The Best Irish Food in Ireland
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The best Irish food in Ireland, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and The 50 have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Homestead Cottage comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Dublin and Cashel.
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Ballymaloe House and Chez Hans hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 2. Ballymaloe House
Modern Irish
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
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Rank 3. Chez Hans
Irish
A converted 19th-century Synod Hall crouched under the Rock of Cashel is a pretty committed setting for a classic French-Irish restaurant, and Chez Hans has been here forever. The menu reads like a love letter to old-school cooking, sole meunière, proper puddings, the kind of thing people drive across Tipperary for. Staff who've worked here for years give the whole room the easy warmth of somewhere that has nothing left to prove.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Chez Hans (this place) 68.544
- #3 MacNean House & Restaurant 68.544
- #3 Peploe's 68.544
- #3 The Pig’s Ear 68.544
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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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Chez Hans 68.544
- #3 MacNean House & Restaurant (this place) 68.544
- #3 Peploe's 68.544
- #3 The Pig’s Ear 68.544
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Rank 3. Peploe's
Irish
Red leather banquettes and large murals fill what used to be a bank vault, giving this cellar restaurant a warm, members-club feel that the original architects certainly didn't intend. The cooking draws on Irish produce but wanders freely around the continent, landing somewhere between a French bistro and an Italian trattoria without committing to either, which turns out to suit it fine.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Chez Hans 68.544
- #3 MacNean House & Restaurant 68.544
- #3 Peploe's (this place) 68.544
- #3 The Pig’s Ear 68.544
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Rank 3. The Pig’s Ear
Irish
A tall, narrow townhouse overlooking Trinity College Park, The Pig's Ear is a sit-down Irish restaurant where the menu reads like someone raided a grandmother's recipe tin and a history archive on the same afternoon. The chef digs into old-school Irish cooking without playing it safe, so boxty pancakes and suet puddings show up alongside lobster omelette. Comfort food, but with a raised eyebrow.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Chez Hans 68.544
- #3 MacNean House & Restaurant 68.544
- #3 Peploe's 68.544
- #3 The Pig’s Ear (this place) 68.544