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CORK CITY:
Jacob’s on the Mall €€
Modern European Road map C6
30 Sth Mall, Cork City
Tel 021 425 1530 Closed Sun, bank
hols; 2 days at Christmas
A former Turkish bathhouse
provides the atmospheric setting
for stylish, modern food. Set-price
menus are available all evening
for the budget-conscious.
CORK CITY: Café Paradiso €€€
Vegetarian Road map C6
16 Lancaster Quay, Cork City
Tel 021 427 7939 Closed Sun; 7 days
at Christmas
Ireland’s most famous vegetarian
Sample inventive vegetarian dishes at Café Paradiso, Cork City restaurant serves inventive and
complex dishes, such as kale and
BALLYDEHOB: Antonio’s €€ risotto. It gets very busy with smoked Ardrahan cheese ravioli,
Italian Road map B6 locals at lunchtime, so it is best feta and pistachio couscous.
Main Street, Ballydehob, Co Cork to book a table, especially in
Tel 028 37139 Closed Mon the summer. CORK CITY:
(summer); call for winter hours Greene’s Restaurant €€€
An authentic pizzeria in a lovely BLARNEY: Blair’s Inn €€€ Modern European Road map C6
old stone building serving pasta Traditional Irish Road map B5 48 MacCurtain Street, Cork City
dishes, steaks and seafood. Cloghroe, Blarney, Co Cork Tel 021 455 2279 Closed 3 days at
Booking advised in the summer. Tel 021 438 1470 Christmas
Award-winning pub serving Come to this art-filled restaurant
BALTIMORE: excellent home-cooked food, for an interesting, modern take
Casey’s of Baltimore €€ either in the bar or the restaurant. on traditional Irish cooking. Ask
Seafood Road map B6 Classic traditional dishes – lemon for a seat overlooking the pretty
Baltimore, Co Cork sole in butter, shepherd’s pie, courtyard waterfall.
Tel 028 20197 sausages and mash – sit alongside
Organic vegetables straight from more unusual offerings. CORK CITY: The Ivory Tower €€€
their kitchen garden paired with Asian fusion Road map C6
the freshest black sole, monkfish, CASTLETOWNSHEND: 1st Floor, 35 Princes Street, Cork City
lobster and prawns make this a Mary Ann’s Bar €€ Tel 021 427 4665 Closed Sun–Wed
must stop for any food lover. European Road map B6 This is as eclectic as it gets, from
Main St, Castletownshend, Co Cork the food – a mix of Japanese,
BALTIMORE: Mews €€€ Tel 028 36146 Closed Mon & Tue Mexican and traditional Irish
Modern Irish Road map B6 (winter); 3 wks Jan dishes – to the bric-a-brac and
Baltimore, Co Cork A well-loved pub with a restaurant artwork decorating the room.
Tel 028 20572 Closed winter; check upstairs and lots of outside tables
website for alfresco dining in the summer. DINGLE: The Half Door €€
One of the finest restaurants in The seafood menu changes Traditional Irish Road map A5
Ireland, Mews is an ideal marriage according to the daily catch, and John Street, Dingle, Co Kerry
of modern and traditional. Ingred- portions are generous. Also on Tel 066 915 1600 Closed Sun
ients gathered each morning are the menu are poultry, steaks Within this country cottage-
used in inspiring ways, resulting and roasts. style building, the menu is
in an unforgettable dining predominantly seafood, simply
experience. Booking essential. CORK CITY: cooked and served in generous
Crawford Gallery Café € portions. Book in the summer.
BANDON: Warren Allen Coffee € Irish Road map C6
Café Road map B6 Emmet Place, Cork City DK Choice
9–11 Pearse Street, Bandon, Co Cork Tel 021 427 4415 Closed Sun, bank
Tel 023 882 0767 Closed evenings hols; 10 days Dec–Jan DINGLE: Lord Baker’s
Always buzzing with chatter and From soups and sandwiches to Restaurant and Bar €€
the smell of freshly ground coffee, more substantial lunches, there Traditional Irish Road map A5
this contemporary coffee shop in is plenty on the menu at this art- Main Street, Dingle, Co Kerry
a boutique store is perfect for gallery café to satisfy all palates. Tel 066 915 1277 Closed Thu
recharging the batteries. This ancient pub – with its stone
CORK CITY: Farmgate Café € walls, open fires and country-
BANTRY: O’Connor’s Traditional Irish Road map C6 inn decorations – has a warm
Seafood Restaurant €€ English Market, Princes Street, and welcoming atmosphere,
Seafood Road map B6 Cork City whether you eat in the bar or
Wolf Tone Square, Bantry, Co Cork Tel 021 427 8134 Closed Sun, bank the restaurant. A pretty
Tel 027 55664 hols; 10 days Dec–Jan conservatory opens out into a
Long-established place serving Traditional local dishes – sausage walled garden. Dishes include
delicious and affordable fare – and mash, shepherd’s pie – are sirloin steak with pepper sauce
fish and chips, seafood pie and made with fresh ingredients from and Dingle Bay crab claws.
monkfish and smoked venison the bustling market downstairs.
For key to prices see page 308
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