Part of the popular Dublin chain, the Gourmet Food Parlour offers good value and quality ingredients for a mostly lunch trade.
The restaurant is spacious and bright, with simple furniture, and chalkboards listing appetising sandwiches and daily specia ... more...
Handy to the town but away from the through traffic, and conveniently located for visitors to the Old Midleton Distillery, Gordon and Alison Callinan’s café, foodstore and bakery has earned a following for its good traditional cooking and ... more...
Gracey Delaney and Mark Funston share a passion for great food and hospitality, and a love for their adopted town of Castletownbere. Formerly of Bere Haven Lodge, the duo decided to focus on the premier produce the port town is known for – fresh ... more...
Just a short distance outside Killarney town on the Ring of Kerry route, Annette and Paul Corridan's small lakeside hotel is beautifully located, with views of the Macgillicuddy Reeks.
Although conveniently located for everything could wish to do in t ... more...
O'Donoghues has long been the Dublin mecca for visitors in search of a lively evening with traditional music - live music every night is a major claim to fame - but a visit to this famous pub near the Shelbourne Hotel at quieter times can be rewarding ... more...
One of Dublin's oldest and best-loved pubs, Mulligan's 'wine & spirit merchant' is mercifully un-renovated and likely to stay that way - dark, with no decor (as such) and no music, it's just the way so many pubs used to be.
The only difference is ... more...
The name ‘Tulsi’ refers to a basil plant sacred to Hindus, and this is a younger sister of the successful Tulsi in Galway.
Like many businesses in Ennis, it lies behind a handsome, traditional shopfront and its inviting denim blue desi ... more...
Peploe’s on St Stephen's Green seemed to lose its way for a while, though this popular city centre Dublin restaurants always had its loyal fans and successfully rode out the economic crash.
With a fresh refurbishment and renewed focus, the buzz ... more...
The Glasshouse Hotel in Sligo is the only large, modern hotel located in the middle of Sligo town.
It is a contemporary hotel with glass featuring heavily to take advantage of the 140 metres of frontage on the Garavogue River and is a short walk from ... more...
Chocoholics taking the N4 (Westport road) up to Mayo or Sligo should make a point of building in a caffeine fix (and some healthy home-made food) at Ruth McGarry-Quinn’s relaxed modern café in Longford Town.
For not only do they f ... more...
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