Creative Oceanic are proud to announce the full list of finalists in The Irish Hospitality Awards 2023.
The Irish Hospitality Awards 2023 are organised and hosted by Creative Oceanic but voted for by the Irish public. After a tremendous number of nominations received, the list with the top contenders has been complied.
The black-tie event will be held again this year on Monday 19th June at The Crowne Plaza Blanchardstown in Dublin, where thriving professionals will gather together for a memorable celebration of the champions that work hard for the industry.
The Irish Hospitality Awards aim to celebrate the dedication, skill and customer service of the professionals that work within establishments where excellence is standard. They also aim to acknowledge those who make a positive difference in this sector as well as the efforts that the experts put in ensuring their customers always receive top services and unforgettable experiences.
These awards acknowledge everyone who works hard to enhance the reputation of the country, from restaurants that serve delicious dishes to bars and clubs that keep Ireland alive at nights, shopping centres as well as museums and tourist attractions that promote and showcase the rich Irish heritage.
A Spokesperson for The Irish Hospitality Awards 2023 said: ”Working for the hospitality industry can be challenging at times and the last few years have shown that. These awards aim to recognise those who have succeeded in this sector, despite the difficulties. There are people who have dedicated their whole career in making the country a special destination for visitors. It is time to give those professionals the recognition they deserve.
“The awards will provide a platform to thank and honour those who have contributed to making Ireland a friendly and welcoming place, enhancing the country’s reputation nationally and internationally. We would like to congratulate all the finalists for their nomination and wish them the best of luck.”
The finalists of The Irish Hospitality Awards 2023 are:
Family Venue of the Year
Stonehall Visitor Farm (Stonehall)
Ardmore Open Farm and Mini Zoo (Ballykilmurry)
Fota Wildlife Park (Carrigtwohill)
Cape Clear Ferries & Fastnet Rock Lighthouse Tours (Cork)
Playtown Tullamore (Tullamore)
Dublin Zoo (Dublin)
Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium (Kerry )
Emerald Park (Ashbourne)
The Achill Experience Aquarium & Visitor Centre (Keel East)
The National Reptile Zoo (Kilkenny)
Best Day Out
Kia Ora Mini Farm (Wexford)
Lough Boora Discovery Park (Tullamore)
Lough Key Forest & Activity Park (Roscommon )
Emerald Park (Ashbourne)
Delphi Adventure Centre (Galway)
Shannon Aviation Museum (Shannon)
St Stephen’s Green (Dublin)
Wild Atlantic Way Day Tours (Limerick)
Dublin Free Walking Tour (Dublin)
Walking Ireland – Donegal Wild Atlantic Tour (Donegal)
Outdoor Venue of the Year
Castlecomer Discovery Park (Castlecomer)
Aillwee Burren Experience (Ballyvaughan)
Lisnavagh House and Gardens (Rathvilly)
Killarney National Park (Kerry)
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park (Bunratty)
Rock of Cashel (Cashel)
Phoenix Park (Dublin)
Brigit’s Garden & Café (Galway)
Dún Beag Fort (Dingle)
Burren (Corofin)
Tourist Attraction of the Year
The Irish Rock ‘n’ Roll Museum Experience (Dublin)
Kilkenny Castle (Kilkenny)
Aillwee Burren Experience (Ballyvaughan)
Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin)
Kylemore Abbey (Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Garden) (Galway)
Rock of Cashel (Cashel)
Copper Coast Mini Farm (Waterford)
Newgrange (Meath)
The Book of Kells (Dublin)
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park (Bunratty)
Sports Venue of the Year
Tallaght Stadium (Dublin)
Sport Ireland Campus (Dublin)
Galway Races (Galway)
Morton Stadium (Dublin)
Cork Racecourse (Mallow)
Thomond Park (Limerick)
Semple Stadium (Thurles)
Athlone Regional Sports Centre (Athlone)
Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium (Cork)
Cork Greyhound Stadium (Cork)
Shopping Complex of the Year
Jervis Shopping Centre (Dublin)
Eyre Square Centre (Galway)
Dundrum Town Centre (Dublin)
Wilton Shopping Centre (Cork)
Golden Island Shopping Centre (Athlone)
Kildare Village (Kildare)
Crescent Shopping Centre (Limerick)
Whitewater Shopping Centre (Newbridge)
Navan Town Centre (Navan)
The English Market (Cork)
Live Entertainment of the Year
Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre (Kilmanagh)
Levis in Ballydehob (Ballydehob)
The Grand Social (Dublin )
Mike the Pies (Listowel)
Belvedere Irish Night (Dublin )
Cork Opera House (Cork)
Dolan’s Pub and Restaurant (Limerick)
Monroe’s Tavern (Galway)
The Merry Ploughboy (Rathfarnham)
Johnnie Fox’s Pub (Glencullen)
Best Irish Festival
Electric Picnic (Stradbally)
Cork Chocolate Festival And Baking World (Cork)
TradFest Temple Bar (Dublin)
Cork VegFest (Cork)
Fleadh Cheoil (Mullingar)
Forbidden Fruit Festival (Dublin)
KnockanStockan (Wicklow)
Body & Soul (Westmeath)
Open Ear (Sherkin Island)
All Together Now (Waterford)
Children’s Play Centre of the Year
The Play Centre (Kingscourt)
Funky Monkeys Citywest (Dublin)
Airtastic Entertainment Centre Kildare (Kildare)
The Ark Puddenhill (Puddenhill)
Best Of Mates Play & Party Centre (Meath)
Tearaways Pet Farm & Activity Centre (Tipperary)
Go Kids Go! (Dublin)
Funtasia Theme Park (Drogheda)
Funtasia Fairground Bettystown (Betaghstown)
Huckleberrys Den (Navan)
Best Cinema Experience
Omniplex D’LUXX Cinema Waterford (Waterford)
IMC Dun Laoghaire (Dún Laoghaire)
The Arc Cinema (Navan)
The Stella Cinema Rathmines (Dublin)
Buncrana Cinema (Buncrana)
Light House Cinema (Dublin)
Eye Cinema Galway (Galway)
Century Complex – Letterkenny (Letterkenny)
The Lunaflics Drive In Cinema Kilkenny (Kilkenny)
Eclipse Cinemas Bundoran (Bundoran)
Best Entertaining Team
Adventure.ie Events – Store – Explore (Ballard)
Dynamic Events (Blessington)
HIYA Event Management (Smithstown)
orangeworks events (Swords)
TeamBuild Events Ltd (Millrace Clinic)
Top Rated Ireland (Cork)
Big Potatoes (Cork)
360 Entertainment (Dublin)
Kippure Estate (Wicklow)
Incognito Escape Room (Dublin)
Best Nightclub
The Foundry Nightclub (Carlow)
Secrets Cork (Cork)
Dolan’s Bar / Mojo’s Niteclub (Mullingar)
DNA (Galway)
The George (Dublin)
Coyotes Late Bar (Galway)
PULSE VENUE (Letterkenny)
Opium Live (Portobello)
Krystle (Dublin)
Buzz Late Night Venue (Clondalkin)
Best Sports Bar
The Wool Shed (Dublin)
Tolster’s Bar (Castlebar)
An Poc Fada (Kilkenny)
The Living Room (Rotunda)
Buskers on the Ball (Dublin)
Booleigh sports bar and steak house (Kildare)
Cosgroves Sports Bar (Westmeath)
Newtown Inn and Sports Bar (Maynooth)
Bar One sports bar (Dundalk)
Punters Bar (Dundalk)
Best Bar
Guirys Bar (Foxford)
Peadar’s Bar (Moate)
Briney’s Bar (Donegal)
Dicey Reilly’s Pub, Off-Licence & Microbrewery (Ballyshannon)
Evelyn’s Central Bar (Carrick)
John Eoinín’s (Glencolumbkille)
Farren’s Bar (Malin Head)
BAR 1661 (Dublin)
O’Loclainn’s Irish Whiskey Bar (Ballyvaughan)
The Rusty Mackerel (Carrick)
Pub / Inn of the Year
The Reel Inn (Donegal)
Kehoe’s Pub & Parlour (Wexford)
Top of Coom Ireland’s Highest pub (Kilgarvan)
Kavanagh’s Naas (Naas)
The Brazen Head (Dublin)
P.EGAN Bar (Moate)
The Rusty Mackerel (Carrick)
The Fleet Inn Guesthouse & Restaurant (Killybegs)
The Widows Bar (Belturbet)
Vaughan’s Pub (Kilfenora)
Boutique Hotel of the Year
Lough Eske Castle (Donegal)
Annebrook House Hotel (Mullingar)
The Ross (Killarney)
Blue Haven Hotel Kinsale (Kinsale)
Ballynahinch Castle (Recess)
The Ashe Hotel (Kerry)
Barrow House (Barrow West)
The Morgan Hotel (Dublin)
Hayfield Manor Hotel (Cork)
City Hotel of the Year
The Metropole Hotel (Cork)
Herbert Park Hotel and Park Residence (Dublin)
The Westbury (Dublin)
The Devlin (Dublin)
Dublin Skylon Hotel The Killarney Park (Killarney)
The Montenotte Hotel (Cork)
Clayton Hotel Cork City (Cork)
The Glasshouse Hotel (Sligo)
Hotel Kilkenny (Kilkenny)
The G Hotel & Spa (Galway)
Resort Hotel of the Year
Parknasilla Resort & Spa (Derryquin)
Castlemartyr Resort (Castlemartyr)
Powerscourt Hotel, Autograph Collection (Wicklow)
Adare Manor (Adare)
Kilkea Castle Hotel & Golf Resort (Kildare)
The Lake Hotel (Killarney)
Dingle Skellig Hotel (Dingle)
Clayton Hotel Charlemont (Dublin)
Killarney Towers Hotel and Leisure Centre (Killarney)
Ocean Sands Hotel & Apartments – Enniscrone (Enniscrone)
Romantic Hotel of the Year
The Lake Hotel (Killarney)
Muckross Park Hotel & Spa (Killarney)
Ice House Hotel (Ballina)
Luttrellstown Castle Resort (Dublin)
Killaran House Killarney (Killarney)
Dingle Garden Townhouse (Dingle)
Greenmount House Dingle (Dingle)
The Ashe Hotel (Tralee)
Ballyroe Heights Hotel (Tralee)
Kenmare Bay Hotel Lodges (Kenmare)
Hotel of the Year
Annebrook House Hotel (Mullingar)
Silver Tassie Hotel (Letterkenny)
Waterfront Hotel (Dungloe)
Ashford Castle (Cong)
Allingham Arms Hotel (Bundoran)
Clanard Court Hotel (Kildare)
Midlands Park Hotel (Portlaoise)
The G Hotel & Spa (Galway)
The Village Hotel (Bettystown)
Mill Park Hotel (Donegal)
Hotel Team of the Year
Dublin Skylon Hotel (Dublin)
Portmarnock Hotel And Golf Links (Portmarnock)
McGrory’s Hotel Culdaff (Donegal)
Silver Tassie Hotel (Letterkenny)
The Grafton Hotel (Dublin)
Clanard Court Hotel (Athy)
The Montenotte Hotel (Montenotte)
Marine Hotel (Sutton)
Summerhill House Hotel (Wicklow)
Ledville Castle (Kilternan)
Best Hotel General Manager
Anthony Smith (Kilkenny River Court Hotel,Kilkenny)
Mr Pat Reddan (Maldron Hotel Limerick,Roxboro)
Michael Hanly (Cavan Crystal Hotel,Cavan)
Cathal O’Donoghue (Belvedere Hotel Dublin,Dublin)
Niall Rochford (Ashford Castle ,Cong)
Mr. Marcus Treacy (The Killarney Park,Killarney)
Marble Hill Strand (Shandon Hotel & Spa,Dunfanaghy)
Abbeyleix Road (Maldron Hotel Portlaoise,Portlaoise)
Colin Duggan (Woodford Dolmen Hotel,Carlow)
Nico Hernandez (The Inn at Dromoland,Clare)
Best Caravan Site
Green Acres Caravan Park (Kerry)
Mannix Point Camping and Caravan Park (Cahersiveen)
Wild Atlantic Camp (Creeslough)
Willowbrook Glamping & Hideaways (Ballaghaderreen)
Lynders Mobile Home Park (Dublin)
Knockalla Caravan & Camping Park (Portsalon)
Glen of Aherlow Caravan & Camping Park (Tipperary)
Cong Camping, Caravan & Glamping Park (Lisloughrey)
Sliabh Liag Camping (Lergadaghtan)
Renvyle Beach Caravan & Camping Park (Galway)
Bed & Breakfast of the Year
The Gateway Lodge (Donegal Town)
Rathaspeck Manor B&B (Rathaspeck)
Murrayville B&B (Achill Sound)
Cartron House Farm (Galway)
Short Strand B&B (Kerry)
Laburnum B&B (Kenmare)
O’Sheas Ceol Na Habhann B&B (Kenmare)
Coolakay House B&B (Enniskerry)
Ferndale Luxury Bed and Breakfast (Keel)
Hy Breasal B&B (Mayo)
Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year
Blas (Donegal)
Kitty Joe’s (Mountcharles)
La Bella Donna Restaurant (Milltown)
Nancy’s Barn Ballyliffin (Clonmany)
Tuar Ard Coffee Shop & Restaurant (Moate)
Johnny’s Ranch (Ramelton)
The Rusty Mackerel (Carrick)
Flannerys Bistro (Ballinrobe)
Elephant Asian Street Food (Dublin)
The Winding Stair (Dublin)
Best Family Dining Restaurant
The Galleon Restaurant (Galway)
Jumbo’s Family Restaurant (Listowel)
Hillbilly’s Family Restaurants (Dublin )
Corner House Bistro (Athlone)
The Western Strands Bar, Restaurant & Guesthouse (Belmullet)
Kelly’s Kitchen (at Slieve League Lodge) (Donegal)
Rosato’s Bar & Restaurant (Moville)
Simpsons Bar & Restaurant / Oliver’s restaurant (Tulnaree)
The Holy Grail Restaurant New Ross (New Ross)
THE RAMBLING HOUSE BAR & RESTAURANT (Laghey)
Restaurant of the Year
Chandpur Restaurant (Donegal)
Fury’s Restaurant (Donegal)
The Harbour Restaurant & Bar (Donegal)
Hegarty’s Slieve League Lodge (Carrick)
Honeypot Coffee House (Letterkenny)
Kai Restaurant (Galway)
Liath Restaurant (Blackrock)
Old House Restaurant (Mullingar)
Aimsir Restaurant (Kildare)
Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud (Dublin)
Best Restaurant Team
CaToCa Fine Food & Giftware (Laois)
Coyne’s Gastropub & Pantry – Tigh Chadhain, Cill Chiaráin (Kilkieran)
Kelly’s Cafe (Wexford)
Monks Ballyvaughan (Ballyvaughan)
Aimsir Restaurant (Celbridge)
Etto (Dublin)
One Pico (Dublin)
Liath Restaurant (Blackrock)
Aniar Restaurant & Boutique Cookery School (Galway)
Campagne (Kilkenny)
Caterer of the Year
FoodSpace Ireland GROW COOK SERVE (Dublin)
Green Olive Event Catering (Galway)
Uisneach Catering (Westmeath)
Master Chefs (Limerick)
Conaty Food & Catering Supplies (Dublin)
SKG Catering Galway (Galway)
Lovin Catering (Dublin)
Adventure Catering (Kildare)
Fresh & Yummy Ltd. | Real Food Catering – Corporate and Private (Newbridge )
Brown Box Catering (Celbridge)
Best Dining Experience
TwoCooks Restaurant & Wine Bar ( Sallins)
West Restaurant (Barna)
Isaac’s Restaurant (Cork)
KAFE U ATHLONE (Athlone)
Kellys Steakhouse (Portlaoise)
Ard Bia at Nimmos (Galway)
L’Escale Restaurant (Athlone)
Oscars Seafood Bistro (Galway)
LUVIDA Restaurant (Navan)
MacNean House & Restaurant (Blacklion)
Best Golfing Club
The European Club (Brittas Bay)
Powerscourt Golf Club (Enniskerry)
The Royal Dublin Golf Club (Dublin)
The Golf Course at Luttrellstown Castle Resort (Castleknock)
Connemara Golf Links (Ballyconneely)
Elm Park Golf & Sports Club (Dublin)
Castleknock Golf Club (Diswellstown)
Craddockstown Golf Club (Naas)
Killiney Golf Club (Killiney)
Strandhill Golf Club (Strandhill)
Best Holiday Park
Summerfield Holiday Park (Youghal)
Dunmore East Holiday & Golf Resort (Dunmore East)
Rosguill Holiday Park (Letterkenny)
Duncannon Beach Holiday Park (New Ross)
Parklands Holiday Park (Courtown)
Sliabh Liag Camping (Lergadaghtan)
Clissmann Horse Caravans (Rathdrum)
River Valley Holiday Park (Redcross)
Rockhill Holiday Park (Kerrykeel)
Hidden Valley Holiday Park (Rathdrum)
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