• About
    • About Us
    • Assessment Process
    • Contact Us
    • Quotes & Testimonials
    • Award Winners »
      • Awards Presented
      • Awards Received
    • Info for Owners »
      • Info for Owners
      • Industry Register/Login
  • Awards
  • Eat
  • Drink
  • Stay
  • Buy
  • Learn
  • Producers
  • 10 of the Best
    • Eat
    • Drink
    • Stay
    • Buy
    • Learn
    • Producers
  • Articles
  • Blog
  • Recipes
    • By Georgina Campbell
  • Special Offers
  • Competitions
  • Shop
    • Recipe Cards
    • Buy Guidebooks
    • Buy Cookbooks
    • GPS POIs for Garmin
    • « Ireland Apps
      • iPhone App
      • Blackberry App
      • Samsung App
      • Nokia App
      • Ireland for Food Lovers App
    • « Cooking Apps
      • iCook - Recipes & Cooking with Neven
      • APPetiser - Recipes & Cooking with Derry Clarke
      • For the Love of Food – Kevin Dundon
  • More+
    • Gardens
    • Golf
    • Self Catering
    • What's On
    • Tourist Attractions
    • Wedding Venues
Ireland Guide
Ireland Guide

- ireland -

Graphics Version | 
Ireland’s Leading Independent Food & Hospitality Guide
  • LOGIN/SIGNUP
    • My Ireland Guide
    • Industry
Home > Drink & Eat > Loam

Drink & Eat

Comments(0) Add Comment

Loam

Restaurant / Wine Bar

Dislike Like
7 votes (100%)
Print page Send to a friend
For Cooking & Service Well Above Average 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. Serious About Seafood The "Best of the Best" - Only the very best establishments across various categories have been chosen for this accolade

Loam

It was the most eagerly anticipated opening of recent times - and Loam did not disappoint when Enda McEvoy, the chef responsible for putting Galway on the international dining map, finally opened this modern casual and fine dining hybrid restaurant...he has captured a little bit of the magic of the west of Ireland.
Open Tue-Sat: Wine Bar 5pm-10pm, Restaurant D only, 6pm-10pm. Bar menu; 9-course Tasting Menu €99 (€159 with wine pairings); 7-course Tasting Menu €78 (€119 with wine pairings), 4-course Simplicity menu Tue-Thu €58 (€85 with wine pairings). Wines from €29. Closed Sun & Mon. Visa, MasterCard abbreviations

Enda McEvoy, the chef responsible for putting Galway on the international dining map, finally opened this much anticipated venue late in 2014 and it soon became the toast of the town.


Located in a stretch of industrial glass buildings just off Eyre Square, this modern casual and fine dining hybrid is a few steps below pavement level on the shoulder of the hill between Forster Street and the water.


While some of the architectural features betray its original purpose as a space designed for office and retail units, what could be a cavernous room is cleverly separated into three sections with lights and planters filled with bog oak and greenery. From the decor to the serving plates everything has been carefully chosen to evoke the forests, seashores and landscapes of the West.


An informal wine bar area just inside the door is an inviting spot, where waiting staff in smart taupe aprons glide between tables with an appealing mish-mash of seating, Here you can casually drop by to sip something from the Old World wine list - mostly organic and biodynamic, a few available by the glass - and nibble from the snack menu.


You might try the daily local charcuterie board with Connemara air-dried lamb and Gubbeen moulded salami or an unpasteurised cheese selection. Boards come in two sizes, small or large and are priced accordingly.


The main dining area is set with the chairs facing the open kitchen, all the better to watch the show. There is a short à la carte 'Simplicity' menu, meticulously seasonal, with a choice of just two or three dishes per course.


However, the tasting or 'Current' menu is the star. It must be ordered by the entire table and features either a 7 or 9 course Tasting Menu with clever wine pairings.

Dishes include native oysters, squid, sirloin, duck and pollock.


In the restaurant they serve focused, creative cuisine plated with artistry on tactile ceramics. A morsel of reindeer moss, like candy floss crossed with crackling, melts away to nothing in an instant but will be remembered forever. In another dish an astonishing array of textures and subtle flavours is coaxed from the workaday ingredients of potato and egg, transforming them into a bowl of comfort and joy.


Desserts by chef Conor Cockram are similarly exceptional – a smoked crumble with grilled pear and whiskey ice cream, for example, is unreasonably good. The coffee is a 3FE blend which you are encouraged to drink forgoing milk and sugar to fully appreciate the roast, which may not be to everyone’s taste.


What McEvoy and his team have made at Loam is a destination restaurant that manages to walk the tightrope between casual and fine dining, and in Loam he has captured a little bit of the magic of the west of Ireland. There is more than a touch of alchemy at work in this kitchen.

Less
Read More
  • Facilities/Features
  • Restaurant/Dining/Pub
  • Location - Town Centre
  • Contemporary Irish
  • Atmospheric
  • Cool Venue
  • Informal
  • Party Venue
Last Updated: 27-01-2021
Author: Georgina Campbell
Click here if you are the owner or marketing manager

Might also like

Drink & Eat

The King's Head

Galway City, Co. Galway

Pub
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. Serious About Seafood The "Best of the Best" - Only the very best establishments across various categories have been chosen for this accolade

Located in the heart of Galway’s ‘Latin Quarter’ and steeped in history, The Kings Head is an 800-year-old pub that has been owned and run by Paul and Mary Grealish since 1989. A relatively small frontage belies the extent of this landmark pub, which r ...

Read more
Drink & Eat

Ruíbín Bar & Restaurant

Galway City, Co. Galway

Bar / Restaurant
3 euro 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

In a prominent corner site on Galway’s historic docks, and a just few minutes walk from Spanish Arch and Quay Street, this attractive bar and restaurant is in a handsome old stone building overlooking the yachts and pleasure boats in the harbour, where fishing boat ...

Read more
Drink & Eat

John Keoghs, The Lock Keeper

Galway City, Co. Galway

Pub

Nestled into Upper Dominick Street, Matt Hall's cosy and authentic gastropub is named after a former lock keeper of the adjacent Parkaveara lock on the 19th century Eglinton Canal. Although it is a recent addition to the Westend dining scene, John Keogh’s - The Lo ...

Read more
Drink & Eat & Stay

Black Cat Restaurant & Rooms

Galway City, Co. Galway

Restaurant

A distinctive black and white three-storey building in downtown Salthill, just a stone’s throw from the Atlantic Ocean, Joanna Paszkiewicz and Chef Leon Mellsop's Black Cat has been a casual dining destination of choice for discerning Galwegians (and lucky visitors ...

Read more
Drink & Eat

Rafterys Bar Craughwell

Craughwell, Co. Galway

Character Pub / Pub / Restaurant

In the heart of East Galway, you will find Rafterys Bar, a family run pub located in the picturesque village of Craughwell on the old N6 Galway to Dublin road. This award-winning premises is now run by Rachel Raftery who is the 4th generation of Rafterys here and contin ...

Read more
Drink & Eat & Stay

Sheedys Hotel & Restaurant

Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare

Country House / Hotel / Restaurant
For cooking and service well above average Has Good Hotel Guide Url 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. Highly Recommended as a Special Place to Stay 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

John and Martina Sheedy run one of the west of Ireland's best-loved small hotels - it offers some of the best food in the area and quite luxurious accommodation, and yet it still has the warm ambience and friendly hands-on management which make a hotel special. The sunn ...

Read more

Contact details

+353 91 569727
EMAIL
PLEASE MENTION IRELANDGUIDE.COM WHEN ENQUIRING

Address

Loam
Geatta Na Cathrach, Fairgreen , Galway Co Galway
Show me where this establishment is on the map.
Directions About Galway City Trip Planning Tools
Just off Eyre Square
  • Add to my Favourites +
  • View my Favourites
  • Local Recommendations
  • Hospitality
  • By Distance
    • All
      • Eat
        • Drink
          • Stay
            • Buy
              • Learn
                • Producer
                • By Category
                  • Comments

                  There are currently no comments

                  Leave a comment

                  You must be logged in to leave a comment
                  Not a member? Register for your free membership now!
                  Or leave a comment by logging in with:
                  Sign up with Twitter
                  Georgina Campbell's ireland-guide.com
                  Tweets by @IrelandGuide
                  © Copyright Georgina Campbell Guides 2022
                  • Disclaimer
                  • T & C
                  • Privacy Policy
                  • Site Map
                  • Links
                  • Advertise
                  • Ireland Hotels |
                  • Northern Ireland Hotels |
                  • B&B Ireland |
                  • Accommodation Ireland |
                  • Dublin Airport Hotels |
                  • Dublin Hotels |
                  • Dublin Restaurants |
                  • Belfast Hotels |
                  • Belfast Restaurants |
                  • Cork Hotels |
                  • Cork Restaurants |
                  • Galway Hotels |
                  • Galway Restaurants |
                  • Killarney Hotels |
                  • Killarney Restaurants |
                  • Kilkenny Hotels |
                  • Kilkenny Restaurants |
                  • Limerick Hotels |
                  • Limerick Restaurants |
                  • Sligo Hotels |
                  • Waterford Hotels |
                  • Westport Hotels
                  • My Ireland Guide - Log in
                  • My Favourites
                  • My Itineraries
                  • My Comments
                  • Special Offers
                  • Hire Cars
                  • Ferry Tickets
                  • Competition
                  This website uses cookies to help provide you with a better online experience. By continuing to browse this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Cookie Policy