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Kylemore Abbey, Mitchell's Café & Garden House

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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 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

Kylemore Abbey, Mitchell's Café & Garden House

This dramatically located Abbey offers a surprising range of things to see, do, buy - and eat.
Mitchells Café: seats 200 (+ 60 outdoors). Meals daily 9.30am-5pm, à la carte. Children welcome (high chair, baby changing facilities). Closed Christmas week. The Garden Tea House in restored Victorian Walled Garden (ticket required); open Mar-Nov 10.30am-5pm. Express Coffee Shop open 11am-5pm summer months. Gift shop. Amex, MasterCard, Visa. abbreviations

Providing you are tolerant of tour buses and high season crowds, this dramatically located Benedictine Abbey offers a surprising range of things to see: a brief stroll from the abbey along the wooded shore leads to the Gothic church, for example, which is a fascinating miniature replica of Norwich cathedral.


Then there’s a fine craft shop in a neat modern building beside the car park and also Mitchell's Café, a family-friendly self-service restaurant, where everything is made on the premises. Inspired by Victorian and traditional style baking and cooking, the café kitchens use the nuns' recipes and produce from their Victorian walled garden (see below) and other locally sourced ingredients, in traditional meals like beef & Guinness casserole and Irish stew.


Gluten free and vegetarian dishes are offered, and half portions are available for children; baby bowls are free for toddlers (under 4) and crayons and colouring sheets are provided.


Part of the café area is a speciality food shop and, as elsewhere in this quality-conscious enterprise, you will find excellent food products that will be hard to resist.


Quick snacks and picnic fare are also available from Henry's Express Coffee Shop, where you'll find temptations such as Kylemore Abbey fudge alongside the healthy options.


A short distance away, the nuns also run a farm and the restored Victorian Walled Garden, which is now Ireland's premier Heritage Garden, specialising in Victorian plant varieties. It is well worth a visit and supplies the ingredients for the many jams and preserves which feature in their cafés, and are also sold in the shop, alongside Irish crafts, clothing and giftware including soaps and chocolates that are made by the Bendictine community.


The entrance fee to the garden includes access to the Garden Tea House, which also makes full use of garden produce.


An online shop offers a limited product range.

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Kylemore Abbey, Mitchell's Café & Garden House
, Kylemore , Letterfrack Co Galway
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