Restaurant review: Kinsale's St Francis Provisions is one of Ireland’s finest restaurants

Kinsale’s St Francis Provisions claimed the Best Service award at the Michelin Guide Ireland & Britain Awards Ceremony 2026 at Dublin’s Convention Centre. Here's is our 2023 review of the Cork restaurant

St Francis Provisions: A boutique dining experience in an intimate atmosphere

It is the first ‘proper’ Paddy’s Day after several years of pandemic. La Daughter and I do the parade, LD and her cousin further embolden their investment portfolio in Auntie Nellie’s Sweet Shop and then we have the traditional post-parade snifter in L’Atitude 51.

The atmosphere around town has been simmering nicely all day but, come evening, temperature is rising, the pot beginning to bubble and spit in certain quarters and we are happy to hightail it out of town before it reaches boiling point.