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101 Talbot
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – restaurants do not survive in what i... more
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A. Caviston
Caviston is one of the best known names in the Irish food and hospitality industry. It was over fi... more
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Abbey Tavern Bar & Bistro
Very often when I am around the country, and never making any advance plans, I stumble on a great ... more
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Abbey Tavern/ Loft Bar and Grill
The Loft at the Abbey Tavern The Abbey Tavern in Howth is one of Ireland’s most famous and a... more
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Ambassador Restaurant
I am a great fan of Chinese food. I think if truth be told most people love Chinese food and belie... more
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An Seanachaí Bar & Restaurant
We were driving for years on the coastal route from Dublin to Cork whizzing out of Dungarvan until... more
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Ananda Indian Restaurant
Each year there are a few key restaurant openings that are awaited with anticipation, and Ananda a... more
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Arch Bistro, The
As we all know, the restaurant scene, and every other scene, has changed beyond comprehension in t... more
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Aubars
During the Celtic Tiger years we became a Dine Out Nation, which is something our continental cous... more
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Avenue Cafe Restaurant
There was a time in Ireland that every good town or village had to have a decent pub as its focal ... more
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Bar Italia
When I went to live in London many years ago, I couldn’t get over how many great little genu... more
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Bar Italia IFSC
Bar Italia is owned by Stefano Crescenzi and David Izzo and has been a huge success since it opene... more
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Bates Restaurant
The Wicklow Set are known to be a discerning lot and, when they give a nod of approval to a restau... more
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Benito's
In a coup that a marketing genius would not think of, Camillo Borza and his wife Jackie, caused a ... more
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Bistro Martello
Bistro Martello is located along that stretch of Sandycove facing the car park where people stroll... more
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Bistro Spice
When Kosi Moodley first opened his little Indian gem Bistro Spice in 2002 - it seemed an unlikely ... more
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Bleu Bistro Moderne
Eamonn O’Reilly is recognised as one of Ireland’s best chefs but he doesn’t thro... more
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Blue Haven Hotel
I was at the very first Kinsale Gourmet Festival in the mid 70’s when it was a fledgling eve... more
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Boardwalk Bar & Grill, The
Everybody, it seems, still wants to be a restaurateur including Cork local radio presenter Neil Pr... more
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Boqueria
There hadn’t been that many additions of note in recent years to the Cork dining scene which... more
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Botticelli Italian Restaurant
Botticelli is a long established Italian Restaurant in the heart of Temple Bar with a very loyal f... more
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Brandywell Bar & Restaurant
County Leitrim is an area which has been coming into its own over the past few years. There is a m... more
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Brasserie & Panorama Restaurants at The Europe Hotel Killarney
When the 5 Star Hotel Europe opened in Killarney many years ago there was a tremenduous fuss - it ... more
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Calvey's Restaurant
You can’t get much closer to nature than Achill Island – it is the most magical place ... more
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Canters Restaurant
I am originally a Northside girl so know and am very fond of the areas around Clontarf and Fairvie... more
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Celestines Brasserie & Wine Bar
Celestine’s Brasserie & Wine Bar reminds me of a neighbourhood restaurant we used visit ... more
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Chakra by Jaipur
I don’t very often get time to luxuriate in Spas however, the last time I did, a beautiful s... more
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Chameleon Indonesian Restaurant
My first introduction to Indonesian food was some thirty years ago in Amsterdam when I was immedia... more
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Chapter One Restaurant
One of Ireland’s greatest restaurant success stories has to be Chapter One. It was a bit lik... more
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Chatham Brasserie
The Chatham Brasserie has it all when it comes to location, style, buzz and decent grub. Located j... more
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Chilli Banana
What’s in a name you might well ask? Well it was the quirky hot hot name of the Chilli Banan... more
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Club Brasserie, The
When The Club Brasserie first opened in 2007 there hadn't been anything new on the block as it wer... more
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Cornstore Cork
During the Celtic Tiger years we became a Dine Out Nation, which is something our continental cous... more
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Cornstore Limerick
During the Celtic Tiger years we became a Dine Out Nation, which is something our continental cous... more
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Crews Steak & Seafood Restaurant
The Horsom sisters, Jane and Roisin, to my mind got it just right when they decided to open a Stea... more
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Cucina
As a part time resident of Kinsale, let me tell you that the first thing I think of when I wake up... more
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Cuisine Art Restaurant at Harvey's Point Hotel, The
Its hard not to be gobsmacked at the sight of the snowcapped Blue Stack Mountains as seen from Har... more
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Danu at The Brehon
‘Danu’ was the oldest Celtic Goddess and apparently a worshipped mother figure to The ... more
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Darwins Restaurant
NOTE NEW ADDRESS - 80 WHITEFRIAR STREET - ACROSS THE ROAD FROM ORGINAL PREMISES. With Whitefriar ... more
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Davy Byrne's
In every city in the world there are iconic bars and restaurants to be visited and, when it comes ... more
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Dax Restaurant
Food just gets better and better in Ireland with Olivier Meisonnave’s Dax Restaurant in the ... more
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Diep Le Shaker
Diep Le Shaker was one of those restaurants that hit the ground running almost ten years ago &ndas... more
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Dungeon Bar & Grill at Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel
Fitzpatrick Killiney Castle perched high on a hill with views down over Dun Laoghaire and Dublin B... more
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Dunne & Crescenzi - City Centre
Eileen Dunne & Stefano Crescenzi are the couple who raised the level of casual Italian dining ... more
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Dunne & Crescenzi - Sandymount
Eileen Dunne and her husband Stefano Crescenzi didn’t start out their careers in the foodie ... more
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Eatery 120
With the former bedsit area of Ranelagh now an uber cool place to live for the upwardly mobile Yup... more
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Elm Tree, The
Whizzing along the motorways around the country it is very easy to miss some really great places t... more
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Fairhill House Hotel
I am one of those people, as I have said before, who always thinks there is something better aroun... more
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Fairway's Bar & Orchard Restaurant, The
People like me who spend a lot of time on the road travelling around the country are always on the... more
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Farmgate cafe
Kay Harte’s Farmgate Café is a fantastic place, an absolute legend in the Irish foodi... more
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Farmgate Restaurant & Country Store:
We all know the expression “out of little acorns mighty oak trees grow” – and th... more
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Fíníns
Finin’s People often say to me “where do you eat when you are not working?” I su... more
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French Table, The
I am very partial to French food and once I get a whisper of a new French eatery I am off like a s... more
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FXB Grill @ Ryans of Parkgate St.
Ryan’s of Parkgate Street is one of Dublin’s legendary Victorian pubs with wonderful c... more
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FXB Pembroke Street
FXB Steak & Seafood Restaurant FXB Pembroke Street was the first FXB restaurant and is the fla... more
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Global Village Restaurant
The girls all look is if they are part of the cast on a James Bond movie, said my better half. No,... more
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Gourmet Food Parlour Dun Laoghaire
Lorraine Heskin and Lorraine Byrne are two young ladies with a passion for delicious food of which... more
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Gourmet Food Parlour Swords
Lorraine Heskin and Lorraine Byrne are two young ladies with a passion for delicious food of which... more
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Gourmet Food Parlour The Grange
Lorraine Heskin and Lorraine Byrne are two young ladies with a passion for delicious food of which... more
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Greene's Restaurant at Hotel Isaacs Cork
French Chef, Fred Deformeaux, is back in Greene’s Restaurant at Hotel Isaac's in Cork. This... more
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Guinea Pig, The - Fish Restaurant
Mervyn Stewart’s famous Guinea Pig Restaurant in Dalkey, Co.Dublin, is one of the longest st... more
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Harrys Dawson Street
Harry’s Mediterranean Café & Wine Bar Harry “for more years than I care to ... more
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Horse and Jockey Hotel
Horse and Jockey is the rather unusual name of a village and prominent crossroads, close to Thurle... more
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Hugos
Hugo’s Gina Murphy and Padraig McLoughlin got the balance just right when they took over the... more
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Il Corvo
Il Corvo is a long standing Italian Restaurant on the main road in Drumcondra. You can’t rea... more
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Il Divo
It was a bleak Monday night but the Maitre d’ and waiter in Il Divo a new Italian restaurant... more
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Il Vignardo
The owners of Hotel Isaacs showed great foresight in 1979 when they first opened up their Isaacs H... more
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Inch Country House & Restaurant
Eamonn de Valera was President when I was a child. A very old man at that stage, he was almost bli... more
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Indian Summer
Indian Summer Many of the new Restaurants over the past couple of years have been Indian and Thai.... more
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Jacques French Bistro at Greenacres
We had one of the best dining experiences of the year so far in a French Bistro in Wexford Town. ... more
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Jaipur Restaurant (Dalkey)
Restaurant Critics believe it or not are human and have to have a few places where they can go for... more
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Jaipur Restaurant (Georges Street)
Little did I know when I visited Asheesh Dewan’s Jaipur Restaurant in George’s Street ... more
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Jaipur Restaurant (Malahide)
Malahide is a North County Dublin Town which up to a few years ago was very much an exclusive quie... more
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Jaipur Restaurant (Ongar Village)
“There’s something about Ongar”…. I said to my better half …making... more
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Jim Edwards Restaurant
Kinsale is the wonderful world famous town renowned for its food, beautiful little streets, and wo... more
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Kasturi Restaurant
KASTURI RESTAURANT Don’t you often look at names of places and restaurants and wonder how th... more
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Kilkenny Design Craft Centre
I spend a lot of time on the road and obviously when travelling one does need to know of decent pl... more
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Kites Restaurant
Kites Restaurant caused a real flutter amongst the social and foodie set when it first opened its ... more
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Koh Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge
Take 2 guys, take a sleek cocktail lounge, take a beautiful urban restaurant, take cracking Asian ... more
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L'Officina Dundrum
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L'Officina Kildare
I for one was more than glad to find that Eileen Dunne & Stefano Crescenzi had a branch of the... more
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La Banca Restaurant
There is no more happier thought than that of the perfect family run Italian Restaurant and Lucan ... more
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La Fougere at Knockranny House Hotel
I was lucky enough to have a super breakaway recently on a Wine Producers weekend at Adrian and Ge... more
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Le Bon Crubeen
Dublin’s Talbot Street would never have ranked highly in the gourmet dining stakes, not even... more
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Lennons @ Visual
Having a Kilkenny background, and relatives in Carlow, I have known the Carlow dining scene, it co... more
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Les Gourmandises Restaurant
Les Gourmandises in my humble opinion is simply one of the best restaurants in Ireland, but I have... more
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Lodge at Doonbeg, The
As a Canadian friend said to me, the remote rugged beauty of Co. Clare is the Real Ireland, it is ... more
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Lord Bagenal Inn
As a child my mother regaled me with stories and adventures of how she and her younger brother had... more
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Maia
Even for the ground zero epicentre of D4, the air-kissing, hugging, and back massaging around the ... more
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Man Friday
Man Friday Restaurant is undoubtedly one of Kinsale’s most popular restaurants, and indeed p... more
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Mango's Seafood Restaurant
Pat Kelly’s cute little Seafood Restaurant on Bridge Street in Westport has built up a very ... more
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Manifesto Restaurant
Pretentious foodie types tend to be a tad sniffy of ‘ordinary’ Italian restaurants unl... more
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Marco Pierre White Steakhouse & Grill
The original enfant terrible celebrity Superchef, MarCo.Pierre White, collaborated with the Fitzer... more
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Market Lane
In Oliver Plunkett Street in Cork City one evening as we were en route from Dublin to Kinsale and ... more
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MASH at the Osprey Hotel
Mash Restaurant is part of the fantastic Osprey Hotel & Spa at Naas which, apart from the hip ... more
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Mills Inn, The
The Mills Inn at Ballyvourney might well have been a recognised place since 1755 to break one&rsqu... more
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Mount Falcon Estate
One of the great romantic stories of the 19th Century was that of Elizabeth Empress of Austria, be... more
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My Thai at the Beacon Hotel
My Thai Restaurant is a hip Thai Asian restaurant which has gone from strength to strength since i... more
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Newbay Country House And Restaurant
Newbay Country House is a fine late Georgian House just two miles from Wexford Town which is set o... more
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Nonna Valentina
Having set Dublin alight with their excellent casual Italian Eateries, Eileen Dunne and her husban... more
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O'Connor's Seafood Restaurant
Hard to believe that there has been a restaurant in what is now O’Connor’s Seafood Res... more
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O'Neills Pub Suffolk Street
O’Neill’s Pub has been a licensed premises for over 300 years so I guess you can say t... more
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Olive Delicatessen & Cafe
Every time I visit the Olive Delicatessen and Café on Strand Street in the north Dublin sea... more
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One Pico
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Over the Moon
Over the Moon Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the fiddle…... What a great name! The children... more
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Pacino's Suffolk Street, Bar, Restaurant, & Venue
Pacino’s is one of those places which, like the Godfather, has all angles covered. Located ... more
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Park Restaurant, The
Park Restaurant The Park House Hotel has a fantastic location just where you want to be for all th... more
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Pastis French Bistro
Travelling the country as much I do, visiting restaurants and Foodie people, I am also always on t... more
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Pearl Brasserie
When I first visited Sebastien Masi and Kirsten Batt’s Pearl Brasserie in 2000 it was a star... more
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Pig's Ear, The
Stephen McAllister is a young chef whose face is familiar from his appearances on TV shows such as... more
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Pinocchio
Pinocchio is a new Café Wine Bar Deli in Ranelagh blissfully convenient for those of you on... more
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Poachers Inn Seafood Bar & Restaurant, The
Bandon in West Cork is a busy bustling market town on the main artery which travels further south ... more
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Punjab Balti
Ranelagh in the past few years has become one of the most fashionable places to live for the upwar... more
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Rasam Indian Restaurant
WHERE I'D EAT MY LAST MEAL - The menu at Rasam gives an introduction to the food and way of life o... more
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RED Brasserie & Wine Bar
Bertie Ahern is a man who likes his grub, although he likes to keep himself trim and watches his d... more
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Renvyle House Hotel
Renvyle House Hotel is one of the most successful hotels in Ireland. Read more about it and its hi... more
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Ristorante Rinuccini
Rinccini Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, Archbisop and Prince of Fermo, was not only a Nobleman but s... more
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Roly's Bistro
Roly’s Bistro hit the ground running in 1992 and it hasn’t stopped since. It was what ... more
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Russell Restaurant, The
“That’s a rather posh name”, I remarked, when a friend recommended The Russell R... more
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Sage Cafe, The
Mike and Siobhan Hogan just got everything right when they opened their brilliant Sage Café... more
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Sage Restaurant
Value is what the punter wants across the board nowadays and, happily, we certainly got our money&... more
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Seapoint Restaurant
Seapoint Café Bar Restaurant The Monkstown mob were out in force when the new Seapoint Caf&... more
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Sha-Roe Bistro
Sha-Roe Bistro Henry and Stephanie Stone’s delightful Sha-Roe Bistro in the small village of... more
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Shanai Restaurant
Shanai restaurant is part of a small group of very successful Indian restaurants owned by Shamsul ... more
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Shanghai Express
Shanghai Express is Jean Marc Tsai’s brilliant little wine bar bistro doing the most amazing... more
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Shelbys Brasserie
Bray was always a great desination for Dublin people on the day out – indeed, not just the d... more
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Siam Thai Restaurant
Siam Thai The Siam Thai Restaurant in Monkstown, where I live, was one of the first top class Thai... more
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Sol Rio Restaurant
When Westport born Sinead Lambert and her Portuguese husband Jose Barroso opened their restaurant ... more
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Tavern Bar & Restaurant, The
My younger son loves to climb Croagh Patrick every year – in his bare feet may I add. He sta... more
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Tea Room at The Clarence Hotel, The
What about a bite with Sir Bono? I thought. Or at least maybe I might get a glimpse of the great m... more
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Tenors Grill Room
There is no doubt, the pursuit of recessionary ’bargains’ throws people from all walks... more
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The Brehon
This four star celestial establishment’s manifesto is “grace, elegance and relaxation&... more
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The Great Room at The Merchant Hotel
I was in Belfast as a guest judge for the filming of the BBC’s Great British Chefs . Richard... more
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The Old Stand
In Ireland directions are always given by way of a pub of a church – and more frequently a p... more
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The Peppermill Restaurant
I went off to Killarney with some friends recently and we broke our journey by staying overnight j... more
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The Purple Onion
Being a Taurean myself, I love colourful people who love art, and who love food, and who love wine... more
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The Strand Inn
I don’t know anybody who doesn’t love Dunmore East, that sweet little fishing village ... more
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The Weir Bistro - Jurys Cork Hotel
I remember many years ago, when my better half was in the Theatrical business, having to get up at... more
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Tippenyaki Restaurant
The Japanese male is reputed to work long hours in giving the world fantastic audio visual equipme... more
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Toddies Restaurant & Bulman Bar
Toddie’s is named after one of Ireland’s legendary urbane Hoteliers, the late Toddie O... more
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Toscana Restaurant
“Funny thing," I said to my son, Ian (aged 14), in Toscana, the new Italian restaurant ... more
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Town Bar & Grill
Town Bar & Grill, an upmarket sophisticated New York style Italian restaurant, opened by Ronan... more
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Vaughan's Anchor Inn
Vaughan’s Anchor Inn Way out on the West Clare Coast amidst all of the stunning scenery is t... more
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Via Veneto
One of my best friends lives in Blackwater, Co.Wexford. She and her husband lived in Munich for ma... more
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Washerwoman's Hill Restaurant, The
Washerwoman’s Hill is a steep hill ascending from just beyond the Botanic Gardens in Glasnev... more
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Waterfront, The
It’s many a long year now since the legendary Youen Jacob Snr set sail from his native Britt... more
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White Gables
White Gables Minimalism is not a word that feature’s at Kevin and Ann Dunne’s White Ga... more
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White Horses
The legendary French gastronome, Brillat-Savarin, described a top gastronomic experience as being ... more
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White House, The
I was at the very first Kinsale Gourmet Festival I am a sometime resident of Kinsale for many many... more
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Wild Honey Inn
In anyone’s terms it has to be a fantastic achievement to take on a new premises, refurbish ... more
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Woods Restaurant
Roundwood is a pretty village, high in the hills of Co. Wicklow, much loved by Dubliners and walke... more