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Max's Wine Bar and Restaurant

Address: Main St., Kinsale, Co. Cork
Phone: 021/477-2443

Price range: $$
Cuisine: French
Location: Kinsale

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Fodor's Review:

Polished antique tables, a large stone chimney, and bay windows facing the street lend this tiny town house (more a restaurant than a wine bar) considerable charm. Lunches are light; it's a good place if you're keen on salads. At dinner, owner-chef Olivier Queva's classical French background is evident in his treatment of the daily catch, which includes fresh grilled lobster in the summer, and in his clever ways with such unusual cuts of meat as oxtail, trotters, and a wide range of offal. In winter, the catch of the day is replaced by game: quail, pheasant, wild duck, or venison. Olivier's Irish wife, Anne-Marie, ably tends front of house. The wine list is long and includes a good selection of French and New World wines, ranging in price from about EUR 15 to EUR 85.

Credit Cards: AE, MC, V
Closed: Closed Tues. and Dec.-mid-Mar.