Restaurant review: Orchid Restaurant, Hayfield Manor Hotel, Cork

Even I — no petrolhead — admit it is charming, very ‘Downton’, most appropriate for this bucolic ‘Country Home’ oasis in the middle of town.
It turns out these stately chariots belong to a touring group from abroad, mostly Americans, spending a few weeks spinning around autumnal Ireland, swaddled in blankets from the damp and draughts. Many have even shipped their precious vehicles across the Atlantic.