the celebrated Co Carlow craft brewing pioneers, O’Hara’s Brewery, and is the first of its kind in Dublin. Over th ... more...
This friendly big restaurant is in the old golf club right on the seafront and run by members of the Morelli family. It's an offshoot of the famous Morelli Ice Cream business - their flagship ice cream parlour and café is in a landmark premises ... more...
It is well worth factoring a call to Andy & Stefania Russell’s impressive yet visitor-friendly gallery when exploring this beautiful coastline. It’s a delightful place, with a focus on fine art - notably Andy’s Raku ceramics, and ... more...