A hit on the road
Jutting onto the Kincora Road, just a stone’s throw from the matchmaking capital of the western world, here is a family business going out of its way not to serve stodgy paninis, boot-heel burgers and loveless seafood chowder.
Not that Lisdoonvarna is a foodie vacuum. It’s just that roadside stops — the first thing I think of when I hear the word ‘inn’ — are not Ireland’s strong point. With the exception of one-offs like Harry’s in Bridgend, the improving Yeats Tavern in Drumcliffe, or blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em gastro pubs like the Ballymore Inn or the Derg Inn, they are vortexes of poor food and bad value.
