A discreet Hollywood style facelift has injected new life into Rhona Teehan's theatrical grande dame of a restaurant, now in its 57th year.
Designer smokey gold walls replace the scarlet flock but the black and white photos of visiting stage and scree ... more...
Mella’s fudge is quite an institution in Ireland although it’s not one of those businesses that’s been in the family for generations, far from it in fact. Mella McAuley started making her real butter fudge at her West Cork home, in Ba ... more...
Set romantically in its own parkland valley overlooking Clifden and the sea, the crenellated Abbeyglen Hotel is family-owned and run in a uniquely hands-on style by legendary hoteliers Paul and Brian Hughes.
It’s a place that has won a lot of fr ... more...
Renowned in Irish hospitality, the Huggard family celebrated 100 years running hotels in Ireland in 2012 and their history is a proud one. Niall Huggard owns this stunningly located hotel in Killarney and cousins have the famed Butler Arms Hotel in Wat ... more...
This long-established speciality food shop has been trading from the same shop, and in the same family, since 1933.
Third generation Mark Brown and his wife Laura took up the mantle in 2007 and have developed Arcadia to retain its well-earned reputati ... more...
Right in the centre of the pretty village of Killyleagh and near the entrance to its fairytale castle, Leontine Haines’ lovely Georgian house is a delightful place to stay close to the shores of beautiful Strangford Lough.
Formerly a bank, it&rs ... more...
They work through the night at Swiss baker Jonas Hein and his Irish wife Layla O’Brien’s certified organic bakery and, thanks to the excellence of their rustic continental breads and their hard work selling directly to the public through fa ... more...
Small, stylish and light-flooded, Margadh RHA is a café by day and wine bar by night. No ordinary wine bar, it punches well above its weight with the kind of menu that wouldn’t be out of place at a top restaurant. Tapping into the ... more...
Bang restaurant is the restaurant version of the Irish boom and bust.
After being wound up in the depths of the Irish recession, this Dublin restaurants bounced back through investment from Bobby Kerr and the Barrett family. Its prime location on ... more...
Tucked between the Dublin Business School and a charity shop on the buzzy end of South Great George's Street, this new Dublin favourite hit the ground running when it opened in the former San Lorenzo's premises, just before Christmas 2023 - and ... more...