FOOD&WINE has unveiled its shortlist for the magazine’s Restaurant of the Year Awards which are being announced on August 30.

Diners were invited to nominate their favourite restaurants and chefs, with the top entries going forward for deliberation by a national culinary panel of judges, made up of industry experts and national food critics.

Sponsored by Nespresso Business Solutions, the awards are now in their 15th year.

AWARDS SHORTLIST

Best Restaurant Dublin
Ananda, Dublin 14
Brioche, Dublin 6
Chapter One, Dublin 1
Dax, Dublin 2
L'Ecrivain, Dublin 2
Restaurant Forty One Residence, Dublin 2
Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, Dublin 2
Taste at Rustic, Dublin 2
The Greenhouse, Dublin 2
Thorntons, Dublin 2

Best Restaurant Munster
1826 Adare, Limerick
Greene's, Cork
Gregans Castle, Clare
Les Gourmandises, Cork
Longueville House, Cork
The Old Convent, Tipperary
No.5 Fenn’s Quay, Cork
Sage, Cork
The Tannery, Waterford
Wild Honey Inn, Clare

In Association with

Best Restaurant Leinster
Aldridge Lodge, Wexford
Brabazon Restaurant, Tankardstown House, Meath
Campagne, Kilkenny
The Cellar Restaurant, Step House Hotel, Carlow
Dunbrody House, Wexford
La Cote, Wexford
The Lady Helen Restaurant, Mount Juliet, Kilkenny
The Strawberry Tree, Brooklodge, Wicklow
Vie de Chateaux, Kildare
Viewmount House, Longford

Best Restaurant Connacht
An Port Mor, Mayo
Aniar Restaurant, Galway
Ashford Castle, Mayo
Cava Bodega, Galway
Inis Meáin Restaurant, Galway
Kai Café and Restaurant, Galway
La Fougere, Knockranny House Hotel, Mayo
Loam, Galway
The Lodge at Ashford Castle, Mayo
Renvyle House Hotel, Galway

Best Restaurant Ulster
Balloo House, Down
Deanes EIPIC, Belfast
Hadski's, Belfast
James Street South Bar & Grill, Belfast
La Scala Bistro, Stormont Hotel, Belfast
MacNean House & Restaurant, Cavan
Ox, Belfast
Rayanne House, Down
The Catalina Restaurant, Lough Erne Resort, Fermanagh
The Poacher's Pocket, Lisbane

FOOD&WINE publisher Norah Casey with chef Kevin Thornton