Take a leaf out of our book and discover London's best places for an authentic Emerald Isle experience.
Corrigan’s Mayfair is home to acclaimed celebrity Irish chef Richard Corrigan. The restaurant amply redefines the concept of quintessential British and Irish cuisine - fusing seasonal produce with Richard’s unmistakable flair. The menus are inspired by Richard’s humble, rural upbringing- combining 21st century luxury and style with down-to-earth, home-inspired cooking. Primary meat and fish ingredients are served up with some extravagant side components, so expect the unexpected (yet still well balanced) with dishes such as sea bass with a pine dressing and buttermilk cream and baked fillet of hake, potato linguine, oyster and caviar - alongside an ample wine list. Make sure to check out the standalone bar called Dickie's Bar - a collaboration between the Irish chef and Gregory Buda from New York's The Dead Rabbit. Dickie’s serves seasonal drinks using the best of the seasons harvest, largely sourced from Richard Corrigans garden and farm, Virginia Park Lodge in Co. Cavan, Ireland.
Bentley’s has been serving it’s fish and chips for over 100 years. One of London’s much loved seafood restaurants, considered to many as a British Institution - the restaurant (tucked away in a beautiful Victorian building on a side street between Piccadilly and Regents Street) has been a convivial haven for fresh oysters, grilled fish and steaks from around the British & Irish Isles - and has been under the watchful eye of Richard Corrigan for the past 10 years. On the ground floor sits a stylish oyster bar - shucking nearly 1000 oysters a day. Upstairs is the grill, which is slightly more formal and has an a la carte menu containing an array of exquisite meat and fish dishes. Classic Bentley’s dishes include fish pie, dressed crab, royal shellfish platter, linguine Vongole, and a rich variety of wild native oysters sourced from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Renowned Irish chef Richard Corrigan's new restaurant in Old Street. The much loved chef is best known for his pair of Mayfair restaurants, the eponymous Corrigan’s and Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill. The 50-cover restaurant - with its warehouse aesthetic - includes an oyster bar seating eight guests and a basement saloon bar which plays host to a series of live music nights. The frequently changing menu, designed by Corrigan and Head Chef, Simon Merrick, also features produce from Corrigan’s estate in Ireland. Dine on traditional dish of crubeen – boiled pigs trotter – croquettes with swede and mustard, and hearty portions of Irish beef: Tipperary Hereford prime sirloin served with chimichurri bearnaise. Wondering about the name? Daffodil Mulligan is the daughter of Biddy Mulligan, a legendary street seller from Ireland who was immortalised in the song ‘Biddy Mulligan, the pride of the Coombe’. Described as a “social co-op of like-minded people”, Corrigan has brought in some big industry names - such as drinks expert Toby Gibney from much-feted Irish pub Gibney’s of Malahide to oversee the drinks offering. Pictured.
The bar’s motto is ‘Eat Heartily and Give the House a Good Name,’ a sound ethos of this thoroughly old fashioned British pub (with a warm Irish atmosphere), specialising in oysters, Guinness and seasonal food. You can also expect unashamedly laid-back service, cheek-by-jowl tables and tumultuous chatter. The place is ran by Tom Conran, scion of that famous family. The Cow now has a near legendary status and is adorned with Guiness memrobilia and thought to be one of the best places to get a pint of the black stuff. Head upstairs to the compact dining room which serves decent seafood and crowd pleasers.
Serving modern European food with an Irish influence. Formerly of L'Ecrivain, Irish born - London based Anna Haugh is opening her debut restaurant 'Myrtle' in Chelsea, where she will showcase the best of Irish flavours. Formely the excutive chef at Bob Bob Ricard she had previously worked in a number of Michelin-starred kitchens under the likes of Shane Osborn at Pied a Terre and Phil Howard at The Square, before opening Gordon Ramsay's London House. Expect seasonal, modern-European cuisine with a strong emphasis on classic French and Italian dishes with an Irish influence. Highlights include: Clonakilty black pudding rolls with Wendy’s apple chutney; crispy stuffed chicken wing with wild trompette puree; slow confit Goatsbridge trout, with cauliflower and capers; and buttermilk panna cotta with rhubarb jelly and cinnamon doughnuts.
Darby’s isn’t an Irish restaurant as such, but Dublin-born chef Robin Gill offers an Irish-influenced menu at the ground floor at his NYC-inspired neighbourhood restaurant at Nine Elms near Battersea. Inspired by Robin’s jazz musician father, Earl ‘Darby’ Gill, the restaurant celebrates his time spent touring America in the 50s and early 60s, reflecting the Manhattan bars he frequented - and with a menu of live music every evening Monday to Saturday. Also expect an ingredient-led approach showcasing ethical produce in a simple but thoughtful way and seasonally minded to form an Irish focused menu. Dishes may include: crispy beef nuggets with mustard & pickes and beef & bone marrow pie.
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