This fine pub (and 'emporium') has been run by the McCormack family since 1960. It's one of the neatest pubs around, with trees and shrubbery between the car park and an imaginative conservatory extension at the back of the pub, effectively screening ... more...
Guests feel very much at home in this 4* boutique hotel, which is set amidst 10 acres of parkland overlooking the River Suir, just outside Waterford city - and owner-managed by Stan Power, a former General Manager of Mount Juliet House in County Kilken ... more...
Open since 1964, and run by Grainne O’Connell since 1975, informal restaurant/bar was among the first to establish a reputation for good food in Kenmare, and is a daytime sister restaurant to Packie’s (see entry).
It’s a traditional ... more...
City sister to the famous craftshop and café with its flagship store Avoca Kilmacanogue, County Wicklow (see entry), this large centrally located shop's Dublin restaurants a favourite daytime dining venue for discerning Dubliners.
The restauran ... more...
One of a flurry of recent hotel openings in Belfast, the AC Hotel by Marriott enjoys an attractive waterside location at Belfast Harbour's City Quays development, just across the river from the Titantic Centre. Although initially a little bare, the ext ... more...
For many years known as the Galway Great Southern, this historic railway hotel overlooking Eyre Square right in the centre of Galway was built in 1852. It has always had a special place in the hearts of Galway people.
In 2006 the much-loved Great So ... more...
It's all about local seasonal food - and especially food produced on site - at the brilliant food truck at Ballymaloe Cookery School (the mothership).
'Truck' isn't an adequate word for this casually chic (and equally seasonal) operation - the cool si ... more...
Just outside the traditional seaside holiday town of Newcastle, and close to the championship links of the Royal County Down golf course, this friendly hotel on the edge of the Mourne mountains has a pleasingly remote atmosphere and spacious public are ... more...
Baking sensation CakeFace hit the ground running when it opened in 2016 and - having burst onto the Kilkenny food scene with éclat - the couple behind the venture, Laura and Rory Gannon, have never looked back. Their little patisserie and caf&ea ... more...
It's all about letting fresh local ingredients sing at the former Parlour Café in Cork's historic city centre. Opened in spring 2020 by a talented young cheffing couple, David Devereaux and Anne Zagar, 51 Cornmarket Street had hardly got going w ... more...