The House Restaurant
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
Black Garlic, Cauliflower, Lemon, Avruga
McGrath's Beef
Egg, Focaccia, Gherkin, Yang, Smoke
McGrath’s Black Angus Beef
Garden Vegetables, Bresaola, Kilbeggan Whiskey, Beef Tea
Irish Wild Venison
Butternut Squash, Lentils, Pistachio, Cocoa Nibs
Corvina "Italian Seabass"
Carmelised Celeriac, Wild Garlic, Morels, Beurre Blanc
Organic Chocolate 65 %
Malted Barley, Olive Oil, Gold, Sea Salt
Magnum
Rhubarb & Raspberry
Blood Orange & Passionfruit
Candy Floss, Custard, Crunch
Starter Collection
Scallop – Black Garlic, Cauliflower, Lemon, Avruga Caviar
McGrath’s Beef – Egg, Focaccia, Gherkin, Yang, Smoke
Guinea Fowl
Celeriac, Wild Garlic, Morels, Bacon, Jus
Corvinna "Italian Seabass"
Lemongrass, Seafood Crunch, Tandoori Hollandaise
Irish Wild Venison
Butternut Squash, Lentils, Pistachio
Additional Cheese Course 3/6 Pieces €14.00/ €20.00
Dessert Collection
Organic Chocolate 65% – Malted Barley, Olive Oil, Gold, Sea Salt
Magnum – Rhubarb & Raspberry
Blood ORange & Passionfruit- Candy Floss, Custard, Crunch
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.
