Glasson Village
Wineport
Nannie Murphs
Fatted Calf
Benown House is within walking distance of some of the best food in Ireland, not to mention
the traditional pubs with their Irish music and barbecue nights throughout the year.
2 minute walk from Benown House
Ph: 090-6485001
An attractive stone building (once a R.I.C. barracks) in the pretty village Glasson off the
main road in Goldsmith country. It is the perfect venue for an intimate dinner for two, a
special family occasion or an evening with friends and colleagues. The atmosphere is friendly
and the place really bustles at Sunday lunch time.
Owner-chef Michael Brooks is something
of a seafood specialist - choose lobster or oysters fresh from the tank or, from the dinner
menu, perhaps smoked bacon-wrapped monkfish with a leek and lithe sauce, a saffron-flavoured
seafood ragout, hot terrine of salmon and hake with a sweet red pepper sauce, seafood soup
or the fresh fish dish of the day.
There is a true love of food which, together with caring service under the direction of Michael’s
sister, Marie Brooks, and good value, has earned a loyal following.
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5 minute drive from Benown House
Ph:090-6439010
This delightful waterside restaurant, just outside Glasson on Lough Rea shore, continues to
charm on all fronts - the location is idyllic, Ray Byrne and Jane English are outstanding
hosts and they head up all excellent team.
The restaurant is quite informal, yet somehow manages to create a sense of occasion; the view
alone would do this, perhaps, but Ray and Jane have put alot of their personalities as well
as hard work into the place, making it both cosy - reading the papers in front of the fire
before and after Sunday lunch is a real treat - and characterful, with lots of nautical memorabilia in the decor balanced by Jane's growing 'cat' Collection.
Current head chef Cathal Moran offers well-balanced and strongly seasonal menus which are
quite international in tone but based on quality local ingrediants; Lively first courses might
include a tasting plate of McGeough's turf smoked ham while his signature main courses include
slow roast confit of pork belly and seared King scallops with buttered spring onions, smoked
paprika and apple cream.
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5 minute walk from Benown House
Ph:090-6485158
Nannie Murph's Seafood & Steak Bar', provides a good choice of bar food that encompasses seafood chowder, traditional Irish strew fresh fish and chips, toasted sandwiches and a hot chicken baguette with chilli and basil mayonnaise.
More substantial meals range from bacon-wrapped chicken breast with a honey mustard and orange sauce to a seafood symphony with mussels, oysters, tiger prawns, crab claws, salmon, sole and scallops cooked in white wine, cream and dill. Leave room for meringues and cream with Baileys Irish cream sauce or a strawberry coulis, or chocolate truffle cake.
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5 minute walk from Benown House
Ph: 090-6485208
Under new management with a revamped look and menu designed by renowned chef Fergal O'Donnell, The Fatted Calf offers an exciting array of dishes to please the taste buds. To accompany your meal, choose from a wide selection of wines and beers. Fergal's love of quality ingredients and wine really shines through.
The menu includes a delicious black pudding starter, cooked in marrow bone and a succulent duck confet, rich in flavour. Where to start with the mains? The tender steak, buttermilk spiced chicken, the lemon sole? And then there's the daily specials board. Deserts, if you've room left for them, will send you off feeling ultimatly satisfied.
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