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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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Flowers with Iona: Seasonal Floral Decoration Courses

Your day will begin with tea or coffee and scones on arrival in the conservatory, followed by a walk about the grounds and gardens of Ballymaloe (subject to

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Ballymaloe Craft Fair

Over the past 10 years, the Ballymaloe Craft Fair has built a national reputation as the pre-eminent craft show outside of Dublin and every year it gets bigger

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Thanksgiving Dinner

The first recorded Thanksgiving feast dates back to 1621 and was between the Pilgrims, English US settlers were known as the Plymouth Colony and an

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Christmas Parties at Ballymaloe House

Plan your Christmas gathering at Ballymaloe House for the quintessential festive Irish Country House corporate or personal / family lunch or dinner party.

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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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Winter YOU-time at Ballymaloe House

Stay at Ballymaloe House for 2 or 3 nights this winter and immerse yourself, and all your senses, in-country house living. If booking in December you will be

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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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New Year's Eve at Ballymaloe House

Jazz & Cocktail reception Banquet Ballymaloe Dinner After dinner entertainment with the Runaway Retros & a DJ 2 nights B&B

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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