Kenmare and the Ring of Kerry - Ireland 2014 - page 304

Pub dinners are a good value and easier on the budget, but pub kitchens close earlier than
restaurants.
Lunch
(See “Kenmare” map, here .)
Soup-and-sandwich lunch options abound. Jam is a handy deli that can make sandwiches
or wraps to go for picnics (Mon-Sat 8:00-17:00, Sun 10:00-17:00 except closed Sun Oct-
May, Henry Street). The Purple Heather has great salads and omelets (€9-15 meals,
Mon-Sat 11:00-17:00, closed Sun, Henry Street, tel. [phone]). Café Mocha is a ba-
sic €5 sandwich shop (Mon-Fri 9:00-17:30, Sat-Sun 10:00-17:00, on the town square, tel.
064/664-2133). Murphy's Daybreak supermarket is a good place to stock up for a Ring
of Kerry picnic (Mon-Sat 8:00-22:00, Sun 9:00-21:00, Main Street).
Dinner
(See “Kenmare” map, here .)
The Lime Tree Restaurant occupies the former Lansdowne Estate office, which gave
more than 4,000 people free passage to America in the 1840s. These days, it serves deli-
cious, locally caught seafood dishes in a modern yet cozy dining hall. It's wise to reserve
ahead (€18-27 meals, April-Oct daily 18:30-21:30, closed Nov-March, Shelbourne Street,
tel. [phone]).
Packies is a popular bistro that has a leafy, low-light interior and cottage ambience
and serves traditional cuisine with French influence. Their seafood gets rave reviews
(€23-34 meals, Mon-Sat 18:00-22:00, closed Sun, reservations wise, Henry Street, tel.
064/664-1508).
Mulcahy's Restaurant has a jazz-mellowed, elegant ambience and creatively presen-
ted gourmet dishes. Given the Indian, Japanese, and American influences, there's always
a good vegetarian entrée (€16-26 meals, daily 18:00-22:00, reservations a good idea, 36
Henry Street, tel. [phone]).
Horse Shoe Pub and Restaurant, specializing in steak and spareribs, somehow turns
rustic farm-tool decor into a romantic candlelit sanctuary (€17-25 meals, Mon-Fri
12:00-15:00 & 17:00-22:00, Sat-Sun 17:00-22:00, Main Street, tel. [phone]).
P. F. McCarthy's Pub and Restaurant, which feels like a sloppy saloon, serves
reasonable salad or sandwich lunches and filling dinner fare (€15-22 meals, Mon-Sat
10:30-21:00, closed Sun, 14 Main Street, tel. [phone]).