Paul Dempsey and Pauline Roe’s almost-Shannonside bar and restaurant has a lovely olde world feeling with dark wood, bric-à-brac and prints and, unusually, it doubles as an art gallery, so good original paintings add interest and charm. Bu ... more...
A flyer proclaims “Where there is life there is Hope Street, where there is Hope Street there is the Ginger Bistro” and that nicely sums up the attitude at redhead Simon ‘Ginger’ McCance’s chic and cheerful bistro on Great ... more...
Keenly anticipated by followers of the gifted chef and West Cork native Rob Krawczyk - whose CV includes the Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore, Richard Corrigan’s London restaurants and Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse Restaurant in San Francisco, and ... more...
Dating back to 1822, Dunns of Dublin is Ireland's oldest fish company and remained in the family until it was sold to another family-run company, Oceanpath, in 2006. Their factory is now in Finglas, Dublin 11 (www.dunns.ie), and they have a shop on How ... more...
Just as the pioneering West Cork cheesemakers revived artisan cheesemaking in Ireland, the Sheridan brothers transformed attitudes to maturing it, buying it and caring for it.
Stocks reflect the seasons and are mainly Irish, but other equally carefull ... more...
In a new building, right on the pier where the boats arrive, Maura and Padraig Joyce run this large well-kept guesthouse on the Aran Islands.
Kilronan is the action centre of the island and Pier House (or Teach na Cheibhe) is around the corner from p ... more...
On the upper (Balmoral) stretch of the Lisburn Road, this lovely old house is a former dental surgery that was restored by husband and wife team Lindsay and Karen Loney who opened it as a boutique B&B and tea rooms in 2010.
Not surprisingly, ... more...
Situated on the main road but with parking to the side, this friendly and attractive pub has an old world ambience, with roughly plastered walls and country pine.
The main dining area is a large, bright and airy room with an unusual slate bar and an o ... more...
On the first floor of a redbrick Ballsbridge terrace, conspicuously located near the Herbert Park Hotel - and just a few minutes walk from the RDS - this long-established restaurant has lost none of its charm or quality over the years, and now has a un ... more...
Belfast’s most famous pub, The Crown Liquor Saloon, was perhaps the greatest of all the Victorian gin palaces which once flourished in Britain’s industrial cities. Although now owned by the National Trust (and run by Nicholson's Pubs, fam ... more...