Ballymaloe Boutique, Country House Hotel & Restaurant

Ballymaloe House is a family-run, boutique country house hotel and restaurant on 300 acres of farmland located in beautiful East Cork countryside. Internationally recognised as the birthplace of Modern Irish Cuisine. At Ballymaloe House, you will experience the very best of Irish hospitality and food and an original Irish Country House experience. Voted Ireland's Favourite Food Experience by Independent readers and World Restaurant Award winners for the world's best Trolley of the Year for our unique dessert trolley experience.

Ballymaloe House is now open to overnight guests from Wednesday to Saturday inclusive for the remainder of the year and our head Chef Dervilla O'Flynn is serving a delicious new à la carte menu from Wednesday to Saturday nights. Ballymaloe Hotel vouchers can also be purchased and be used for both stays and dining.

During the week, and on Saturday (two courses at €38 and three for €45 per person) and on Sundays, we continue to serve our hugely popular Table-d'hote Traditional Sunday lunch at €50 per person.

Please note that due to current Government COVID restrictions we can only take restaurant bookings for a table of 6 (guests must be from 3 different households only).

Please see here for our updated O pening Times (Updated 17/9/20) for full details.

Book your visit now to our beautiful boutique Cork hotel directly online for our best rates or call 021 465 2531 for your overnight or restaurant reservations.

Dine At Ballymaloe

Our restaurant serves locally sourced and home grown food from our walled garden and farm.

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Stay At Ballymaloe

The accommodation at Ballymaloe House Hotel is simple and elegant. Located in Cork we have a range of rooms in the main house and some beautifully converted farm buildings.

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Ballymaloe Gift Vouchers

Give the gift of sweet memories to be made, with a Ballymaloe Gift Voucher.

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Ballymaloe News

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There’s a New Gin on the Shelf. A Shelf at Ballymaloe House Only!

In collaboration with award-winning gin geniuses’ Blacks, Ireland’s first co-located Brewery & Distillery, Ballymaloe House has created a Gintastic

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Jameson Whiskey Ballymaloe Experience

Enjoy a delicious Whiskey cocktail before your five course dinner in one of the charming Ballymaloe dining rooms and a glass of the very

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Garden Blog August 2020

While most everything is set or planted in the garden, it’s a busy time of year to keep on top of weeds and harvest for the kitchen. The weather has been mixed

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Things to do - On The Grounds

Flowers with Iona: Seasonal Floral Decoration Courses

Christmas Flowers and Decorations for the Country Home: Early December - Date TBC This will be a very busy day, you will cover the A-Z of festive

Myrtle Allen A Life In Food

Welcome to Ballymaloe House

Myrtle and Ivan Allen opened Ballymaloe House, their home, to the public as a restaurant in 1964 and later as a Hotel. This historic Irish country house is located in beautiful East Cork (southern Ireland) and is still managed by the Allen family and continues to be celebrated internationally as the home of Irish Country cuisine and warm hospitality.

Condé Nast Traveller Magazine has acknowledged Ballymaloe House hotel and restaurant on their Gold List, and it was the only Irish venue on this prestigious list of the World’s top 100 hotels. The McKenna Guide 2018 listed Ballymaloe House as one of Ireland's 100 Best Restaurants. The Ballymaloe House restaurant continues to receive International recognition as home to the best modern Irish cuisine.

Set deep in a 300-acre farm, the menus are written daily around the seasonal vegetables grown on the farm just as Mrs. Allen always did. Although times have changed, the essential spirit of Ballymaloe House and Castle is rooted in the relationship from the farm to the table which underlies the elegance of Irish Country House cooking.

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