The Best Places to Eat Near The Lemon Tree, by the Record
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Family members who actually seem happy to be working together fill the room at this warm, modern restaurant in Letterkenny's Courtyard Shopping Centre. The kitchen keeps its attention on Donegal produce, whether that's local fish, meat, or vegetables from nearby Ballyholey Farm, and the cooking is clean and unfussy. Desserts tend to be the highlight, with things like salted caramel cheesecake closing things out on a strong note.
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Neven Maguire's name is the reason people drive to a small town near the Irish border and don't complain about it. MacNean House is a formal restaurant with a tasting menu, plush dining room, and the kind of attentive service that suits an anniversary better than a Tuesday. The cooking leans on fine Irish produce and runs to real detail. A cookery school and rooms sit alongside it, should the journey feel too long to do in one day.
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Rank 3. The Olde Glen Bar
Irish British
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Rank 4. Artis by Phelim O'Hagan
Modern British
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Rank 5. Browns Bonds Hill
Modern British
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Rank 6. The Olde Post Inn
Traditional Cuisine