Restaurants in County Kilkenny

The chef at this outstanding French-Irish restaurant, about a 10-minute walk from Kilkenny Castle, once ran the kitchen at Dublin’s superlative Chapter One ★★★. The sleek and atmospherically lit dining room has colorful modern art on the walls; the menu is short but subtly inventive:…

Very good for a quick lunch on the go, this café in the center of Kilkenny is popular with local workers who come for tasty sandwiches and bagels. There’s a great stock of deli goods, so you can put together your own picnic hamper, or the folks behind the counter can do it for…

In business for over 6 centuries, this vintage inn serves decent pub food—sandwiches, Irish stew, burgers, fish and chips—but it’s the atmosphere you really come for. With all the exposed flagstones and cozy nooks, it’s hard to think of a more satisfyingly Irish-looking pub. The…

This extremely popular restaurant opposite Kilkenny Castle packs in diners for delicious Italian food with an Irish accent. The basement-level dining room gets very busy, but the food more than makes up for it. The homemade pasta is as good as you’d expect, and on the specials board,…