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Ireland's 100 best places to eat - they're not as expensive as you think
Pyke n' Pommes, Derry
Pól Ó Conghaile
The Cake Cafe
Fish Shop on Queen Street. Photo: Damien Eagers
Kevin Pyke of Pyke n' Pommes, Derry. Photo: Pól Ó Conghaile
Green Eggs & Ham at Canteen, Limerick.
Fumbally
Rathmullen House
Campagne, Kilkenny: New to Blue Book for 2015
John & Sally McKenna.
Mark Ashbridge, Established Coffee, Belfast. Photo: Pól Ó Conghaile
Cafe Paradiso in Cork.
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McKennas' Guides has released its app of the 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland, and it's sure to cook up some tasty debate.
22 new inclusions are featured in the updated EAT 2016, with a strong emphasis on modern, casual Irish food and up-and-coming chefs.
Among them are Miyazaki, the cult takeaway in Cork, Belfast's Established Coffee, and the hip and minimalist Fish Shop in Dublin's Stoneybatter.
Omitted, on the other hand, are some of the most celebrated restaurants on the island - including The House at the five-star Cliff House in Ardmore, Mount Juliet's Lady Helen and EIPIC in Belfast - all of which hold Michelin Stars.
But then John and Sally McKenna are no strangers to debate. Their STAY 2016 app, also released this week, includes just a handful of five-star hotels among its list of the 100 Best Places to Stay in Ireland.
All told, EAT 2016 is an appetising list ranging from fine dining stalwarts like Chapter One and Nevin Maguire's MacNean Restaurant to whippersnappers like Harry's Shack and Kevin Pyke's food truck in Derry.
Although dominated by Dublin (28 inclusions) and Cork (16), it showcases the diversity and energy in Irish food right now - particularly at the casual end.
Uniting it are great chefs and great cooking, the McKennas say.
100 Best Restaurants in Ireland
Co. Carlow
Step House Hotel, Borris
Co. Cavan
MacNean Restaurant, Blacklion
The Olde Post Inn, Cloverhill, Butler’s Bridge
Co. Clare
Gregans Castle, Ballyvaughan
Murphy Blacks, Kilkee [NEW]
The Long Dock, Carrigaholt
Vasco, Fanore
Wild Honey Inn, Lisdoonvarna
Co. Cork
Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry
Café Paradiso, Lancaster Quay, Cork
Deasy’s Harbour Bar, Clonakilty
Diva, Ballinspittle [NEW]
Elbow Lane, Cork [NEW]
The Farm Gate Café, English Market, Cork
Fishy Fishy Café, Kinsale
Glebe Gardens, Baltimore
Iyer’s, Cork
L'Atitude 51, Cork [NEW]
Manning’s Emporium, Ballylickey
Miyazaki, Cork [NEW]
Pilgrim's, Rosscarbery [NEW]
Sage Restaurant, Midleton
The Black Pig, Kinsale
The Food Depot, Courtmacsherry
Co. Donegal
Harry's Bar & Restaurant, Bridgend
The Mill Restaurant, Dunfanaghy
The Tap Room, Rathmullan House
Rathmullan House, Co. Donegal
Co. Dublin
Amuse, Dawson St. [NEW]
Ananda, Dundrum Town Centre
Bastible, South Circular Road [NEW]
Brioche, Ranelagh
Brother Hubbard, Capel Street
Chameleon Restaurant, Temple Bar
Chapter One, Parnell Square
Delahunt, Camden Street [NEW]
Dunne & Crescenzi, South Frederick Street
Ely Winebar, Ely Place
Etto, Merrion Row
Fish Shop, Queen Street [NEW]
Forest Avenue, Sussex Terrace
Kinara Kitchen, Ranelagh
L’Ecrivain, Lower Baggot Street
L. Mulligan Grocers, Stoneybatter
Locks, Windsor Tce. [NEW]
Luna, Drury St. [NEW]
O’Connell’s, Donnybrook
Pichet, Trinity Street
Restaurant Forty One, St Stephen’s Green
Taste at Rustic, Sth. Great George's St. [NEW]
The Cake Cafe, Pleasants Place Winding Stair, Lower Ormond Quay
The Fumbally, Fumbally Lane
The Greenhouse, Dawson Street
Thornton’s Restaurant, St. Stephen’s Green
Winding Stair, Lower Ormond Quay
Soder+Ko, Sth. Great George's St. [NEW]
Co. Galway
Aniar, Lower Dominick Street
Ard Bia at Nimmo’s, Spanish Arch
Cava Bodega, Middle Street
Inis Meáin Restaurant & Suites, Inis Meain
Kai Cafe + Restaurant, Sea Road
Kappa-Ya, Middle St. [NEW]
Loam, Geatta Na Cathrach, Fairgreen
Upstairs @ West, Barna [NEW]
Co. Kerry
Daroka, Ballybunion [NEW]
Global Village, Dingle
Idás, Dingle
Mulcahy's, Kenmare
Co. Kildare
The Ballymore Inn, Ballymore Eustace
Harte’s of Kildare, Kildare Town
Campagne, Kilkenny
Co. Kilkenny
Campagne, 5 The Arches, Gashouse Lane
Foodworks, Parliament St. [NEW]
Co. Leitrim
The Cottage Restaurant, Jamestown
The Courthouse, Kinlough
Co. Limerick
Canteen, Mallow Street
La Cucina, Castletroy
Restaurant 1826, Adare
Co. Longford
Viewmount House, Longford
Co. Louth
Eastern Seaboard, Drogheda
Co. Mayo
An Port Mór, Westport
Knockranny House, Westport
Rua, Castlebar
The Idle Wall, Westport [NEW]
Co. Meath
Tankardstown, Slane
Co. Sligo
Pudding Row, Sligo [NEW]
Shell’s Café, Strandhill
Co. Tipperary
Chez Hans, Cashel
The Old Convent, Clogheen
Co. Waterford
Momo, Patrick Street [NEW]
The Tannery Restaurant, Dungarvan
Co. Wicklow
The Happy Pear, Greystones
The Strawberry Tree at Brook Lodge, Aughrim
Mark Ashbridge of Established, Belfast
Northern Ireland
Balloo House, Killinchy
Browns, Derry,
Established, Belfast [NEW]
Harry’s Shack, Portstewart
James Street South, Belfast
Lost and Found, Coleraine
OX, Belfast
Pyke’n’Pommes, Queen’s Quay, Derry
Shu, 253 Lisburn Road, Belfast
McKennas Guides have been published since 1992, with the new apps including bite-sized reviews, interactive maps, social media links and booking options.
Inevitably, several high-profile restaurants have been dropped from this year's list to make way for the new arrivals - including Fenn's Quay in Cork; The Chop House, Pearl Brasserie and The Woollen Mills in Dublin, McCambridge's in Galway, The Fatted Calf in Athlone, Out of the Blue in Dingle and Packie's in Kenmare.
EAT 2016 is available on iTunes and Google Play at €3.99.
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