These places have served more carveries than you’ve had hot dinners.
The carvery dinner has long been a staple part of an Irish person’s diet; indeed, the thought of a meat and veg dinner of a Sunday afternoon often helps a man or a woman get through the week.
Like the arguments over pubs that serve the best Guinness, we’re sure that you can’t see your local pub or hotel when it comes to the best carvery, but the crème de la crème have been singled out in the Great Carvery Pub of the Year and the Great Carvery Hotel of the Year awards.
Yes, they exist.
Well-known rugby referee Nigel Owens was on hand to present the awards at the Grand Final at the Herbert Park Hotel in Dublin earlier this week, with The Heights Hotel in Killarney and The Elm Tree in Glounthaune, Cork coming out on top as the best hotel carvery and pub carvery respectively.
There were also provincial awards handed out to hotels and pubs in Wexford, Roscommon, Donegal, Dublin, Mayo and Derry, while you can check the list of nominations in full below to see if your local pub or restaurant made the cut.
Anyone else starving all of a sudden?
Winners of the best carvery in Ireland
Hotels
Best carvery in Ireland: The Heights Hotel, Killarney
Best carvery in Leinster: Whitford House Hotel, Wexford
Best carvery in Munster: The Heights Hotel, Kerry
Best carvery in Connacht: Hodson Bay Hotel, Roscommon
Best carvery in Ulster: The Silver Tassie Hotel, Donegal
Pubs
Best carvery in Ireland: The Elm Tree, Cork
Best carvery in Leinster: Beaumont House, Dublin
Best carvery in Munster: The Elm Tree, Cork
Best carvery in Connacht: The Merry Monk, Mayo
Best carvery in Ulster: The Market Yard, Derry
Nominations for the best carvery in Ireland
Pubs
Connacht
Henry’s Bar and Restaurant, Sligo
The Broken Jug, Mayo
The Merry Monk, Mayo
Munster
The Elm Tree Glounthuane, Cork
Bobby Byrne’s, Limerick
The Hi-Way Bar, Limerick
Leinster
Teach Na Teamhrach, Navan
The 51 Bar, Dublin
Beaumont House, Dublin
Ulster
Martha’s Vineyard, Derry
The Market Yard @ The Corner Bar, Derry
Hotels
Connacht
Galway Bay Hotel
Flannery’s Hotel, Galway
Waterfront Carvery, Hodson Bay Hotel, Roscommon
Munster
The Heights Hotel, Killarney
Midleton Park Hotel, Cork
Dan Buckley’s Bar, Castle Hotel, Macroom
Leinster
Whitford House Hotel, Wexford
Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore
Dinn Rí, Carlow
Ulster
The Belfray Country Inn, Derry
Silver Tassie Hotel, Donegal
Harvey’s Point Hotel, Donegal
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