A Co Cavan restaurant has featured in National Geographic's top ten Irish restaurants.
Neven Maguire's MacNean House came in at number seven.
Whether it’s Michelin magic or cutting-edge casual food, the prestigous National Geographic top ten list is where food-lovers can sample some of the best Irish menus from Belfast down to Cork.
Featured on its website review, National Geographic stated, "Before ‘destination dining’ was ever a thing, intrepid foodies were setting their Satnavs for the tiny border village of Blacklion. Twenty-one years later, the welcome is as warm, the food as accomplished, and the famous dining room continues to push on — now with chef’s table, cookery school and townhouse rooms.
"Neven Maguire is one of Ireland’s best-known chefs, with oodles of TV shows and cookery books to his name, but remains disarmingly enthusiastic and… well, just plain nice.
"The dining room is a formal affair, layered in white linen; the ‘Prestige Menu’ is an Irish classic skilfully anchored in French technique — from a ‘Study of Shellfish’ marrying seared scallop, prawn kataifi and crab ravioli to the braised short rib sliding in jus."
Meanwhile, a converted Donegal dancehall and Waterford Victorian townhouse also featured in the top ten. Elsewhere, Dublin's Chapter One, which carries two Michelin stars, tops the selections and is deemed 'expensive, but essential'.
