Cafe restaurants in Ireland
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Bay Cafe
With harbour views so good there's a whale-watching guide stuck to the window, this artsy cafe serves interesting twists on casual cafe fare. The open-faced sandwiches are made with local seafood.
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Cafe Lucia
This bright, funky cafe dishes up homemade soups, salads, sandwiches in many flavours, daily hot specials and more. It's beloved for its succulent desserts.
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Boston Tea Party
Homemade soups, hot lunches, freshly baked cakes, friendly service and the best apple pie in town.
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Café Artisan
Delicious homemade soups, deli sandwiches, panini and excellent cappuccinos.
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Sandwich Co
The Diamond Strand Rd Good-value, choose-your-own sandwiches and salads.
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Aines Cafe & Wine Bar
Now a daytime-only operation, this is nevertheless a cosy little spot with Elvis on the stereo, Audrey Hepburn posters on the walls and a view of kids kicking footballs on the Square out the front.
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Ardmore Gallery & Tearoom
Displays of cute, luscious cakes pull you in. Displays of local art keep you interested and the coffees and sandwiches keep you fuelled. If you feel a creative urge, you can arrange for painting lessons.
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Berfranks
Irish artisan foods line the shelves in the deli section while mouth-watering creations line the menu on the cafe side. This is an ideal place for a pit stop while you unravel Waterford's medieval past.
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Bramleys
You'll find a wonderful selection of soups, salads, hot dishes and tempting desserts at this coffee shop in an upmarket interiors store. It's another top-notch offering from the Castle Durrow team with veg coming from the castle gardens, communal tables weighed down with papers and magazines and some lovely outside seating for sunny days.
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Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre Cafe
On the lower level of the Brú na Bóinne visitor centre, this surprisingly good cafe's extensive vegetarian options include nut and lentil loaf, and eggplant and zucchini cake, plus plenty of other treats like salmon and leek tart and beef lasagne.
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Café Mocha
All manner of juices, coffee drinks, teas and, yes, hot chocolates are served at this kid-friendly cafe. There are a few sandwiches and tarts but the real food joy centres on a long dessert list. Look for the narrow entrance to stairs on the main shopping drag.
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Chapter One
Heaving at lunchtime when locals descend to dine on the huge range of filled bagels, soups, nachos and specials such as quesadillas, this friendly, informal place is one of the town's most popular cafes.
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Doolin Cafe
The cottage is small, but the flavours are big at this much-loved bistro. Salads, soups and sandwiches are the deal at lunch, while at night there's a range of meats and seafood with fusion preparations.
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Food Heaven
One of several fine choices in the Market St area, this small cafe/deli lives up to its ethereal name with creative and fresh fare. Sandwiches come on renowned brown bread, while soups and salads change daily. Hot specials are just that. Be ready to queue at lunch.
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Footlights Bar & Bistro
This stylish little place is a chilled-out haven of coffee- and cream-coloured sofas and chairs in the theatre lobby, with a familiar menu of comfort food such as beef burgers, chicken Caesar salad and duck spring rolls.
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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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Grape & Grain
In addition to coffee and cake, perennial cafe fare at this stylish, burgundy- and green-coloured place includes big salads served with garlic bread and sandwiches with salad, nachos and dip.
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Hunter's Bakery & Oven Door Café
If you fancy a quick snack, this homey bakery has a comfy cafeteria at the back, serving good coffee, cakes and light meals. It's a local institution, patronised by a broad cross-section of the community, with a pleasantly old-fashioned feel.
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Kilkenny Design Centre Cafe
Upstairs from the craft shops, this arty, organic- oriented cafe is one of the best places in town for home-baked breads and scones, salads in a vast variety, sandwiches made with local salmon, numerous hot specials, and sumptuous desserts. It's cafeteria style so you can ponder your choices in detail.
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Lir Café
Food is limited to cakes, biscuits and the real treat, handmade chocolates, including Bailey's truffles. Great coffee, hip atmosphere.
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McGuires Coffee Shop
If a walk on the hill has worked up an appetite, this cafe-souvenir shop at the base can restore you with snacks like apple and cinnamon pancakes or waffles with toffee sauce.
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McMahons Cafe Bar
A hip establishment that could hold its own in Dublin, by day McMahons is a funky cafe whipping up squeezed-on-the-spot juices and fresh-filled bagels. At night, its cavernous tiered bar puts on regular live bands, cutting-edge DJs, steaming pizzas and a wicked cocktail list.
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Ruby's Coffee & Sandwich Bar
Tucked upstairs in Eason's bookshop is this comfy nook furnished with sofas and armchairs, offering breakfast bagels and croissants, sandwiches and salads, soups and baked potatoes. Free newspapers, too.
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An Tromán
Crammed with gourmet goodies, this fabulous deli is perfect for picking up the makings of a picnic. If it's not picnic weather, you can order daily specials like a bowl of soup and tuna and sweet corn sandwich, or chicken and mushroom pie and a meringue nest with fruit and fresh cream.
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Sheila's Coffee and Cream
Attached to the heritage centre, this little cafe is a local favourite and serves a good selection of hot dishes such as fish cakes and lasagne as well as a luscious collection of desserts.
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