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National Hospitality Awards Winners Revealed

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National Hospitality Awards Winners Revealed

Most areas of the country were represented in the winner’s enclosure at yesterday's 10th annual National Hospitality Conference and Awards.

The event, in association with Hospitality Ireland magazine, took place at InterContinental Hotel Dublin, where some of the most prominent names in hospitality spoke to a packed audience at the conference, including Dalata CEO Pat McCann and Alexander Goransson, lead analyst at Euromonitor.

At the Awards ceremony, The Dean picked up the Best New Establishment accolade, seeing off competition from newly crowned Michelin Star restaurant Loam in Galway and Ashford Castle in Mayo.

Doheny & Nesbitt was named best overall pub, winning the award ahead of fellow Dublin establishments Searsons of Baggot Street and L. Mulligan Grocer.

The best overall restaurant award stayed in the capital with Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud once again coming out on top this year, this time ahead of Galway duo Aniar and Loam.

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Loam did pick up one of the major awards after it was named as Best Dining Experience, just pipping Blairscove Restaurant and Inis Meáin Restaurant & Suites.

Elsewhere, Lowry’s Bar Clifden was named Best Traditional Bar, ahead of Dublin’s Toners Pub and James Griffin Pub in Trim.

In the hotel categories, Castlewood House picked up the Best Value Hotel gong, The Westbury was best in class for city hotels, the Europe was named Best Resort Hotel, while Ashford Castle was named Best Overall Hotel in the country.

Hospitality Ireland would like to congratulate all the winners from the 2015 National Hospitality Awards.

The full list of overall winners and contenders is as follows (overall winners in bold):

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Winners

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1

Best New Establishment

The Dean

Ashford Castle

Loam

Avid Partners

2

Best Value Hotel

Castlewood House

Absolute Hotel

Cork International Hotel

Keelings

3

Best Nightclub

The Wright Venue

Everleigh Garden

The Castle Late Night Venue

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4

Best Sporting Pub

Sinnotts Bar

The Living Room

The Goat

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5

Best Casual Dining

1826 Adare

The BayTree

The Cottage Restaurant

Aryzta Food Solutions

6

Best Boutique Hotel

Tankardstown House Hotel

Moy House

The Twelve

Bookassist

7

Best Catering
Supplier (General)

Pallas Foods

Musgrave MarketPlace

Hugh Jordan

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8

Best Wine List

Kelly's Resort Hotel & Spa

The Twelve

Dublin Wine Rooms

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9

Best Traditional Pub

Lowry’s Bar Clifden

Toners Pub

James Griffin Pub

Pallas Foods

10

Best Destination Hotel

Harvey’s Point

Delphi Lodge

Ballyvolane House

Dimplex

11

Best Dining Experience

Loam

Blairscove Restaurant

Inis Meáin Restaurant
& Suites

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12

Best City Hotel

The Westbury

The Marker

Dylan Hotel

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13

Best Hotel
Restaurant

Brabazon Restaurant - Tankardstown House

The Mustard Seed at Echo Lodge

Lakeside Restaurant – Harvey's Point

Noel Recruitment

14

Best Customer
Service

Red Cliff Lodge

Lough Eske Castle

Hayfield Manor

Avid Partners

15

Best Cocktail Bar

Vintage Cocktail Club

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Upstairs @ Kinara Kitchen

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16

Best Pub With Food

L. Mulligan Grocer

Wild Honey Inn

Fitzpatrick’s Bar & Restaurant

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17

Best Resort Hotel

The Europe Hotel & Resort

Castle Leslie Estate

Kelly’s Resort Hotel & Spa

Bookassist

18

Best Catering Job

Seasons at Guinness Storehouse

Q cafe at Eurofound

Sodexo at vhi, Kilkenny.

Keelings

19

Best Hotel Bar

Sophie’s – The Dean

 The Prince of Wales Bar – Ashford Castle

Dylan Bar – Dylan Hotel

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20

Best Pub

Doheny & Nesbitt

Searsons of Baggot Street

L. Mulligan Grocer

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21

Best Seafood Restaurant

Inis Meain Restaurant & Suites

O’Grady’s on the Pier

Aqua Restaurant

Noel Recruitment

           22

Best Business Hotel

Limerick Strand Hotel

The Brehon

The River Lee

Dimplex

23

Best Catering Supplier (Specialist)

Keelings

Wrights of Howth

Arkway Refrigeration

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24

Best Drinks Supplier

Counterpoint Ireland

Heineken Ireland

Diageo Ireland

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25

Best Overall Restaurant

Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud

Aniar

Loam

Pallas Foods

26

Best Overall Hotel

Ashford Castle

The Westbury

The Europe Hotel & Resort

Aryzta Food Solutions

27

Best Brand Hotel

The Doyle Collection

Radisson Blu Hotels & Resorts

Conrad Hotels & Resorts

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