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LOUGHREA: Taste Matters €€ TUAM: BALLYSHANNON: Nirvana €€
European Road map A3 Finns Bar & Restaurant €€ European Road map C2
Westbridge, Loughrea, Co Galway European Road map B3 The Mall, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal
Tel 091 880010 Closed Mon Milltown, Tuam, Co Galway Tel 071 982 2369
This cosy, relaxed bistro offers Tel 093 51327 Closed Mon & Tue A contemporary restaurant and
innovative dishes that have Come to this relaxed restaurant wine bar. Food is prepared using
their roots in Ireland, France and for generous portions of Irish good-quality and often locally
Italy. Good value for money. and international fare at a sourced ingredients.
reasonable price.
MOYCULLEN: White Gables €€ CARRICK-ON-SHANNON:
Seafood Road map B4 WESTPORT: The Oarsman Restaurant €€
Moycullen, Co Galway McCormack’s € Irish Road map C3
Tel 091 555744 Closed Mon & Tue Home cooking Road map B3 Bridge Street, Carrick-on-Shannon,
A 1920s stone cottage houses an Bridge Street, Westport, Co Mayo Co Leitrim
intimate restaurant. Seafood is Tel 098 25619 Tel 071 962 1733 Closed Sun & Mon
the mainstay of the menu, with a This small, family-run restaurant Renowned in the local area for
range of classic dishes alongside has a selection of delicious the superb quality of its slow-
some imaginative creations. home-made dishes and cooked food. Relaxed ambience.
mouthwatering desserts.
PORTUMNA: The Modena €€ CASTLEBALDWIN:
European Road map C4 WESTPORT: McDermotts €€
Portumna, Co Galway An Port Mor €€ Irish Road map C3
Tel 0909 759568 European Road map B3 Castlebaldwin, Co Sligo
Family-run restaurant with an Westport, Co Mayo Tel 071 916 5132
eclectic menu featuring Irish, Tel 098 26730 Closed Sun & Mon Situated at the foot of the
Italian and Indian dishes – from The award-winning chef here Bricklieve mountains, this is an
traditional roasts to jalfrezi. uses the best local ingredients old-world pub decorated with
to create a classic, seafood-led natural stone walls and wooden
ROSCOMMON: menu. Excellent value for money. beams. Friendly staff serve locally
Gleesons Townhouse €€ sourced staples such as smoked
Home cooking Road map C3 salmon and roast lamb in very
Market Square, Roscommon, generous portions.
Co Roscommon Northwest Ireland
Tel 0906 626954 DONEGAL TOWN:
This restaurant, in a restored ARDARA: The Blueberry Tearoom €
19th-century house overlooking Nancy’s €€ Irish Road map C2
the town square, offers great Bar snacks Road map C1 Castle Street, The Diamond,
value, traditional fare prepared Ardara, Co Donegal Donegal Town, Co Donegal
with locally sourced ingredients. Tel 074 954 1187 Tel 074 972 2933
Nancy’s has a reputation for Cosy café serving a hearty menu
DK Choice great-quality fish and seafood, of breakfast and lunch options.
The incredible desserts, in
and is especially renowned for
ROUNDSTONE: its seafood chowder. Casual particular the delectable choc-
O’Dowd’s Restaurant €€ atmosphere; no need to book. olate steamed pudding, have
Home cooking Road map A3 made this spot a local favourite.
Roundstone, Co Galway ANNAGRY:
Tel 095 35809 Danny Minnies Restaurant €€€ DONEGAL TOWN:
Serving locals and visitors since Seafood Road map C1 Olde Castle Restaurant €€
1840, this traditional wood- Annagry, The Rosses, Co Donegal Irish Road map C1
panelled restaurant offers great Tel 074 954 8201 Closed Sun Tirconnell Street, Donegal Town,
fish – delivered daily from the Prints, tapestries and paintings Co Donegal
nearby harbour – and indulgent adorn the walls of this elegant Tel 074 972 1262
desserts. The seafood platter is restaurant. Irish meat and locally A modern Irish menu that relies
the star attraction. caught seafood feature on locally sourced ingredients.
prominently on the menu. Seafood is a speciality – Donegal
Bay mussels and oysters,
Bruckless Bay crabs.
DUNKINEELY:
Castle Murray House €€€
French Road map C2
St Johns Point, Dunkineely,
Co Donegal
Tel 074 973 7022
Classic French dishes made with
high-quality local produce. Start
with the cream of salsify soup,
and follow that with seafood, or
red meats, which feature
prominently in the winter. The
house special of St Johns Point
langoustine and Killybegs
O’Dowd’s Restaurant, Roundstone monkfish is a must.
For key to prices see page 308
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