19/05/09 Sharon Nolan, Dublin "Thank you both for a truely fabulous night tasting all the very best food and wine in Dunbrody - loved the Asparagus & Truffle Soup!"

05/08/08 Roisin Gill, Dublin "Excellent, out-standing service, very professional.  Thank you"

23/07/08 Imogen, Gillian & Alan Parker, Cheltenham, UK "Great service, wonderul food"

27/04/08 Eithne McKenna, Dublin "Food was amazing, service impecable, rooms very comfortable.  Will Be back"

05/04/08 Geraldine & George White, Cork "The most relaxing weekend we ever had - service and food the best ever experienced.  Thank you so much."

20/03/08 Ed & Joanna Colleran, Dublin "We came for the food which exceeded our expectations, but were equally delighted when the service and staff were even better.  Very welcoming and friendly and ensured we'll be back. Thanks"

27/04/08 Roisin Howard, Dublin. "Fantastic food! Great service, forever attentive"

The Harvest Room Restaurant

With Celebrity TV Chef Kevin Dundon as one of the owners it is no wonder that dining is a big deal here.  The award-winning restaurant The Harvest Room is less of a hotel dining room and much more of a stylish, atmospheric restaurant.   The Harvest Room offers a couple of dining options – the Seasonal Menu at €65 (or Any Two Courses for €52) and also the daily changing Daily Tasting Menu at €80 which you can combine with the selected Wine Pairings.

The Harvest Room Restaurant has been the recipient of numerous awards over the past years and regularly features highly in press reviews from both Irish and international travel writers, restaurant reviewers and food critics.  Renowned for always featuring locally-produced, seasonal produce our dishes always reflect the flavours of the seasons.  Nothing is over-worked or made to confuse the palate.  Emphasis is always on the freshness of the ingredients and the enhancement of them through the simplicity of combinations. 

The Dunbrody Wine List offers an approachable selection from around the world all chosen with specific dishes in mind and also changing with the seasons in order to best complement the menus.

Dundons’ Champagne Seafood Bar offers a fantastic alternative to the main restaurant.  Informal dining with a menu offering some ingenious modern twists on traditional dishes are the order of the day here.   Dine al fresco on the terrace in the summer or fireside in the winter.  Again the menu changes to reflect the changing seasons so you can expect hearty Fisherman’s Pie and Haddock Smokies off the Winter Menu while the Summer Menu will offer lighter fare such as the Old-Fashioned Prawn Cocktail or Dunbrody Strawberries with Crushed Gooey Meringue & Fresh Cream.   

Recommended by a host of guides and with awards too numerous to mention Dunbrody is known as a "foodie hotel" but perhaps Mark McCrum from Conde Nast Traveller best describes the Dunbrody experience:

"Kevin's food, served in an airy dining room with windows over-looking the lovely gardens, is state of the art, and he uses plenty of fresh fish from the nearby Wexford coast. Indeed after five months touring the country, eating everything from amuse-gueles in Dublin to bangers in Ballinsloe, I would rate Kevin as one of Ireland's best chefs."

“Dunbrody’s restaurant has the gastronomic authority you will find in any European capital and a discerning, well-travelled, appreciative clientele to prove it.  In the restaurant, gone is that ghastly hush; this place buzzes with enthusiasm – as true of the diners as of the cheerful young staff who attend them.” – Best Loved Hotels of the World 2008

“A lovely alternative to the excellent restaurant is the new champagne and seafood bar with impressive glass chandeliers, high wide counter, comft stools and a menu full of fish from the Hook Peninsula” – Condé Nast Johansens Guide 2008

"Eine Irish Beauty mit wilden, roten Locken und Sommerspossen reicht uns einen Korb voller frisch gebackener Muscheln gefullte Steinbutt in samiger Safransauce in Bestform. Mit gutem Gefuhl lassen wir uns das herzhafte, leicht faserige Riderfilet mit kurz angebratener Fois gras in Portweinjus schmecken - und nehen die petits legumes, Erbsen, Mohren, und Bohnen, nur als Dekoration zur Kenntnis" Gabriele Heins, Der Feinschmecker Juni 2002

"Anyone in Ireland interested in food talks about Kevin's cooking. And what a place to showcase his talent."

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" A diamond in the crown of Irish Manor Houses and culinary delights" Prof & Mrs Guillbaut, Kinsale (past guests)

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