The Best Seafood Near Sha-Roe Bistro, by the Record

Down a country lane in rural Wexford, this cheerful restaurant earns its Michelin Bib Gourmand with a seafood menu that's practically a family operation: the chef's father fishes off Hook Head, the gardens out back supply the vegetables, and crab and lobster show up as a matter of course. The owners run the room with the kind of warmth that's hard to fake, and if you're staying over, the bedrooms come with hot water bottles and home-baked cookies.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand

A double-fronted Victorian house a short walk from the beach in a small Waterford seaside town, Beach House is a bistro where the menu is short and seafood does most of the talking. The fish and chips changes with the day's catch, which keeps things honest. The wine list dips into some older vintages, a pleasant surprise for a room this relaxed. Exactly the kind of place you'd drive an hour for and feel smug about afterwards.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant