The House Restaurant
Cliff Escape
Ideal for those who want to feast at both our Michelin-starred restaurant and bistro-style bar.
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House Restaurant will be closed for annual holidays from the 12th of January and will reopen on the 29th. We look forward to welcoming new and old guests in 2020. Our Bar Restaurant will still be open during this period.
Our one Michelin-starred hotel restaurant in Ireland is simply named The House Restaurant at The Cliff House Hotel.
The fine dining experience is open for dinner from 6.30pm, and comprises both a tasting menu as well as à la carte options enjoyed in our ocean-facing, glass-walled dining room with a sea-coloured carpet, silvery velvet banquettes and plush tweed chairs.
To ensure availability of the Tasting menu we would recommend that you select it upon reservation.
The adjacent private dining room features a fire and dramatic, 20ft-long oak table.
AN EVER-EVOLVING MENU
Menus change as regularly as the team’s explorations, with kitchen chefs helping to ensure standards are always high.
Darren is originally from Limerick and worked at the 5-star Doonbeg Resort before joining the team at Cliff House Hotel in 2012 and working his way through the ranks.
Sample Menus
Menus change as regularly as the team’s explorations of new ideas, and Ireland’s growing seasons. Below are samples of our signature dishes.
– Three-course cost €88
– Three-course wine-tasting menu cost €42
– Tasting menu cost €110
– Tasting menu wine flight cost €62
– Tasting menu wine flight with champagne cost €80
Bantry Bay Organic Salmon
Sea Lettuce, Vegetables, Salmon Ice Cream, Oak Smoke
Scallops
Seared & Marinated , Black Garlic, Spinach, Lemon, Tonburi Akita
Squab Pigeon
Chervil Roots, Smoked Lettuce, Black Rice, Blackberries, Jus
McGrath’s Black Angus Beef
Garden Vegetables, Bresaola, Kilbeggan Whiskey, Beef Tea
Irish Wild Venison
Tarte Tatin Sweet Potato, Chicory, Lentils, Red Wine Jus
Wild Atlantic Halibut
Wild Mushroom, Garden Fennel, Aniseed Milk, Saffron Jus
Organic Chocolate 65 %
Olive Oil, Rhubarb, Sea Salt, ”White” Coffee Ice Cream
“Alto el Sol “ Peru – Vintage 2016”
“Cliff 10” Organic – Vintage 2018”
Pear 2019
Pear Preparations, Jasmin Rice, Meringue, Poire
Farm House Cheeses “Trolley”
Home-made Condiments, Crackers, Bread
Starter Collection
Scallop – Spinach, Tonburi Akita, Butter Sauce, Rock Samphire
Wild Venison – Avruga, Pear, Butternut Squash, Lettuce, Yang Sauce Duck Foie Gras – Fig, Black Olive, Cracker, Hazelnut
Voila, Aligny, Greece 2017 / Jumping Juice, Victoria, Australia 2017
Sea Food Cocktail
Herb Pancake, Hollandaise, Woodruff
Audacia, Galicia, Spain 2015
Irish Wagyu Beef
Sweet Onion, Lismore Girolles, Potato, BBQ Oil
Guerila, Vipava Valley, Slovenia 2017
Irish Pheasant
Bacon, Brussel Sprouts, Blonde Beer, Smoked Jus
Love Red, California, USA 2016
Additional Cheese Course 3/6 Pieces €14.00/ €20.00
Dessert Collection
Organic Chocolate 65% – Malted Barley, Olive Oil, Gold, Sea Salt
Magnum – Black Current & Guinness
Glenilen Yoghurt – Apricots, Apple Mint
Pear – Candy Floss, Custard, Crunch
Parfait “Nougatine” – Kaki, Popcorn, Caramel
Animae, Veneto, Italy
The House Restaurant is also where houseguests can enjoy an à la carte breakfast until 11am — the price included in your room rate. Dishes include a full Irish breakfast, as well as local oatmeal porridge or smoked salmon with spinach, egg and tartar sauce.
The menus provided below should be treated as samples only. Wine pairings – including tasting menus – are provided by our cellar.
In summer, House Restaurant is closed on Sunday and Monday nights. In winter it is closed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights. There are exceptions in weeks with bank holidays.
Book a table
If you want book a table with us, please use our online booking engine below. This works for any table at The House Restaurant booked on the days we are open to the public, highlighted below, but not at weekends when preference is given to resident guests.
In the case of a weekend booking by a non-resident, please contact us directly by email or calling +353 24 87800.
Please note that resident guests are advised to make advance bookings at the time of their bedroom reservation.
