{"id":587634,"date":"2026-07-15T22:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/587634\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:10:13","slug":"kerry-five-star-hotel-restaurant-added-to-michelin-guide-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/587634\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry five star-hotel restaurant added to Michelin Guide \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Falls Restaurant at Sheen Falls Lodge hotel in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/kenmare\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/kenmare\/\">Kenmare<\/a>, Co Kerry has been added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/michelin\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/michelin\/\">Michelin<\/a> Guide\u2019s recommended restaurants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Inspectors said the cooking in the restaurant is \u201cunderpinned by superb ingredients, the chefs\u2019 technical skill and their keen understanding of flavour\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The result, they said, \u201cis beautifully balanced dishes where each contrast has been expertly calibrated\u201d. They highlighted the strawberry souffl\u00e9 with white chocolate and ginger sauce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">They also described the hotel property\u2019s setting on Kenmare Bay as \u201cenchanting\u201d and noted the picturesque parkland around it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Falls is led by executive head chef Mark Treacy, whose style balances Irish tradition and modern French techniques. Treacy\u2019s earlier career was spent in restaurants including previous Dublin names such as Thornton\u2019s, The Greenhouse and L\u2019\u00c9crivain. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Inclusion in the Michelin Guide does not equate to a star or Bib Gourmand \u2013 these are awarded at an annual ceremony held at the start of each year. It is instead an influential recommendation generally viewed as a boost to a restaurant\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The inclusion of The Falls Restaurant brings to 111 the number of listed restaurants in the Republic, with 15 listed in the North.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Falls Restaurant at Sheen Falls Lodge hotel in Kenmare, Co Kerry has been added to the Michelin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17,5280,957,22906],"class_list":["post-587634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kenmare","tag-kerry","tag-michelin"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116926285636054443","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}