A wide choice of dining experiences in delightfully elegant surroundings.
Ballyfin offers a wide choice of dining experiences in delightfully elegant surroundings. Enjoy à la carte full Irish breakfast each morning, a delicious lunch of your choice, and onwards into the evening with a truly special dinner dining experience where you will enjoy the grandeur of the State Dining Room and the Van Der Hagen Room. The culinary team prides itself on sourcing the very freshest of local produce, including from the Walled Gardens, where the garden and kitchen teams work together on seasonality. Why not pick your own eggs from the free-range hens or enjoy the honey from the beehives?
The Cellar Bar is discreetly hidden away in the former Servants' Hall downstairs, the perfect place to enjoy the convivial hospitality for which Ireland is famed. While the relaxed atmosphere is perfect for a quiet drink, the informal setting provides you with an opportunity to enjoy an alternative dinner experience. Here, the nighttime menu is a simpler affair – grill-style but making excellent use of Ballyfin garden produce as well as fish, fowl, and meats from local suppliers. The change in style from the main floor of the house is reflected in the décor and here there is a chance to admire some of Ballyfin's collection of contemporary Irish art which includes a major work by Michael Farrell (1940-2000) showing Vincent Van Gogh painting at Arles and a vividly expressionist piece above the bar by Brian Maguire (b. 1951), which contrast with the gentle lyricism of a series of flower pieces by the young Irish artist Michael Canning (b. 1971).
Here you will also find a superb collection of the best of Irish whiskies, including single cask Middleton 1996; Inish Turk Beg (only 2,888 bottles produced); twelve-year-old Red Breast; and seventeen-year-old Connemara, single cask.
On a summer’s day, the bar opens out onto the former Kitchen Yard, which is now laid out as a courtyard garden.
