The Gallery Restaurant, Furbo

You may be wondering where is the Gallery Restaurant in Furbo? It is part of the Connemara Coast Hotel, and the reason that I have separated it out from the hotel name is that I think it needs special consideration. My memory of the Connemara Coast Hotel goes back to the days of Teach Furbo, and I am sure many readers have a similar association. That’s a long time ago and things have moved on drastically since those days. It is now a four-star hotel with a massive repeat business fom Irish people and a great reputation for excellent wedding receptions and functions. Many visitors book their next year’s holiday as they leave, similar to Kelly’s in Rosslare. The dining room is a large part of the attraction and to some extent is a well kept secret in the locality.

For those of you who have not eaten in The Gallery previously (including myself), it is a venue that deserves consideration, especially if you want fine dining in a child-free zone (diners with children can dine in the separate Daly’s Restaurant with the same menu). There is a grand piano live in the dining room from Tuesday to Saturday. The chef, Ulrich Hoeche, is a member of Euro Torques and his training in Germany brings an interesting slant to many of the dishes on the menu. As I walked from the car park to the restaurant, I noticed a large herb garden and that seemed like a good omen for the meal. Any restaurant that goes to the bother of growing all its own herbs and edible flowers is most likely giving the same level of detail to everything else.

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Gourmet Tart Co Salthill launches restaurant

Fintan and Michelle Hyland have done it again — they have come up with what is, I believe, a winning formula that builds on their three successful patisseries/delis that have been a source of great food in the city over the past few years.

The latest venture, just across from the church in Salthill, is a well designed and very carefully thought out venture. The restaurant stocks their cakes, sandwiches, and deli products, as you would find in the other shops, however at the rear it has a 60-seater restaurant serving very exciting food indeed. There is also an area outside with French-style pavement seating where you can order your favourite cakes and tea, coffee, or hot chocolate. The really good news is that the price is the same as you would normally pay for take-away plus a few cents extra to cover the difference in the VAT (13.5 per cent for eating in versus zero per cent for takeaway). You can also have a great value all-day breakfast from 7.30am until 11.30pm; it costs €7.95 and you get Colleran’s rashers and sausages, black and white pudding, tomato, sautéed potatoes, cooked eggs of your choice, multi seed or white bread, and coffee of choice.

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