Welcome to Ballymaloe Country House Hotel & Restaurant

Ballymaloe House is a family run country house hotel and restaurant on 300 acres of farmland located in beautiful East Cork countryside, Southern Ireland. Internationally recognised as the birthplace of modern Irish cuisine, Ballymaloe House offers you the very best of Irish hospitality and food. Voted Ireland's Favourite Food Experience 2019 by Independent.ie readers and having won a World Restaurant Award and global recognition as having the world's best Trolley of the Year 2019 for the very best dessert trolley experience.

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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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Ballycotton RNLI Annual Gala Dinner

Ballymaloe House has supported Ballycotton Lifeboat with an annual fundraising gala dinner since opening their Yeats Room restaurant in 1964. We are

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Valentine's Escape

Plan your romantic getaway at Ballymaloe House this Valentine's weeekend. Spoil the one you love with a two-night stay in an Irish country house bedroom

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Maura Laverty- This is your life

A sparkling new play about Maura Laverty, the multi-talented broadcaster, cookery expert, agony aunt and controversial writer, who was a household name in

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Winter Two night Midweek Break

Enjoy the comfortable and friendly surroundings at Ballymaloe House. Enjoy everything East Cork has to offer and spend two relaxing nights in the beautiful

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Mother's Day

Steal more precious time with your Mother on Mother's day and arrive Sunday afternoon for afternoon tea and cake and relax in the house and grounds for the

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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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Lazy Sundays at Ballymaloe House

Relax and enjoy a lazy Sunday at Ballymaloe House. Check in on Sunday afternoon, relax by the log fire and take a stroll around the gardens before

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Bake your own Ballymaloe Bread

Are you an early riser? Why not enjoy a night in Ballymaloe House and bake your own bread with our pastry chef at 7am during your stay. Step into the

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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