2024 Awards

• 3-STAR HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Foyles Hotel Clifden, Co. Galway
  As many will know, the Guide has a soft spot for traditional three-star hotels, which so often provide an unassuming, authentically Irish and kind ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - RESTAURANT & BAR

  Sadlers Restaurant & Bar Fethard, Co. Tipperary
  A new venture from the team behind the Cashel Palace Hotel (and with a good kitchen team overseen by their Director of Culinary, Stephen Hayes) an ...

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• HAPPY PLACE AWARD 2024

  Osteria Lucio Dublin 2
  ‘The food of friendship’ is what they say on their website and, when it comes to explaining why Osteria Lucio might be the restaurant ...

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• ‘NATURAL FOOD’ AWARDS 2024 (PRODUCERS) - MEATS

  Higgins Family Butchers Dublin 13
  Rick Higgins is the fourth generation to run this business and it is no ordinary butchers. How many butchers have a glass-walled dry-ageing room a ...

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• NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2024

  Farmgate Lismore Lismore, Co. Waterford
  The Newcomer award is always exciting and every year the nominations list is very long indeed. Even at a time when the talk is mainly of closures, ...

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• WINE EXPERIENCE 2024

  Ristorante Rinuccini Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
  Established in 1989 by Antonio and Marion Cavaliere, this well-known restaurant is in a semi-basement in the impressive terrace opposite Kilkenny ...

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• TRADITIONAL PUB OF THE YEAR 2024

  Thomas Connolly Sligo, Co. Sligo
  Everybody loves a good old fashioned Irish pub complete with cosy snugs and grocery shelves behind the bar, but too many are closing and we need t ...

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• MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AWARD 2024

  Ashford Castle Cong, Co. Mayo
  The ‘Memorable Experience’ award is one that resonates with everyone – and it’s interesting to see how many of those exper ...

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• SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - COUNTRY HOUSE

  Ballyvolane House Fermoy, Co. Cork
  ‘Proper country houses’ that have not been over-modernised and remain true to their roots are becoming a rarity these days, but Justin ...

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• SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - HIDEAWAY

  No. 1 Pery Square Hotel & Spa Limerick, Co. Limerick
  There is something seriously enticing about the idea of a hideaway in a city, somewhere special to retreat to away from the hustle and bustle. And ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - BAKERY-CAFE

  Ursa Minor Ballycastle, Co. Antrim
  All over Ireland, there’s been an exciting increase in the number of small bakeries with a deli or café in recent years and this one, ...

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• SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - B&B

  Barnahown Mitchelstown, Co. Cork
  You don't have to be seeking an active holiday to love Barnahown, but it must help - with wonderful mountain treks and bike trails nearby, you won ...

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• BOUTIQUE HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Elephant Rock Hotel Portrush, Co. Antrim
  The rise of the boutique hotel is a welcome trend in Irish hospitality and, at its best, this is a genre that is providing a wonderfully quirky mi ...

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• ATMOSPHERIC DESTINATION OF THE YEAR 2024

  Old Inn, The Crawfordsburn, Co. Down
  Simply oozing with genuine old-world ambience, this famous 16th century inn - the oldest in continuous use in all Ireland - is sure to steal your ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 -SMART CASUAL DINING

  The Glass Curtain
  What do you mean ‘smart-casual dining’ I hear you say… Well it’s the way people so often describe The Glass Curtain a ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - HOTEL

  Gregans Castle Hotel Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare
  One of Ireland’s top food destinations for many years, Simon and Freddie Haden’s quietly luxurious and restorative country house hotel ...

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• NEIGHBOURHOOD FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  Lemon Tree Restaurant Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
  A Letterkenny favourite since 1999, this family-run restaurant celebrates 25 years in business this year although it has been in a spacious new se ...

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• SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - GUESTHOUSE

  Teach de Broc Ballybunion, Co. Kerry
  Ballybunion has long been a popular seaside resort, welcoming visitors from near and far since the 19th century. And, since 1994, many have wisely ...

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• SUSTAINABILITY AWARD 2024

  Wren Urban Nest Dublin 2
  The 2007 closure of Andrew's Lane Theatre caused a lot of angst, but its eventual replacement with 'Dublin's most sustainable hotel' has proved a ...

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• SEAFOOD CHEF OF THE YEAR 2024

  Goldie Co. Cork
  At the helm of this small but very exciting fish restaurant in Cork city centre, Goldie, the talented young owner-chef Aishling Moore’s cour ...

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• BEST SUPPORTER OF IRISH FOOD & DRINK PRODUCERS 2024

  Coach House Boutique B&B Dromore, Co. Down
  Exciting developments in County Wicklow saw The Coach House in Roundwood re-opening in new ownership recently - and joining up with the brilliant ...

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• 5-STAR HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Sheen Falls Lodge Kenmare, Co. Kerry
  Open since 1991 and set in a 300-acre estate across the river from Kenmare town, this gently contemporary hotel has welcoming fires burning in the ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - IRISH BREAD AWARD

  Castle Grove Country House Hotel Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
  Simple as it may sound, The Irish Bread Award is one of our most important accolades. Originally the idea of Donegal native and former Director Ge ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - STREET FOOD

  Pyke’N'Pommes - 53-55 Strand Road Londonderry, Co. Londonderry
  A legend for his authentic, quality-driven street food in Derry since 2013, the internationally-experienced chef and entrepreneur Kevin Pyke devel ...

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• SEAFOOD RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  Quinlan & Cooke Boutique Townhouse & QCs Seafood Restaurant Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry
  With its welcoming fire, striking modern zinc-topped bar and nautical antiques and pictures, Kate Cooke’s atmospheric bar and restaurant wit ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - HISTORIC DESTINATION

  Stitch & Weave Londonderry, Co. Londonderry
  When it comes to restaurants, they don’t do more historic than the delightful Stitch and Weave. Situated on historic Ebrington Square, right ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - COUNTRY HOUSE

  Rathsallagh House Dunlavin, Co. Kildare
  The O’Flynn family’s large, rambling country house on the Wicklow-Kildare border is just an hour from Dublin, but it could be in a dif ...

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• BIJOU FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  Restaurant Chestnut Ballydehob, Co. Cork
  ‘Small’ is not the word for this famously big-hearted little restaurant – but ‘bijou’ describes the former pub well, ...

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• BUSINESS HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Horse and Jockey Hotel Thurles, Co. Tipperary
  Once discovered, few would travel between Cork and Dublin without a stop at the Horse & Jockey and there are good reasons for that. A hotel of ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - NEIGHBOURHOOD RESTAURANT

  No. 14 at the Georgian House Comber, Co. Down
  A lovely listed building dating back to 1722, No. 14 Georgian House makes an atmospheric setting for this thoughtfully structured enterprise by th ...

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