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Cliff at Lyons & The Orangery Restaurant

Beautifully situated alongside the Grand Canal, with the entrance - guarded by stone lions and a new lodge which sports the trademark soft Lyons green - just beside the 14th lock, the Lyons Demesne is currently part of the Cliff Group (Cliff House Hotel, Co Waterford; Cliff Townhouse, Dublin). Botanical fine dining is offered in The Orangery ("The vegetable leads, meat, fish and fowl follow") where a very good breakfast is also served, casual daytime fare in Trellis (formerly The Canal Café) and, since spring 2019, the wonderful destination restaurant Aimsir (see separate entry) which has brought new life to the former cookery school premises. There's charming accommodation too - and Arthur Guinness's grave.
Conferences/Banqueting (10 areas, max 200), broadband wifi. Rooms 38 (Standard, Suites, Cottages & Apartments; 26 separate bath & shower, 12 shower only, 3 wheelchair friendly); pets permitted. B&B from €195 per room (€235 high season), DB&B p.o.a. Orangery Seats 73 (outdoors, 20); L Mon-Fri 12pm-3pm, Sat & Sun 1pm-4pm. D daily 5.30pm-9.30pm, reservations essential; 3 course menu €55. Trellis Café all day dining, open Mon-Sun; Mon-Fri 11.30am-8pm, Sat-Sun (& Bank Hol Mon) 10.30am-8pm. Bar food 5pm-9pm. Treatments available (The Well in The Garden, with bespoke natural Irish products). Deli/artisan produce shop; walking tours (Arthur Guinness trail), canal trips. Establishment closed 25-26 Dec, Good Fri. Heli-pad. Amex, MasterCard, Visa. abbreviations

Beautifully situated alongside the Grand Canal, with the entrance - guarded by stone lions and a new lodge which sports the trademark soft Lyons green - just beside the 14th lock, the former Lyons Demesne is currently owned by the Cliff Group (Cliff House Hotel, Co Waterford; Cliff Townhouse, Dublin).


In an imaginatively landscaped setting with delightful little gardens and ever-present water, this unusual place has many faces - romantic wedding venue, conference and meeting place, rural retreat, and fine dining destination among them - and it is host to The Academy, a City and Guilds certified professional cookery school, offering full time chef training courses.


In the main building, The Mill (a stunning double-height room that was home to the original fine-dining restaurant) now positions itself as Ireland’s premier Wedding and Corporate Venue. The Mill, (along with several other areas, including The Garden Room and The Shackleton Room) certainly offers a superb setting for private gatherings, including exclusive weddings - there is a tiny chapel, which has to be seen to be believed.


A range of luxurious Accommodation options is offered, including four 'Estate' rooms (a striking mix of the traditional and the contemporary, one with free standing bath); nine varied but atmospheric Lily Pond Rooms overlooking the central water feature; a romantic one-bedroom apartment; and a number of 2 and 3 bedroom ‘cottages’ (complete with Aga in their bespoke kitchens, amongst many other unexpected features), some overlooking the canal.


You approach the main entrance past stone statuary and a bed of box balls, over a little bridge (pausing to admire the mill race below) and in through a massive front door which leads straight into the bar; known as The Lyons Den, it’s a welcoming room with a huge fireplace, plenty of comfortable well-worn leather furniture and a full figure portrait of a lady to welcome arriving guests.


Two restaurants - the fine-dining Orangery (see below) where a very good breakfast is also served, and the informal all-day Trellis (formerly Canal Café) – offer contrasting styles for different occasions and, in spring 2019, the destination restaurant Aimsir (see separate entry) opened in the former cookery school premises.


The Orangery:


The Orangery restaurant is along a corridor towards the back of the building, and nearer the accommodation areas. It's a relaxed space, with a covered courtyard, and a high-windowed Turner-style conservatory that offers a special dining experience in a bright space alongside the maturing gardens, where tables can also be set up in fine weather


It's flagged as a botanical restaurant - where, since 2016, the Welsh Head Chef, Nathan Dimond, has headed up a team led by Executive Chef Martijn Kajuiter of the group's flagship property, Cliff House Hotel, Co Waterford. Here, "the vegetable leads, meat, fish and fowl follow". Pickled, fermented and dehydrated foods take their place alongside the freshly picked and foraged fare that are the basis of each day's central dish - and wines selected by Cliff sommelier, Thierry Sauvenot, to accompany.


And The Orangery makes as pleasant a setting as anyone could wish for at breakfast time, when it is both soothing and invigorating to sit in the beautiful conservatory and enjoy the gardens outside welcoming a new day. A small, carefully selected buffet is set up in the ante room and all hot food is ordered at the table, from a short but enticing menu. The service is prompt and friendly, cooking is precise and everything is seriously tasty. Nothing flash here, just a really delicious and very satisfying experience - the kind of breakfast that makes you want to return for lunch or dinner.

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Last Updated: 14-02-2021
Author: Georgina Campbell

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Left turn just before bridge in Celbridge village for Ardclough. Follow road for a couple of miles, you will come to a part in the road that has some really tight bends with warning signs. Shortly after that there is a left turn (as signed by a small pale green sign opposite turn). Drive over the hump back bridge and it is immediately on the right with 2 big lions on pillars flanking a gate.
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