The Wild Honey Inn puts Lisdoonvarna on the Michelin map

The champagne corks have been popping down Lisdoonvarna way as The Wild Honey Inn becomes the first Irish pub to be awarded a Michelin star.
Presided over by Aidan McGrath who specialises in “Wild Food From Land & Sea”, recent menus have included such treats as Roast Wood Pigeon, Hispi Cabbage, Bacon, Kohlrabi & Carrot with Crisp Pancetta & Pigeon Jus and Silver Hake with Brown Shrimp, Coco de Paimpol, Broad Beans, Basil & Parmesan Velouté. At €45 for three-courses, it’s excellent value too. Tables are likelier to be rarer than hen’s teeth (which are not currently on the menu), but give it a go at wildhoneyinn.com.
While there were disappointingly no other Irish Michelin debutantes, Dublin’s Chapter One, L’Ecrivain, The Greenhouse and Heron & Grey; Galway’s Aniar and Loam; Kilkenny’s Lady Helen at Mount Juliet and Campagne; Ardmore’s House at the Cliff House Hotel; and Belfast’s Eipic and OX all retain their one star, with Dublin’s Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud still the island’s only two-star establishments.