The Best British Food in Ireland
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The best British food in Ireland, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and Eater have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Bastion comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Dublin and Abbeyleix.
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Farmgate and Bramley hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater next.
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Rank 1. Bastion
Modern British
Candles and a big central bar give this Michelin-starred Kinsale restaurant its low-key warmth, which suits the cooking well. The chef is Scottish-born but leans hard into Irish ingredients, with local seafood doing a lot of the heavy lifting. Dishes are precise without being fussy, and there's a playful streak running through them that keeps things from feeling overly serious. His wife runs the floor, so the whole operation has an intimacy that's hard to fake.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 2. Farmgate
British
A converted pub sitting in the shadow of Lismore Castle, Farmgate is the kind of unfussy Irish restaurant that makes you resent wherever you live. The menu runs to liver and bacon, braised lamb shank, and deep-fried calamari, all built around local produce and priced so reasonably you'll check the bill twice. Service is warm without being cloying. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 3. Bramley
British
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Bramley (this place) 68.544
- #3 Delahunt 68.544
- #3 The Coach House 68.544
- #3 The Old Spot 68.544
- #3 The Olde Post Inn 68.544
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Rank 3. Delahunt
British
What was once a Victorian grocer's clerk's snug is now a glass-enclosed private dining room, which tells you everything about this place's bones. Delahunt is a modern Irish restaurant on Camden Street with genuine atmosphere and cooking that leans hard on Irish produce. James Joyce namechecked the building in Ulysses, so the ghosts are literary ones. The Sitting Room upstairs handles drinks before or after.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Bramley 68.544
- #3 Delahunt (this place) 68.544
- #3 The Coach House 68.544
- #3 The Old Spot 68.544
- #3 The Olde Post Inn 68.544
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Rank 3. The Coach House
British
A former Victorian coaching inn in the Wicklow hills, refurbished into something you might call shabby-chic Irish country house, without any of the irony that phrase usually implies. The front bar still feels like a proper pub, but the airy dining room runs a menu that skips the theatrics in favor of straightforward cooking, local cod from the Irish Sea, beef cheeks in a bun where another kitchen would just do a burger.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Bramley 68.544
- #3 Delahunt 68.544
- #3 The Coach House (this place) 68.544
- #3 The Old Spot 68.544
- #3 The Olde Post Inn 68.544
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Rank 3. The Old Spot
British
Exposed brickwork, old engravings, and worn wooden furniture set the scene at this long-standing Dublin pub that also does a serious sit-down meal. Two spacious dining rooms sit alongside a cosy bar, and the cooking runs to the sort of thing a pub should do well: rib-eye and chips, bread and butter pudding. The service is the kind that makes you feel remembered, even on a first visit.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Bramley 68.544
- #3 Delahunt 68.544
- #3 The Coach House 68.544
- #3 The Old Spot (this place) 68.544
- #3 The Olde Post Inn 68.544
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Rank 3. The Olde Post Inn
British
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Bramley 68.544
- #3 Delahunt 68.544
- #3 The Coach House 68.544
- #3 The Old Spot 68.544
- #3 The Olde Post Inn (this place) 68.544
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Rank 8. King Sitric Seafood Bar & Accommodation
Fish & Chips
The awards
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Dublin, Ireland