One of the prettiest properties in Kinsale and dating back to 1820, Andrew and Laura Corcoran's characterful period house on the harbour front has been renovated to an exceptionally high standard and provides excellent accommodation only 15 min ... more...
Following the launch of the original General Merchants Café in east Belfast a year earlier (see entry), General Merchants opened on the Ormeau Road in 2016.
Just over a mile from the city centre, it's on a corner location and easy to spot with ... more...
A first venture for husband-and-wife team Zsolt Lukács and Edel McMahon-Lukács, Darog ('small oak tree') was warmly welcomed when it opened in late 2023 - not least because it is such a fitting successor to Tartare, the former occup ... more...
The McDermott family’s picturesque and beautifully located thatched pub seems too good to be true when you first find it in this quiet and unspoilt place, but there it has been since the 18th century when, apparently, it was a shibín known ... more...
Chic retail outlet and café selling the superb Chez Emily chocolates made at The Ward, Co Dublin.
Ferdinand Vandaele and Helena Hemeryck have been making these outstanding treats since 1996, using top quality Belgian chocolate (for flavour, glo ... more...
TEMPORARILY CLOSED BUT NEARBY SISTER ESTABLISHMENT 'THE LODGE BAR & KITCHEN' REMAINS OPEN (Wed-Sun)
Ballinluska Myrtleville Co. Cork P43 E019
TEL:021 4833426
Tucked into the cliffside above the beach at Myrtleville, near Cr ... more...
Centrally located with views over St Stephen's Green at the front and its own private gardens at the back, this small privately-owned hotel - which is in an elegant Georgian terrace on the south side of the historic Green and has fine period reception ... more...
Blink and you could miss the narrow entrance to this unexpectedly spacious two-storey restaurant above a bookies shop in downtown Clonmel - but it's well worth seeking out.
It's a younger sister of Waterford city's first Japanese restaurant, which was ... more...
Set in the corner of an attractively paved area beside the old arches of the disused Kilkenny/Portlaoise railway line (effectively back lit at night), a smart pea green canopy over matching green woodwork and half frosted full-length glass windows will ... more...
Cork abounds with iconic names in food and drink, and it was exciting to see two of the greats - K O'Connell fishmongers and chef Kate Lawlor - coming together in 2025 to bring a casual but very classy act to the foodhall in Dunnes Stores on Patrick St ... more...