Come to County Clare with me. Eat and Drink. See and Do.

Criss Crossing County Clare

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Clare: A County of Cliffs and Karst, Caves and Cheese. And so much more!

The Coast of Clare

The New Oar Restaurant in Doolin. Style and Quality on the Plate

Bunratty Castle & Folk Park. Banquets. HB Ice Cream. Cahill’s Grocery. The Doctor and The Pawnbroker.

Superb Dining at Red Cliff Lodge in Spanish Point

Carrigaholt

Henry's Will Have You Smiling in Ennis

Hazel Mountain Chocolate Flourishes on a Bare Burren Hill

St Tola, where the girls are pampered: pedicures and treats. Sunblock next?

Noel's Restaurant's A Bunratty Winner Excellent Hotel Dining Room

Ennistymon's cascades

Pictures of County Clare

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Visiting Clare this Summer? You should! Here's my collection from earlier this year.

Visiting Clare this Summer? You should!
Here's my collection from earlier this year.
One Way to Taste The Island!

Dinner at Red Cliff

Pygmy goat at Bunratty Castle

Bunratty Castle & Folk Park

Hazel Mountain Chocolate

The Burren Brewery

Roadside Tavern and Burren Brewery

My Tour of Clare

Doolin Cave

St Tola Goats Cheese visit

Henry's Bistro & Wine Bar Ennis

Fish cakes at Henry's

Burren Gold Cheese

Welcome to Burren Gold

Red Cliff Lodge Restaurant Spanish Point

The Oar Restaurant, Doolin

Oar Doolin

Noel's Restaurant at Bunratty Manor

Noel's at Bunratty Manor

Naughton's Kilkee
The Coast of Clare. From Ballyvaughan to Loop Head to Kilrush.

Ancient Poulnabrone in the heart of amazing Burren

Superb Dining at Red Cliff Lodge in Spanish Point

Superb Dining at Red Cliff Lodge

 in Spanish Point

Beautifully presented starter: 

Chicken liver paté, with Hennessy brandy, hazelnut crumb, cherry gel and sea salt toasts

Christopher and Eimear King, newly returned from Spain, took over the Red Cliff Lodge early in the year and are doing a great job in this well located restaurant that overlooks the sea at Spanish Point in County Clare. An impressive location and also a very impressive, spacious and comfortable room.

I'm sure quite a few of you are familiar with Lanzarote. Perhaps you know the award winning Kristian's? It's in Puerto Del Carmen and our duo ran it for the five years before their recent return to Ireland and the Red Cliff.

The emphasis will be very much on local produce. Of course they don't have to go too far for fish and seafood in any case and suppliers include Cathal Sexton, Gerrighy's and Burren Smokehouse. "All meat and chicken on our menus are locally sourced by fourth generation master butcher Noel O'Connor and certified Irish."

Chef Christopher certainly knows how to handle this excellent produce and the dishes are superb. We had an excellent meal here as you see from the photographs. The only "bad" mark was a few undercooked potatoes with the Hake but the potatoes in the side dish were perfect! Very Highly Recommended if you're in the area.

Starters

I loved this Warm Thai Beef Salad, with caramelised cashew nuts,

 pickled vegetables, sweet chilli and curry sauce

Delicious breads and that beetroot hummus was superb

Mains

Perfect: Baked Silver Hake, potatoes, radish and shrimp

Another well-executed dish: Salmon with Asparagus, 

leek, bacon, sumac dust and lemon butter, well cooked and delicious

Desserts

You're in luck if this is on: Apple and blackberry crumble with Vanilla ice cream and creamy custard 

Meringue (strawberries and cream with mango and strawberry coulis)

The Venue

This is the ante-room,  a few tables here but main restaurant, in much the same style, is to the left.

Also in Clare recently:
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park
Hazel Mountain Chocolate
The Burren Brewery
A Tour of Clare
St Tola Goats Cheese visit
Burren Gold Cheese
Henry's Bistro & Wine Bar Ennis
Oar Doolin

Noel's Restaurant at Bunratty Manor
Naughton's Kilkee

Coast of Clare