101 Great Irish Restaurants: Munster

Cork

NEW Restaurant Chestnut, Ballydehob

Restaurant Chestnut deservedly secured a Michelin star within six months of opening thanks to the sublimely empathetic locavore cooking of chef-proprietor Rob Krawczyk, freshly returned to his west Cork childhood stomping ground.

His partner and fellow proprietor Elaine Fleming guides front-of-house in this rural zen temple with a gentle and relaxed hand. Standout dishes include hogget, tender and pink as lamb, yet plumbing real depths of flavour, while ...