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The Boathouse Bistro

4.7 (9 reviews)
Open • 12:30 pm - 9:00 PM

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Moira S.

Definitely worth a visit. Casual dining but beautifully designed. The menu is an all day menu so you can have a snack or dinner at any time. The setting on Kenmare Bay is wonderful and the grounds of Dromquinna Manor are a great place for a stroll after eating. It's not cheap but the food is of high standard and really worth it. The staff are very pleasant and helpful. Look out for the signs as you leave Kenmare and start on the Ring of Kerry. It isn't far and worth the search

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Tom Crean Base Camp - Half Duck with stuffing

Tom Crean Base Camp

4.5(15 reviews)
0.4 km
•€€€

7/19/2019 - We had a great dinner. In fact the best dinner out of three nights in Kenmare. The…read moreSole was very fresh and entire filets on both sides. Our son and daughter had the pork and fish and chips. Great wine and beer selection. Service was awesome and felt like a family restaurant. They also had local music, which was wonderful. Highly recommend!!!

Our host Pat from Avelow B&B recommended Tom Cream's because we wanted good oysters. We got to the…read morerestaurant around 7pm & without reservations but the girls sat us anyway. I think it's best to make reservations just FYI. I ordered 6 natural oysters for 12€. They were fresh and perfectly salty. Definitely worth the $$. We also ordered a beer 4€ and glass of Chardonnay 6.50€. I ordered the sea bass and my friend order the roasted pork. My sea bass was two smaller fish on top of a squash purée and served with a side of boiled potatoes with dill, carrots and a pickled red cabbage (I think). It was very good and filling. The pork roast was very tender. It was served with mash potatoes and a side of apple sauce. Both dishes were lovely. The decor was very trendy and sea inspired. Very cool that the owners based the restaurant on the Irish explorer Tom Crean who came from Kerry. He was a great Antarctic explorer during the early 1900s. I felt welcomed even though it was a fancy restaurant and I had my Havaianas on my feet. People started streaming in and were dressed up. The servers were very tentative and sweet. It would be a perfect spot for a romantic dinner. They also have an early bird special before 6:30pm that read 2 course meal for 21€ (would be great if that included a house beer or wine). Overall, great little place for a fancier dinner. Definitely go for the oysters! The seafood was delicious.

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Tom Crean Base Camp - Aquafaba Vegan Meringue Nest, Soya Icecream, Mixed Red Fruits

Aquafaba Vegan Meringue Nest, Soya Icecream, Mixed Red Fruits

Tom Crean Base Camp - Sticky Toffee Pudding, Carmel Sauce, Vanillia Icecream

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Kenmare Bay Seafood Chowder, Homemade Brown Bread

Solas Tapas & Wine Bar - Fig and goat cheese

Solas Tapas & Wine Bar

4.4(22 reviews)
55.3 km

Excellent food, great service, comfortable room. Solas was a great shelter from a damp and dreary…read moreDingle evening but the food was well worth venturing out for. The confit tomato appetiser we shared was excellent although the sourdough bread outshone the tomatoes in my opinion. My chorizo croquettes, while very tasty, were little more than a couple of mouthfuls. We also shared the pork belly tapas accompanied by a very generous portion of patas bravas. All accompanied by an excellent Malbec. Recommended

Solas Tapas serves Spanish-inspired small and medium plates using local Irish produce. It's…read morelisted in the Michelin Guide, with positive comments from this review and other. Our dinner was a welcome alternative to classic Irish cuisine. We made reservations, arrived early, and were seated promptly. They have a time limit on the tables, and very generous by American standards. Our wait staff were friendly, helpful, and there when we needed them. We found the atmosphere to be warm, comfortable, relaxed, friendly, and rustic. It was also cool to peak into the Kitchen and watch one of the owners in made-to-order action. One thing about tapas/pintxos restaurants is that 2 things sneak up on you as you continue to order small plates: the overall bill and how full you become before you know it. For the 4 of us, our total came out to 161 Euros (including a 12.5% service charge), which I thought was a good value for the quality of food and drinks received. Our choices included 4 different glasses of wine from a very nice list, with prices ranging from 10-16 Euros. We also had 1 coffee and 3 Herbal teas at the end. In between, our food choices were: - Grilled Sour Dough, Confit Cherry Tomatoes & Dingle Sea Salt + Extra - Roasted Almonds - Crisp O Connors Spuds "Bravas Style" Manchego & Aioli - Chorizo Sausage - Chorizo & Manchego Croquette, Aioli, Dingle Sea Salt - Fig Tempura, Dingle Goats Cheese, Peppered Honey - Potato Hash We enjoyed all our choices, with the only one comment that the croquette was a bit rich for our pedestrian tastes. We'd gladly come back to explore the menu further, which probably changes from time to time.

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Solas Tapas & Wine Bar - Interior

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Vintage - Told this was the best place in town! I'd agree

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4.6(5 reviews)
57.3 km
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I loved my time at the vintage. I was in town from America to see my family in Kanturk. They…read morerecommended the vintage and I couldn't have been more satisfied. I got a pint of Guinness and the roast of the day. The roast was absolutely excellent. I really enjoyed the gravy over the top and the stuffing underneath. The meat was cooked very well. The service was great and made me feel at home on the other side of the pond. I really enjoy when the server walks you through the menu after you ask questions to help you arrive at the right entree, which is exactly what happened. I will be visiting again before I go home and definitely when I come back to the fine town of Kanturk.

I'm not quite sure why The Vintage is showing as a bottle shop, but this bar/restaurant is the best…read morein town! It's warm and cozy with plenty of dining space. I love the stone and lacquered wood finishes inside. This is the kind of place where you see the owner invested and working at his restaurant. I came here with my boyfriend, his brother and sister for lunch and can say that The Vintage did not disappoint! The food here is much nicer than you would expect at a bar and there was proper wait staff which is why I would consider it more of a restaurant than bar or bottle shop. Anyway, we sat down and ordered 2 appetizers, 4 mains, 3 desserts and 2 coffees all for the whopping price of 73€, I nearly fell off my bar stool. Such good value for delicious food and good portion sizes. I shared some of the mushroom soup and brown bread which was so flavorful and creamy but not too heavy. I could eat that brown bread all day but resisted since I had a fillet of fish on the way. My fish was cooked perfectly, not over battered and super moist. Almost everyone at the table ordered the fish which was a crowd pleaser. The table shared sides of veg, potatoes and chips which were all delicious, I'd say my favorite was the broccoli. Despite being smothered in creamy maybe cheesiness, I can still say I ate my greens for the day, right? Whatever they put on it, I could eat those just on its own....ok with a side of that brown bread. I would definitely come back. It's not a fancy Star rated restaurant in looks and feel, but a warm cozy place where you could take the whole family or just enjoy with friends. I felt the food was extremely good value and service was excellent.

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Vintage - Complimentary brown bread and butter

Complimentary brown bread and butter

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