Profits rise at leisure centre and restaurant

ONE of Dublin’s best-known restaurants and one of the capital’s most upmarket leisure centres both saw pre-tax profits increase last year.

However, Roly’s Bistro saw gross profit fall from €4 million to almost €3m in 2009. The restaurant in Ballsbridge, hailed as one of the country’s finest, however it saw pre-tax profit increase from €3,822 in 2008 to €268,791 in 2009.

Accounts for Wappinger Food Corporation, which trades as Roly’s Bistro, said the directors were satisfied with the company’s performance during the year.