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  • 1. 1826 Adare

    $$$

    Bringing his classical training to County Limerick, critically acclaimed chef Wade Murphy opened 1826 Adare with his wife, Elaine, in 2013. Since then, his elegant comfort food has been in high demand, served in a pretty thatched cottage with whitewashed walls and cozy decor. Menus change with the seasons and are filled with the best ingredients from Ireland’s top farmers and producers. Wade’s 12-hour treacle braised beef short rib with Roscoff onions and Boulangere potatoes is one of his most popular dishes, though you’ll find delicious and creative seafood and vegetable dishes too, all accompanied by a great drinks offering.

    Main St., Adare, Co. Limerick, Ireland
    061-396--004

    Known For

    • Clever, accomplished Irish cooking
    • Legendary late Sunday lunches
    • Excellent service

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No lunch Mon.--Sat.
  • 2. Aimsir

    $$$$

    This new sensation of Irish cuisine was awarded not one but two Michelin stars only months after it opened. It didn't come as a surprise to those in the know, with the husband-and-wife team of Jordan and Majken Bech Bailey both having worked in some of Europe's most feted eateries. The name, pronounced "imshur," is Irish for weather, and the focus here is Irish food and produce, played with and transformed in inventive new ways. The fifteen course (don't worry, many are petite little offerings) tasting menu includes wonders like Flaggy Shore oyster in roasted koji butter and Dublin Bay skate with leeks and chicken-skin butter sauce. Each course can be matched with either wine, beer, cider or some very inventive juice concoctions. The stark, modern dining room is in contrast to the lively cocktail bar when the inventions continue.

    Lyons Rd., Celbridge, Co. Kildare, Co. Kildare, Ireland
    01-630--3500

    Known For

    • Unique nonalcoholic pairing menu
    • Impeccable service
    • Bucket-list dining experience

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun.--Tues. No lunch.
  • 3. An Port Mór Restaurant

    $$$

    Nestled down a narrow laneway just off Bridge Street, this charming and intimate restaurant harbors the finest of local produce, exquisitely crafted into one of the best menus in Mayo by owner-chef Frankie Mallon. Daily specials include anything from warm pork-cheek salad and black pudding served with apple and vanilla or pan-seared Clew Bay scallops. Shabby chic decor and a leafy courtyard make it one of the most romantic places in town. Mains priced from €25 to €28.

    Westport, Co. Mayo, F28 KP70, Ireland
    098-26730

    Known For

    • Reservations recommended
    • Vibrant dishes made from local produce
    • Gluten-free and vegetarian options
  • 4. Aniar Restaurant

    $$$$ | Center

    JP McMahon has caused quite a stir in the Galway dining scene with his tapas at Cava Bodega and the recently opened casual spot Tartare, but award-winning Aniar (meaning "from the west") is his flagship restaurant. A minimalist Nordic decor provides an unfussy backdrop for the chef's equally unfussy approach to food. Each course in the daily menu, ranging from 6 to 10 dishes, is designed to either complement or contrast with the local produce. For those brave enough, try a dillisk starter with its overwhelmingly briny flavor, while awaiting monkfish in a bed of lush foraged salad.

    53 Lower Dominick St., Galway City, Co. Galway, Ireland
    091-533--947

    Known For

    • Seaweed ice cream
    • Minimalist furnishings
    • Locally sourced food

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun. and Mon., Reservations recommended.
  • 5. Bastible

    $$$ | Dublin West

    Even with its location in a relatively unfashionable corner of the city, this high-end bistro has the natives traveling miles to get a treasured table. The five-course set menu manages to be daring and traditional at the same time, with game and fish transformed in particularly ingenious ways. The decor is warm and woody and avoids even a hint of stuffiness, but the food is the star here, with Nordic-type snacks to begin, and mains like the shockingly good black sole with parsley velouté and collard greens. 

    111 S. Circular Rd., Dublin, Co. Dublin, 8, Ireland
    01-473--7409

    Known For

    • Trendy crowd
    • Booking up
    • Ample wines by the glass, pairings offered

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun.--Tues. No lunch
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  • 6. Bastion

    $$$$

    Prosecco on tap sets the tone for fun at this wine bar and restaurant in the heart of Kinsale. There's a bar in the funky front parlor, along with some tables beside its street windows, supplemented by a more private back room. The eight-course tasting menu has a bouquet of carefully chosen indigenous produce: pigeon, rabbit, seaweed-infused potato, cured mackerel with ginger pickle, and sweet fruit with homemade sorbet---all offered with an imaginative take on traditional recipes.   

    5 Main St., Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland
    021-470–9696

    Known For

    • Experimental small plates
    • More than 100 wines
    • Range of prix-fixe and tasting menus

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Mon.--Tues. Closed last wk of Nov. and all Feb., Booking advised, No children\'s menu
  • 7. Bistro Bianconi

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    In the heart of Sligo's busy Italian Quarter, Bistro Bianconi has built on its long-established reputation for top-class pizzas baked in a wood-burning oven. Inventive gourmet pizzas include the Michelangelo (goat cheese, caramelized onions, pepperoni, and a sprinkling of Parmesan), the Vegetariano, and the perennial favorite, Quatro Formaggi. The menu is heavy on classic fresh pasta and lasagna, while the signature dish, chicken bocconcini (with glazed ham and cheese), is as popular as ever. Steaks, burgers, and Mediterranean king prawns are also on the menu. If you fancy a cocktail, try the Wild Atlantic Way martini.

    Tobergal La., Sligo, Co. Sligo, Ireland
    071-914–1744

    Known For

    • Irresistible pizzas
    • Affordable prices
    • Chicken bocconcini (with glazed ham and cheese)
  • 8. Cake Café

    $ | Southside

    At this dreamy little cafe, local, organic, and seasonal are the words to live by, where you can chow down on simple savory and sweet delights, all made with a loving, homey touch. The plant-filled courtyard is also the perfect summer spot for a daytime glass of prosecco and small bites. The surprising eggs and soldiers with roast tomatoes and shallots is a typically delicious dish. Save room for the delicate tarts and moist sugar-dusted sponges. Ask about the fun cooking classes: they're the talk of the town.

    Dublin, Co. Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
    01-478–9394

    Known For

    • Pitch-perfect cakes
    • Personal touches
    • Slow-food philosophy

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun. No dinner
  • 9. Campagne

    $$$

    When Garrett Byrne, the former head chef of Dublin's celebrated Chapter One, returns home and opens a restaurant, people take notice, and the awards---and diners from all of Ireland---start flooding in. The menu is a work of art, with common French themes toyed with and expanded. The ox tongue and cheek, in sauce gribiche with pickled salsify and horseradish cream, is just about the perfect starter. For a main, try the saddle of wild venison with bacon and chestnut dumpling, caramelized parsnip, and pepper jus. Byrne chose an industrial site beside the disused railway yard and transformed it into a stylish, uncluttered space with a beautiful green canopy for a sense of the French bistro. The oak flooring and curved banquettes contrast with the abstract splashes of bright colors on the walls. The wine list is long and luxurious.

    Gashouse La., Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
    056-777–2858

    Known For

    • Modern French cuisine
    • Destination dining
    • Relaxed contemporary setting

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Mon. and Tues. No dinner Sun. No lunch Wed.--Sat., Reservations required
  • 10. Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen

    $$$$ | Dublin North

    When Michelin-starred chef Mickael Viljanen partnered up with this venerable Dublin dining institution, great things were expected. We weren't disappointed. This wonderful, culture-vulture favorite gets its name from its location, downstairs in the vaulted, stone-wall basement of the Dublin Writers Museum; the natural stone-and-wood setting makes it cozily cavelike. The daringly modern French, four-course, set dinner menu is the talk of the town and W. B. Yeats himself would have loved the roast pigeon, brussels sprouts, pear, offal tart all with sauce perigourdine. The only downside is the place is so popular you have to book well in advance.

    18–19 Parnell Sq., Dublin, Co. Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
    01-873–2266

    Known For

    • Polite and attentive staff
    • Offers chef's table experience
    • Flawless food and service

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun. and Mon. No lunch Sat., Reservations essential
  • 11. Chart House

    $$$

    Host Jim McCarthy is often found in the early evening leaning over the red half door of this low, cabinlike stone building. The atmosphere is pleasantly informal (nautical artifacts complement the rusty-red walls and matching tablecloths), but both food and service are polished and professional. Top choices include pan-roasted monkfish with chana masala, toasted almonds, mango and red onion salsa or rack of Kerry mountain lamb. Finish the meal with a selection of Irish cheeses, served with a glass of port, or choose from a range of homemade desserts.

    The Mall, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland
    066-915–2255

    Known For

    • Warm, attentive staff and atmosphere
    • Annascaul black pudding
    • Perfect spot for a romantic dinner

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Jan. 2–mid-Feb. and Mon.--Wed., Dec.--Apr. (call to confirm). No lunch
  • 12. Chez Hans

    $$$

    It's rather fitting that this restaurant is in a converted church, as it's become something of a shrine for foodies. Jason Matthia's cuisine is classic French with contemporary Irish twists. The seafood cassoulet—half a dozen varieties of fish and shellfish with a delicate chive velouté—is legendary. Another specialty is venison, mushroom and cranberry pie with chestnuts and hazelnuts. The atmosphere is wonderful, too, with dark wood and tapestries providing an elegant background for the white linen. Matthia has opened a great café next door if you prefer something more informal.

    Moore La., Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
    062-61177

    Known For

    • Warm welcome
    • Hearty menu
    • Stunning dining room

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Mon., and late Jan.–early Feb. No lunch Tues.–Sat., Reservations essential
  • 13. Cistín Eile

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    Proud of its modern Irishness, Cistín Eile takes the produce of local farmers and applies a simple but stunning brand of culinary magic. The menu changes depending on what's good in the local market. Favorites include black-and-white pudding with cabbage salad, apple, and mustard, or the creamed white rabbit and herb spaghetti. "Hunger makes a great sauce," reads the Irish-language motto on the wall, so arrive with your appetite fully intact. Little time is wasted on the decor, though the space has a homey, warm feel. How they offer dishes of this quality at such affordable prices is a Wexford miracle. And the name? It's pronounced "kishteen ella" and means "another kitchen" in Irish.

    80 S. Main St., Wexford, Co. Wexford, Ireland
    053-912–1616

    Known For

    • Inventive Irish cuisine
    • Cozy atmosphere
    • Seasonal menu

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun. No dinner Mon. and Tues.
  • 14. Coach Lane Restaurant

    $$$

    This bustling eatery—deservedly one of Sligo's most popular and established since 1994—divides itself into two culinary halves: a relaxed downstairs bar (from 2 pm daily) with red-checkered tablecloths, serving fish pie and steaming bowls of beef-and-Guinness stew; and a more formal (and expensive) upstairs dining room (5:30–9 pm), where lamb, salmon, and steak, including fillet, strip loin, and tomahawk (all the restaurant's beef is air-dried for 45 days), share space on the menu with pasta, trout, scallops, seafood platters, or fine herb gnocchi with wild earth mushrooms. Reservations are required for both bar food and the dining room.

    1–2 Lord Edward St., Sligo, Co. Sligo, Ireland
    071-916–2417

    Known For

    • Fresh fish
    • Monster tomahawk steaks
    • Relaxed bar
  • 15. Dede at The Customs House

    $$$$

    Ahmet Dede, formerly of the exquisite Mews just down the street, bestows his culinary magic on his in season tasting menu that can include Wagyu beef, black sole, red mulberry, and brown butter—or even brown butter ice cream for that matter. This chef is living proof that with talent, a restaurant does not need the pomp and trappings of fine dining to offer a feast of flavor---because he's wowing critics both nationally and globally with his local ingredients served with Turkish flair in his stripped-back, casual eatery in the delightful seaside village of Baltimore.

    Baltimore, Co. Cork, Ireland
    28-48248

    Known For

    • Seasonal menu
    • Guided wine pairings
    • Reservations are essential

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No dinner Sun.--Wed. (Phone ahead; owner Dede changes the schedule regularly.), Booking highly recommended as there is a long waiting list
  • 16. Dooks Fine Foods

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    Located about 20 minutes from Bansha in the unassuming market town of Fethard, this new deli restaurant has caused a stir with food lovers all over Ireland. Chef Richard Gleeson trained at Ballymaloe and with the revered Ottolenghi in London, and brings his precision and training to play at this bright and warm spot, with polished concrete floors, an open kitchen, and wood tables and chairs. Prices are surprisingly affordable for delights like pan-fried salmon with pickled shallots, rainbow chard, rooster potatoes, and horseradish cream. Sweet treats include the spiced carrot cake with candied pumpkin seeds. Best of all the deli means you can pick up some homemade goodness to go.

    Kerry St., Fethard, Bansha, Co. Tipperary, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

    Known For

    • Quality affordable eats
    • Rustic warmth and atmosphere
    • Takeaway treats

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Mon. No dinner Wed., Thurs., and Sun.
  • 17. Dunne and Crescenzi

    $ | Southside

    The unpretentious brilliance of this husband-and-wife restaurant and deli just off Nassau Street is what makes the classy little Italian joint so popular. The menu is extensive but simple: panini, a horde of antipasti, a few choice pasta specials, and some evening meat dishes and desserts. The all-Italian kitchen staff work wonders with high-quality imported ingredients. The gnocchi with a slow-cooked ragù of Gilligan's Hereford Irish beef makes a great lunch. A couple of long tables are perfect for groups, and the hundreds of bottles of wine on shelves cover every inch of the walls. 

    14 S. Fredrick St., Dublin, Co. Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
    01-677–3815

    Known For

    • Italian wine cellar
    • Killer antipasti
    • Great for large groups
  • 18. Everett's

    $$$

    Located in an atmospheric, vaulted 15th-century house at the heart of the city, this new, award-winning bistro has a young local chef who trained with some of the best in Ireland. Start with seared Wexford scallops with broccoli, smoked bacon, and hazelnut. Modern Irish hearty mains include the fillet and braised feather blade of dexter beef with roast onion purée, kale, and confit turnip. It's a popular pre-theater spot. 

    22 High St., Waterford, Co. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Ireland
    051-325--174

    Known For

    • Wild meats
    • Fantastic vegetarian options
    • Award winner

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No lunch Sun.--Thurs.
  • 19. Fallon & Byrne

    $$$ | Southside

    This fresh, one-stop shop for everything organic and delicious in Dublin combines a huge deli with a cozy cellar wine bar and expansive second-floor French brasserie. Located on the top floor of a beautiful old telephone exchange building, the high-ceiling, light-filled dining room is always bustling. The menu covers everything from burgers to loin of rabbit, but the Wicklow pork belly, celeriac, and Savoy cabbage are typical. Leave room for the lemon-ricotta cheesecake. You can pick up a bottle of wine in the wine cellar and enjoy it for a small corkage fee.

    11–17 Exchequer St., Dublin, Co. Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
    01-472–1010

    Known For

    • Hearty brasserie menu
    • Bustling city-center vibe
    • Elegant dining room

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Reservations essential
  • 20. Fish Shop

    $$ | Dublin North

    Irish seafood is finally getting the royal treatment it deserves at this simple but brilliant new eatery in the old market, Smithfield district. The award-winning kitchen serves inventive treasures like whipped hake and dillisk (native seaweed) on sourdough, but don't expect a choice in seafood: you're served a three-course menu focused on what was caught that morning. Salvaged school chairs and tables give it a very casual feel, and the place prides itself on its no-fuss, friendly staff. The twice-fried chips are rumored to be some of the best in a city that really does love deep-frying its spuds.

    6 Queen St., Dublin, Co. Dublin, 7, Ireland
    01-430--8594

    Known For

    • Elevated fish-and-chips
    • Fun, casual atmosphere
    • Local oysters

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun. and Mon. No lunch Wed. and Thurs.

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