Aldridge Lodge

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.