It's all about letting fresh local ingredients sing at the former Parlour Café in Cork's historic city centre. Opened in spring 2020 by a talented young cheffing couple, David Devereaux and Anne Zagar, 51 Cornmarket Street had hardly got going w ... more...
Dublin chef Oliver Dunne’s admirably focused offer of (almost exclusively) beef or lobster delivers on its promise to execute a small range of dishes very well, and serve them up by friendly and capable staff.
Located on quite a smart corner of ... more...
Baking/Bakery / Café / Preserves / Speciality Store
Pierce Walsh's shop is the kind that every town should have but few do. Where all of their own products are fresh and additive free and, as they say themselves, there's a belief that 'quality only happens when one cares enough, and we care at John R's' ... more...
The ancestral home of the O'Briens, barons of Inchiquin and direct descendants of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, this is one of the few Irish estates tracing its history back to Gaelic royal families, and it is now one of Ireland's grandest hotels, ... more...
How could anyone fail to love this unspoilt early Georgian house? Lying secluded in mature woods of lime, beech and chestnut, at the foot of the Slieve Bloom mountains (famed for good walking), a sense of history and an appreciation of genuine hospital ... more...
Butlers Irish Handmade Chocolates combine coffee-drinking with complimentary chocolates - an over-simplification, as the range of drinks at this stylish little café also includes hot chocolate as well as lattes, cappuccinos and mochas and chocol ... more...
The minimalist white tiled exterior of The Butcher Grill has no name, just two tiny cow logos. A sister restaurant to neighbouring Dillingers, this busy restaurant is pitched at a similar clientèle – Ranelagh locals and hungry young profes ... more...
This aptly named hotel just across the road from the river has a dramatic lobby with a large marble and granite fountain feature - and an imposing cast-iron staircase creates a certain expectation.
Bedrooms, many of which have views over the Shannon, ... more...
Famed for its spectacular views of the Gap of Dunloe, this luxurious five star hotel is a sister property to the nearby Europe Hotel & Resort, Fossa and Ard na Sidhe Country House, Caragh Lake (see entries).
While it is just five minute ... more...
Open since December 2005, this atmospheric restaurant on two floors - informal ground floor bistro with a more elegant dining room above - is in the former stables of College Green House and there is nothing clichéd about it, giving an intriguin ... more...