Fine food and setting, but who’s in charge?

The Duck, Marlfield House, Gorey, Co Wexford: beautiful location and good food, but both are let down by the service

The Duck

Marlfield House, Gorey, Co Wexford

053-9421124, marlfieldhouse.com

Chef: Margaret Roche

Have all the wasps in Ireland moved to Co Wexford? It certainly seemed that way last Sunday when I spent a good portion of the day batting them away, first on a kids’ mini-farm and then on the way into The Duck.

We’d been hoping to mark the last weekend of the summer with an alfresco lunch but, thanks to our ...