Restaurants in Dingle Peninsula
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Out of the Blue
'No chips', reads the menu of this funky blue-and-yellow, fishing-shack-style restaurant on the waterfront. Despite its rustic surrounds, this is Dingle's best restaurant, with an intense devotion to fresh local seafood; if they don't like the catch, they don't open. Creative dishes change nightly, but might include steamed crab claws in garlic butter or pan-seared scallops flambéed in Calvados. Who needs chips?
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Global Village Restaurant
With the sophisticated feel of a continental bistro, this restaurant offers a fusion of global recipes gathered by the well-travelled owner-chef, whose CD and art collections are, well, global. Seafood is the base for many a dish. The wine list is excellent.
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The Chart House
This low-lying stone building near the roundabout is regarded locally as the place to spoil yourself. Book ahead to ensure you don't miss out on dishes like Blasket Islands lamb, tartlet of wild mushroom and tarragon, turbot, sea bass and skate.
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Lord Baker's
Established as a pub in 1890 by its namesake, this Dingle institution has a cheerful turf fire and a splendid menu that wastes no energy on purple prose. The excellent choice includes brill, salmon and lobster, Kerry lamb, steak and poultry.
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Half Door
Seafood is superbly presented at this dignified, genteel seafood restaurant. Fish and shellfish are delivered daily fresh from the docks; the local prawns and larger crustaceans are especially good here.
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Ashe’s
Owned by a distant relation of Gregory Peck (really, aren’t we all?), this elegantly fronted gastropub serves modern takes on seafood in old-fashioned surrounds. The tempura of pollack with coriander aioli is mighty fine.
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Old Smokehouse
Garrett Bradshaw, the new owner and chef of this stone-fronted building, has a small farm, so – in addition to seafood – meat and poultry also figure on the menu, as does basil, which appears in virtually every dish. Combinations include herb-marinated chargrilled sirloin with tiger prawns. Arrive early to grab a table in the conservatory overlooking the stream.
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Murphy's
Made in Dingle, with branches in Killarney and Dublin, amazing ice cream flavours include Guinness, Kilbeggan whiskey, brown bread, sea salt, honeycomb and cooling mint.
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Novecento
Follow the basil and garlic scents wafting from this beacon of affordable goodness occupying a tidy central storefront. Pizzas are classically styled: thin and wonderful.
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An Grianán
The cafe at this organic grocery serves soups with wondrous soda bread, goats cheese burgers, salads and lovely chocolate cake. Get sandwiches to go for your adventures.
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An Portán
An Portán serves traditional Irish meals with an international flavour. It has a separate guesthouse with 14 modern, large and fairly unadorned rooms.
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Harrington's
The waterfront is lined with eateries specialising in seafood and tourists, among them is Apple Tree's sister establishment Harrington's .
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Sammy’s
This beach-facing bar–restaurant serves a vast range of dishes from sandwiches and pasta to fresh oysters and mussels.
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Goat Street Café
This cheerful little café struggles when busy, but is a popular pit stop for soups and salads, tarts and tagine.
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Apple Tree
Homemade chips and desserts, including deep-fried Mars Bars, make this a top-notch no-frills café.
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Garvey’s Supervalu
For self-catering, try the big Garvey’s SuperValu near the Strand.
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Little Cheese Shop
Swiss-trained cheesemaker Maja Binder's tiny shop overflows with aromatic cheeses including her own.
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Goat Street Cafe
With its own photographic gallery, polished hardwood surfaces and sophisticated furnishings, this is one of Dingle's most popular cafes for international fare – from lamb tajines to Thai green curries, ginger stir-fries and Mediterranean casseroles.
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Doyle's
Recently reopened, the scarlet-fronted Doyle's has reconfirmed its reputation for serving some of the best seafood in the area (which in these parts is really saying something). Starters such as tempura of fish, seafood risotto and seafood pie team up with mains like warm shellfish salad, seafood linguine and lobster.
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An Café Liteártha
Curl up with a book, a cup of tea and a scone or a warming soup at this delightful cafe at the back of this bookshop specialising in Irish history, and soak up the spirit of literary Dingle.
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