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06 Dec 2024
06 Dec 2024
Where to find Ireland's top child-friendly dining options
Inside Out is a multi award-winning restaurant in the heart of the beautiful village of Slane, offering a warm welcome to all diners in its cosy, candle-lit, Mediterranean surroundings of trees and laurels. The team’s passion for food is translated into the menu, which focuses on freshness, flavour and colours, using local Irish produce with an inspired Mediterranean fusion to produce an array of mouthwatering dishes that are different from the rest. The large garden and terrace area is a perfect way to relax on warmer days with some tasty sharing dishes and good company. Inside Out is the perfect venue for any occasion and for all the family.
The Fig Tree Restaurant
Bistro, Child Friendly
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Bright and sunny in summer, comfy and cosy in winter, The Fig Tree Restaurant in the Golf & Country Club at Dromoland Castle Hotel is always buzzing. Lively and welcoming, here you’ll find golfers, locals and hotel guests relaxing, chatting and analysing their games over delicious food and drinks. From sandwiches to steaks and salads, fish and chips to chowder, this delicious menu offers big-flavoured crowd-pleasers, made with outstanding Irish ingredients. Relaxed and buzzy, The Fig Tree is the ideal spot for a light lunch, post-golf snack or a casual dinner. No matter what the weather expect a warm welcome.
This venue is currently not accepting online reservations through Dish Cult.
No. 3 Wine Bar & Restaurant
Contemporary, Child Friendly
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No. 3 Wine Bar & Restaurant is a beautifully designed space infusing ‘Old’ with ‘New’. Nestled in the village of Collon, this trendy eatery is open for lunch and dinner five days a week (Wednesday-Sunday). The world inspired food menus are designed to accommodate diners with varying dietary requirements. These include fish, meat and poultry, whilst also catering flavoursome choices for vegans and vegetarians as well. This is a wonderful spot for all the family.
Knox’s Pub & Storehouse Restaurant is very popular with families and is located in the centre of the Ennis town. Serving traditional Irish and European food, this is one of the oldest pubs in Ennis and is immensely popular thanks to its tasty food, cracking music, and great people. Due to its popularity, booking ahead is highly recommended!
The Terrace Restaurant
Locally Sourced, Irish
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Why not experience the culinary delights of the multi award-winning chefs at the 4* Abbey Hotel Roscommon, for a dining experience where casual elegance and sophistication meets in a timeless relaxed atmosphere. County Winners of the RAI Best Chef & Best Hotel Restaurant Award 2019, The Terrace Restaurant has been recently refurbished to an exceptionally high standard and offers a varied range of dishes prepared from only the freshest of locally sourced produce, and served with great care and attention to detail, therefore making it the perfect setting for a family meal out.
Renowned for relaxed restaurant dining and breathtaking views, The Red Door Country House is nestled on a four acre site overlooking Lough Swilly in Fahan, Buncrana, Co. Donegal. Families are always made to feel welcome here, with children receiving their own dedicated menu to choose from. This is a warm and inviting restaurant, perfect for a special family occasion.
Thai Garden was established in Galway in 1995. Noy, the head chef, oversees the highest standards of Thai cooking at this restaurant, ensuring that all dishes are expertly cooked by Thai chefs with many years of experience. Here you choose from a range of dishes including stir-fries, sizzling flambé dishes, curries, seafood, rice and noodle dishes. Parents, there’s also a great range of international quality wines that you can choose from along with coffees, teas and after-dinner drinks.
Oslo was the home of Galway Bay Brewery, Galway’s first and only microbrewery. With a wide range of international beers and a large menu served from 12 until 10 daily, these guys can cater for most requirements. Hang out as the front bar bustles with groups and families enjoying great food or soak up the atmosphere of the beer hall for sporting events on Galway’s largest screen.
Marco Polo Restaurant
International
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High ceilings and majestic chandeliers lend to Limerick’s Marco Polo Restaurant’s Euro-Asia feeling, making this a stylish dining destination for families, whether for lunch or dinner. The innovative international menu features favourites, as well as exciting interpretations of the region’s local cuisine. Expect flavours from South East Asia, the Middle East or Western Europe, all coming together to create some of the best dishes in the area. A truly East Meets West taste for all the family.
Luigi’s most recognisable feature is its huge original station clock from Kings Cross Station, St Pancras based in the centre of the bar. It’s apt because the restaurant’s menu has been inspired by journeys around the world and features mouthwatering specials from over 10 countries. The sincerely welcomes all families to enjoy a fabulous meal at Luigi Malones restaurant, situated in the heart of Cork.
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