Restaurants in County Wicklow
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Roundwood Inn
This 17th-century German-owned house has a gorgeous bar with a snug open fire, in front of which you can sample bar food with a difference: on the menu are dishes such as Hungarian goulash and Irish stew with a German twist. The more-formal restaurant is the best in town, and has earned praise for its hearty, delicious cuisine. The menu favours meat dishes, including seasonal game, Wicklow rack of lamb and a particularly good roast suckling pig. Reservations are required.
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Hungry Monk
An excellent 1st-floor restaurant on Greystones’ main street. The blackboard specials are the real treat, with dishes like suckling pig with prune and apricot stuffing to complement the fixed menu’s classic choices – fresh seafood, Wicklow rack of lamb, bangers ’n’ mash and so forth. This is one of the better places to get a bite along the whole of the Wicklow coast.
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Johnnie Fox
Busloads of tourists fill the place nightly throughout the summer, mostly for the knees-up, faux-Irish floorshow of music and dancing. But there’s nothing contrived about the seafood, which is so damn good we’d happily sit through yet another chorus of Danny Boy and even consider joining in the jig. The pub is 3km northwest of Enniskerry in Glencullen.
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The restaurant at Avoca Handweavers is huge and always busy. It puts a premium on sourcing the very best ingredients for its dishes. It is best known for its beef-and-Guinness casserole, but vegetarians are very well catered for as well. Many of the recipes are available in the two volumes of the Avoca Cookbook, both on sale for €45 for two.
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Barracuda
When you’ve had your fill of live sea creatures in the National Sealife Centre, head upstairs to this minimalist, metal-and-mirrors restaurant and see what happens to Nemo when a really good chef gets his hands on him…or not. For your newly found love of the sea and all its inhabitants, there’s always a good steak.
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Kitty’s of Arklow
An Arklow institution, Kitty’s serves a great version of the usual bar food choices during the day – from beef burgers to fillets of plaice – while the evening menu tackles some exciting seafood dishes and an impressive range of meat dishes. It’s not new cuisine, but it’s a fine take on the classics.
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Leitrim Bar & Lounge
Above-par bar food with a bit of imagination is the staple at this old-fashioned public house in the middle of town. Burgers, steaks and sandwiches are there, but you’ll also find some Asian-influenced stir-fries and duck dishes.
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Campo de Fiori
One of the best Italian restaurants along the eastern seaboard, everything here has the flavour of authenticity, from the homemade breads and dipping oils to the complimentary shot of limoncello liqueur with the bill.
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Emilia’s Ristorante
A lovely 1st-floor restaurant to satisfy even the most ardent craving for thin-crust pizzas. Emilia’s does everything else just right too, from the organic soups to the perfect steaks down to the gorgeous meringue desserts.
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Wicklow Heather Restaurant
This is the best place for anything substantial. The menu offers Wicklow lamb, wild venison, Irish beef and fresh fish (the trout is excellent) – most of it sourced locally and all of it traceable from farm to fork.
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Donelli’s
From great coffee and cakes to an excellent menu of inviting dishes – including the likes of Penang chicken, vegetarian curry and Asian marinated salmon – this is a wonderful place to eat or linger in.
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Three Q’s
You’ll find a smart menu at this elegant restaurant, with dishes like wood pigeon and duck sharing the space with North African delicacies like baked Moroccan fish with chickpeas, tomato and coriander.
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Jay K’s
The best pub in town for a decent meal, Jay K’s ( not named after Jamiroquai’s front man) serves up good steaks, chicken dinners and tasty salads.
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